diff --git a/src/bin/lpython.cpp b/src/bin/lpython.cpp
index d7a04f2229..7545ef5a16 100644
--- a/src/bin/lpython.cpp
+++ b/src/bin/lpython.cpp
@@ -1297,6 +1297,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         bool show_errors = false;
         bool with_intrinsic_modules = false;
         std::string arg_pass;
+        std::string skip_pass;
         bool arg_no_color = false;
         bool show_llvm = false;
         bool show_asm = false;
@@ -1363,6 +1364,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         app.add_flag("--indent", compiler_options.indent, "Indented print ASR/AST");
         app.add_flag("--tree", compiler_options.tree, "Tree structure print ASR/AST");
         app.add_option("--pass", arg_pass, "Apply the ASR pass and show ASR (implies --show-asr)");
+        app.add_option("--skip-pass", skip_pass, "Skip an ASR pass in default pipeline");
         app.add_flag("--disable-main", compiler_options.disable_main, "Do not generate any code for the `main` function");
         app.add_flag("--symtab-only", compiler_options.symtab_only, "Only create symbol tables in ASR (skip executable stmt)");
         app.add_flag("--time-report", time_report, "Show compilation time report");
@@ -1539,7 +1541,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         //     return emit_c_preprocessor(arg_file, compiler_options);
         // }
 
-        lpython_pass_manager.parse_pass_arg(arg_pass);
+        lpython_pass_manager.parse_pass_arg(arg_pass, skip_pass);
         if (show_tokens) {
             return emit_tokens(arg_file, true, compiler_options);
         }
diff --git a/src/libasr/pass/pass_manager.h b/src/libasr/pass/pass_manager.h
index c342e8ca81..acb57084d8 100644
--- a/src/libasr/pass/pass_manager.h
+++ b/src/libasr/pass/pass_manager.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 #include <map>
 #include <vector>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 namespace LCompilers {
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ namespace LCompilers {
         std::vector<std::string> _passes;
         std::vector<std::string> _with_optimization_passes;
         std::vector<std::string> _user_defined_passes;
+        std::vector<std::string> _skip_passes;
         std::map<std::string, pass_function> _passes_db = {
             {"do_loops", &LFortran::pass_replace_do_loops},
             {"global_stmts", &LFortran::pass_wrap_global_stmts_into_function},
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ namespace LCompilers {
                 // Note: this is not enough for rtlib, we also need to include
                 // it
                 if (rtlib && passes[i] == "unused_functions") continue;
+                if( std::find(_skip_passes.begin(), _skip_passes.end(), passes[i]) != _skip_passes.end())
+                    continue;
                 _passes_db[passes[i]](al, *asr, pass_options);
             #if defined(WITH_LFORTRAN_ASSERT)
                 if (!LFortran::asr_verify(*asr, true, diagnostics)) {
@@ -107,6 +111,31 @@ namespace LCompilers {
             }
         }
 
+        void _parse_pass_arg(std::string& arg, std::vector<std::string>& passes) {
+            if (arg == "") return;
+
+            std::string current_pass = "";
+            for( size_t i = 0; i < arg.size(); i++ ) {
+                char ch = arg[i];
+                if (ch != ' ' && ch != ',') {
+                    current_pass.push_back(ch);
+                }
+                if (ch == ',' || i == arg.size() - 1) {
+                    current_pass = LFortran::to_lower(current_pass);
+                    if( _passes_db.find(current_pass) == _passes_db.end() ) {
+                        std::cerr << current_pass << " isn't supported yet.";
+                        std::cerr << " Only the following passes are supported:- "<<std::endl;
+                        for( auto it: _passes_db ) {
+                            std::cerr << it.first << std::endl;
+                        }
+                        exit(1);
+                    }
+                    passes.push_back(current_pass);
+                    current_pass.clear();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         public:
 
         bool rtlib=false;
@@ -157,34 +186,15 @@ namespace LCompilers {
             };
 
             _user_defined_passes.clear();
+            _skip_passes.clear();
         }
 
-        void parse_pass_arg(std::string& arg_pass) {
+        void parse_pass_arg(std::string& arg_pass, std::string& skip_pass) {
             _user_defined_passes.clear();
-            if (arg_pass == "") {
-                return ;
-            }
+            _skip_passes.clear();
 
-            std::string current_pass = "";
-            for( size_t i = 0; i < arg_pass.size(); i++ ) {
-                char ch = arg_pass[i];
-                if (ch != ' ' && ch != ',') {
-                    current_pass.push_back(ch);
-                }
-                if (ch == ',' || i == arg_pass.size() - 1) {
-                    current_pass = LFortran::to_lower(current_pass);
-                    if( _passes_db.find(current_pass) == _passes_db.end() ) {
-                        std::cerr << current_pass << " isn't supported yet.";
-                        std::cerr << " Only the following passes are supported:- "<<std::endl;
-                        for( auto it: _passes_db ) {
-                            std::cerr << it.first << std::endl;
-                        }
-                        exit(1);
-                    }
-                    _user_defined_passes.push_back(current_pass);
-                    current_pass.clear();
-                }
-            }
+            _parse_pass_arg(arg_pass, _user_defined_passes);
+            _parse_pass_arg(skip_pass, _skip_passes);
         }
 
         void apply_passes(Allocator& al, LFortran::ASR::TranslationUnit_t* asr,