diff --git a/src/cli/onevm b/src/cli/onevm
index d59c8f0f2a..4230543070 100755
--- a/src/cli/onevm
+++ b/src/cli/onevm
@@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ CommandParser::CmdParser.new(ARGV) do
         FEATURES  = ["ACPI", "PAE", "APIC", "LOCALTIME", "HYPERV", "GUEST_AGENT", "IOTHREADS"]
         INPUT     = ["TYPE", "BUS"]
         GRAPHICS  = ["TYPE", "LISTEN", "PASSWD", "KEYMAP" ]
-        RAW       = ["DATA", "DATA_VMX", "TYPE"]
+        RAW       = ["DATA", "DATA_VMX", "TYPE", "VALIDATE"]
         CPU_MODEL = ["MODEL"]
         CONTEXT (any value, **variable substitution will be made**)
     EOT
diff --git a/src/vm/VirtualMachineTemplate.cc b/src/vm/VirtualMachineTemplate.cc
index 4cc4da0d1a..c770638e0d 100644
--- a/src/vm/VirtualMachineTemplate.cc
+++ b/src/vm/VirtualMachineTemplate.cc
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ std::map<std::string,std::vector<std::string>> VirtualMachineTemplate::UPDATECON
     {"RAW",
         { "TYPE",
           "DATA",
+          "VALIDATE",
           "DATA_VMX"}
     },
     {"CPU_MODEL",