diff --git a/man/whipper-cd-rip.rst b/man/whipper-cd-rip.rst
index b09566f..2b8447b 100644
--- a/man/whipper-cd-rip.rst
+++ b/man/whipper-cd-rip.rst
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ Options
 |     Number of rip attempts before giving up if can't rip a track. This
 |     defaults to 5; 0 means infinity.
 
+| **-k** | **--keep-going**
+|     continue ripping further tracks instead of giving up if a track can't be
+|     ripped
+
 Template schemes
 ================
 
diff --git a/whipper/command/cd.py b/whipper/command/cd.py
index 853902b..205e650 100644
--- a/whipper/command/cd.py
+++ b/whipper/command/cd.py
@@ -192,13 +192,13 @@ class _CD(BaseCommand):
             cdio.Device(self.device).get_hwinfo()
         self.program.result.metadata = self.program.metadata
 
-        self.doCommand()
+        ret = self.doCommand()
 
         if (self.options.eject == 'success' and self.eject or
                 self.options.eject == 'always'):
             utils.eject_device(self.device)
 
-        return None
+        return ret
 
     def doCommand(self):
         pass
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ class Info(_CD):
 class Rip(_CD):
     summary = "rip CD"
     # see whipper.common.program.Program.getPath for expansion
+    skipped_tracks = []
+    # this holds tracks that fail to rip -
+    # currently only used when the --keep-going option is used
     description = """
 Rips a CD.
 
@@ -310,6 +313,11 @@ Log files will log the path to tracks relative to this directory.
                                  "{}; 0 means "
                                  "infinity.".format(DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES),
                                  default=DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES)
+        self.parser.add_argument('-k', '--keep-going',
+                                 action='store_true',
+                                 help="continue ripping further tracks "
+                                 "instead of giving up if a track "
+                                 "can't be ripped")
 
     def handle_arguments(self):
         self.options.output_directory = os.path.expanduser(
@@ -476,18 +484,32 @@ Log files will log the path to tracks relative to this directory.
                     tries -= 1
                     logger.critical('giving up on track %d after %d times',
                                     number, tries)
-                    raise RuntimeError("track can't be ripped. "
-                                       "Rip attempts number is equal to %d",
-                                       self.options.max_retries)
-                if trackResult.testcrc == trackResult.copycrc:
-                    logger.info('CRCs match for track %d', number)
+                    if self.options.keep_going:
+                        logger.warning("track %d failed to rip.", number)
+                        logger.debug("adding %s to skipped_tracks",
+                                     trackResult)
+                        self.skipped_tracks.append(trackResult)
+                        logger.debug("skipped_tracks = %s",
+                                     self.skipped_tracks)
+                        trackResult.skipped = True
+                    else:
+                        raise RuntimeError("track can't be ripped. "
+                                           "Rip attempts number is equal "
+                                           "to %d",
+                                           self.options.max_retries)
+                if trackResult in self.skipped_tracks:
+                    print("Skipping CRC comparison for track %d "
+                          "due to rip failure" % number)
                 else:
-                    raise RuntimeError(
-                        "CRCs did not match for track %d" % number
-                    )
+                    if trackResult.testcrc == trackResult.copycrc:
+                        logger.info('CRCs match for track %d', number)
+                    else:
+                        raise RuntimeError(
+                            "CRCs did not match for track %d" % number
+                        )
 
-                print('Peak level: %.6f' % (trackResult.peak / 32768.0))
-                print('Rip quality: {:.2%}'.format(trackResult.quality))
+                    print('Peak level: %.6f' % (trackResult.peak / 32768.0))
+                    print('Rip quality: {:.2%}'.format(trackResult.quality))
 
             # overlay this rip onto the Table
             if number == 0:
@@ -507,7 +529,8 @@ Log files will log the path to tracks relative to this directory.
                                         self.itable.getTrackStart(1), number)
             else:
                 self.itable.setFile(number, 1, trackResult.filename,
-                                    self.itable.getTrackLength(number), number)
+                                    self.itable.getTrackLength(number),
+                                    number)
 
         # check for hidden track one audio
         htoa = self.program.getHTOA()
@@ -542,6 +565,12 @@ Log files will log the path to tracks relative to this directory.
         logger.debug('writing m3u file for %r', discName)
         self.program.write_m3u(discName)
 
+        if len(self.skipped_tracks) > 0:
+            logger.warning("the generated cue sheet references %d track(s) "
+                           "which failed to rip so the associated file(s) "
+                           "won't be available", len(self.skipped_tracks))
+            self.program.skipped_tracks = self.skipped_tracks
+
         try:
             self.program.verifyImage(self.runner, self.itable)
         except accurip.EntryNotFound:
@@ -551,6 +580,11 @@ Log files will log the path to tracks relative to this directory.
 
         self.program.writeLog(discName, self.logger)
 
+        if len(self.skipped_tracks) > 0:
+            logger.warning('%d tracks have been skipped from this rip attempt',
+                           len(self.skipped_tracks))
+            return 5
+
 
 class CD(BaseCommand):
     summary = "handle CDs"
diff --git a/whipper/common/accurip.py b/whipper/common/accurip.py
index 8f504fd..9be9a94 100644
--- a/whipper/common/accurip.py
+++ b/whipper/common/accurip.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import struct
 import whipper
+import os
 from urllib.error import URLError, HTTPError
 from urllib.request import urlopen, Request
 
