diff --git a/site/plugin.jelly b/site/plugin.jelly
index c032aec1..5904c1fb 100644
--- a/site/plugin.jelly
+++ b/site/plugin.jelly
@@ -169,21 +169,21 @@
 
     <j:if test="${siteClean}">
       <echo>Cleaning destination first</echo>
-      <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="true">
+      <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
         <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'rm -r ${siteDirectory}'" />
       </exec>
     </j:if>
 
     <!-- Make sure the destination directory exists before trying to copy -->
-    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="true">
+    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
       <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'mkdir -p ${maven.homepage}'"/>
     </exec>
 
-    <exec dir="${maven.build.dir}" executable="${maven.scp.executable}" failonerror="true">
+    <exec dir="${maven.build.dir}" executable="${maven.scp.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
       <arg line="${maven.scp.args} ${maven.final.name}-site.tar.gz ${siteUsername}@${siteAddress}:${maven.homepage}"/>
     </exec>
 
-    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="true">
+    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
       <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'cd ${maven.homepage} &amp;&amp; ${maven.site.gunzip.executable} ${maven.final.name}-site.tar.gz &amp;&amp; ${maven.site.tar.executable} ${maven.site.tar.options} ${maven.final.name}-site.tar &amp;&amp; chmod ${maven.site.chmod.options} ${maven.site.chmod.mode} * . &amp;&amp; rm ${maven.final.name}-site.tar'"/>
     </exec>
 
@@ -286,11 +286,11 @@
         <echo>Executing filesystem copy on remote server to publish</echo>
         <j:if test="${publishClean}">
           <echo>Cleaning destination first</echo>
-          <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}">
+          <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
             <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'rm -r ${destSiteDirectory}'" />
           </exec>
         </j:if>
-        <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}">
+        <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
           <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress} 'mkdir -p ${destSiteDirectory} &amp;&amp; cp -r ${siteDirectory}/* ${destSiteDirectory}'" />
         </exec>
       </j:when>
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
           <echo>Cleaning destination</echo>
           <j:set var="rsyncArgs" value="${rsyncArgs} --delete" />
         </j:if>
-        <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}">
+        <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
           <arg line="${maven.ssh.args} -l ${siteUsername} ${siteAddress}  '${maven.rsync.executable} ${rsyncArgs} -az ${siteDirectory}/* ${destSiteUsername}@${destSiteAddress}:${destSiteDirectory}'" />
         </exec>
       </j:otherwise>
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
     description="Deploy the generated site using rsync"
     prereqs="site:init,site:remote-deploy-init">
     <echo>rsyncing...</echo>
-    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="true">
+    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.ssh.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
       <arg line="${siteUsername}@${siteAddress} 'mkdir -p ${siteDirectory}'" />
     </exec>
     
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
       <j:set var="rsyncArgs" value="${rsyncArgs} --delete" />
     </j:if>
     <!-- Note: trailing slash is important! -->
-    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.rsync.executable}" failonerror="true">
+    <exec dir="." executable="${maven.rsync.executable}" failonerror="${maven.site.failonerror}">
       <arg line="-az ${rsyncArgs} ${relativeDocsDest}/ ${siteUsername}@${siteAddress}:${siteDirectory}" />
     </exec>
   </goal>
diff --git a/site/plugin.properties b/site/plugin.properties
index b4e891c5..4756ea9f 100644
--- a/site/plugin.properties
+++ b/site/plugin.properties
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ maven.site.tar.options=xvf
 maven.site.gunzip.executable=gunzip
 maven.site.chmod.options=-Rf
 maven.site.chmod.mode=g+u
+maven.site.failonerror=true
 
 maven.rsync.executable=rsync
 
diff --git a/site/xdocs/changes.xml b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
index d2859d8d..8648af02 100644
--- a/site/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/site/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   <body>
     <release version="1.7-SNAPSHOT" date="In SVN">
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-40">Missing <code>maven.ssh.args</code> in <code>site:publish</code>.</action>
+      <action dev="aheritier" type="update" issue="MPSITE-34">New property <code>maven.site.failonerror</code> can be used bypass remote errors.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPSITE-31">Make <code>chmod</code> options in <code>site:sshdeploy</code> configurable.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-24" due-to="Julian Dunn">SSH arguments not used in <code>sshdeploy</code> with 'clean'.</action>
       <action dev="aheritier" type="fix" issue="MPSITE-28" due-to="Davy Toch">Deploying the site documentation through SSH always results in 'Build Successful'.</action>
diff --git a/site/xdocs/properties.xml b/site/xdocs/properties.xml
index ee351bc7..34649979 100644
--- a/site/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/site/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@
             <code>U</code> option.
           </td>
         </tr>
-        
         <tr>
           <td>maven.site.gunzip.executable</td>
           <td>Yes</td>
@@ -176,6 +175,14 @@
             system has a default version of gunzip that is failing.
           </td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>maven.site.failonerror</td>
+          <td>Yes</td>
+          <td>
+            Specifies if remote commands errors must stop the build. 
+            Defaults to <code>true</code>.
+          </td>
+        </tr>
       </table>
     </section>
     <section name="Using Putty as ssh client">