diff --git a/conf/full.yaml b/conf/full.yaml
index 0fc396209a82e..70db9b6ded64c 100644
--- a/conf/full.yaml
+++ b/conf/full.yaml
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ packages:
 # Advanced settings
 #####################################################################
 
+## Special packages publish configurations
+#publish:
+## This will allow the publisher to publish packages even if any uplink is down.
+#  allow_offline: true
+
 # if you use nginx with custom path, use this to override links
 #url_prefix: https://dev.company.local/verdaccio/
 
diff --git a/lib/storage.js b/lib/storage.js
index 5b5aa0c5b831b..22598cdf0bdca 100644
--- a/lib/storage.js
+++ b/lib/storage.js
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ class Storage {
             // if uplink fails with a status other than 404, we report failure
             if (_.isNil(err_results[i][0]) === false) {
               if (err_results[i][0].status !== 404) {
+                if (_.isNil(this.config.publish) === false && this.config.publish.allow_offline) {
+                  return resolve();
+                }
                 return reject(Error[503]('one of the uplinks is down, refuse to publish'));
               }
             }