diff --git a/site/plugin.jelly b/site/plugin.jelly
index 16d68e6f..1353774c 100644
--- a/site/plugin.jelly
+++ b/site/plugin.jelly
@@ -47,7 +47,21 @@
       <j:set var="reportName" value="${report.get('pluginName')}"/>
       <j:if test="${!empty(reportName)}">
         <echo>Generating the ${report.get('name')}...</echo>
-        <attainGoal name="${reportName}:report"/>
+
+        <j:choose>
+          <j:when test="${context.getVariable('maven.site.reports.ignoreErrors') == 'false'}">
+            <attainGoal name="${reportName}:report"/>
+          </j:when>
+          <j:otherwise>
+            <j:catch var="ex">
+              <attainGoal name="${reportName}:report"/>
+            </j:catch>
+            <j:if test="${ex != null}">
+              <echo> *** WARNING: Error ignored: ${ex}</echo>
+            </j:if>
+          </j:otherwise>
+        </j:choose>
+
       </j:if>
     </j:forEach>
   </goal>
diff --git a/site/plugin.properties b/site/plugin.properties
index 392a4258..cc2f699f 100644
--- a/site/plugin.properties
+++ b/site/plugin.properties
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ maven.site.gunzip.options=-fn
 maven.site.chmod.options=-Rf
 maven.site.chmod.mode=775
 maven.site.failonerror=true
+maven.site.reports.ignoreErrors=false
 
 maven.rsync.executable=rsync
 
diff --git a/site/xdocs/changes.xml b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
index be9c5c97..22ae6248 100644
--- a/site/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.7-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPSITE-50" due-to="Shinobu Kawai">New property <code>maven.site.reports.ignoreErrors</code> to ignore any errors in all reports during site generation.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="add">New property <code>maven.site.gunzip.options</code> can be used to set options when using gunzip (default value is -f).</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-40">Missing <code>maven.ssh.args</code> in <code>site:publish</code>.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-39">Deploy site on unix create rights rwxr-xr-x. Group members can't override files. The default value for <code>maven.site.chmod.mode</code> is now <code>755</code>.</action>
diff --git a/site/xdocs/properties.xml b/site/xdocs/properties.xml
index 9bdd64d4..f6bdc02b 100644
--- a/site/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/site/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -190,6 +190,19 @@
             Defaults to <code>true</code>.
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.site.reports.ignoreErrors</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Set this to <code>true</code> to ignore any errors
+            in all reports during site generation.
+            <strong>Note</strong> that this overrides all
+            corresponding settings of the plugins used
+            to generate the reports and
+            might lead to broken links on your site.
+            Defaults to <code>false</code>.
+          </td>
+        </tr>
       </table>
     </section>
     <section name="Using Putty as ssh client">
