diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/xml/CheckFormatMojo.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/xml/CheckFormatMojo.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/xml/CheckFormatMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/mojo/xml/CheckFormatMojo.java
@@ -192,6 +192,12 @@ public class CheckFormatMojo
     public void execute()
         throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
     {
+        if (isSkipping())
+        {
+            getLog().debug("Skipping execution, as demanded by user.");
+            return;
+        }
+
         if ( useDefaultFormatFileSet )
         {
             formatFileSets.add( FormatFileSet.getDefault( getBasedir(), encoding, indentSize ) );
Add skip support to CheckFormatMojo