diff --git a/docs/Config.md b/docs/Config.md
index c083fcb50..bfc4b2186 100644
--- a/docs/Config.md
+++ b/docs/Config.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     merging:
       # only applicable to unix users
       manualCommit: false
+    skipHookPrefix: WIP
   update:
     method: prompt # can be: prompt | background | never
     days: 14 # how often an update is checked for
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index ae2281ee9..265d6553e 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ func (c *GitCommand) usingGpg() bool {
 }
 
 // Commit commits to git
-func (c *GitCommand) Commit(message string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
-	command := fmt.Sprintf("git commit -m %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(message))
+func (c *GitCommand) Commit(message string, flags string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
+	command := fmt.Sprintf("git commit %s -m %s", flags, c.OSCommand.Quote(message))
 	if c.usingGpg() {
 		return c.OSCommand.PrepareSubProcess(c.OSCommand.Platform.shell, c.OSCommand.Platform.shellArg, command), nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/config/app_config.go b/pkg/config/app_config.go
index ac8e52c8c..b35294a11 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app_config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app_config.go
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ func GetDefaultConfig() []byte {
   git:
     merging:
       manualCommit: false
+    skipHookPrefix: 'WIP'
 update:
   method: prompt # can be: prompt | background | never
   days: 14 # how often a update is checked for
diff --git a/pkg/gui/commit_message_panel.go b/pkg/gui/commit_message_panel.go
index 0f7e4ffcc..62892f09b 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/commit_message_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/commit_message_panel.go
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCommitConfirm(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	if message == "" {
 		return gui.createErrorPanel(g, gui.Tr.SLocalize("CommitWithoutMessageErr"))
 	}
-	ok, err := gui.runSyncOrAsyncCommand(gui.GitCommand.Commit(message))
+	flags := ""
+	skipHookPrefix := gui.Config.GetUserConfig().GetString("git.skipHookPrefix")
+	if skipHookPrefix != "" && strings.HasPrefix(message, skipHookPrefix) {
+		flags = "--no-verify"
+	}
+	ok, err := gui.runSyncOrAsyncCommand(gui.GitCommand.Commit(message, flags))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}