diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/HooksExecutor.java b/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/HooksExecutor.java
index b6636796..9d6e67e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/HooksExecutor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/HooksExecutor.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public Spec.ProtoExecutionResult execute() {
         for (Hook hook : hooks) {
             result = new TaggedHookExecutor(hook, info).execute();
             totalHooksExecutionTime += result.getExecutionTime();
-            if (result.getFailed()) {
+            if (result.getFailed() || result.getSkipScenario()) {
                 return Spec.ProtoExecutionResult.newBuilder(result).setExecutionTime(totalHooksExecutionTime).build();
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/StepExecutionStage.java b/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/StepExecutionStage.java
index 32b693f7..39f05164 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/StepExecutionStage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/StepExecutionStage.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public void setNextStage(ExecutionStage stage) {
     }
 
     public Spec.ProtoExecutionResult execute(Spec.ProtoExecutionResult previousStageResult) {
-        if (previousStageResult.getFailed()) {
+        if (previousStageResult.getFailed() || previousStageResult.getSkipScenario()) {
             return executeNext(previousStageResult);
         }
         Spec.ProtoExecutionResult stageResult = executeStep();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/HooksExecutorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/HooksExecutorTest.java
index 54c2cc39..bd096131 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/HooksExecutorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/HooksExecutorTest.java
@@ -8,14 +8,18 @@
 import com.thoughtworks.gauge.BeforeScenario;
 import com.thoughtworks.gauge.ClassInstanceManager;
 import com.thoughtworks.gauge.ContinueOnFailure;
+import com.thoughtworks.gauge.ExecutionContext;
 import com.thoughtworks.gauge.Operator;
+import com.thoughtworks.gauge.SkipScenarioException;
 import com.thoughtworks.gauge.hook.Hook;
 import gauge.messages.Spec;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 public class HooksExecutorTest {
 
@@ -30,6 +34,25 @@ public void testHookExecutor() throws Exception {
         assertFalse(result.getRecoverableError());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldShortCircuitOnSkipScenario() throws Exception {
+        Hook skipHook = new Hook(HooksExecutorTest.class.getMethod("hookThatSkips"), new String[0], Operator.AND);
+        Hook shouldNotRunHook = new Hook(HooksExecutorTest.class.getMethod("hookThatFails"), new String[0], Operator.AND);
+        HooksExecutor executor = new HooksExecutor(
+                List.of(skipHook, shouldNotRunHook), new ExecutionContext(), new ClassInstanceManager());
+        Spec.ProtoExecutionResult result = executor.execute();
+        assertTrue(result.getSkipScenario());
+        assertFalse(result.getFailed());
+    }
+
+    public void hookThatSkips() {
+        throw new SkipScenarioException("skip this scenario");
+    }
+
+    public void hookThatFails() {
+        throw new RuntimeException("second hook must not run after skip");
+    }
+
     private static class TestHook {
         @ContinueOnFailure
         @BeforeScenario
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/StepExecutionStageTest.java b/src/test/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/StepExecutionStageTest.java
index cd4707c1..3c8acb0a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/StepExecutionStageTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/thoughtworks/gauge/execution/StepExecutionStageTest.java
@@ -252,4 +252,18 @@ public Object table(Object table) {
     public void skipScenarioStep() {
         throw new SkipScenarioException("skipping this scenario due to unmet condition");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldShortCircuitIfPreviousStageSkipped() {
+        Messages.ExecuteStepRequest executeStepRequest = Messages.ExecuteStepRequest.newBuilder()
+            .setParsedStepText("foo bar")
+            .setActualStepText("foo bar")
+            .build();
+        StepExecutionStage executionStage = new StepExecutionStage(
+            executeStepRequest, new ClassInstanceManager(), new ParameterParsingChain(), mock(StepRegistry.class)
+        );
+        Spec.ProtoExecutionResult previous = Spec.ProtoExecutionResult.newBuilder().setSkipScenario(true).build();
+        Spec.ProtoExecutionResult result = executionStage.execute(previous);
+        assertTrue(result.getSkipScenario());
+    }
 }