diff --git a/tools/render-test/options.cpp b/tools/render-test/options.cpp
index beacad1a8b..ce438046ac 100644
--- a/tools/render-test/options.cpp
+++ b/tools/render-test/options.cpp
@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ static rhi::DeviceType _toRenderType(Slang::RenderApiType apiType)
         {
             SLANG_RETURN_ON_FAIL(reader.expectArg(outOptions.entryPointName));
         }
+        else if (argValue == "-enable-backend-validation")
+        {
+            outOptions.enableBackendValidation = true;
+        }
         else
         {
             // Lookup
diff --git a/tools/render-test/options.h b/tools/render-test/options.h
index 2497ce7827..9a30030f72 100644
--- a/tools/render-test/options.h
+++ b/tools/render-test/options.h
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ struct Options
 
     bool generateSPIRVDirectly = true;
 
+    bool enableBackendValidation = false;
+
     Options() { downstreamArgs.addName("slang"); }
 
     static SlangResult parse(
diff --git a/tools/render-test/render-test-main.cpp b/tools/render-test/render-test-main.cpp
index b1f9575512..812a753e3d 100644
--- a/tools/render-test/render-test-main.cpp
+++ b/tools/render-test/render-test-main.cpp
@@ -1367,10 +1367,12 @@ static SlangResult _innerMain(
 
 #if _DEBUG
         desc.enableValidation = true;
-        desc.enableBackendValidation = true;
         desc.debugCallback = &debugCallback;
 #endif
 
+        if (options.enableBackendValidation)
+            desc.enableBackendValidation = true;
+
         desc.slang.lineDirectiveMode = SLANG_LINE_DIRECTIVE_MODE_NONE;
         if (options.generateSPIRVDirectly)
             desc.slang.targetFlags = SLANG_TARGET_FLAG_GENERATE_SPIRV_DIRECTLY;
diff --git a/tools/slang-test/slang-test-main.cpp b/tools/slang-test/slang-test-main.cpp
index a8127c3a82..37b1f43c9d 100644
--- a/tools/slang-test/slang-test-main.cpp
+++ b/tools/slang-test/slang-test-main.cpp
@@ -3478,6 +3478,15 @@ TestResult runComputeComparisonImpl(
     auto actualOutputFile = outputStem + ".actual.txt";
     cmdLine.addArg(actualOutputFile);
 
+#if _DEBUG
+    // When using test server, any validation warning printed from the backend
+    // gets misinterpreted as the result from the test.
+    // This is due to the limitation that Slang RPC implementation expects only
+    // one time communication.
+    if (input.spawnType != SpawnType::UseTestServer)
+        cmdLine.addArg("-enable-backend-validation");
+#endif
+
     if (context->isExecuting())
     {
         // clear the stale actual output file first. This will allow us to detect error if