diff --git a/src/modules/partition/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/partition/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a2ddf188..940aacdd8 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/partition/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,8 +11,16 @@
 # it will error out at runtime unless you **also** switch **off**
 # DEBUG_PARTITION_BAIL_OUT, at which point you are welcome to shoot
 # yourself in the foot.
+#
+# Independently, DEBUG_PARTITION_SKIP will not do the actual partitioning
+# through KPMCore, but it **will** save the global storage setup as if
+# it has done the partitioning. This is going to confuse subsequent
+# modules since the partitions on disk won't match GS, but it can be
+# useful for debugging simulated installations that don't need to
+# mount the target filesystems.
 option( DEBUG_PARTITION_UNSAFE "Allow unsafe partitioning choices." OFF )
 option( DEBUG_PARTITION_BAIL_OUT "Unsafe partitioning will error out on exec." ON )
+option( DEBUG_PARTITION_SKIP "Don't actually do any partitioning." OFF)
 
 # This is very chatty, useful mostly if you don't know what KPMCore offers.
 option( DEBUG_FILESYSTEMS      "Log all available Filesystems from KPMCore." OFF )
@@ -29,6 +37,9 @@ endif()
 if ( DEBUG_FILESYSTEMS )
     list( APPEND _partition_defs DEBUG_FILESYSTEMS )
 endif()
+if( DEBUG_PARTITION_SKIP )
+    list( APPEND _partition_defs DEBUG_PARTITION_SKIP )
+endif()
 
 find_package(ECM ${ECM_VERSION} REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
 
diff --git a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
index 367672c75..79adf7686 100644
--- a/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionCoreModule.cpp
@@ -639,6 +639,9 @@ PartitionCoreModule::jobs( const Config* config ) const
     lst << automountControl;
     lst << Calamares::job_ptr( new ClearTempMountsJob() );
 
+#ifdef DEBUG_PARTITION_SKIP
+    cWarning() << "Partitioning actions are skipped.";
+#else
     const QStringList doNotClose = findEssentialLVs( m_deviceInfos );
 
     for ( const auto* info : m_deviceInfos )
@@ -650,10 +653,15 @@ PartitionCoreModule::jobs( const Config* config ) const
             lst << Calamares::job_ptr( job );
         }
     }
+#endif
 
     for ( const auto* info : m_deviceInfos )
     {
+#ifdef DEBUG_PARTITION_SKIP
+        cWarning() << Logger::SubEntry << "Skipping jobs for" << info->device.data()->deviceNode();
+#else
         lst << info->jobs();
+#endif
         devices << info->device.data();
     }
     lst << Calamares::job_ptr( new FillGlobalStorageJob( config, devices, m_bootLoaderInstallPath ) );