diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 72189363c..8ff9a17af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ### `Added`
 
+* [#186](https://github.com/nf-core/eager/pull/186) - Make FastQC skipping [possible]
+/(https://github.com/nf-core/eager/issues/182)
 ### `Fixed`
 * [#172](https://github.com/nf-core/eager/pull/152) - DamageProfiler errors [won't crash entire pipeline anymore](https://github.com/nf-core/eager/issues/171)
 
diff --git a/docs/usage.md b/docs/usage.md
index 05bdb36bb..436f92e9e 100644
--- a/docs/usage.md
+++ b/docs/usage.md
@@ -299,6 +299,10 @@ Turns off the computation of library complexity estimation.
 
 Turns off adaptor trimming and paired-end read merging. Equivalent to setting both `--skip_collapse` and `--skip_trim`.
 
+### `--skip_fastqc`
+
+Turns off FastQC in the beginning to speed up the pipeline. 
+
 ### `--skip_damage_calculation`
 
 Turns off the DamageProfiler module to compute DNA damage profiles. 
diff --git a/main.nf b/main.nf
index 5b807c8ef..22470deff 100644
--- a/main.nf
+++ b/main.nf
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ params.email = false
 params.plaintext_email = false
 
 // Skipping parts of the pipeline for impatient users
+params.skip_fastqc = false 
 params.skip_adapterremoval = false
 params.skip_preseq = false
 params.skip_damage_calculation = false
@@ -532,6 +533,8 @@ process fastqc {
     publishDir "${params.outdir}/FastQC", mode: 'copy',
         saveAs: {filename -> filename.indexOf(".zip") > 0 ? "zips/$filename" : "$filename"}
 
+    when: !params.skip_fastqc
+
     input:
     set val(name), file(reads) from ch_read_files_fastqc.mix(ch_read_files_converted_fastqc)
 
@@ -650,7 +653,7 @@ process fastqc_after_clipping {
     publishDir "${params.outdir}/FastQC/after_clipping", mode: 'copy',
         saveAs: {filename -> filename.indexOf(".zip") > 0 ? "zips/$filename" : "$filename"}
 
-    when: !params.bam && !params.skip_adapterremoval
+    when: !params.bam && !params.skip_adapterremoval && !params.skip_fastqc
 
     input:
     set val(name), file(reads) from ch_clipped_reads_for_fastqc