diff --git a/nondex-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/illinois/nondex/plugin/AbstractNonDexMojo.java b/nondex-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/illinois/nondex/plugin/AbstractNonDexMojo.java
index 3cbd9d56..00114208 100644
--- a/nondex-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/illinois/nondex/plugin/AbstractNonDexMojo.java
+++ b/nondex-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/illinois/nondex/plugin/AbstractNonDexMojo.java
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractNonDexMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     protected String loggingLevel;
 
     // Generic properties
+    @Parameter(property = "skip", defaultValue = "false")
+    protected  boolean skip;
     @Parameter(property = "project")
     protected MavenProject mavenProject;
     @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.build.directory}")
diff --git a/nondex-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/illinois/nondex/plugin/DebugMojo.java b/nondex-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/illinois/nondex/plugin/DebugMojo.java
index a525286d..531ce677 100644
--- a/nondex-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/illinois/nondex/plugin/DebugMojo.java
+++ b/nondex-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/illinois/nondex/plugin/DebugMojo.java
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ public class DebugMojo extends AbstractNonDexMojo {
 
     @Override
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+        if (skip) {
+            Logger.getGlobal().log(Level.INFO, "Execution skipped");
+            return;
+        }
         super.execute();
         this.parseExecutions();
         this.parseTests();
diff --git a/nondex-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/illinois/nondex/plugin/NonDexMojo.java b/nondex-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/illinois/nondex/plugin/NonDexMojo.java
index 4ead7b94..e837a06f 100644
--- a/nondex-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/illinois/nondex/plugin/NonDexMojo.java
+++ b/nondex-maven-plugin/src/main/java/edu/illinois/nondex/plugin/NonDexMojo.java
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ public class NonDexMojo extends AbstractNonDexMojo {
 
     @Override
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+        if (skip) {
+            Logger.getGlobal().log(Level.INFO, "Execution skipped");
+            return;
+        }
         super.execute();
         Logger.getGlobal().log(Level.INFO, "The original argline is: " + this.originalArgLine);
         MojoExecutionException allExceptions = null;