diff --git a/lib/model.js b/lib/model.js
index f1808a42074..ede856bb1a8 100644
--- a/lib/model.js
+++ b/lib/model.js
@@ -1976,6 +1976,12 @@ Model.insertMany = function(arr, options, callback) {
       doc = new _this(doc);
       doc.validate({ __noPromise: true }, function(error) {
         if (error) {
+          // Option `ordered` signals that insert should be continued after reaching
+          // a failing insert. Therefore we delegate "null", meaning the validation
+          // failed. It's up to the next function to filter out all failed models
+          if (options != null && typeof options === 'object' && options['ordered'] === false) {
+            return callback(null, null);
+          }
           return callback(error);
         }
         callback(null, doc);
@@ -1988,7 +1994,16 @@ Model.insertMany = function(arr, options, callback) {
       callback && callback(error);
       return;
     }
-    var docObjects = docs.map(function(doc) {
+    // We filter all failed pre-validations by removing nulls
+    var docAttributes = docs.filter(function(doc) {
+      return doc != null;
+    });
+    // Quickly escape while there aren't any valid docAttributes
+    if (docAttributes.length < 1) {
+      callback && callback(null, []);
+      return;
+    }
+    var docObjects = docAttributes.map(function(doc) {
       if (doc.schema.options.versionKey) {
         doc[doc.schema.options.versionKey] = 0;
       }
@@ -2002,12 +2017,12 @@ Model.insertMany = function(arr, options, callback) {
         callback && callback(error);
         return;
       }
-      for (var i = 0; i < docs.length; ++i) {
-        docs[i].isNew = false;
-        docs[i].emit('isNew', false);
-        docs[i].constructor.emit('isNew', false);
+      for (var i = 0; i < docAttributes.length; ++i) {
+        docAttributes[i].isNew = false;
+        docAttributes[i].emit('isNew', false);
+        docAttributes[i].constructor.emit('isNew', false);
       }
-      callback && callback(null, docs);
+      callback && callback(null, docAttributes);
     });
   });
 };
diff --git a/test/model.test.js b/test/model.test.js
index 2193a9f792d..872a1865378 100644
--- a/test/model.test.js
+++ b/test/model.test.js
@@ -5222,7 +5222,7 @@ describe('Model', function() {
       });
     });
 
-    it('insertMany() ordered option (gh-3893)', function(done) {
+    it('insertMany() ordered option for constraint errors (gh-3893)', function(done) {
       start.mongodVersion(function(err, version) {
         if (err) {
           done(err);
@@ -5264,6 +5264,80 @@ describe('Model', function() {
       }
     });
 
+    it('insertMany() ordered option for validation errors (gh-5068)', function(done) {
+      start.mongodVersion(function(err, version) {
+        if (err) {
+          done(err);
+          return;
+        }
+        var mongo34 = version[0] > 3 || (version[0] === 3 && version[1] >= 4);
+        if (!mongo34) {
+          done();
+          return;
+        }
+
+        test();
+      });
+
+      function test() {
+        var schema = new Schema({
+          name: { type: String, required: true }
+        });
+        var Movie = db.model('gh5068', schema);
+
+        var arr = [
+          { name: 'Star Wars' },
+          { foo: 'Star Wars' },
+          { name: 'The Empire Strikes Back' }
+        ];
+        Movie.insertMany(arr, { ordered: false }, function(error) {
+          assert.ifError(error);
+          Movie.find({}).sort({ name: 1 }).exec(function(error, docs) {
+            assert.ifError(error);
+            assert.equal(docs.length, 2);
+            assert.equal(docs[0].name, 'Star Wars');
+            assert.equal(docs[1].name, 'The Empire Strikes Back');
+            done();
+          });
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('insertMany() ordered option for single validation error', function(done) {
+      start.mongodVersion(function(err, version) {
+        if (err) {
+          done(err);
+          return;
+        }
+        var mongo34 = version[0] > 3 || (version[0] === 3 && version[1] >= 4);
+        if (!mongo34) {
+          done();
+          return;
+        }
+
+        test();
+      });
+
+      function test() {
+        var schema = new Schema({
+          name: { type: String, required: true }
+        });
+        var Movie = db.model('gh5068-2', schema);
+
+        var arr = [
+          { foo: 'Star Wars' },
+          { foo: 'The Fast and the Furious' }
+        ];
+        Movie.insertMany(arr, { ordered: false }, function(error) {
+          assert.ifError(error);
+          Movie.find({}).sort({ name: 1 }).exec(function(error, docs) {
+            assert.equal(docs.length, 0);
+            done();
+          });
+        });
+      }
+    });
+
     it('insertMany() hooks (gh-3846)', function(done) {
       var schema = new Schema({
         name: String