diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/it/jar-skip/pom.xml b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/it/jar-skip/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..114538f88e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/it/jar-skip/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+		 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>org.springframework.boot.maven.it</groupId>
+	<artifactId>jar-skip</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+	</properties>
+	<!-- There is no main class on purpose as we skip the whole execution so it shouldn't be necessary -->
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>@project.groupId@</groupId>
+				<artifactId>@project.artifactId@</artifactId>
+				<version>@project.version@</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>repackage</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<skip>true</skip>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/it/jar-skip/verify.groovy b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/it/jar-skip/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c2efb7d22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/it/jar-skip/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+
+File f = new File( basedir, "target/jar-skip-0.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar")
+assertTrue 'output file should have been generated', f.exists()
+File shouldNotExist = new File( basedir, "target/jar-skip-0.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar.original")
+assertFalse 'repackage goal should not have run. .original should not exist', shouldNotExist.exists()
diff --git a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/RepackageMojo.java b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/RepackageMojo.java
index 0bfd9edacb..6edd33a36c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/RepackageMojo.java
+++ b/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/maven/RepackageMojo.java
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ public class RepackageMojo extends AbstractDependencyFilterMojo {
 	@Parameter(defaultValue = "${project.build.finalName}", required = true)
 	private String finalName;
 
+	/**
+	 * Skip the execution.
+	 * @since 1.Z
+	 */
+	@Parameter(property = "skip", defaultValue = "false")
+	private boolean skip;
+
 	/**
 	 * Classifier to add to the artifact generated. If given, the artifact will be
 	 * attached. If this is not given, it will merely be written to the output directory
@@ -123,6 +130,10 @@ public class RepackageMojo extends AbstractDependencyFilterMojo {
 			getLog().debug("repackage goal could not be applied to pom project.");
 			return;
 		}
+		if (this.skip) {
+			getLog().debug("skipping repackaging as per configuration.");
+			return;
+		}
 
 		File source = this.project.getArtifact().getFile();
 		File target = getTargetFile();