diff --git a/sbin/ngcpcfg b/sbin/ngcpcfg
index e6eaaac7..3c4d91f9 100755
--- a/sbin/ngcpcfg
+++ b/sbin/ngcpcfg
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ case ${1:-} in
   --no-db-sync)    export NO_DB_SYNC=1 ; shift ; "$0" "$@" ;;
   --no-validate)   export NO_VALIDATE=1; shift ; "$0" "$@" ;;
   --no-action-failure) export NO_ACTION_FAILURE=1; shift ; "$0" "$@" ;;
+  --no-check-origin) export NO_CHECK_ORIGIN=1; shift ; "$0" "$@" ;;
   --validate)   export VALIDATE=1; shift ; "$0" "$@" ;;
   -h|--help|help)       usage   ; exit 0;;
   -v|--version|version) version ; exit 0;;
diff --git a/scripts/check b/scripts/check
index 6aace397..bf491c57 100755
--- a/scripts/check
+++ b/scripts/check
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ check_origin() {
     return 0
   fi
 
+  if [ "${NO_CHECK_ORIGIN:-}" = "1" ] ; then
+    log_debug "Skipping check_origin (NO_CHECK_ORIGIN=1)."
+    return 0
+  fi
+
   log_debug "check_origin"
 
   log_debug "cd ${NGCPCTL_MAIN}"