diff --git a/csrf.go b/csrf.go
index 6d12cc0..fe5e933 100644
--- a/csrf.go
+++ b/csrf.go
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ const tokenLength = 32
 
 // Context/session keys & prefixes
 const (
-	tokenKey    string = "gorilla.csrf.Token"
-	formKey     string = "gorilla.csrf.Form"
-	errorKey    string = "gorilla.csrf.Error"
-	cookieName  string = "_gorilla_csrf"
-	errorPrefix string = "gorilla/csrf: "
+	tokenKey     string = "gorilla.csrf.Token"
+	formKey      string = "gorilla.csrf.Form"
+	errorKey     string = "gorilla.csrf.Error"
+	skipCheckKey string = "gorilla.csrf.Skip"
+	cookieName   string = "_gorilla_csrf"
+	errorPrefix  string = "gorilla/csrf: "
 )
 
 var (
@@ -172,6 +173,16 @@ func Protect(authKey []byte, opts ...Option) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 
 // Implements http.Handler for the csrf type.
 func (cs *csrf) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// Skip the check if directed to. This should always be a bool.
+	if val, ok := context.GetOk(r, skipCheckKey); ok {
+		if skip, ok := val.(bool); ok {
+			if skip {
+				cs.h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Retrieve the token from the session.
 	// An error represents either a cookie that failed HMAC validation
 	// or that doesn't exist.
diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index e01d117..e0f23e0 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ func FailureReason(r *http.Request) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// UnsafeSkipCheck will skip the CSRF check for any requests.  This must be
+// called before the CSRF middleware.
+//
+// Note: You should not set this without otherwise securing the request from
+// CSRF attacks. The primary use-case for this function is to turn off CSRF
+// checks for non-browser clients using authorization tokens against your API.
+func UnsafeSkipCheck(r *http.Request) {
+	context.Set(r, skipCheckKey, true)
+}
+
 // TemplateField is a template helper for html/template that provides an <input> field
 // populated with a CSRF token.
 //
diff --git a/helpers_test.go b/helpers_test.go
index 09fbe3e..f1340ea 100644
--- a/helpers_test.go
+++ b/helpers_test.go
@@ -265,3 +265,38 @@ func TestCompareTokens(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("compareTokens failed on different tokens: got %v want %v", v, !v)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestUnsafeSkipCSRFCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	s := http.NewServeMux()
+	skipCheck := func(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		fn := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			UnsafeSkipCheck(r)
+			h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		}
+
+		return http.HandlerFunc(fn)
+	}
+
+	var teapot = 418
+
+	// Issue a POST request without a CSRF token in the request.
+	s.Handle("/", http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		// Set a non-200 header to make the test explicit.
+		w.WriteHeader(teapot)
+	}))
+
+	r, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Must be used prior to the CSRF handler being invoked.
+	p := skipCheck(Protect(testKey)(s))
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	p.ServeHTTP(rr, r)
+
+	if status := rr.Code; status != teapot {
+		t.Fatalf("middleware failed to skip this request: got %v want %v",
+			status, teapot)
+	}
+}