diff --git a/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/operations/predefined/CqlOperation.java b/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/operations/predefined/CqlOperation.java
index 647ba87e59..807bb4988d 100644
--- a/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/operations/predefined/CqlOperation.java
+++ b/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/operations/predefined/CqlOperation.java
@@ -196,11 +196,14 @@ public abstract class CqlOperation<V> extends PredefinedOperation
 
         public boolean validate(ByteBuffer[][] result)
         {
-            if (result.length != expect.size())
-                return false;
-            for (int i = 0 ; i < result.length ; i++)
-                if (expect.get(i) != null && !expect.get(i).equals(Arrays.asList(result[i])))
+            if (!settings.errors.skipReadValidation)
+            {
+                if (result.length != expect.size())
                     return false;
+                for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++)
+                    if (expect.get(i) != null && !expect.get(i).equals(Arrays.asList(result[i])))
+                        return false;
+            }
             return true;
         }
     }
diff --git a/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/settings/SettingsErrors.java b/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/settings/SettingsErrors.java
index aae4dd9010..41a3dbdb26 100644
--- a/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/settings/SettingsErrors.java
+++ b/tools/stress/src/org/apache/cassandra/stress/settings/SettingsErrors.java
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ public class SettingsErrors implements Serializable
 
     public final boolean ignore;
     public final int tries;
+    public final boolean skipReadValidation;
 
     public SettingsErrors(Options options)
     {
         ignore = options.ignore.setByUser();
         this.tries = Math.max(1, Integer.parseInt(options.retries.value()) + 1);
+        skipReadValidation = options.skipReadValidation.setByUser();
     }
 
     // Option Declarations
@@ -46,11 +48,11 @@ public class SettingsErrors implements Serializable
     {
         final OptionSimple retries = new OptionSimple("retries=", "[0-9]+", "9", "Number of tries to perform for each operation before failing", false);
         final OptionSimple ignore = new OptionSimple("ignore", "", null, "Do not fail on errors", false);
-
+        final OptionSimple skipReadValidation = new OptionSimple("skip-read-validation", "", null, "Skip read validation and message output", false);
         @Override
         public List<? extends Option> options()
         {
-            return Arrays.asList(retries, ignore);
+            return Arrays.asList(retries, ignore, skipReadValidation);
         }
     }