diff --git a/dev/tests/verification/Resources/ActionGroupSkipReadiness.txt b/dev/tests/verification/Resources/ActionGroupSkipReadiness.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..073211992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/tests/verification/Resources/ActionGroupSkipReadiness.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+namespace Magento\AcceptanceTest\_default\Backend;
+
+use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\AcceptanceTester;
+use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Handlers\DataObjectHandler;
+use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Persist\DataPersistenceHandler;
+use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Objects\EntityDataObject;
+use Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\DataGenerator\Handlers\CredentialStore;
+use \Codeception\Util\Locator;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Annotation\Features;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Annotation\Stories;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Annotation\Title;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Annotation\Description;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Annotation\Parameter;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Annotation\Severity;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Model\SeverityLevel;
+use Yandex\Allure\Adapter\Annotation\TestCaseId;
+
+/**
+ */
+class ActionGroupSkipReadinessCest
+{
+	/**
+	 * @Features({"TestModule"})
+	 * @Parameter(name = "AcceptanceTester", value="$I")
+	 * @param AcceptanceTester $I
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws \Exception
+	 */
+	public function ActionGroupSkipReadiness(AcceptanceTester $I)
+	{
+		$I->skipReadinessCheck(true);
+		$I->comment("ActionGroupSkipReadiness");
+		$I->skipReadinessCheck(false);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/dev/tests/verification/Resources/BasicFunctionalTest.txt b/dev/tests/verification/Resources/BasicFunctionalTest.txt
index 7fed6db42..21aa6d3a2 100644
--- a/dev/tests/verification/Resources/BasicFunctionalTest.txt
+++ b/dev/tests/verification/Resources/BasicFunctionalTest.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ class BasicFunctionalTestCest
 	{
 		$I->comment("");
 		$I->comment("");
+		$I->skipReadinessCheck(true);
+		$I->comment("skipReadiness");
+		$I->skipReadinessCheck(false);
 		$someVarDefinition = $I->grabValueFrom();
 		$I->acceptPopup();
 		$I->amOnPage("/test/url");
diff --git a/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/ActionGroup/BasicActionGroup.xml b/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/ActionGroup/BasicActionGroup.xml
index 5b5ddf775..75ac71ef2 100644
--- a/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/ActionGroup/BasicActionGroup.xml
+++ b/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/ActionGroup/BasicActionGroup.xml
@@ -114,4 +114,8 @@
         </arguments>
         <see selector=".selector" userInput="{{sameStepKeyAsArg}}" stepKey="arg1" />
     </actionGroup>
+
+    <actionGroup name="actionGroupWithSkipReadinessActions">
+        <comment userInput="ActionGroupSkipReadiness" stepKey="skip" skipReadiness="true"/>
+    </actionGroup>
 </actionGroups>
diff --git a/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/ActionGroupTest.xml b/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/ActionGroupTest.xml
index ccace672b..848fe8bcc 100644
--- a/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/ActionGroupTest.xml
+++ b/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/ActionGroupTest.xml
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@
         </before>
     </test>
 
