diff --git a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc
index 139c4e1d8a..6a3377519b 100644
--- a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc
+++ b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ Controls for how dom0 is constructed on x86 systems.
 
 ### dom0-iommu
     = List of [ passthrough=<bool>, strict=<bool>, map-inclusive=<bool>,
-                map-reserved=<bool> ]
+                map-reserved=<bool>, none ]
 
 Controls for the dom0 IOMMU setup.
 
@@ -718,6 +718,12 @@ Controls for the dom0 IOMMU setup.
     subset of the correction by only mapping reserved memory regions rather
     than all non-RAM regions.
 
+*   The `none` option is intended for development purposes only, and skips
+    certain safety checks pertaining to the correct IOMMU configuration for
+    dom0 to boot.
+
+    Incorrect use of this option may result in a malfunctioning system.
+
 ### dom0_ioports_disable (x86)
 > `= List of <hex>-<hex>`
 
diff --git a/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c b/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c
index febb69393a..17c0c729a6 100644
--- a/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c
+++ b/xen/drivers/passthrough/iommu.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ bool_t __read_mostly iommu_snoop = 1;
 bool_t __read_mostly iommu_qinval = 1;
 bool_t __read_mostly iommu_intremap = 1;
 
+static bool __hwdom_initdata iommu_hwdom_none;
 bool __hwdom_initdata iommu_hwdom_strict;
 bool __read_mostly iommu_hwdom_passthrough;
 bool __hwdom_initdata iommu_hwdom_inclusive;
@@ -131,6 +132,8 @@ static int __init parse_dom0_iommu_param(const char *s)
             iommu_hwdom_inclusive = val;
         else if ( (val = parse_boolean("map-reserved", s, ss)) >= 0 )
             iommu_hwdom_reserved = val;
+        else if ( !cmdline_strcmp(s, "none") )
+            iommu_hwdom_none = true;
         else
             rc = -EINVAL;
 
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ int iommu_domain_init(struct domain *d)
 
 static void __hwdom_init check_hwdom_reqs(struct domain *d)
 {
-    if ( !paging_mode_translate(d) )
+    if ( iommu_hwdom_none || !paging_mode_translate(d) )
         return;
 
     arch_iommu_check_autotranslated_hwdom(d);