diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/PayloadConverterJob.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/PayloadConverterJob.java
index f34caad75a..d7e22e557b 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/PayloadConverterJob.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/PayloadConverterJob.java
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ public class PayloadConverterJob {
 		final String outputPath = parser.get("outputPath");
 		log.info("outputPath: {}", outputPath);
 
+		final Boolean validateXML = Optional
+				.ofNullable(parser.get("validateXML"))
+				.map(Boolean::valueOf)
+				.orElse(Boolean.FALSE);
+		log.info("validateXML: {}", validateXML);
+
 		final String contextApiBaseUrl = parser.get("contextApiBaseUrl");
 		log.info("contextApiBaseUrl: {}", contextApiBaseUrl);
 
@@ -78,18 +84,19 @@ public class PayloadConverterJob {
 
 		runWithSparkSession(conf, isSparkSessionManaged, spark -> {
 			removeOutputDir(spark, outputPath);
-			convertToXml(
+			createPayloads(
 				spark, inputPath, outputPath, ContextMapper.fromAPI(contextApiBaseUrl),
-				VocabularyGroup.loadVocsFromIS(isLookup));
+				VocabularyGroup.loadVocsFromIS(isLookup), validateXML);
 		});
 	}
 
-	private static void convertToXml(
+	private static void createPayloads(
 		final SparkSession spark,
 		final String inputPath,
 		final String outputPath,
 		final ContextMapper contextMapper,
-		final VocabularyGroup vocabularies) {
+		final VocabularyGroup vocabularies,
+		final Boolean validateXML) {
 
 		final XmlRecordFactory recordFactory = new XmlRecordFactory(
 			prepareAccumulators(spark.sparkContext()),
@@ -110,7 +117,7 @@ public class PayloadConverterJob {
 			.as(Encoders.kryo(JoinedEntity.class))
 			.map(
 				(MapFunction<JoinedEntity, Tuple2<String, SolrRecord>>) je -> new Tuple2<>(
-					recordFactory.build(je),
+					recordFactory.build(je, validateXML),
 					ProvisionModelSupport.transform(je, contextMapper, vocabularies)),
 				Encoders.tuple(Encoders.STRING(), Encoders.bean(SolrRecord.class)))
 			.map(
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/input_params_payload_converter.json b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/input_params_payload_converter.json
index 4509eb9de4..1b43ca5fd8 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/input_params_payload_converter.json
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/input_params_payload_converter.json
@@ -22,5 +22,11 @@
     "paramLongName": "isLookupUrl",
     "paramDescription": "URL of the context ISLookup Service",
     "paramRequired": true
+  },
+  {
+    "paramName": "val",
+    "paramLongName": "validateXML",
+    "paramDescription": "should the process check the XML validity",
+    "paramRequired": false
   }
 ]
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/oozie_app/workflow.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/oozie_app/workflow.xml
index 59058d4677..1682f2ed5b 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/oozie_app/workflow.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-graph-provision/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/provision/oozie_app/workflow.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
             <name>contextApiBaseUrl</name>
             <description>context API URL</description>
         </property>
+        <property>
+            <name>validateXML</name>
+            <description>should the payload converter validate the XMLs</description>
+            <value>false</value>
+        </property>
         <property>
             <name>relPartitions</name>
             <description>number or partitions for the relations Dataset</description>
@@ -610,6 +615,7 @@
             </spark-opts>
             <arg>--inputPath</arg><arg>/user/claudio.atzori/data/beta_provision/join_entities</arg>
             <arg>--outputPath</arg><arg>${workingDir}/xml_json</arg>
+            <arg>--validateXML</arg><arg>${validateXML}</arg>
             <arg>--contextApiBaseUrl</arg><arg>${contextApiBaseUrl}</arg>
             <arg>--isLookupUrl</arg><arg>${isLookupUrl}</arg>
         </spark>