diff --git a/client/api.c b/client/api.c
index bc89da10..aeb42ec7 100644
--- a/client/api.c
+++ b/client/api.c
@@ -224,11 +224,6 @@ TDNFGetSkipProblemOption(
 
     *pdwSkipProblem = SKIPPROBLEM_NONE;
 
-    if (strcasecmp(pTdnf->pArgs->ppszCmds[0], "check"))
-    {
-        goto cleanup;
-    }
-
     for (pSetOpt = pTdnf->pArgs->pSetOpt; pSetOpt; pSetOpt = pSetOpt->pNext)
     {
         if (!strcasecmp(pSetOpt->pszOptName, "skipconflicts"))
@@ -242,6 +237,11 @@ TDNFGetSkipProblemOption(
         }
     }
 
+    if (pTdnf->pArgs->nSkipBroken)
+    {
+        *pdwSkipProblem |= SKIPPROBLEM_BROKEN;
+    }
+
 cleanup:
     return dwError;
 
diff --git a/client/goal.c b/client/goal.c
index 3fa1fcd9..2a12f0f3 100644
--- a/client/goal.c
+++ b/client/goal.c
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ TDNFSolv(
     {
         dwError = TDNFGetSkipProblemOption(pTdnf, &dwSkipProblem);
         BAIL_ON_TDNF_ERROR(dwError);
-
         dwError = SolvReportProblems(pTdnf->pSack, pSolv, dwSkipProblem);
         BAIL_ON_TDNF_ERROR(dwError);
     }
diff --git a/client/init.c b/client/init.c
index 27337a68..63c09e2a 100644
--- a/client/init.c
+++ b/client/init.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ TDNFCloneCmdArgs(
     pCmdArgs->nNoAutoRemove  = pCmdArgsIn->nNoAutoRemove;
     pCmdArgs->nJsonOutput    = pCmdArgsIn->nJsonOutput;
     pCmdArgs->nTestOnly      = pCmdArgsIn->nTestOnly;
+    pCmdArgs->nSkipBroken    = pCmdArgsIn->nSkipBroken;
 
     pCmdArgs->nArgc = pCmdArgsIn->nArgc;
     pCmdArgs->ppszArgv = pCmdArgsIn->ppszArgv;
diff --git a/client/resolve.c b/client/resolve.c
index 1b7a2d3b..13b99368 100644
--- a/client/resolve.c
+++ b/client/resolve.c
@@ -345,9 +345,13 @@ TDNFPrepareSinglePkg(
     if (dwError == ERROR_TDNF_NO_MATCH)
     {
         pr_err("%s package not found or not installed\n", pszPkgName);
+        if (pTdnf->pArgs->nSkipBroken)
+        {
+            dwError = 0;
+        }
     }
-
     BAIL_ON_TDNF_ERROR(dwError);
+
     if (dwCount == 0)
     {
         dwError = ERROR_TDNF_NO_SEARCH_RESULTS;
diff --git a/include/tdnftypes.h b/include/tdnftypes.h
index 6ffacc69..3649c5ce 100644
--- a/include/tdnftypes.h
+++ b/include/tdnftypes.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ typedef enum
     SKIPPROBLEM_CONFLICTS = 0x01,
     SKIPPROBLEM_OBSOLETES = 0x02,
     SKIPPROBLEM_DISABLED  = 0x04,
+    SKIPPROBLEM_BROKEN    = 0x08
 } TDNF_SKIPPROBLEM_TYPE;
 
 typedef struct _TDNF_ *PTDNF;
@@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ typedef struct _TDNF_CMD_ARGS
     int nNoAutoRemove;     //overide clean_requirements_on_remove config option
     int nJsonOutput;       //output in json format
     int nTestOnly;         //run test transaction only
+    int nSkipBroken;
     char* pszDownloadDir;  //directory for download, if nDownloadOnly is set
     char* pszInstallRoot;  //set install root
     char* pszConfFile;     //set conf file location
diff --git a/pytests/repo/tdnf-missing-dep.spec b/pytests/repo/tdnf-missing-dep.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b624405d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytests/repo/tdnf-missing-dep.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#
+# tdnf-missing spec file
+#
+Summary:    basic install test file.
+Name:       tdnf-missing-dep
+Version:    1.0.1
+Release:    2
+Vendor:     VMware, Inc.
+Distribution:   Photon
+License:    VMware
+Url:        http://www.vmware.com
+Group:      Applications/tdnftest
+
+# requires something we do not have
+Requires: missing
+
+%description
+Part of tdnf test spec. Basic install/remove/upgrade test
+
+%prep
+
+%build
+
+%install
+mkdir -p %_topdir/%buildroot/lib/systemd/system/
+cat << EOF >> %_topdir/%buildroot/lib/systemd/system/%name.service
+[Unit]
+Description=%name.service for whatprovides test.
+
+EOF
+
+%files
+/lib/systemd/system/%name.service
+
+%changelog
+*   Fri Sep 16 Oliver Kurth <okurth@vmware.com> 1.0
+-   Initial build.  First version
diff --git a/pytests/tests/test_install.py b/pytests/tests/test_install.py
index 782710b8..68570f80 100644
--- a/pytests/tests/test_install.py
+++ b/pytests/tests/test_install.py
@@ -69,6 +69,50 @@ def test_install_testonly(utils):
     assert not utils.check_package(pkgname)
 
