diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/validation.py b/django/contrib/admin/validation.py
index 733f89d06f0..a02bb7a316f 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/validation.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/validation.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from django.forms.models import (BaseModelForm, BaseModelFormSet, fields_for_mod
 from django.contrib.admin import ListFilter, FieldListFilter
 from django.contrib.admin.util import get_fields_from_path, NotRelationField
 from django.contrib.admin.options import (flatten_fieldsets, BaseModelAdmin,
-    HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL)
+    ModelAdmin, HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL)
 
 
 __all__ = ['validate']
@@ -388,12 +388,14 @@ def check_formfield(cls, model, opts, label, field):
             raise ImproperlyConfigured("'%s.%s' refers to field '%s' that "
                 "is missing from the form." % (cls.__name__, label, field))
     else:
-        fields = fields_for_model(model)
-        try:
-            fields[field]
-        except KeyError:
-            raise ImproperlyConfigured("'%s.%s' refers to field '%s' that "
-                "is missing from the form." % (cls.__name__, label, field))
+        get_form_is_overridden = hasattr(cls, 'get_form') and cls.get_form != ModelAdmin.get_form
+        if not get_form_is_overridden:
+            fields = fields_for_model(model)
+            try:
+                fields[field]
+            except KeyError:
+                raise ImproperlyConfigured("'%s.%s' refers to field '%s' that "
+                    "is missing from the form." % (cls.__name__, label, field))
 
 def fetch_attr(cls, model, opts, label, field):
     try:
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
index 1414f19e488..3c051301619 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/admin/index.txt
@@ -1096,6 +1096,13 @@ templates used by the :class:`ModelAdmin` views:
     changelist that will be linked to the change view, as described in the
     :attr:`ModelAdmin.list_display_links` section.
 
+.. method:: ModelAdmin.get_fieldsets(self, request, obj=None)
+
+    The ``get_fieldsets`` method is given the ``HttpRequest`` and the ``obj``
+    being edited (or ``None`` on an add form) and is expected to return a list
+    of two-tuples, in which each two-tuple represents a ``<fieldset>`` on the
+    admin form page, as described above in the :attr:`ModelAdmin.fieldsets` section.
+
 .. method:: ModelAdmin.get_list_filter(self, request)
 
     .. versionadded:: 1.5
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/admin_validation/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/admin_validation/tests.py
index be2500a803e..b9b42c6bb96 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/admin_validation/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/admin_validation/tests.py
@@ -20,6 +20,18 @@ class InvalidFields(admin.ModelAdmin):
     form = SongForm
     fields = ['spam']
 
+class ValidFormFieldsets(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    def get_form(self, request, obj=None, **kwargs):
+        class ExtraFieldForm(SongForm):
+            name = forms.CharField(max_length=50)
+        return ExtraFieldForm
+
+    fieldsets = (
+        (None, {
+            'fields': ('name',),
+        }),
+    )
+
 class ValidationTestCase(TestCase):
 
     def test_readonly_and_editable(self):
@@ -42,6 +54,14 @@ class ValidationTestCase(TestCase):
             validate,
             InvalidFields, Song)
 
+    def test_custom_get_form_with_fieldsets(self):
+        """
+        Ensure that the fieldsets validation is skipped when the ModelAdmin.get_form() method
+        is overridden.
+        Refs #19445.
+        """
+        validate(ValidFormFieldsets, Song)
+
     def test_exclude_values(self):
         """
         Tests for basic validation of 'exclude' option values (#12689)