diff --git a/frontends/verific/verific.cc b/frontends/verific/verific.cc
index 6b876c0f1..5f8e9e48d 100644
--- a/frontends/verific/verific.cc
+++ b/frontends/verific/verific.cc
@@ -3698,6 +3698,11 @@ struct VerificPass : public Pass {
 		}
 
 #ifdef VERIFIC_SYSTEMVERILOG_SUPPORT
+		if (GetSize(args) > argidx && args[argidx] == "-set_relaxed_checking") {
+			VeriNode::SetRelaxedChecking(1);
+			continue;
+		}
+		
 		if (GetSize(args) > argidx && (args[argidx] == "-f" || args[argidx] == "-F"))
 		{
 			unsigned verilog_mode = veri_file::UNDEFINED;