diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3608f846..fab71bbd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ module.exports = {
 |                      **[`insert`](#insert)**                      | `{String\|Function}` | `document.head.appendChild(linkTag);` | Inserts the `link` tag at the given position for [non-initial (async)](https://webpack.js.org/concepts/under-the-hood/#chunks) CSS chunks |
 |                  **[`attributes`](#attributes)**                  |      `{Object}`      |                 `{}`                  | Adds custom attributes to the `link` tag for [non-initial (async)](https://webpack.js.org/concepts/under-the-hood/#chunks) CSS chunks     |
 |                    **[`linkType`](#linkType)**                    | `{String\|Boolean}`  |              `text/css`               | Allows loading asynchronous chunks with a custom link type                                                                                |
+|                   **[`noRuntime`](#linkType)**                    |     `{Boolean}`      |                `false`                | Skips the runtime generation                                                                                                              |
 | **[`experimentalUseImportModule`](#experimentalUseImportModule)** |     `{Boolean}`      |                `false`                | Use an experimental webpack API to execute modules instead of child compilers                                                             |
 
 #### `filename`
@@ -265,6 +266,35 @@ module.exports = {
 };
 ```
 
+#### `noRuntime`
+
+##### `Boolean`
+
+An option to avoid the runtime generation. Assets are still extracted and can be used for a custom loading methods. For example, you can use [assets-webpack-plugin](https://github.com/ztoben/assets-webpack-plugin) to retreive them then use your own runtime code to download assets when needed.
+
+`true` to skip.
+
+**webpack.config.js**
+
+```js
+const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require("mini-css-extract-plugin");
+module.exports = {
+  plugins: [
+    new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
+      skipRuntimeLoading: true,
+    }),
+  ],
+  module: {
+    rules: [
+      {
+        test: /\.css$/i,
+        use: [MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader, "css-loader"],
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+};
+```
+
 #### `experimentalUseImportModule`
 
 Use an experimental webpack API to execute modules instead of child compilers.
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index c9aabcfe..1378946d 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ class MiniCssExtractPlugin {
         filename: DEFAULT_FILENAME,
         ignoreOrder: false,
         experimentalUseImportModule: false,
+        noRuntime: false,
       },
       options
     );
@@ -520,6 +521,10 @@ class MiniCssExtractPlugin {
         }
       });
 
+      // All the code below is dedicated to the runtime and
+      // can be skipped in a noRuntime context
+      if (this.options.noRuntime) return;
+
       const { Template } = webpack;
 
       const { RuntimeGlobals, runtime } = webpack;
diff --git a/src/plugin-options.json b/src/plugin-options.json
index e4f61e0b..7d70379d 100644
--- a/src/plugin-options.json
+++ b/src/plugin-options.json
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@
       ],
       "description": "This option allows loading asynchronous chunks with a custom link type",
       "link": "https://github.com/webpack-contrib/mini-css-extract-plugin#linktype"
+    },
+    "noRuntime": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "An option to avoid the runtime generation. Assets are still extracted and can be used for a custom loading methods.",
+      "link": "https://github.com/webpack-contrib/mini-css-extract-plugin#noRuntime"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/noRuntime-option.test.js.snap b/test/__snapshots__/noRuntime-option.test.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93ab1046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/noRuntime-option.test.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`noRuntime option should work when noRuntime option is "false": DOM 1`] = `
+"<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>
+  <title>style-loader test</title>
+  <style id=\\"existing-style\\">.existing { color: yellow }</style>
+<link rel=\\"stylesheet\\" type=\\"text/css\\" href=\\"simple.css\\"><script charset=\\"utf-8\\" src=\\"simple.bundle.js\\"></script></head>
+<body>
+  <h1>Body</h1>
+  <div class=\\"target\\"></div>
+  <iframe class=\\"iframeTarget\\"></iframe>
+
+
+</body></html>"
+`;
+
+exports[`noRuntime option should work when noRuntime option is "false": errors 1`] = `Array []`;
+
+exports[`noRuntime option should work when noRuntime option is "false": warnings 1`] = `Array []`;
+
+exports[`noRuntime option should work when noRuntime option is "true": DOM 1`] = `
+"<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>
+  <title>style-loader test</title>
+  <style id=\\"existing-style\\">.existing { color: yellow }</style>
+<script charset=\\"utf-8\\" src=\\"simple.bundle.js\\"></script></head>
+<body>
+  <h1>Body</h1>
+  <div class=\\"target\\"></div>
+  <iframe class=\\"iframeTarget\\"></iframe>
+
+
+</body></html>"
+`;
+
+exports[`noRuntime option should work when noRuntime option is "true": errors 1`] = `Array []`;
+
+exports[`noRuntime option should work when noRuntime option is "true": warnings 1`] = `Array []`;
+
+exports[`noRuntime option should work without noRuntime option: DOM 1`] = `
+"<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>
+  <title>style-loader test</title>
+  <style id=\\"existing-style\\">.existing { color: yellow }</style>
+<link rel=\\"stylesheet\\" type=\\"text/css\\" href=\\"simple.css\\"><script charset=\\"utf-8\\" src=\\"simple.bundle.js\\"></script></head>
+<body>
