diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 87574ac..6c481e9 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ A complete listing of the possible config settings:
     'allow_origin' => '',               // string (editable)
     'max_age' => 259200,                // integer (hidden)
     'memory_exhaustion_factor' => ''    // string/float/int (hidden)
+    'cache_invalidation_odds' => ''     // string/float (hidden)
 ),
 ```
 
@@ -72,6 +73,17 @@ Recommended settings would be between 1.7 and 2.1.
 Setting the value to 0, '' or null will disable the feature.
 Default value is null (disabled).
 
+### cache_invalidation_odds
+
+Setting this value will make the cache invalidation checks more or less frequent.
+If you care more about performance than serving a validated cache file, you can control the odds of doing a cache invalidation check.
+We will generate a random number between 0 and 1 and compare it against your odds value.
+By setting it to 0.1, the cache should only be validated 10% of the time.
+In contrast, setting it to 0.9 would make the check happen really frequently.
+Setting the value to 1, '' or null will disable the feature and always force the check.
+Setting the value to 0 will prevent any cache validation.
+Default value is null (disabled).
+
 ## Updating
 
 ### 2.1.0
diff --git a/lib/class.jit.php b/lib/class.jit.php
index e160f73..5b348e3 100644
--- a/lib/class.jit.php
+++ b/lib/class.jit.php
@@ -124,25 +124,32 @@ public function fetchValidImageCache(array &$parameters)
 
         // Do we have a cache file ?
         if (@file_exists($file) && @is_file($file)) {
-            // Validate that the cache is more recent than the original
             $cache_mtime = @filemtime($file);
-            $original_mtime = $this->fetchLastModifiedTime($parameters);
-
-            // Original file's mtime is not determined or is more recent than cache
-            if ($original_mtime === 0 || $original_mtime > $cache_mtime) {
-                // Delete cache
-                General::deleteFile($file);
+            // Validate that the cache is more recent than the original
+            if ($this->shouldDoCacheInvalidation()) {
+                $original_mtime = $this->fetchLastModifiedTime($parameters);
+
+                // Original file's mtime is not determined or is more recent than cache
+                if ($original_mtime === 0 || $original_mtime > $cache_mtime) {
+                    // Delete cache
+                    General::deleteFile($file);
+                    // Export the invalidation state
+                    $parameters['cached_invalidated'] = 'invalidated';
+                    // Cache is invalid
+                    return null;
+                } else {
+                    // Export the invalidation state
+                    $parameters['cached_invalidated'] = 'validated';
+                }
+            } else {
                 // Export the invalidation state
-                $parameters['cached_invalidated'] = true;
-                // Cache is invalid
-                return null;
+                $parameters['cached_invalidated'] = 'ignored';
             }
 
             // Load the cache file
             $image = @\Image::load($file);
 
             if ($image) {
-
                 // Export the last modified time
                 $parameters['last_modified'] = $cache_mtime;
 
@@ -157,9 +164,30 @@ public function fetchValidImageCache(array &$parameters)
                 return $image;
             }
         }
+        // No valid cache found
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This method returns true when this request should check if the
+     * cache is still valid. By default, this method always returns true.
+     * If the `cache_invalidation_odds` is properly set, it returns true
+     * if the odds are greater than a random number.
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     *  true if cache validation should occur, false otherwise
+     */
+    public function shouldDoCacheInvalidation()
+    {
+        $odds = Symphony::Configuration()->get('cache_invalidation_odds', 'image');
+        if (!is_numeric($odds)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        $odds = min((float)$odds, 1.0);
+        $random = (float)mt_rand() / (float)mt_getrandmax();
+        return $odds >= $random;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Given the parameters, tries to fetch the last modified time
      * of the image. If the image is local, filemtime is used.
@@ -421,7 +449,9 @@ public function sendImageHeaders(array $parameters)
             header('X-jit-cache: ' . $parameters['cache']);
             if ($this->caching) {
                 header('X-jit-cache-file: ' . basename($parameters['cached_image']));
-                header('X-jit-cache-invalidated: ' . (isset($parameters['cached_invalidated']) ? '1' : '0'));
+                if (isset($parameters['cached_invalidated'])) {
+                    header('X-jit-cache-validation: ' . $parameters['cached_invalidated']);
+                }
             }
         }