diff --git a/cli/azd/pkg/environment/environment.go b/cli/azd/pkg/environment/environment.go
index b3b4218d1c7..793a69c6ce6 100644
--- a/cli/azd/pkg/environment/environment.go
+++ b/cli/azd/pkg/environment/environment.go
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ const ResourceGroupEnvVarName = "AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP"
 // PlatformTypeEnvVarName is the name of the key used to store the current azd platform type
 const PlatformTypeEnvVarName = "AZD_PLATFORM_TYPE"
 
+// DisablePreflightName is used to allow users to skip the preflight validation check
+const DisablePreflightName = "AZURE_PROVISION_SKIP_VALIDATE"
+
 // The zero value of an Environment is not valid. Use [New] to create one. When writing tests,
 // [Ephemeral] and [EphemeralWithValues] are useful to create environments which are not persisted to disk.
 type Environment struct {
diff --git a/cli/azd/pkg/infra/provisioning/bicep/bicep_provider.go b/cli/azd/pkg/infra/provisioning/bicep/bicep_provider.go
index 99dafee3bbc..f875385a73c 100644
--- a/cli/azd/pkg/infra/provisioning/bicep/bicep_provider.go
+++ b/cli/azd/pkg/infra/provisioning/bicep/bicep_provider.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/arm"
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/cognitiveservices/armcognitiveservices"
+	"github.com/azure/azure-dev/cli/azd/internal"
 	"github.com/azure/azure-dev/cli/azd/pkg/account"
 	"github.com/azure/azure-dev/cli/azd/pkg/async"
 	"github.com/azure/azure-dev/cli/azd/pkg/azapi"
@@ -611,16 +612,27 @@ func (p *BicepProvider) Deploy(ctx context.Context) (*provisioning.DeployResult,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	err = p.validatePreflight(
-		ctx,
-		bicepDeploymentData.Target,
-		bicepDeploymentData.CompiledBicep.RawArmTemplate,
-		bicepDeploymentData.CompiledBicep.Parameters,
-		deploymentTags,
-		optionsMap,
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if strings.ToLower(p.env.Getenv(environment.DisablePreflightName)) != "true" {
+		err = p.validatePreflight(
+			ctx,
+			bicepDeploymentData.Target,
+			bicepDeploymentData.CompiledBicep.RawArmTemplate,
+			bicepDeploymentData.CompiledBicep.Parameters,
+			deploymentTags,
+			optionsMap,
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, &internal.ErrorWithSuggestion{
+				Err: err,
+				Suggestion: fmt.Sprintf("To skip provision validation, please run %s.",
+					output.WithHighLightFormat("`azd env set %s true`", environment.DisablePreflightName)),
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		warningMessage := fmt.Sprintf("WARNING: Provision validation is skipped. "+
+			"To enable it, please run `azd env set %s false` or remove %s from your .env file.\n",
+			environment.DisablePreflightName, environment.DisablePreflightName)
+		p.console.Message(ctx, output.WithWarningFormat(warningMessage))
 	}
 
 	cancelProgress := make(chan bool)