diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
index c4086c7b..418e3f87 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/manifests/cosmos-site.pp
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ class eidas_connector {
                    '/etc/eidas-connector:/etc/eidas-connector'],
       env      => ["IDP_SERVER_HOSTNAME=$hostname",
                    "TOMCAT_HOSTNAME=localhost",
+                   "EIDAS_METADATA_IGNORE_SIGNATURE_VALIDATION=true",
                    "IDP_ENTITY_ID=https://$hostname/eidas",
                    "SP_ENTITY_ID=https://$hostname/idp/metadata/sp",
                    "IDP_PERSISTENT_ID_SALT=$idp_persistent_id_salt",