diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 43b3175..4c16ff4 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -85,12 +85,17 @@ Details of the config.yaml file are in `edx-platform/conf/locale/config.yaml
 
 Changes
 =======
-0.4.3
+v0.4.4
+-------
+
+* Added check-all (check all po files) argument to validate command.
+
+v0.4.3
 -------
 
 * Specify Language header for generated dummy po files.
 
-0.4.2
+v0.4.2
 -------
 
 * Specified utf-8 encoding for .yaml file.
diff --git a/i18n/__init__.py b/i18n/__init__.py
index 2c8db11..ee66fdd 100644
--- a/i18n/__init__.py
+++ b/i18n/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from . import config
 
-__version__ = '0.4.3'
+__version__ = '0.4.4'
 
 
 class Runner:
diff --git a/i18n/validate.py b/i18n/validate.py
index 9ecde4f..f92faa6 100644
--- a/i18n/validate.py
+++ b/i18n/validate.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def validate_po_files(configuration, locale_dir, root_dir=None, report_empty=False):
+def validate_po_files(configuration, locale_dir, root_dir=None, report_empty=False, check_all=False):
     """
     Validate all of the po files found in the root directory that are not product of a merge.
 
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ def validate_po_files(configuration, locale_dir, root_dir=None, report_empty=Fal
             __, ext = os.path.splitext(name)
             filename = os.path.join(dirpath, name)
 
-            # Validate only .po files that are not product of a merge (see generate.py).
+            # Validate only .po files that are not product of a merge (see generate.py) unless check_all is true.
             # If django-partial.po has a problem, then django.po will also, so don't report it.
-            if ext.lower() == '.po' and os.path.basename(filename) not in merged_files:
+            if ext.lower() == '.po' and (check_all or os.path.basename(filename) not in merged_files):
 
                 # First validate the format of this file
                 if msgfmt_check_po_file(locale_dir, filename):
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ def add_args(self):
             help="Includes empty translation strings in .prob files."
         )
 
+        self.parser.add_argument(
+            '-ca', '--check-all',
+            action='store_true',
+            help="Validate all po files, including those that are the product of a merge (see generate.py)."
+        )
+
     def run(self, args):
         """
         Main entry point for script
@@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ def run(self, args):
 
         if not languages:
             # validate all languages
-            if validate_po_files(self.configuration, locale_dir, report_empty=args.empty):
+            if validate_po_files(self.configuration, locale_dir, report_empty=args.empty, check_all=args.check_all):
                 exit_code = 1
         else:
             # languages will be a list of language codes; test each language.
@@ -252,7 +258,8 @@ def run(self, args):
                     log.error(" %s is not a valid directory.\nSkipping language '%s'", root_dir, language)
                     continue
                 # If we found the language code's directory, validate the files.
-                if validate_po_files(self.configuration, locale_dir, root_dir=root_dir, report_empty=args.empty):
+                if validate_po_files(self.configuration, locale_dir, root_dir=root_dir, report_empty=args.empty,
+                                     check_all=args.check_all):
                     exit_code = 1
 
         return exit_code
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1af1c84..60fd68f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='edx-i18n-tools',
-    version='0.4.3',
+    version='0.4.4',
     description='edX Internationalization Tools',
     author='edX',
     author_email='oscm@edx.org',