diff --git a/src/it/projects/MSHADE-382_skip_execution/invoker.properties b/src/it/projects/MSHADE-382_skip_execution/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8b7b3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/projects/MSHADE-382_skip_execution/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+invoker.java.version = 1.8+
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MSHADE-382_skip_execution/pom.xml b/src/it/projects/MSHADE-382_skip_execution/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..765780e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/projects/MSHADE-382_skip_execution/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+ 4.0.0
+
+ org.apache.maven.its.shade.mj
+ skip-execution
+ 1.0
+
+ MSHADE-382
+
+ Skip shading
+
+
+
+
+
+ org.apache.maven.plugins
+ maven-shade-plugin
+ @project.version@
+
+
+ create-shaded-artifact
+ package
+
+ shade
+
+
+ true
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/it/projects/MSHADE-382_skip_execution/verify.groovy b/src/it/projects/MSHADE-382_skip_execution/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..377c5f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/projects/MSHADE-382_skip_execution/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+assert !(new File( basedir, "target/original-skip-execution-1.0.jar" ).exists()) : "Shading was not skipped."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/shade/mojo/ShadeMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/shade/mojo/ShadeMojo.java
index 7c524f80..6cc019cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/shade/mojo/ShadeMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugins/shade/mojo/ShadeMojo.java
@@ -385,12 +385,24 @@ public class ShadeMojo
@Inject
private Map shaders;
+ /**
+ * When true, skips the execution of this MOJO.
+ * @since 3.3.0
+ */
+ @Parameter( defaultValue = "false" )
+ private boolean skip;
+
/**
* @throws MojoExecutionException in case of an error.
*/
public void execute()
throws MojoExecutionException
{
+ if ( skip )
+ {
+ getLog().info( "Shading has been skipped." );
+ return;
+ }
setupHintedShader();