diff --git a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
index 5e324b190..fe64329f6 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
@@ -442,8 +442,9 @@ class DeployOvercloud(command.Command):
         template_utils.deep_update(env, localenv)
 
         if stack:
-            # note(aschultz): network validation goes here before we deploy
-            utils.check_stack_network_matches_env_files(stack, env)
+            if not parsed_args.disable_validations:
+                # note(aschultz): network validation goes here before we deploy
+                utils.check_stack_network_matches_env_files(stack, env)
             bp_cleanup = self._create_breakpoint_cleanup_env(
                 tht_root, parsed_args.stack)
             template_utils.deep_update(env, bp_cleanup)