diff --git a/Classes/Command/CloneCommandController.php b/Classes/Command/CloneCommandController.php
index bf42e7e..119715f 100644
--- a/Classes/Command/CloneCommandController.php
+++ b/Classes/Command/CloneCommandController.php
@@ -420,9 +420,10 @@ protected function cloneRemoteHost(
         #####################
         # Publish Resources #
         #####################
-
-        $this->renderHeadLine('Publish Resources');
-        $this->executeLocalFlowCommand('resource:publish');
+        if (!($clone['skipResourcePublishStep'] ?? false)) {
+            $this->renderHeadLine('Publish Resources');
+            $this->executeLocalFlowCommand('resource:publish');
+        }
 
         ##############
         # Post Clone #
diff --git a/Configuration/Settings.yaml b/Configuration/Settings.yaml
index 5fdf748..b182e3f 100644
--- a/Configuration/Settings.yaml
+++ b/Configuration/Settings.yaml
@@ -33,11 +33,14 @@ Sitegeist:
 #
 #        # options to adjust the clone process
 #        clone:
+#          # Optionally skip the publish step
+#          skipResourcePublishStep: false
 #          database:
 #            # List tables of which only the schema should be cloned without data. This can be used to exclude
 #            # large tables or tables containing confident conten
 #            excludeTableContent: []
 #
+#
 #        # commands to execute after cloning
 #        postClone:
 #         - './flow help'