@@ -111,7 +112,11 @@ def calculate_checksums(track_paths):
     logger.debug('checksumming %d tracks', track_count)
     # This is done sequentially because it is very fast.
     for i, path in enumerate(track_paths):
-        v1_sum, v2_sum = accuraterip_checksum(path, i+1, track_count)
+        if os.path.exists(path):
+            v1_sum, v2_sum = accuraterip_checksum(path, i+1, track_count)
+        else:
+            logger.warning('Can\'t checksum %s; path doesn\'t exist', path)
+            v1_sum, v2_sum = None, None
         if v1_sum is None:
             logger.error('could not calculate AccurateRip v1 checksum '
                          'for track %d %r', i + 1, path)
diff --git a/whipper/common/program.py b/whipper/common/program.py
index 302a276..58cd9a4 100644
--- a/whipper/common/program.py
+++ b/whipper/common/program.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class Program:
     metadata = None
     outdir = None
     result = None
+    skipped_tracks = None
 
     def __init__(self, config, record=False):
         """
@@ -612,7 +613,12 @@ class Program:
         """
         cueImage = image.Image(self.cuePath)
         # assigns track lengths
-        verifytask = image.ImageVerifyTask(cueImage)
+        if self.skipped_tracks is not None:
+            verifytask = image.ImageVerifyTask(cueImage,
+                                               [os.path.basename(t.filename)
+                                                for t in self.skipped_tracks])
+        else:
+            verifytask = image.ImageVerifyTask(cueImage)
         runner.run(verifytask)
         if verifytask.exception:
             logger.error(verifytask.exceptionMessage)
@@ -627,6 +633,7 @@ class Program:
         ])
         if not (checksums and any(checksums['v1']) and any(checksums['v2'])):
             return False
+
         return accurip.verify_result(self.result, responses, checksums)
 
     def write_m3u(self, discname):
@@ -637,6 +644,8 @@ class Program:
                 if not track.filename:
                     # false positive htoa
                     continue
+                if track.skipped:
+                    continue
                 if track.number == 0:
                     length = (self.result.table.getTrackStart(1) /
                               common.FRAMES_PER_SECOND)
diff --git a/whipper/image/image.py b/whipper/image/image.py
index 224af4a..7a356b7 100644
--- a/whipper/image/image.py
+++ b/whipper/image/image.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class ImageVerifyTask(task.MultiSeparateTask):
     description = "Checking tracks"
     lengths = None
 
-    def __init__(self, image):
+    def __init__(self, image, skipped_tracks=[]):
         task.MultiSeparateTask.__init__(self)
 
         self._image = image
@@ -147,7 +147,17 @@ class ImageVerifyTask(task.MultiSeparateTask):
             length = cue.getTrackLength(track)
 
             if length == -1:
-                path = image.getRealPath(index.path)
+                try:
+                    path = image.getRealPath(index.path)
+                except KeyError:
+                    logger.debug('Path not found; Checking '
+                                 'if %s is a skipped track', index.path)
+                    if index.path in skipped_tracks:
+                        logger.warning('Missing file %s due to skipped track',
+                                       index.path)
+                        continue
+                    else:
+                        raise
                 assert isinstance(path, str), "%r is not str" % path
                 logger.debug('schedule scan of audio length of %r', path)
                 taskk = AudioLengthTask(path)
diff --git a/whipper/result/logger.py b/whipper/result/logger.py
index 459a32f..b7043ad 100644
--- a/whipper/result/logger.py
+++ b/whipper/result/logger.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class WhipperLogger(result.Logger):
     _accuratelyRipped = 0
     _inARDatabase = 0
     _errors = False
+    _skippedTracks = False
 
     def log(self, ripResult, epoch=time.time()):
         """Return logfile as string."""
@@ -139,6 +140,8 @@ class WhipperLogger(result.Logger):
 
         if self._errors:
             message = "There were errors"
+        elif self._skippedTracks:
+            message = "Some tracks were not ripped (skipped)"
         else:
             message = "No errors occurred"
         data["Health status"] = message
@@ -242,8 +245,12 @@ class WhipperLogger(result.Logger):
                 data["Result"] = "Track not present in AccurateRip database"
             track["AccurateRip %s" % v] = data
 
+        # Check if track has been skipped
+        if trackResult.skipped:
+            track["Status"] = "Track not ripped (skipped)"
+            self._skippedTracks = True
         # Check if Test & Copy CRCs are equal
-        if trackResult.testcrc == trackResult.copycrc:
+        elif trackResult.testcrc == trackResult.copycrc:
             track["Status"] = "Copy OK"
         else:
             self._errors = True
diff --git a/whipper/result/result.py b/whipper/result/result.py
index 461e408..47d14a0 100644
--- a/whipper/result/result.py
+++ b/whipper/result/result.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class TrackResult:
     copycrc = None
     AR = None
     classVersion = 3
+    skipped = False
 
     def __init__(self):
         """