+    <test name="ActionGroupSkipReadiness">
+        <actionGroup ref="actionGroupWithSkipReadinessActions" stepKey="skipReadinessActionGroup"/>
+    </test>
+
     <test name="ActionGroupContainsStepKeyInArgText">
         <before>
             <actionGroup ref="actionGroupContainsStepKeyInArgValue" stepKey="actionGroup">
diff --git a/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/BasicFunctionalTest.xml b/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/BasicFunctionalTest.xml
index 0a2676ef6..322c5ac74 100644
--- a/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/BasicFunctionalTest.xml
+++ b/dev/tests/verification/TestModule/Test/BasicFunctionalTest.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         </after>
         <comment stepKey="basicCommentWithNoData" userInput="{{emptyData.noData}}"/>
         <comment stepKey="basicCommentWithDefinitelyNoData" userInput="{{emptyData.definitelyNoData}}"/>
+        <comment stepKey="ReadinessCheckSkipped" userInput="skipReadiness" skipReadiness="true"/>
         <grabValueFrom stepKey="someVarDefinition"/>
         <acceptPopup stepKey="acceptPopupKey1"/>
         <amOnPage stepKey="amOnPageKey1" url="/test/url"/>
diff --git a/dev/tests/verification/Tests/ActionGroupGenerationTest.php b/dev/tests/verification/Tests/ActionGroupGenerationTest.php
index d7b57baed..65d65d04d 100644
--- a/dev/tests/verification/Tests/ActionGroupGenerationTest.php
+++ b/dev/tests/verification/Tests/ActionGroupGenerationTest.php
@@ -184,4 +184,15 @@ public function testActionGroupWithArgContainingStepKey()
     {
         $this->generateAndCompareTest('ActionGroupContainsStepKeyInArgText');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test an action group with an arg containing stepKey text
+     *
+     * @throws \Exception
+     * @throws \Magento\FunctionalTestingFramework\Exceptions\TestReferenceException
+     */
+    public function testActionGroupWithSkipReadiness()
+    {
+        $this->generateAndCompareTest('ActionGroupSkipReadiness');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Extension/PageReadinessExtension.php b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Extension/PageReadinessExtension.php
index 9b9163a0a..709647096 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Extension/PageReadinessExtension.php
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Extension/PageReadinessExtension.php
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class PageReadinessExtension extends Extension
      */
     private $ignoredActions = [
         'saveScreenshot',
+        'skipReadinessCheck',
         'wait'
     ];
 
@@ -119,6 +120,8 @@ public function beforeTest(TestEvent $e)
         $this->testName = $e->getTest()->getMetadata()->getName();
         $this->uri = null;
 
+        $this->getDriver()->_setConfig(['skipReadiness' => false]);
+
         $metrics = [];
         foreach ($this->config['readinessMetrics'] as $metricClass) {
             $metrics[] = new $metricClass($this, $failThreshold);
@@ -137,7 +140,8 @@ public function beforeTest(TestEvent $e)
     public function beforeStep(StepEvent $e)
     {
         $step = $e->getStep();
-        if ($this->shouldSkipCheck($step)) {
+        $manualSkip = $this->getDriver()->_getConfig()['skipReadiness'];
+        if ($this->shouldSkipCheck($step, $manualSkip)) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -234,12 +238,13 @@ public function getTestName()
      * Should the given step bypass the readiness checks
      * todo: Implement step parameter to bypass specific metrics (or all) instead of basing on action type
      *
-     * @param Step $step
+     * @param  Step    $step
+     * @param  boolean $manualSkip
      * @return boolean
      */
-    private function shouldSkipCheck($step)
+    private function shouldSkipCheck($step, $manualSkip)
     {
-        if ($step instanceof Step\Comment || in_array($step->getAction(), $this->ignoredActions)) {
+        if ($step instanceof Step\Comment || in_array($step->getAction(), $this->ignoredActions) || $manualSkip) {
             return true;
         }
         return false;
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Module/MagentoWebDriver.php b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Module/MagentoWebDriver.php
index 62907fca4..0bfa2c9bf 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Module/MagentoWebDriver.php
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Module/MagentoWebDriver.php
@@ -669,4 +669,16 @@ public function amOnPage($page)
         parent::amOnPage($page);
         $this->waitForPageLoad();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Turn Readiness check on or off
+     *
+     * @param boolean $check
+     * @throws \Exception
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function skipReadinessCheck($check)
+    {
+        $this->config['skipReadiness'] = $check;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Util/ActionMergeUtil.php b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Util/ActionMergeUtil.php
index fb562c626..0a6bc7957 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Util/ActionMergeUtil.php
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/Util/ActionMergeUtil.php
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ class ActionMergeUtil
     const WAIT_ATTR = 'timeout';
     const WAIT_ACTION_NAME = 'waitForPageLoad';
     const WAIT_ACTION_SUFFIX = 'WaitForPageLoad';
+    const SKIP_READINESS_ACTION_NAME = 'skipReadinessCheck';
+    const SKIP_READINESS_OFF_SUFFIX = 'SkipReadinessOff';
+    const SKIP_READINESS_ON_SUFFIX = 'SkipReadinessOn';
+    const DEFAULT_SKIP_ON_ORDER = 'before';
+    const DEFAULT_SKIP_OFF_ORDER = 'after';
     const DEFAULT_WAIT_ORDER = 'after';
 
