diff --git a/cake/console/libs/tasks/model.php b/cake/console/libs/tasks/model.php
index 97d28eb6a60..30ebe6fd2d0 100644
--- a/cake/console/libs/tasks/model.php
+++ b/cake/console/libs/tasks/model.php
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ class ModelTask extends Shell {
  */
 	var $tasks = array('DbConfig', 'Fixture', 'Test', 'Template');
 
+/**
+ * Tables to skip when running all()
+ *
+ * @var array
+ * @access protected
+ */
+	var $skipTables = array('i18n');
+
 /**
  * Holds tables found on connection.
  *
@@ -114,6 +122,9 @@ function all() {
 		$this->listAll($this->connection, false);
 		$unitTestExists = $this->_checkUnitTest();
 		foreach ($this->_tables as $table) {
+			if (in_array($table, $this->skipTables)) {
+				continue;
+			}
 			$modelClass = Inflector::classify($table);
 			$this->out(sprintf(__('Baking %s', true), $modelClass));
 			$object = $this->_getModelObject($modelClass);
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/model.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/model.test.php
index 157dc1c7861..967c04bfbb3 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/model.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/model.test.php
@@ -743,6 +743,36 @@ function testExecuteIntoAll() {
 		$this->assertEqual(count(ClassRegistry::mapKeys()), 0);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test that skipTables changes how all() works.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testSkipTablesAndAll() {
+		$this->Task->connection = 'test_suite';
+		$this->Task->path = '/my/path/';
+		$this->Task->args = array('all');
+		$this->Task->setReturnValue('_checkUnitTest', true);
+		$this->Task->skipTables = array('tags');
+
+		$this->Task->Fixture->expectCallCount('bake', 4);
+		$this->Task->Test->expectCallCount('bake', 4);
+
+		$filename = '/my/path/article.php';
+		$this->Task->expectAt(0, 'createFile', array($filename, new PatternExpectation('/class Article/')));
+
+		$filename = '/my/path/articles_tag.php';
+		$this->Task->expectAt(1, 'createFile', array($filename, new PatternExpectation('/class ArticlesTag/')));
+
+		$filename = '/my/path/category_thread.php';
+		$this->Task->expectAt(2, 'createFile', array($filename, new PatternExpectation('/class CategoryThread/')));
+
+		$filename = '/my/path/comment.php';
+		$this->Task->expectAt(3, 'createFile', array($filename, new PatternExpectation('/class Comment/')));
+
+		$this->Task->execute();
+	}
+
 /**
  * test the interactive side of bake.
  *