diff --git a/crates/apollo-compiler/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/apollo-compiler/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b0fbcbbe..ebd923eeb 100644
--- a/crates/apollo-compiler/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/apollo-compiler/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
     On success they return the schema or document (unmodified) wrapped in a `Valid<_>` marker type,
     which is **immutable**.
   - Change `ExecutableDocument` to require a `&Valid<Schema>` instead of `&Schema`,
-    so that schema validation is mandatory.
+    forcing callers to either run validation or opt out explicitly with `Valid::assert_valid`.
   - Make `parse_mixed` and `to_mixed` validate both the schema and document.
     Rename them with a `_validate` suffix.
   - Corresponding changes to all of the above in `Parser` method signatures
diff --git a/crates/apollo-compiler/src/validation/mod.rs b/crates/apollo-compiler/src/validation/mod.rs
index ad70a6ab4..27d46fa34 100644
--- a/crates/apollo-compiler/src/validation/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/apollo-compiler/src/validation/mod.rs
@@ -38,13 +38,15 @@ pub(crate) use validation_db::{ValidationDatabase, ValidationStorage};
 /// Wraps a [`Schema`] or [`ExecutableDocument`] to mark it
 /// as [valid](https://spec.graphql.org/October2021/#sec-Validation).
 ///
-/// This is obtained from one of:
+/// This is obtained either by running validation with one of:
 ///
 /// * [`Schema::parse_and_validate`]
 /// * [`Schema::validate`]
 /// * [`ExecutableDocument::parse_and_validate`]
 /// * [`ExecutableDocument::validate`]
 ///
+/// … or by explicitly skipping it with [`Valid::assert_valid`].
+///
 /// The schema or document inside `Valid<T>` is immutable (`&mut T` is not given out).
 /// It can be extracted with [`into_inner`][Self::into_inner],
 /// such as to mutate it then possibly re-validate it.
@@ -52,6 +54,16 @@ pub(crate) use validation_db::{ValidationDatabase, ValidationStorage};
 pub struct Valid<T>(pub(crate) T);
 
 impl<T> Valid<T> {
+    /// Construct a `Valid` document without actually running validation.
+    ///
+    /// The caller takes responsibility to ascertain that
+    /// the document is known through some other means to be valid.
+    /// For example, if it was loaded from some external storag
+    /// where it was only stored after validation.
+    pub fn assert_valid(document: T) -> Self {
+        Self(document)
+    }
+
     /// Extract the schema or document, such as to mutate it then possibly re-validate it.
     pub fn into_inner(self) -> T {
         self.0