diff --git a/build_helpers/schema.json b/build_helpers/schema.json
index b644bc2f9..974ae0431 100644
--- a/build_helpers/schema.json
+++ b/build_helpers/schema.json
@@ -1461,6 +1461,11 @@
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": false
         },
+        "override_exchange_check": {
+          "description": "Override the exchange check to force FreqAI to use exchanges that may not have enough historic data. Turn this to True if you know your FreqAI model and strategy do not require historical data.",
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false
+        },
         "feature_parameters": {
           "description": "The parameters used to engineer the feature set",
           "type": "object",
diff --git a/freqtrade/config_schema/config_schema.py b/freqtrade/config_schema/config_schema.py
index 8274c161b..c9425d6cb 100644
--- a/freqtrade/config_schema/config_schema.py
+++ b/freqtrade/config_schema/config_schema.py
@@ -1142,6 +1142,15 @@ CONF_SCHEMA = {
                     "type": "boolean",
                     "default": False,
                 },
+                "override_exchange_check": {
+                    "description": (
+                        "Override the exchange check to force FreqAI to use exchanges "
+                        "that may not have enough historic data. Turn this to True if "
+                        "you know your FreqAI model and strategy do not require historical data."
+                    ),
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "default": False,
+                },
                 "feature_parameters": {
                     "description": "The parameters used to engineer the feature set",
                     "type": "object",
diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
index 1edd9ae17..aa3630c01 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/exchange.py
@@ -832,10 +832,16 @@ class Exchange:
 
     def validate_freqai(self, config: Config) -> None:
         freqai_enabled = config.get("freqai", {}).get("enabled", False)
-        if freqai_enabled and not self._ft_has["ohlcv_has_history"]:
+        override = config.get("freqai", {}).get("override_exchange_checks", False)
+        if not override and freqai_enabled and not self._ft_has["ohlcv_has_history"]:
             raise ConfigurationError(
                 f"Historic OHLCV data not available for {self.name}. Can't use freqAI."
             )
+        elif override and freqai_enabled and not self._ft_has["ohlcv_has_history"]:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Overriding exchange checks for freqAI. Make sure that your exchange supports "
+                "fetching historic OHLCV data, otherwise freqAI will not work."
+            )
 
     def validate_required_startup_candles(self, startup_candles: int, timeframe: str) -> int:
         """