diff --git a/langchain/prompts/few_shot.py b/langchain/prompts/few_shot.py
index 71b4df37988..5a7b0c54fbd 100644
--- a/langchain/prompts/few_shot.py
+++ b/langchain/prompts/few_shot.py
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ class FewShotPromptTemplate(BasePromptTemplate, BaseModel):
     template_format: str = "f-string"
     """The format of the prompt template. Options are: 'f-string', 'jinja2'."""
 
+    validate_template: bool = True
+    """Whether or not to try validating the template."""
+
     @root_validator(pre=True)
     def check_examples_and_selector(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
         """Check that one and only one of examples/example_selector are provided."""
@@ -61,11 +64,12 @@ class FewShotPromptTemplate(BasePromptTemplate, BaseModel):
     @root_validator()
     def template_is_valid(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
         """Check that prefix, suffix and input variables are consistent."""
-        check_valid_template(
-            values["prefix"] + values["suffix"],
-            values["template_format"],
-            values["input_variables"],
-        )
+        if values["validate_template"]:
+            check_valid_template(
+                values["prefix"] + values["suffix"],
+                values["template_format"],
+                values["input_variables"],
+            )
         return values
 
     class Config:
diff --git a/langchain/prompts/prompt.py b/langchain/prompts/prompt.py
index fe9a798c5ed..eed015f51cb 100644
--- a/langchain/prompts/prompt.py
+++ b/langchain/prompts/prompt.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ class PromptTemplate(BasePromptTemplate, BaseModel):
     template_format: str = "f-string"
     """The format of the prompt template. Options are: 'f-string', 'jinja2'."""
 
+    validate_template: bool = True
+    """Whether or not to try validating the template."""
+
     @property
     def _prompt_type(self) -> str:
         """Return the prompt type key."""
@@ -61,9 +64,10 @@ class PromptTemplate(BasePromptTemplate, BaseModel):
     @root_validator()
     def template_is_valid(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
         """Check that template and input variables are consistent."""
-        check_valid_template(
-            values["template"], values["template_format"], values["input_variables"]
-        )
+        if values["validate_template"]:
+            check_valid_template(
+                values["template"], values["template_format"], values["input_variables"]
+            )
         return values
 
     @classmethod