diff --git a/templates/validation.yml b/templates/validation.yml
index 7380821b03c6057f39efe774430d7ca97fcb7574..b569729a872cbb456d809af5685a0a22d1d831ab 100644
--- a/templates/validation.yml
+++ b/templates/validation.yml
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ check-links:
     entrypoint: [""]
   stage: build
   script:
-    - lychee --exclude-path CHANGELOG.md *.md
+    - lychee --exclude-path CHANGELOG.md $LYCHEE_EXTRA_OPTS *.md