diff --git a/src/validation/ValidationExecutor.ts b/src/validation/ValidationExecutor.ts
index 8f70bd1b65..8965db4dc3 100644
--- a/src/validation/ValidationExecutor.ts
+++ b/src/validation/ValidationExecutor.ts
@@ -166,9 +166,17 @@ export class ValidationExecutor {
             return;
         }
 
-        // handle IS_DEFINED validation type the special way - it should work no matter skipMissingProperties is set or not
+        // handle IS_DEFINED validation type the special way - it should work no matter skipUndefinedProperties/skipMissingProperties is set or not
         this.defaultValidations(object, value, definedMetadatas, validationError.constraints);
 
+        if (value === undefined && this.validatorOptions && this.validatorOptions.skipUndefinedProperties === true) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (value === null && this.validatorOptions && this.validatorOptions.skipNullProperties === true) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if ((value === null || value === undefined) && this.validatorOptions && this.validatorOptions.skipMissingProperties === true) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/validation/ValidatorOptions.ts b/src/validation/ValidatorOptions.ts
index 67cc143038..d610985eb3 100644
--- a/src/validation/ValidatorOptions.ts
+++ b/src/validation/ValidatorOptions.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,18 @@
  * Options passed to validator during validation.
  */
 export interface ValidatorOptions {
+    /**
+     * If set to true then validator will skip validation of all properties that are undefined in the validating object.
+     */
+    skipUndefinedProperties?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * If set to true then validator will skip validation of all properties that are null in the validating object.
+     */
+    skipNullProperties?: boolean;
 
     /**
-     * If set to true than validator will skip validation of all properties that are missing in the validating object.
+     * If set to true then validator will skip validation of all properties that are null or undefined in the validating object.
      */
     skipMissingProperties?: boolean;
 
@@ -53,4 +62,4 @@ export interface ValidatorOptions {
      */
     forbidUnknownValues?: boolean;
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/functional/validation-functions-and-decorators.spec.ts b/test/functional/validation-functions-and-decorators.spec.ts
index d6f86d5ca3..79a2f9ab94 100644
--- a/test/functional/validation-functions-and-decorators.spec.ts
+++ b/test/functional/validation-functions-and-decorators.spec.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,22 @@ describe("IsDefined", function() {
         checkInvalidValues(new MyClass(), invalidValues, done);
     });
 
+    it("should not fail if validator.validate said that its valid with skipUndefinedProperties set to true", function(done) {
+        checkValidValues(new MyClass(), validValues, done, { skipUndefinedProperties: true });
+    });
+
+    it("should fail if validator.validate said that its invalid with skipUndefinedProperties set to true", function(done) {
+        checkInvalidValues(new MyClass(), invalidValues, done, { skipUndefinedProperties: true });
+    });
+
+    it("should not fail if validator.validate said that its valid with skipNullProperties set to true", function(done) {
+        checkValidValues(new MyClass(), validValues, done, { skipNullProperties: true });
+    });
+
+    it("should fail if validator.validate said that its invalid with skipNullProperties set to true", function(done) {
+        checkInvalidValues(new MyClass(), invalidValues, done, { skipNullProperties: true });
+    });
+
     it("should not fail if validator.validate said that its valid with skipMissingProperties set to true", function(done) {
         checkValidValues(new MyClass(), validValues, done, { skipMissingProperties: true });
     });