diff --git a/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp b/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp
index 52e80ba37..650e021c9 100644
--- a/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/overlay/impl/PeerImp.cpp
@@ -1278,7 +1278,13 @@ PeerImp::on_message (std::shared_ptr <protocol::TMTransaction> const& m)
 
         if (clusterNode_)
         {
-            flags |= SF_TRUSTED;
+            if (! m->has_deferred () || ! m->deferred ())
+            {
+                // Skip local checks if a server we trust
+                // put the transaction in its open ledger
+                flags |= SF_TRUSTED;
+            }
+
             if (! getConfig().VALIDATION_PRIV.isSet())
             {
                 // For now, be paranoid and have each validator
diff --git a/src/ripple/proto/ripple.proto b/src/ripple/proto/ripple.proto
index d58dd17ed..e44833c0d 100644
--- a/src/ripple/proto/ripple.proto
+++ b/src/ripple/proto/ripple.proto
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ message TMTransaction
     required bytes rawTransaction           = 1;
     required TransactionStatus status       = 2;
     optional uint64 receiveTimestamp        = 3;
-    optional bool checkedSignature          = 4;    // no vouches for signature being correct
+    optional bool deferred                  = 4;    // not applied to open ledger
 }