diff --git a/src/parser_common.c b/src/parser_common.c
index cf509ca..765ef5a 100644
--- a/src/parser_common.c
+++ b/src/parser_common.c
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@
     struct lyd_meta *meta2, *prev_meta = NULL;
     struct lyd_ctx_ext_val *ext_val;
 
+    if (lydctx->parse_opts & LYD_PARSE_NO_NEW) {
+        node->flags &= ~LYD_NEW;
+    }
+
     if (lysc_has_when(node->schema)) {
         if (lydctx->parse_opts & LYD_PARSE_WHEN_TRUE) {
             /* the condition was true before */
diff --git a/src/parser_data.h b/src/parser_data.h
index 773947f..050ced3 100644
--- a/src/parser_data.h
+++ b/src/parser_data.h
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@
 #define LYD_PARSE_WHEN_TRUE 0x800000        /**< Mark all the parsed nodes dependend on a when condition with the flag
                                                  that means the condition was satisifed before. This allows for
                                                  auto-deletion of these nodes during validation. */
+#define LYD_PARSE_NO_NEW 0x1000000          /**< Do not set ::LYD_NEW (non-validated node flag) for any nodes. Use
+                                                 when parsing validated data to skip some validation tasks and modify
+                                                 some validation behavior (auto-deletion of cases). */
 
 #define LYD_PARSE_OPTS_MASK 0xFFFF0000      /**< Mask for all the LYD_PARSE_ options. */