diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c
index 4552a740b3..bcad81cca8 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.c
@@ -247,3 +247,33 @@ gst_validate_override_registry_preload (void)
   GST_INFO ("%d overrides loaded", nloaded);
   return nloaded;
 }
+
+GList *gst_validate_override_registry_get_override_for_names
+    (GstValidateOverrideRegistry * reg, const gchar * name, ...)
+{
+  GList *iter;
+  GList *ret = NULL;
+
+  if (name) {
+    va_list varargs;
+    GstValidateOverrideRegistryNameEntry *entry;
+
+    va_start (varargs, name);
+
+    GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_LOCK (reg);
+    while (name) {
+      for (iter = reg->name_overrides.head; iter; iter = g_list_next (iter)) {
+        entry = iter->data;
+        if ((g_strcmp0 (name, entry->name)) == 0) {
+          ret = g_list_prepend (ret, entry->override);
+        }
+      }
+      name = va_arg (varargs, gchar *);
+    }
+    GST_VALIDATE_OVERRIDE_REGISTRY_UNLOCK (reg);
+
+    va_end (varargs);
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.h b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.h
index 4ecefea3c5..1b8543d639 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.h
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ typedef struct {
 
 GstValidateOverrideRegistry * gst_validate_override_registry_get (void);
 
+GList *
+gst_validate_override_registry_get_override_for_names (GstValidateOverrideRegistry *reg,
+        const gchar *name, ...);
 void gst_validate_override_register_by_name (const gchar * name, GstValidateOverride * override);
 void gst_validate_override_register_by_type (GType gtype, GstValidateOverride * override);
 void gst_validate_override_register_by_klass (const gchar * klass, GstValidateOverride * override);
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.c
index d78839e119..5ba2e739a8 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-override.c
@@ -64,10 +64,12 @@ GstValidateReportLevel
 gst_validate_override_get_severity (GstValidateOverride * override,
     GstValidateIssueId issue_id, GstValidateReportLevel default_level)
 {
-  GstValidateReportLevel level;
+  GstValidateReportLevel *level = NULL;
+
   if (g_hash_table_lookup_extended (override->level_override,
-          (gpointer) issue_id, NULL, (gpointer *) & level)) {
-    return level;
+          (gpointer) issue_id, NULL, (gpointer) & level)) {
+
+    return GPOINTER_TO_INT (level);
   }
   return default_level;
 }
diff --git a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
index 88dfa03294..eadad2ffca 100644
--- a/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
+++ b/validate/gst/validate/gst-validate-scenario.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #include "gst-validate-reporter.h"
 #include "gst-validate-report.h"
 #include "gst-validate-utils.h"
+#include <gst/validate/gst-validate-override.h>
+#include <gst/validate/gst-validate-override-registry.h>
 
 #define GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO_GET_PRIVATE(o) \
   (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE ((o), GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_SCENARIO, GstValidateScenarioPrivate))
@@ -61,9 +63,6 @@ static void gst_validate_scenario_dispose (GObject * object);
 static void gst_validate_scenario_finalize (GObject * object);
 static GRegex *clean_action_str;
 
-G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstValidateScenario, gst_validate_scenario,
-    G_TYPE_OBJECT, G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORTER, NULL));
-
 typedef struct _GstValidateActionType
 {
   GstValidateExecuteAction execute;
@@ -102,6 +101,8 @@ struct _GstValidateScenarioPrivate
 
   gboolean changing_state;
   GstState target_state;
+
+  GList *overrides;
 };
 
 typedef struct KeyFileGroupName
@@ -110,6 +111,30 @@ typedef struct KeyFileGroupName
   gchar *group_name;
 } KeyFileGroupName;
 
+static void
+gst_validate_scenario_intercept_report (GstValidateReporter * reporter,
+    GstValidateReport * report)
+{
+  GList *tmp;
+
+  for (tmp = GST_VALIDATE_SCENARIO (reporter)->priv->overrides; tmp;
+      tmp = tmp->next) {
+    report->level =
+        gst_validate_override_get_severity (tmp->data,
+        gst_validate_issue_get_id (report->issue), report->level);
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+_reporter_iface_init (GstValidateReporterInterface * iface)
+{
+  iface->intercept_report = gst_validate_scenario_intercept_report;
+}
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_CODE (GstValidateScenario, gst_validate_scenario,
+    G_TYPE_OBJECT, G_IMPLEMENT_INTERFACE (GST_TYPE_VALIDATE_REPORTER,
+        _reporter_iface_init));
+
 GType _gst_validate_action_type;
 
 GST_DEFINE_MINI_OBJECT_TYPE (GstValidateAction, gst_validate_action);
@@ -1609,6 +1634,10 @@ gst_validate_scenario_factory_create (GstValidateRunner *
       "\n=========================================\n", scenario_name,
       GST_OBJECT_NAME (pipeline));
 
+  scenario->priv->overrides =
+      gst_validate_override_registry_get_override_for_names
+      (gst_validate_override_registry_get (), "scenarios", NULL);
+
   return scenario;
 }