diff --git a/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/mycore.properties b/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/mycore.properties
index 0794d51110..3ad534a7af 100644
--- a/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/mycore.properties
+++ b/mir-module/src/main/resources/config/mir/mycore.properties
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ MCR.Object.Static.Content.Generator.mir-history.Transformer=mir-history
 MCR.URIResolver.xslImports.mirworkflow=metadata/mir-workflow.xsl
 MIR.Workflow.Menu=false
 MIR.Workflow.Box=false
-
+MIR.EnablePdfaValidationInWorkflow=false
 ##############################################################################
 # new Metadata Layout                                                        #
 ##############################################################################
diff --git a/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/metadata/mir-workflow.xsl b/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/metadata/mir-workflow.xsl
index 39aead7430..442a7fd431 100644
--- a/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/metadata/mir-workflow.xsl
+++ b/mir-module/src/main/resources/xsl/metadata/mir-workflow.xsl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   <xsl:param name="CurrentUser"/>
 
   <xsl:param name="MIR.Workflow.Debug" select="'false'"/>
+  <xsl:param name="MIR.EnablePdfaValidationInWorkflow" select="'false'"/>
   <xsl:key use="@id" name="rights" match="/mycoreobject/rights/right"/>
   <xsl:variable name="id" select="/mycoreobject/@ID"/>
 
@@ -127,7 +128,10 @@
         Dokument submitted
       </xsl:message>
     </xsl:if>
-     <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="displayPdfError"/>
+
+    <xsl:if test="normalize-space($MIR.EnablePdfaValidationInWorkflow)='true'">
+      <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="displayPdfError"/>
+    </xsl:if>
   </xsl:template>
 
   <xsl:template match="mycoreobject" mode="creatorReview" priority="10">