diff --git a/Documentation/rest-api-changes.txt b/Documentation/rest-api-changes.txt
index 0b4a0cb..66b3645 100644
--- a/Documentation/rest-api-changes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rest-api-changes.txt
@@ -6754,28 +6754,28 @@
 
 [options="header",cols="1,^1,5"]
 |===========================
-|Field Name         ||Description
-|`message`          |optional|
+|Field Name          ||Description
+|`message`           |optional|
 Commit message for the cherry-pick change. If not set, the commit message of
 the cherry-picked commit is used.
-|`destination`      ||Destination branch
-|`base`             |optional|
+|`destination`       ||Destination branch
+|`base`              |optional|
 40-hex digit SHA-1 of the commit which will be the parent commit of the newly created change.
 If set, it must be a merged commit or a change revision on the destination branch.
-|`parent`           |optional, defaults to 1|
+|`parent`            |optional, defaults to 1|
 Number of the parent relative to which the cherry-pick should be considered.
-|`notify`           |optional|
+|`notify`            |optional|
 Notify handling that defines to whom email notifications should be sent
 after the cherry-pick. +
 Allowed values are `NONE`, `OWNER`, `OWNER_REVIEWERS` and `ALL`. +
 If not set, the default is `ALL`.
-|`notify_details`   |optional|
+|`notify_details`    |optional|
 Additional information about whom to notify about the update as a map
 of link:user-notify.html#recipient-types[recipient type] to
 link:#notify-info[NotifyInfo] entity.
-|`keep_reviewers`   |optional, defaults to false|
+|`keep_reviewers`    |optional, defaults to false|
 If `true`, carries reviewers and ccs over from original change to newly created one.
-|`allow_conflicts`  |optional, defaults to false|
+|`allow_conflicts`   |optional, defaults to false|
 If `true`, the cherry-pick uses content merge and succeeds also if
 there are conflicts. If there are conflicts the file contents of the
 created change contain git conflict markers to indicate the conflicts.
@@ -6783,7 +6783,7 @@
 `contains_git_conflicts` field in the link:#change-info[ChangeInfo]. If
 there are conflicts the cherry-pick change is marked as
 work-in-progress.
-|`topic`            |optional|
+|`topic`             |optional|
 The topic of the created cherry-picked change. If not set, the default depends
 on the source. If the source is a change with a topic, the resulting topic
 of the cherry-picked change will be {source_change_topic}-{destination_branch}.
@@ -6791,10 +6791,18 @@
 the created change will have no topic.
 If the change already exists, the topic will not change if not set. If set, the
 topic will be overridden.
-|`allow_empty`      |optional, defaults to false|
+|`allow_empty`       |optional, defaults to false|
 If `true`, the cherry-pick succeeds also if the created commit will be empty.
 If `false`, a cherry-pick that would create an empty commit fails without creating
 the commit.
+|`validation_options`|optional|
+Map with key-value pairs that are forwarded as options to the commit validation
+listeners (e.g. can be used to skip certain validations). Which validation
+options are supported depends on the installed commit validation listeners.
+Gerrit core doesn't support any validation options, but commit validation
+listeners that are implemented in plugins may. Please refer to the
+documentation of the installed plugins to learn whether they support validation
+options. Unknown validation options are silently ignored.
 |===========================
 
 [[comment-info]]
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/api/changes/CherryPickInput.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/api/changes/CherryPickInput.java
index fb03bc5..232b2b5 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/api/changes/CherryPickInput.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/api/changes/CherryPickInput.java
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@
   public boolean allowConflicts;
   public String topic;
   public boolean allowEmpty;
+  public Map<String, String> validationOptions;
 }
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/ChangeInserter.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/ChangeInserter.java
index 9e8d879..6ef7f1e 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/ChangeInserter.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/ChangeInserter.java
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@
 
   public ChangeInserter setValidationOptions(
       ImmutableListMultimap<String, String> validationOptions) {
+    requireNonNull(validationOptions, "validationOptions may not be null");
     checkState(
         patchSet == null,
         "setValidationOptions(ImmutableListMultimap<String, String>) only valid before creating a"
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/PatchSetInserter.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/PatchSetInserter.java
index aed1774..fc56e80 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/PatchSetInserter.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/change/PatchSetInserter.java
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
   private boolean validate = true;
   private boolean checkAddPatchSetPermission = true;
   private List<String> groups = Collections.emptyList();
+  private ImmutableListMultimap<String, String> validationOptions = ImmutableListMultimap.of();
   private boolean fireRevisionCreated = true;
   private boolean allowClosed;
   private boolean sendEmail = true;
@@ -184,6 +185,13 @@
     return this;
   }
 
