diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff811492..f83df9a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ A dbt profile can be configured to run against AWS Athena using the following co
 | aws_secret_access_key | Secret access key of the user performing requests                                        | Optional  | `wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY` |
 | aws_profile_name      | Profile to use from your AWS shared credentials file                                     | Optional  | `my-profile`                               |
 | work_group            | Identifier of Athena workgroup                                                           | Optional  | `my-custom-workgroup`                      |
+| skip_workgroup_check  | Indicates if the WorkGroup check (additional AWS call) can be skipped                    | Optional  | `true`                                     |
 | num_retries           | Number of times to retry a failing query                                                 | Optional  | `3`                                        |
 | num_boto3_retries     | Number of times to retry boto3 requests (e.g. deleting S3 files for materialized tables) | Optional  | `5`                                        |
 | num_iceberg_retries   | Number of times to retry iceberg commit queries to fix ICEBERG_COMMIT_ERROR              | Optional  | `3`                                        |
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/athena/connections.py b/dbt/adapters/athena/connections.py
index 8536ae3c..39e4c59e 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/athena/connections.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/athena/connections.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class AthenaCredentials(Credentials):
     region_name: str
     endpoint_url: Optional[str] = None
     work_group: Optional[str] = None
+    skip_workgroup_check: bool = False
     aws_profile_name: Optional[str] = None
     aws_access_key_id: Optional[str] = None
     aws_secret_access_key: Optional[str] = None
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ def _connection_keys(self) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
         return (
             "s3_staging_dir",
             "work_group",
+            "skip_workgroup_check",
             "region_name",
             "database",
             "schema",
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/athena/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/athena/impl.py
index 65a3c1ba..2ce693ed 100755
--- a/dbt/adapters/athena/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/athena/impl.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class AthenaConfig(AdapterConfig):
 
     Args:
         work_group: Identifier of Athena workgroup.
+        skip_workgroup_check: Indicates if the WorkGroup check (additional AWS call) can be skipped.
         s3_staging_dir: S3 location to store Athena query results and metadata.
         external_location: If set, the full S3 path in which the table will be saved.
         partitioned_by: An array list of columns by which the table will be partitioned.
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ class AthenaConfig(AdapterConfig):
     """
 
     work_group: Optional[str] = None
+    skip_workgroup_check: bool = False
     s3_staging_dir: Optional[str] = None
     external_location: Optional[str] = None
     partitioned_by: Optional[str] = None
@@ -240,7 +242,7 @@ def is_work_group_output_location_enforced(self) -> bool:
         conn = self.connections.get_thread_connection()
         creds = conn.credentials
 
-        if creds.work_group:
+        if creds.work_group and not creds.skip_workgroup_check:
             work_group = self._get_work_group(creds.work_group)
             output_location = (
                 work_group.get("WorkGroup", {})
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_adapter.py b/tests/unit/test_adapter.py
index 3ae756bc..e3c3b923 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_adapter.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_adapter.py
@@ -39,28 +39,7 @@
 
 class TestAthenaAdapter:
     def setup_method(self, _):
-        project_cfg = {
-            "name": "X",
-            "version": "0.1",
-            "profile": "test",
-            "project-root": "/tmp/dbt/does-not-exist",
-            "config-version": 2,
-        }
-        profile_cfg = {
-            "outputs": {
-                "test": {
-                    "type": "athena",
-                    "s3_staging_dir": S3_STAGING_DIR,
-                    "region_name": AWS_REGION,
-                    "database": DATA_CATALOG_NAME,
-                    "work_group": ATHENA_WORKGROUP,
-                    "schema": DATABASE_NAME,
-                }
-            },
-            "target": "test",
-        }
-
-        self.config = config_from_parts_or_dicts(project_cfg, profile_cfg)
+        self.config = TestAthenaAdapter._config_from_settings()
         self._adapter = None
         self.used_schemas = frozenset(
             {
@@ -79,6 +58,35 @@ def adapter(self):
             inject_adapter(self._adapter, AthenaPlugin)
         return self._adapter
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _config_from_settings(settings={}):
+        project_cfg = {
+            "name": "X",
+            "version": "0.1",
+            "profile": "test",
+            "project-root": "/tmp/dbt/does-not-exist",
+            "config-version": 2,
+        }
+
+        profile_cfg = {
+            "outputs": {
+                "test": {
+                    **{
+                        "type": "athena",
+                        "s3_staging_dir": S3_STAGING_DIR,
+                        "region_name": AWS_REGION,
+                        "database": DATA_CATALOG_NAME,
+                        "work_group": ATHENA_WORKGROUP,
+                        "schema": DATABASE_NAME,
+                    },
+                    **settings,
+                }
+            },
+            "target": "test",
+        }
+
+        return config_from_parts_or_dicts(project_cfg, profile_cfg)
+
     @mock.patch("dbt.adapters.athena.connections.AthenaConnection")
     def test_acquire_connection_validations(self, connection_cls):
         try:
@@ -931,6 +939,17 @@ def test_get_work_group_output_location(self, mock_aws_service):
         work_group_location_enforced = self.adapter.is_work_group_output_location_enforced()
         assert work_group_location_enforced
 
+    def test_get_work_group_output_location_if_workgroup_check_is_skipepd(self):
+        settings = {
+            "skip_workgroup_check": True,
+        }
+
+        self.config = TestAthenaAdapter._config_from_settings(settings)
+        self.adapter.acquire_connection("dummy")
+
+        work_group_location_enforced = self.adapter.is_work_group_output_location_enforced()
+        assert not work_group_location_enforced
+
     @mock_aws
     def test_get_work_group_output_location_no_location(self, mock_aws_service):
         self.adapter.acquire_connection("dummy")