diff --git a/src/ov_utils.cpp b/src/ov_utils.cpp
index 92ac74a168..11f9215e77 100644
--- a/src/ov_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/ov_utils.cpp
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ Status validatePluginConfiguration(const plugin_config_t& pluginConfig, const st
     }
 
     pluginSupportedConfigKeys.insert("ENABLE_MMAP");  // WA: always supported
+    if (targetDevice.find("CPU") != std::string::npos) {
+        pluginSupportedConfigKeys.insert("CPU_RUNTIME_CACHE_CAPACITY");  // WA: supported by CPU plugin but not reported in supported_properties
+     }
 
     for (auto& config : pluginConfig) {
         if (std::find(pluginSupportedConfigKeys.begin(), pluginSupportedConfigKeys.end(), config.first) == pluginSupportedConfigKeys.end()) {
diff --git a/src/test/ov_utils_test.cpp b/src/test/ov_utils_test.cpp
index 579426b99d..7b86e9e849 100644
--- a/src/test/ov_utils_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/ov_utils_test.cpp
@@ -240,3 +240,15 @@ TEST(OVUtils, ValidatePluginConfigurationAllowEnableMmap) {
     auto model = ieCore.read_model(std::filesystem::current_path().u8string() + "/src/test/dummy/1/dummy.xml", {}, pluginConfig);
     auto compiledModel = ieCore.compile_model(model, "CPU", pluginConfig);
 }
+
+TEST(OVUtils, ValidatePluginConfigurationAllowCPURuntimeCacheCapacity) {
+    ov::Core ieCore;
+    ovms::ModelConfig config;
+    config.setTargetDevice("CPU");
+    config.setPluginConfig({{"CPU_RUNTIME_CACHE_CAPACITY", "0"}});
+    ovms::plugin_config_t pluginConfig = ovms::ModelInstance::prepareDefaultPluginConfig(config);
+    auto status = ovms::validatePluginConfiguration(pluginConfig, "CPU", ieCore);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(status.ok());
+    auto model = ieCore.read_model(std::filesystem::current_path().u8string() + "/src/test/dummy/1/dummy.xml", {}, pluginConfig);
+    auto compiledModel = ieCore.compile_model(model, "CPU", pluginConfig);
+}
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