diff --git a/groovy-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/codehaus/gmaven/plugin/ExecuteMojo.java b/groovy-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/codehaus/gmaven/plugin/ExecuteMojo.java
index afebf749..e4c30ea8 100644
--- a/groovy-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/codehaus/gmaven/plugin/ExecuteMojo.java
+++ b/groovy-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/codehaus/gmaven/plugin/ExecuteMojo.java
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@ public class ExecuteMojo
   @Parameter
   private Map<String, String> defaults;
 
+
+  /**
+   * Skip the execution of this mojo.
+   *
+   * @since 2.2.0
+   */
+  @Parameter(property = "gmaven.execute.skip", defaultValue = "false")
+  private boolean skip;
+
   @Override
   protected void run() throws Exception {
     final ClassSource classSource = classSourceFactory.create(source);
@@ -101,4 +110,10 @@ protected void customizeProperties(final PropertiesBuilder builder) {
     builder.setProperties(properties)
         .setDefaults(defaults);
   }
+
+  @Override
+  protected boolean isSkipped() {
+    return skip;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/groovy-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/codehaus/gmaven/plugin/MojoSupport.java b/groovy-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/codehaus/gmaven/plugin/MojoSupport.java
index 291133e5..ee7ce59e 100644
--- a/groovy-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/codehaus/gmaven/plugin/MojoSupport.java
+++ b/groovy-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/codehaus/gmaven/plugin/MojoSupport.java
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ protected MojoSupport() {
   }
 
   public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException {
+    if (isSkipped()) {
+      getLog().info("Skipping as requested by the user");
+      return;
+    }
     try {
       try {
         log.trace("Prepare");
@@ -67,4 +71,8 @@ protected void prepare() throws Exception {
   protected void cleanup() throws Exception {
     // empty
   }
+
+  protected boolean isSkipped() {
+    return false;
+  }
 }