+  <h1>Body</h1>
+  <div class=\\"target\\"></div>
+  <iframe class=\\"iframeTarget\\"></iframe>
+
+
+</body></html>"
+`;
+
+exports[`noRuntime option should work without noRuntime option: errors 1`] = `Array []`;
+
+exports[`noRuntime option should work without noRuntime option: warnings 1`] = `Array []`;
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/validate-plugin-options.test.js.snap b/test/__snapshots__/validate-plugin-options.test.js.snap
index 185a3c40..ed3d6acd 100644
--- a/test/__snapshots__/validate-plugin-options.test.js.snap
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/validate-plugin-options.test.js.snap
@@ -117,47 +117,47 @@ exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "linkType" option with "i
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "/test/" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Mini CSS Extract Plugin has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType? }"
+   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType?, noRuntime? }"
 `;
 
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "[]" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Mini CSS Extract Plugin has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType? }"
+   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType?, noRuntime? }"
 `;
 
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "{"foo":"bar"}" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Mini CSS Extract Plugin has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType? }"
+   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType?, noRuntime? }"
 `;
 
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "{}" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Mini CSS Extract Plugin has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType? }"
+   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType?, noRuntime? }"
 `;
 
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "1" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Mini CSS Extract Plugin has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType? }"
+   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType?, noRuntime? }"
 `;
 
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "false" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Mini CSS Extract Plugin has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType? }"
+   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType?, noRuntime? }"
 `;
 
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "test" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Mini CSS Extract Plugin has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType? }"
+   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType?, noRuntime? }"
 `;
 
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "true" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Mini CSS Extract Plugin has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType? }"
+   object { filename?, chunkFilename?, experimentalUseImportModule?, ignoreOrder?, insert?, attributes?, linkType?, noRuntime? }"
 `;
diff --git a/test/noRuntime-option.test.js b/test/noRuntime-option.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b48561d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/noRuntime-option.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/* eslint-env browser */
+import path from "path";
+
+import MiniCssExtractPlugin from "../src/cjs";
+
+import {
+  compile,
+  getCompiler,
+  getErrors,
+  getWarnings,
+  runInJsDom,
+} from "./helpers/index";
+
+describe("noRuntime option", () => {
+  it(`should work without noRuntime option`, async () => {
+    const compiler = getCompiler(
+      "attributes.js",
+      {},
+      {
+        output: {
+          publicPath: "",
+          path: path.resolve(__dirname, "../outputs"),
+          filename: "[name].bundle.js",
+        },
+        plugins: [
+          new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
+            filename: "[name].css",
+          }),
+        ],
+      }
+    );
+    const stats = await compile(compiler);
+
+    runInJsDom("main.bundle.js", compiler, stats, (dom) => {
+      expect(dom.serialize()).toMatchSnapshot("DOM");
+    });
+
+    expect(getWarnings(stats)).toMatchSnapshot("warnings");
+    expect(getErrors(stats)).toMatchSnapshot("errors");
+  });
+
+  it(`should work when noRuntime option is "false"`, async () => {
+    const compiler = getCompiler(
+      "attributes.js",
+      {},
+      {
+        output: {
+          publicPath: "",
+          path: path.resolve(__dirname, "../outputs"),
+          filename: "[name].bundle.js",
+        },
+        plugins: [
+          new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
+            noRuntime: false,
+            filename: "[name].css",
+          }),
+        ],
+      }
+    );
+    const stats = await compile(compiler);
+
+    runInJsDom("main.bundle.js", compiler, stats, (dom) => {
+      expect(dom.serialize()).toMatchSnapshot("DOM");
+    });
+
+    expect(getWarnings(stats)).toMatchSnapshot("warnings");
+    expect(getErrors(stats)).toMatchSnapshot("errors");
+  });
+
+  it(`should work when noRuntime option is "true"`, async () => {
+    const compiler = getCompiler(
+      "attributes.js",
+      {},
+      {
+        output: {
+          publicPath: "",
+          path: path.resolve(__dirname, "../outputs"),
+          filename: "[name].bundle.js",
+        },
+        plugins: [
+          new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
+            noRuntime: true,
+            filename: "[name].css",
+          }),
+        ],
+      }
+    );
+    const stats = await compile(compiler);
+
+    runInJsDom("main.bundle.js", compiler, stats, (dom) => {
+      expect(dom.serialize()).toMatchSnapshot("DOM");
+    });
+
+    expect(getWarnings(stats)).toMatchSnapshot("warnings");
+    expect(getErrors(stats)).toMatchSnapshot("errors");
+  });
+});