diff --git a/lib/hooks/csrf/index.js b/lib/hooks/csrf/index.js
index af2a0c332b..e7e0bf0748 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/csrf/index.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/csrf/index.js
@@ -28,14 +28,16 @@ module.exports = function(sails) {
         sails.config.csrf = {
           grantTokenViaAjax: true,
           protectionEnabled: true,
-          origin: '-'
+          origin: '-',
+          routesDisabled: '-'
         };
       }
       else if (sails.config.csrf === false) {
         sails.config.csrf = {
           grantTokenViaAjax: false,
           protectionEnabled: false,
-          origin: '-'
+          origin: '-',
+          routesDisabled: '-'
         };
       }
       // If user provides ANY object (including empty object), enable all default
@@ -44,7 +46,8 @@ module.exports = function(sails) {
         _.defaults(typeof sails.config.csrf === 'object' ? sails.config.csrf : {}, {
           grantTokenViaAjax: true,
           protectionEnabled: true,
-          origin: '-'
+          origin: '-',
+          routesDisabled: '-'
         });
       }
       // Add the csrfToken directly to the config'd routes, so that the CORS hook can process it
@@ -63,12 +66,15 @@ module.exports = function(sails) {
             var connect = require('express/node_modules/connect');
 
             return connect.csrf()(req, res, function(err) {
+
+              var isRouteDisabled  = sails.config.csrf.routesDisabled.split(',').indexOf(req.path) > -1;
+
               if (util.isSameOrigin(req) || allowCrossOriginCSRF) {
                 res.locals._csrf = req.csrfToken();
               } else {
                 res.locals._csrf = null;
               }
-              if (err) {
+              if (err && !isRouteDisabled) {
                 // Return an Access-Control-Allow-Origin header in case this is a xdomain request
                 if (req.headers.origin) {
                   res.set('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', req.headers.origin);
@@ -109,4 +115,4 @@ function csrfToken (req, res, next) {
   return res.json({
       _csrf: res.locals._csrf
   });
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/hook.cors_csrf.test.js b/test/integration/hook.cors_csrf.test.js
index b15e095bdb..d86f2fc9af 100644
--- a/test/integration/hook.cors_csrf.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/hook.cors_csrf.test.js
@@ -771,6 +771,32 @@ describe('CORS and CSRF ::', function() {
 
     });
 
+    describe("with CSRF set to {protectionEnabled: true, routesDisabled: '/user'}", function() {
+
+      before(function() {
+        fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve('../', appName, 'config/csrf.js'), "module.exports.csrf = {protectionEnabled: true, routesDisabled: '/user'};");
+      });
+
+      it("a POST request on /user without a CSRF token should result in a 200 response", function (done) {        
+        httpHelper.testRoute("post", 'user', function (err, response) {
+          if (err) return done(new Error(err));
+          assert.equal(response.statusCode, 200);
+          done();
+        });    
+
+      });
+
+      it("a POST request on /test without a CSRF token should result in a 403 response", function (done) {        
+        httpHelper.testRoute("post", 'test', function (err, response) {
+          if (err) return done(new Error(err));
+          assert.equal(response.statusCode, 403);
+          done();
+        });    
+
+      });
+
+    });
+
   });
 
   describe("CORS+CSRF ::", function () {