 
+# install multiple packages, one that doesn't exist
+# expect other pkg will be installed if invoked with --skip-broken
+def test_install_skip_broken_missing_pkg(utils):
+    pkgname = utils.config["mulversion_pkgname"]
+    utils.erase_package(pkgname)
+    pkgname_missing = "missing"
+
+    utils.run(['tdnf', 'install', '-y', '--nogpgcheck', '--skip-broken', pkgname, pkgname_missing])
+    assert utils.check_package(pkgname)
+
+
+# install multiple packages, one that doesn't exist
+# expect fail if invoked without --skip-broken
+def test_install_missing_pkg(utils):
+    pkgname = utils.config["mulversion_pkgname"]
+    utils.erase_package(pkgname)
+    pkgname_missing = "missing"
+
+    utils.run(['tdnf', 'install', '-y', '--nogpgcheck', pkgname, pkgname_missing])
+    assert not utils.check_package(pkgname)
+
+
+# install multiple packages, one with a missing dependency
+# expect other pkg will be installed if invoked with --skip-broken
+def test_install_skip_broken_missing_dep(utils):
+    pkgname = utils.config["mulversion_pkgname"]
+    utils.erase_package(pkgname)
+    pkgname_missing = "tdnf-missing-dep"
+
+    utils.run(['tdnf', 'install', '-y', '--nogpgcheck', '--skip-broken', pkgname, pkgname_missing])
+    assert utils.check_package(pkgname)
+
+
+# install multiple packages, one with a missing dependency
+# expect fail if invoked without --skip-broken
+def test_install_missing_dep(utils):
+    pkgname = utils.config["mulversion_pkgname"]
+    utils.erase_package(pkgname)
+    pkgname_missing = "tdnf-missing-dep"
+
+    utils.run(['tdnf', 'install', '-y', '--nogpgcheck', pkgname, pkgname_missing])
+    assert not utils.check_package(pkgname)
+
+
 def test_install_memcheck(utils):
     pkgname = utils.config["mulversion_pkgname"]
     utils.erase_package(pkgname)
diff --git a/solv/tdnfpackage.c b/solv/tdnfpackage.c
index b4434a25..6f80a20d 100644
--- a/solv/tdnfpackage.c
+++ b/solv/tdnfpackage.c
@@ -1576,6 +1576,12 @@ SkipBasedOnType(
                  type == SOLVER_RULE_PKG_INSTALLED_OBSOLETES;
     }
 
+    if (dwSkipProblem & SKIPPROBLEM_BROKEN)
+    {
+        /* see https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/blob/master/src/rules.h */
+        result = result || type & SOLVER_RULE_PKG;
+    }
+
     if (dwSkipProblem & SKIPPROBLEM_DISABLED)
     {
         /**
@@ -1686,11 +1692,6 @@ SolvReportProblems(
         type = solver_ruleinfo(pSolv, dwProblemId,
                                &dwSource, &dwTarget, &dwDep);
 
-        if (SkipBasedOnType(pSolv, type, dwSource, dwSkipProblem))
-        {
-            continue;
-        }
-
         pszProblem = solver_problemruleinfo2str(pSolv, type, dwSource,
                                                 dwTarget, dwDep);
 
@@ -1703,7 +1704,11 @@ SolvReportProblems(
             }
         }
 
-        dwError = ERROR_TDNF_SOLV_FAILED;
+        if (!SkipBasedOnType(pSolv, type, dwSource, dwSkipProblem))
+        {
+            dwError = ERROR_TDNF_SOLV_FAILED;
+        }
+        
         pr_err("%u. %s\n", ++total_prblms, pszProblem);
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/cli/lib/parseargs.c b/tools/cli/lib/parseargs.c
index b8709866..7eb9d402 100644
--- a/tools/cli/lib/parseargs.c
+++ b/tools/cli/lib/parseargs.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static struct option pstOptions[] =
     {"sec-severity",  required_argument, 0, 0},            //--sec-severity
     {"security",      no_argument, 0, 0},                  //--security
     {"setopt",        required_argument, 0, 0},            //--set or override options
+    {"skip-broken",   no_argument, &_opt.nSkipBroken, 1},
     {"skipconflicts", no_argument, 0, 0},                  //--skipconflicts to skip conflict problems
     {"skipdigest",    no_argument, 0, 0},                  //--skipdigest to skip verifying RPM digest
     {"skipobsoletes", no_argument, 0, 0},                  //--skipobsoletes to skip obsolete problems
@@ -339,6 +340,7 @@ TDNFCopyOptions(
     pArgs->nNoAutoRemove  = pOptionArgs->nNoAutoRemove;
     pArgs->nJsonOutput    = pOptionArgs->nJsonOutput;
     pArgs->nTestOnly      = pOptionArgs->nTestOnly;
+    pArgs->nSkipBroken    = pOptionArgs->nSkipBroken;
 
 cleanup:
     return dwError;