diff --git a/entc/gen/graph.go b/entc/gen/graph.go
index e20e683a72..c431dd5d24 100644
--- a/entc/gen/graph.go
+++ b/entc/gen/graph.go
@@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ func (g *Graph) templates() (*Template, []GraphTemplate) {
 				external = append(external, GraphTemplate{
 					Name:   name,
 					Format: snake(name) + ".go",
+					Skip:   rootT.condition,
 				})
 				roots[name] = struct{}{}
 			}
diff --git a/entc/gen/graph_test.go b/entc/gen/graph_test.go
index 61bea6c4a3..16152f5ccb 100644
--- a/entc/gen/graph_test.go
+++ b/entc/gen/graph_test.go
@@ -307,11 +307,12 @@ func TestGraph_Gen(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(os.MkdirAll(target, os.ModePerm), "creating tmpdir")
 	defer os.RemoveAll(target)
 	external := MustParse(NewTemplate("external").Parse("package external"))
+	skipped := MustParse(NewTemplate("skipped").SkipIf(func(*Graph) bool { return true }).Parse("package external"))
 	graph, err := NewGraph(&Config{
 		Package:   "entc/gen",
 		Target:    target,
 		Storage:   drivers[0],
-		Templates: []*Template{external},
+		Templates: []*Template{external, skipped},
 		IDType:    &field.TypeInfo{Type: field.TypeInt},
 		Features:  AllFeatures,
 	}, &load.Schema{
@@ -340,6 +341,8 @@ func TestGraph_Gen(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	_, err = os.Stat(filepath.Join(target, "external.go"))
 	require.NoError(err)
+	_, err = os.Stat(filepath.Join(target, "skipped.go"))
+	require.True(os.IsNotExist(err))
 
 	// Generated feature templates.
 	_, err = os.Stat(filepath.Join(target, "internal", "schema.go"))
diff --git a/entc/gen/template.go b/entc/gen/template.go
index 563812b5bf..0b3e3ce44c 100644
--- a/entc/gen/template.go
+++ b/entc/gen/template.go
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ func initTemplates() {
 // provide additional functionality for ent extensions.
 type Template struct {
 	*template.Template
-	FuncMap template.FuncMap
+	FuncMap   template.FuncMap
+	condition func(*Graph) bool
 }
 
 // NewTemplate creates an empty template with the standard codegen functions.
@@ -254,6 +255,12 @@ func (t *Template) Funcs(funcMap template.FuncMap) *Template {
 	return t
 }
 
+// SkipIf allows registering a function to determine if the template needs to be skipped or not.
+func (t *Template) SkipIf(cond func(*Graph) bool) *Template {
+	t.condition = cond
+	return t
+}
+
 // Parse parses text as a template body for t.
 func (t *Template) Parse(text string) (*Template, error) {
 	if _, err := t.Template.Parse(text); err != nil {