+  public PatchSetInserter setValidationOptions(
+      ImmutableListMultimap<String, String> validationOptions) {
+    requireNonNull(validationOptions, "validationOptions may not be null");
+    this.validationOptions = validationOptions;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   public PatchSetInserter setFireRevisionCreated(boolean fireRevisionCreated) {
     this.fireRevisionCreated = fireRevisionCreated;
     return this;
@@ -367,7 +375,7 @@
                 .orElseThrow(illegalState(origNotes.getProjectName()))
                 .getProject(),
             origNotes.getChange().getDest().branch(),
-            ImmutableListMultimap.of(),
+            validationOptions,
             ctx.getRepoView().getConfig(),
             ctx.getRevWalk().getObjectReader(),
             commitId,
diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/change/CherryPickChange.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/change/CherryPickChange.java
index 0fc5716..cb08c11 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/change/CherryPickChange.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/restapi/change/CherryPickChange.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableListMultimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.Nullable;
 import com.google.gerrit.entities.Account;
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.ConfigInvalidException;
@@ -250,7 +252,6 @@
       @Nullable Boolean workInProgress)
       throws IOException, InvalidChangeOperationException, UpdateException, RestApiException,
           ConfigInvalidException, NoSuchProjectException {
-
     IdentifiedUser identifiedUser = user.get();
     try (Repository git = gitManager.openRepository(project);
         // This inserter and revwalk *must* be passed to any BatchUpdates
@@ -357,6 +358,7 @@
                   cherryPickCommit,
                   sourceChange,
                   newTopic,
+                  input,
                   workInProgress);
         } else {
           // Change key not found on destination branch. We can create a new
@@ -439,6 +441,7 @@
       CodeReviewCommit cherryPickCommit,
       @Nullable Change sourceChange,
       String topic,
+      CherryPickInput input,
       @Nullable Boolean workInProgress)
       throws IOException {
     Change destChange = destNotes.getChange();
@@ -452,6 +455,7 @@
     if (shouldSetToReady(cherryPickCommit, destNotes, workInProgress)) {
       inserter.setWorkInProgress(false);
     }
+    inserter.setValidationOptions(getValidateOptionsAsMultimap(input.validationOptions));
     bu.addOp(destChange.getId(), inserter);
     PatchSet.Id sourcePatchSetId = sourceChange == null ? null : sourceChange.currentPatchSetId();
     // If sourceChange is not provided, reset cherryPickOf to avoid stale value.
@@ -502,6 +506,7 @@
           (sourceChange != null && sourceChange.isWorkInProgress())
               || !cherryPickCommit.getFilesWithGitConflicts().isEmpty());
     }
+    ins.setValidationOptions(getValidateOptionsAsMultimap(input.validationOptions));
     BranchNameKey sourceBranch = sourceChange == null ? null : sourceChange.getDest();
     PatchSet.Id sourcePatchSetId = sourceChange == null ? null : sourceChange.currentPatchSetId();
     ins.setMessage(
@@ -545,6 +550,20 @@
     return changeId;
   }
 
+  private static ImmutableListMultimap<String, String> getValidateOptionsAsMultimap(
+      @Nullable Map<String, String> validationOptions) {
+    if (validationOptions == null) {
+      return ImmutableListMultimap.of();
+    }
+
+    ImmutableListMultimap.Builder<String, String> validationOptionsBuilder =
+        ImmutableListMultimap.builder();
+    validationOptions
+        .entrySet()
+        .forEach(e -> validationOptionsBuilder.put(e.getKey(), e.getValue()));
+    return validationOptionsBuilder.build();
+  }
+
   private NotifyResolver.Result resolveNotify(CherryPickInput input)
       throws BadRequestException, ConfigInvalidException, IOException {
     return notifyResolver.resolve(
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/revision/RevisionIT.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/revision/RevisionIT.java
index 72b5f93..4a7849f 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/revision/RevisionIT.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/revision/RevisionIT.java
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.UnprocessableEntityException;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.webui.PatchSetWebLink;
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.webui.ResolveConflictsWebLink;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.events.CommitReceivedEvent;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.git.validators.CommitValidationException;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.git.validators.CommitValidationListener;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.git.validators.CommitValidationMessage;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.query.change.ChangeData;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.util.AccountTemplateUtil;
 import com.google.gerrit.testing.FakeEmailSender;
@@ -684,6 +688,26 @@
   }
 
   @Test
+  public void cherryPickWithValidationOptions() throws Exception {
+    PushOneCommit.Result r = createChange();
+
+    CherryPickInput in = new CherryPickInput();
+    in.destination = "foo";
+    in.message = "Cherry Pick";
+    in.validationOptions = ImmutableMap.of("key", "value");
+
+    gApi.projects().name(project.get()).branch(in.destination).create(new BranchInput());
+
+    TestCommitValidationListener testCommitValidationListener = new TestCommitValidationListener();
+    try (Registration registration =
+        extensionRegistry.newRegistration().add(testCommitValidationListener)) {
+      gApi.changes().id(r.getChangeId()).current().cherryPickAsInfo(in);
+      assertThat(testCommitValidationListener.receiveEvent.pushOptions)
+          .containsExactly("key", "value");
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
   public void cherryPickToExistingChangeUpdatesCherryPickOf() throws Exception {
     PushOneCommit.Result r1 =
         pushFactory
@@ -2081,4 +2105,15 @@
   private static Iterable<Account.Id> getReviewers(Collection<AccountInfo> r) {
     return Iterables.transform(r, a -> Account.id(a._accountId));
   }
+
+  private static class TestCommitValidationListener implements CommitValidationListener {
+    public CommitReceivedEvent receiveEvent;
+
+    @Override
+    public List<CommitValidationMessage> onCommitReceived(CommitReceivedEvent receiveEvent)
+        throws CommitValidationException {
+      this.receiveEvent = receiveEvent;
+      return ImmutableList.of();
+    }
+  }
 }