     /**
@@ -78,6 +83,7 @@ public function resolveActionSteps($parsedSteps, $skipActionGroupResolution = fa
     {
         $this->mergeActions($parsedSteps);
         $this->insertWaits();
+        $this->insertReadinessSkips();
 
         if ($skipActionGroupResolution) {
             return $this->orderedSteps;
@@ -217,6 +223,39 @@ private function insertWaits()
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Runs through the prepared orderedSteps and calls insertWait if a step requires a wait after it.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function insertReadinessSkips()
+    {
+        foreach ($this->orderedSteps as $step) {
+            if (array_key_exists("skipReadiness", $step->getCustomActionAttributes())) {
+                if ($step->getCustomActionAttributes()['skipReadiness'] == "true") {
+                    $skipReadinessOn = new ActionObject(
+                        $step->getStepKey() . self::SKIP_READINESS_ON_SUFFIX,
+                        self::SKIP_READINESS_ACTION_NAME,
+                        ['state' => "true"],
+                        $step->getStepKey(),
+                        self::DEFAULT_SKIP_ON_ORDER
+                    );
+
+                    $skipReadinessOff = new ActionObject(
+                        $step->getStepKey() . self::SKIP_READINESS_OFF_SUFFIX,
+                        self::SKIP_READINESS_ACTION_NAME,
+                        ['state' => "false"],
+                        $step->getStepKey(),
+                        self::DEFAULT_SKIP_OFF_ORDER
+                    );
+
+                    $this->insertStep($skipReadinessOn);
+                    $this->insertStep($skipReadinessOff);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * This method takes the steps from the parser and splits steps which need merge from steps that are ordered.
      *
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/etc/Actions/commonAttributes.xsd b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/etc/Actions/commonAttributes.xsd
index 895936602..22c05ea7d 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/etc/Actions/commonAttributes.xsd
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/etc/Actions/commonAttributes.xsd
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@
                 </xs:documentation>
             </xs:annotation>
         </xs:attribute>
+
+        <xs:attribute type="xs:boolean" name="skipReadiness">
+            <xs:annotation>
+                <xs:documentation>
+                    Flag for skipping readiness check
+                </xs:documentation>
+            </xs:annotation>
+        </xs:attribute>
     </xs:attributeGroup>
 
     <xs:attribute type="xs:string" name="userInput" id="userInput">
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/etc/mergedTestSchema.xsd b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/etc/mergedTestSchema.xsd
index b65843bae..b663bb99d 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/etc/mergedTestSchema.xsd
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Test/etc/mergedTestSchema.xsd
@@ -130,5 +130,6 @@
             </xs:annotation>
         </xs:attribute>
         <xs:attributeGroup ref="commonActionAttributes"/>
+        <xs:attribute type="xs:boolean" name="skipReadiness" use="prohibited"/>
     </xs:complexType>
 </xs:schema>
diff --git a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Util/TestGenerator.php b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Util/TestGenerator.php
index be9ad9996..efad1506a 100644
--- a/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Util/TestGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Magento/FunctionalTestingFramework/Util/TestGenerator.php
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ public function generateStepsPhp($actionObjects, $hookObject = false, $actor = "
 
         foreach ($actionObjects as $actionObject) {
             $stepKey = $actionObject->getStepKey();
+
             $customActionAttributes = $actionObject->getCustomActionAttributes();
             $attribute = null;
             $selector = null;
@@ -1271,6 +1272,9 @@ public function generateStepsPhp($actionObjects, $hookObject = false, $actor = "
 
                     $testSteps .= $dateGenerateCode;
                     break;
+                case "skipReadinessCheck":
+                    $testSteps .= $this->wrapFunctionCall($actor, $actionObject, $customActionAttributes['state']);
+                    break;
                 default:
                     $testSteps .= $this->wrapFunctionCall($actor, $actionObject, $selector, $input, $parameter);
             }