diff --git a/lib/capistrano/tasks/rvm.rake b/lib/capistrano/tasks/rvm.rake
index b2845db..b73d713 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/tasks/rvm.rake
+++ b/lib/capistrano/tasks/rvm.rake
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ RVM_USER_PATH = "~/.rvm"
 namespace :rvm do
   desc "Prints the RVM and Ruby version on the target host"
   task :check do
+    next if should_skip
     on roles(fetch(:rvm_roles, :all)) do
       if fetch(:log_level) == :debug
         puts capture(:rvm, "version")
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ namespace :rvm do
   end
 
   task :hook do
+    next if should_skip
     on roles(fetch(:rvm_roles, :all)) do
       rvm_path = fetch(:rvm_custom_path)
       rvm_path ||= case fetch(:rvm_type)
@@ -43,6 +45,18 @@ namespace :rvm do
   end
 end
 
+def should_skip
+  skip_rvm_for_tasks = fetch(:skip_rvm_for_tasks, [])
+  invoked_with_task = Rake.application.top_level_tasks.last
+  skip_rvm_for_tasks.any? do |t|
+    if t.is_a?(Regexp)
+      t.match(invoked_with_task)
+    else
+      t == invoked_with_task
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 Capistrano::DSL.stages.each do |stage|
   after stage, 'rvm:hook'
   after stage, 'rvm:check'