diff --git a/judge-d-server/src/main/resources/swagger-validator.properties b/judge-d-server/src/main/resources/swagger-validator.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c00aee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/judge-d-server/src/main/resources/swagger-validator.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+validation.response.body.missing=INFO
diff --git a/judge-d-server/src/test/groovy/dev/hltech/dredd/domain/validation/rest/RestContractValidatorUT.groovy b/judge-d-server/src/test/groovy/dev/hltech/dredd/domain/validation/rest/RestContractValidatorUT.groovy
index 187fd046..bee10e2f 100644
--- a/judge-d-server/src/test/groovy/dev/hltech/dredd/domain/validation/rest/RestContractValidatorUT.groovy
+++ b/judge-d-server/src/test/groovy/dev/hltech/dredd/domain/validation/rest/RestContractValidatorUT.groovy
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import spock.lang.Specification
 import static au.com.dius.pact.model.PactReader.loadPact
 import static com.google.common.io.ByteStreams.toByteArray
 import static dev.hltech.dredd.domain.validation.InterfaceContractValidator.InteractionValidationStatus.FAILED
+import static dev.hltech.dredd.domain.validation.InterfaceContractValidator.InteractionValidationStatus.OK
 import static org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric
 
 class RestContractValidatorUT extends Specification {
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class RestContractValidatorUT extends Specification {
 
     def 'should return validation result with all interactions validated when validate swagger with pact'() {
         given:
-            def swagger = new String(toByteArray(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/backend-provider-swagger.json")))
+            def swagger = new String(toByteArray(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/swagger-backend-provider.json")))
             def pact = (RequestResponsePact) loadPact(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/pact-frontend-to-backend-provider.json"))
         when:
             def validationResult = validator.validate(pact, swagger)
@@ -45,4 +46,18 @@ class RestContractValidatorUT extends Specification {
                 errors.size() == 1
             }
     }
+
+    def 'should not return validation errors when validate given consumer ignores body'() {
+        given:
+            def swagger = new String(toByteArray(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/swagger-ignored-response-body.json")))
+            def pact = (RequestResponsePact) loadPact(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/pact-ignored-response-body.json"))
+        when:
+            def validationResult = validator.validate(pact, swagger)
+        then:
+            for (report in validationResult) {
+                with(report) {
+                    status == OK
+                }
+            }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/judge-d-server/src/main/resources/pact-frontend-to-backend-provider.json b/judge-d-server/src/test/resources/pact-frontend-to-backend-provider.json
similarity index 100%
rename from judge-d-server/src/main/resources/pact-frontend-to-backend-provider.json
rename to judge-d-server/src/test/resources/pact-frontend-to-backend-provider.json
diff --git a/judge-d-server/src/test/resources/pact-ignored-response-body.json b/judge-d-server/src/test/resources/pact-ignored-response-body.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34cf3581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/judge-d-server/src/test/resources/pact-ignored-response-body.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "provider": {
+    "name": "provider"
+  },
+  "consumer": {
+    "name": "consumer"
+  },
+  "interactions": [
+    {
+      "description": "health request; 200 OK response",
+      "request": {
+        "method": "GET",
+        "path": "health",
+        "headers": {},
+        "query": ""
+      },
+      "response": {
+        "status": "200",
+        "headers": {}
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "metadata": {
+    "pactSpecificationVersion": "1.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/judge-d-server/src/main/resources/backend-provider-swagger.json b/judge-d-server/src/test/resources/swagger-backend-provider.json
similarity index 100%
rename from judge-d-server/src/main/resources/backend-provider-swagger.json
rename to judge-d-server/src/test/resources/swagger-backend-provider.json
diff --git a/judge-d-server/src/test/resources/swagger-ignored-response-body.json b/judge-d-server/src/test/resources/swagger-ignored-response-body.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..345f1ad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/judge-d-server/src/test/resources/swagger-ignored-response-body.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  "swagger" : "2.0",
+  "info" : {
+    "version" : "latest",
+    "title" : "Provider"
+  },
+  "paths" : {
+    "/health" : {
+      "get" : {
+        "operationId" : "healthProbe",
+        "responses" : {
+          "200" : {
+            "description" : "successful operation",
+            "schema" : {
+              "$ref" : "#/definitions/Health"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "definitions" : {
+    "Health" : {
+      "type" : "object",
+      "properties" : {
+        "description" : {
+          "type" : "string"
+        },
+        "status" : {
+          "type" : "string",
+          "readOnly" : true
+        },
+        "details" : {
+          "type" : "object",
+          "additionalProperties" : {
+            "type" : "object"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}