diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFConnectionConfigParser.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFConnectionConfigParser.java
index 35698c557..6577a921a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFConnectionConfigParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFConnectionConfigParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package net.snowflake.client.config;
 
+import static net.snowflake.client.jdbc.SnowflakeUtil.convertSystemGetEnvToBooleanValue;
 import static net.snowflake.client.jdbc.SnowflakeUtil.systemGetEnv;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.toml.TomlMapper;
@@ -34,6 +35,50 @@ public class SFConnectionConfigParser {
       "SNOWFLAKE_DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME";
   public static final String DEFAULT = "default";
   public static final String SNOWFLAKE_TOKEN_FILE_PATH = "/snowflake/session/token";
+  public static final String SKIP_TOKEN_FILE_PERMISSIONS_VERIFICATION =
+      "SKIP_TOKEN_FILE_PERMISSIONS_VERIFICATION";
+
+  public static ConnectionParameters buildConnectionParameters() throws SnowflakeSQLException {
+    String defaultConnectionName =
+        Optional.ofNullable(systemGetEnv(SNOWFLAKE_DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME_KEY)).orElse(DEFAULT);
+    Map<String, String> fileConnectionConfiguration =
+        loadDefaultConnectionConfiguration(defaultConnectionName);
+
+    if (fileConnectionConfiguration != null && !fileConnectionConfiguration.isEmpty()) {
+      Properties conectionProperties = new Properties();
+      conectionProperties.putAll(fileConnectionConfiguration);
+
+      String url = createUrl(fileConnectionConfiguration);
+      logger.debug("Url created using parameters from connection configuration file: {}", url);
+
+      if ("oauth".equals(fileConnectionConfiguration.get("authenticator"))
+          && fileConnectionConfiguration.get("token") == null) {
+        Path path =
+            Paths.get(
+                Optional.ofNullable(fileConnectionConfiguration.get("token_file_path"))
+                    .orElse(SNOWFLAKE_TOKEN_FILE_PATH));
+        logger.debug("Token used in connect is read from file: {}", path);
+        try {
+          boolean shouldSkipTokenFilePermissionsVerification =
+              convertSystemGetEnvToBooleanValue(SKIP_TOKEN_FILE_PERMISSIONS_VERIFICATION, false);
+          if (!shouldSkipTokenFilePermissionsVerification) {
+            verifyFilePermissionSecure(path);
+          }
+          String token = new String(Files.readAllBytes(path), Charset.defaultCharset());
+          if (!token.isEmpty()) {
+            putPropertyIfNotNull(conectionProperties, "token", token.trim());
+          } else {
+            logger.warn("The token has empty value");
+          }
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+          throw new SnowflakeSQLException(ex, "There is a problem during reading token from file");
+        }
+      }
+      return new ConnectionParameters(url, conectionProperties);
+    } else {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
 
   private static Map<String, String> loadDefaultConnectionConfiguration(
       String defaultConnectionName) throws SnowflakeSQLException {
@@ -88,44 +133,6 @@ private static void verifyFilePermissionSecure(Path configFilePath)
     }
   }
 
-  public static ConnectionParameters buildConnectionParameters() throws SnowflakeSQLException {
-    String defaultConnectionName =
-        Optional.ofNullable(systemGetEnv(SNOWFLAKE_DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME_KEY)).orElse(DEFAULT);
-    Map<String, String> fileConnectionConfiguration =
-        loadDefaultConnectionConfiguration(defaultConnectionName);
-
-    if (fileConnectionConfiguration != null && !fileConnectionConfiguration.isEmpty()) {
-      Properties conectionProperties = new Properties();
-      conectionProperties.putAll(fileConnectionConfiguration);
-
-      String url = createUrl(fileConnectionConfiguration);
-      logger.debug("Url created using parameters from connection configuration file: {}", url);
-
-      if ("oauth".equals(fileConnectionConfiguration.get("authenticator"))
-          && fileConnectionConfiguration.get("token") == null) {
-        Path path =
-            Paths.get(
-                Optional.ofNullable(fileConnectionConfiguration.get("token_file_path"))
-                    .orElse(SNOWFLAKE_TOKEN_FILE_PATH));
-        logger.debug("Token used in connect is read from file: {}", path);
-        try {
-          verifyFilePermissionSecure(path);
-          String token = new String(Files.readAllBytes(path), Charset.defaultCharset());
-          if (!token.isEmpty()) {
-            putPropertyIfNotNull(conectionProperties, "token", token.trim());
-          } else {
-            logger.warn("The token has empty value");
-          }
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
-          throw new SnowflakeSQLException(ex, "There is a problem during reading token from file");
-        }
-      }
-      return new ConnectionParameters(url, conectionProperties);
-    } else {
-      return null;
-    }
-  }
-
   private static String createUrl(Map<String, String> fileConnectionConfiguration)
       throws SnowflakeSQLException {
     Optional<String> maybeAccount = Optional.ofNullable(fileConnectionConfiguration.get("account"));
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SFSessionProperty.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SFSessionProperty.java
index 97c0adbc2..917ce5629 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SFSessionProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SFSessionProperty.java
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@ public enum SFSessionProperty {
 
