diff --git a/packages/authorization/README.md b/packages/authorization/README.md
index fc6d18c69917..99b5a5bfdff5 100644
--- a/packages/authorization/README.md
+++ b/packages/authorization/README.md
@@ -118,6 +118,27 @@ export class MyController {
 }
 ```
 
+Please note that `@authorize` can also be applied at class level for all methods
+within the class. In the code below, `numOfViews` is protected with
+`BasicStrategy` (inherited from the class level) while `hello` does not require
+authorization (skipped by `@authorize.skip`).
+
+```ts
+@authorize({allow: ['ADMIN']})
+export class MyController {
+  @get('/number-of-views')
+  numOfViews(): number {
+    return 100;
+  }
+
+  @authorize.skip()
+  @get('/hello')
+  hello(): string {
+    return 'Hello';
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ## Extract common layer(TBD)
 
 `@loopback/authentication` and `@loopback/authorization` shares the client
diff --git a/packages/authorization/src/__tests__/unit/authorize-decorator.test.ts b/packages/authorization/src/__tests__/unit/authorize-decorator.test.ts
index 72386abf3434..6f6d88c8cdfe 100644
--- a/packages/authorization/src/__tests__/unit/authorize-decorator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/authorization/src/__tests__/unit/authorize-decorator.test.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,16 @@ describe('Authentication', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('can skip authorization with a flag', () => {
+      class TestClass {
+        @authorize.skip()
+        getSecret() {}
+      }
+
+      const metaData = getAuthorizationMetadata(TestClass, 'getSecret');
+      expect(metaData).to.eql({skip: true});
+    });
+
     it('can stack decorators to target method', () => {
       class TestClass {
         @authorize.allow('a1', 'a2')
diff --git a/packages/authorization/src/authorize-interceptor.ts b/packages/authorization/src/authorize-interceptor.ts
index e144f9384d5a..ef2f5cf05d1c 100644
--- a/packages/authorization/src/authorize-interceptor.ts
+++ b/packages/authorization/src/authorize-interceptor.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class AuthorizationInterceptor implements Provider<Interceptor> {
       debug('No authorization metadata is found for %s', description);
     }
     metadata = metadata || this.options.defaultMetadata;
-    if (!metadata) {
+    if (!metadata || (metadata && metadata.skip)) {
       debug('Authorization is skipped for %s', description);
       const result = await next();
       return result;
diff --git a/packages/authorization/src/decorators/authorize.ts b/packages/authorization/src/decorators/authorize.ts
index ba3dd971d24d..4c68bbac69b1 100644
--- a/packages/authorization/src/decorators/authorize.ts
+++ b/packages/authorization/src/decorators/authorize.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export class AuthorizeMethodDecoratorFactory extends MethodDecoratorFactory<
     return list;
   }
 }
+
 /**
  * Decorator `@authorize` to mark methods that require authorization
  *
@@ -191,6 +192,11 @@ export namespace authorize {
    * Deny unauthenticated users
    */
   export const denyUnauthenticated = () => deny(UNAUTHENTICATED);
+
+  /**
+   * Skip authorization
+   */
+  export const skip = () => authorize({skip: true});
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/authorization/src/types.ts b/packages/authorization/src/types.ts
index ae95ec3e30f9..1691a33278a1 100644
--- a/packages/authorization/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/authorization/src/types.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ export interface AuthorizationMetadata {
    * Define the access scopes
    */
   scopes?: string[];
+  /**
+   * A flag to skip authorization
+   */
+  skip?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**