diff --git a/liteflow-core/src/main/java/com/yomahub/liteflow/builder/el/LiteFlowChainELBuilder.java b/liteflow-core/src/main/java/com/yomahub/liteflow/builder/el/LiteFlowChainELBuilder.java
index c52e3b0b1..2de2c2f35 100644
--- a/liteflow-core/src/main/java/com/yomahub/liteflow/builder/el/LiteFlowChainELBuilder.java
+++ b/liteflow-core/src/main/java/com/yomahub/liteflow/builder/el/LiteFlowChainELBuilder.java
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ public class LiteFlowChainELBuilder {
 
     private Chain chain;
 
+    /**
+     * 是否只需要验证EL表达式
+     */
+    private Boolean onlyValidate;
+
     /**
      * //这是主体的Condition，不包含前置和后置
      * //声明这个变量，而不是用chain.getConditionList的目的，是为了辅助平滑加载
@@ -87,6 +92,7 @@ public class LiteFlowChainELBuilder {
 
     public LiteFlowChainELBuilder() {
         chain = new Chain();
+        onlyValidate = Boolean.FALSE;
         conditionList = new ArrayList<>();
         preConditionList = new ArrayList<>();
         finallyConditionList = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -118,6 +124,11 @@ public class LiteFlowChainELBuilder {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public LiteFlowChainELBuilder setOnlyValidate() {
+        this.onlyValidate = Boolean.TRUE;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public LiteFlowChainELBuilder setEL(String elStr) {
         if (StrUtil.isBlank(elStr)) {
             String errMsg = StrUtil.format("no content in this chain[{}]", chain.getChainId());
@@ -176,7 +187,10 @@ public class LiteFlowChainELBuilder {
 
         checkBuild();
 
-        FlowBus.addChain(this.chain);
+        // 仅校验EL表达式格式是否正确时，当前生成的chain 不加入元数据
+        if (!this.onlyValidate) {
+            FlowBus.addChain(this.chain);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/liteflow-testcase-el/liteflow-testcase-el-nospring/src/test/java/com/yomahub/liteflow/test/exception/Exception1Test.java b/liteflow-testcase-el/liteflow-testcase-el-nospring/src/test/java/com/yomahub/liteflow/test/exception/Exception1Test.java
index e5ba075ea..4c9d36799 100644
--- a/liteflow-testcase-el/liteflow-testcase-el-nospring/src/test/java/com/yomahub/liteflow/test/exception/Exception1Test.java
+++ b/liteflow-testcase-el/liteflow-testcase-el-nospring/src/test/java/com/yomahub/liteflow/test/exception/Exception1Test.java
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 package com.yomahub.liteflow.test.exception;
 
+import com.yomahub.liteflow.builder.LiteFlowNodeBuilder;
+import com.yomahub.liteflow.builder.el.LiteFlowChainELBuilder;
 import com.yomahub.liteflow.core.FlowExecutor;
 import com.yomahub.liteflow.core.FlowExecutorHolder;
+import com.yomahub.liteflow.enums.NodeTypeEnum;
 import com.yomahub.liteflow.exception.ChainDuplicateException;
 import com.yomahub.liteflow.exception.ConfigErrorException;
+import com.yomahub.liteflow.exception.ELParseException;
 import com.yomahub.liteflow.exception.FlowExecutorNotInitException;
 import com.yomahub.liteflow.property.LiteflowConfig;
 import com.yomahub.liteflow.property.LiteflowConfigGetter;
 import com.yomahub.liteflow.test.BaseTest;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -51,4 +56,30 @@ public class Exception1Test extends BaseTest {
         config.setRuleSource("error/flow.txt");
         flowExecutor.reloadRule();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testChainElBuilderOnlyValidate() {
+        LiteFlowNodeBuilder.createNode().setId("a")
+                .setName("组件A")
+                .setType(NodeTypeEnum.COMMON)
+                .setClazz("com.yomahub.liteflow.test.builder.cmp.ACmp")
+                .build();
+        LiteFlowNodeBuilder.createNode().setId("b")
+                .setName("组件B")
+                .setType(NodeTypeEnum.COMMON)
+                .setClazz("com.yomahub.liteflow.test.builder.cmp.BCmp")
+                .build();
+        LiteFlowNodeBuilder.createNode().setId("c")
+                .setName("组件C")
+                .setType(NodeTypeEnum.COMMON)
+                .setClazz("com.yomahub.liteflow.test.builder.cmp.CCmp")
+                .build();
+        try {
+            LiteFlowChainELBuilder.createChain().setChainId("chain3").setEL(
+                    "THEN(a, b, d)"
+            ).setOnlyValidate().build();
+        } catch ( Exception ex) {
+            Assert.assertTrue(ex instanceof ELParseException);
+        }
+    }
 }