diff --git a/resources/repository.rb b/resources/repository.rb
index c640ed87..3ff4d9d1 100644
--- a/resources/repository.rb
+++ b/resources/repository.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 attribute :proxy_password, :kind_of => String, :regex => /.*/, :default => nil
 attribute :report_instanceid, :kind_of => [TrueClass, FalseClass], :default => nil
 attribute :repositoryid, :kind_of => String, :regex => /.*/, :name_attribute => true
+attribute :skip_if_unavailable, :kind_of => [TrueClass, FalseClass], :default => nil
 attribute :sslcacert, :kind_of => String, :regex => /.*/, :default => nil
 attribute :sslclientcert, :kind_of => String, :regex => /.*/, :default => nil
 attribute :sslclientkey, :kind_of => String, :regex => /.*/, :default => nil
diff --git a/templates/default/repo.erb b/templates/default/repo.erb
index 86a9072f..5bc39e4f 100644
--- a/templates/default/repo.erb
+++ b/templates/default/repo.erb
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ retries=<%= @config.max_retries %>
 <% if @config.report_instanceid %>
 report_instanceid=<%= @config.report_instanceid %>
 <% end %>
+<% if @config.skip_if_unavailable %>
+skip_if_unavailable=<%= @config.skip_if_unavailable %>
+<% end %>
 <% if @config.sslcacert %>
 sslcacert=<%= @config.sslcacert %>
 <% end %>
@@ -92,4 +95,4 @@ sslverify=0
 <% end %>
 <% if @config.timeout %>
 timeout=<%= @config.timeout %>
-<% end %>
\ No newline at end of file
+<% end %>