   HTTP_CLIENT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT("HTTP_CLIENT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT", false, Integer.class),
 
-  HTTP_CLIENT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT("HTTP_CLIENT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT", false, Integer.class);
+  HTTP_CLIENT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT("HTTP_CLIENT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT", false, Integer.class),
+
+  SKIP_TOKEN_FILE_PERMISSIONS_VERIFICATION(
+      "SKIP_TOKEN_FILE_PERMISSIONS_VERIFICATION", false, Boolean.class);
 
   // property key in string
   private String propertyKey;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/SnowflakeUtil.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/SnowflakeUtil.java
index 635384972..f934b9009 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/SnowflakeUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/SnowflakeUtil.java
@@ -837,6 +837,22 @@ public static boolean convertSystemPropertyToBooleanValue(
     }
     return defaultValue;
   }
+  /**
+   * Helper function to convert environment variable to boolean
+   *
+   * @param Environment property name of the system property
+   * @param defaultValue default value used
+   * @return the value of the system property as boolean, else the default value
+   */
+  @SnowflakeJdbcInternalApi
+  public static boolean convertSystemGetEnvToBooleanValue(
+      String systemProperty, boolean defaultValue) {
+    String systemPropertyValue = systemGetEnv(systemProperty);
+    if (systemPropertyValue != null) {
+      return Boolean.parseBoolean(systemPropertyValue);
+    }
+    return defaultValue;
+  }
 
   @SnowflakeJdbcInternalApi
   public static <T> T mapSFExceptionToSQLException(ThrowingCallable<T, SFException> action)
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFConnectionConfigParserTest.java b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFConnectionConfigParserTest.java
index 01da714e5..07658b9e8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFConnectionConfigParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFConnectionConfigParserTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package net.snowflake.client.config;
 
+import static net.snowflake.client.config.SFConnectionConfigParser.SKIP_TOKEN_FILE_PERMISSIONS_VERIFICATION;
 import static net.snowflake.client.config.SFConnectionConfigParser.SNOWFLAKE_DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME_KEY;
 import static net.snowflake.client.config.SFConnectionConfigParser.SNOWFLAKE_HOME_KEY;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ public void setUp() throws IOException {
   public void close() throws IOException {
     SnowflakeUtil.systemUnsetEnv(SNOWFLAKE_HOME_KEY);
     SnowflakeUtil.systemUnsetEnv(SNOWFLAKE_DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME_KEY);
+    SnowflakeUtil.systemUnsetEnv(SKIP_TOKEN_FILE_PERMISSIONS_VERIFICATION);
     Files.walk(tempPath).map(Path::toFile).forEach(File::delete);
     Files.delete(tempPath);
   }
@@ -103,6 +105,21 @@ public void testThrowErrorWhenWrongPermissionsForTokenFile() throws IOException
         SnowflakeSQLException.class, () -> SFConnectionConfigParser.buildConnectionParameters());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testNoThrowErrorWhenWrongPermissionsForTokenFileButSkippingFlagIsEnabled()
+      throws SnowflakeSQLException, IOException {
+    SnowflakeUtil.systemSetEnv(SNOWFLAKE_HOME_KEY, tempPath.toString());
+    SnowflakeUtil.systemSetEnv(SNOWFLAKE_DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME_KEY, "default");
+    SnowflakeUtil.systemSetEnv(SKIP_TOKEN_FILE_PERMISSIONS_VERIFICATION, "true");
+    File tokenFile = new File(Paths.get(tempPath.toString(), "token").toUri());
+    prepareConnectionConfigurationTomlFile(
+        Collections.singletonMap("token_file_path", tokenFile.toString()), true, false);
+
+    ConnectionParameters data = SFConnectionConfigParser.buildConnectionParameters();
+    assertNotNull(data);
+    assertEquals(tokenFile.toString(), data.getParams().get("token_file_path"));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testLoadSFConnectionConfigWithHostConfigured()
       throws SnowflakeSQLException, IOException {