diff --git a/helpers/arguments.py b/helpers/arguments.py
index 4851917c..c98fa17c 100644
--- a/helpers/arguments.py
+++ b/helpers/arguments.py
@@ -690,6 +690,18 @@ def parse_args(input_args=None):
             " Default: ddim"
         ),
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--enable_watermark",
+        type=bool,
+        default=False,
+        action="store_true",
+        help=(
+            "The SDXL 0.9 and 1.0 licenses both require a watermark be used to identify any images created to be shared."
+            " Since the images created during validation typically are not shared, and we want the most accurate results,"
+            " this watermarker is disabled by default. If you are sharing the validation images, it is up to you"
+            " to ensure that you are complying with the license, whether that is through this watermarker, or another."
+        )
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--mixed_precision",
         type=str,
diff --git a/helpers/legacy/validation.py b/helpers/legacy/validation.py
index a7fb0805..23e6597f 100644
--- a/helpers/legacy/validation.py
+++ b/helpers/legacy/validation.py
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ def log_validations(
                 vae=vae,
                 revision=args.revision,
                 torch_dtype=weight_dtype,
+                add_watermarker=args.enable_watermark
             )
             pipeline.scheduler = SCHEDULER_NAME_MAP[
                 args.validation_noise_scheduler
diff --git a/train_sdxl.py b/train_sdxl.py
index 826cd7ac..64d89885 100644
--- a/train_sdxl.py
+++ b/train_sdxl.py
@@ -1285,6 +1285,7 @@ def collate_fn(batch):
             vae=vae,
             unet=unet,
             revision=args.revision,
+            add_watermarker=args.enable_watermark
         )
         pipeline.set_progress_bar_config(disable=True)
         pipeline.scheduler = SCHEDULER_NAME_MAP[