diff --git a/lib/add-contributor.js b/lib/add-contributor.js
index bdd30d10..451b8c82 100644
--- a/lib/add-contributor.js
+++ b/lib/add-contributor.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const getUserDetails = require("./get-user-details");
 const ContentFiles = require("./modules/content-files");
 const convertMessage = require("commit-conv");
 
-const { generatePrTitle }  = require("./modules/helpers");
+const { generatePrTitle, generatePrBody }  = require("./modules/helpers");
 
 async function addContributor({
   context,
@@ -62,15 +62,20 @@ async function addContributor({
     convention
   });
 
+  const skipCi = config.get().skipCi;
+  const prBodyMessage = `Adds @${who} as a contributor for ${contributions.join(
+    ", "
+  )}.\n\nThis was requested by ${commentReply.replyingToWho()} [in this comment](${commentReply.replyingToWhere()})`
+
+  const prBody = generatePrBody(prBodyMessage, skipCi);
+
   // create or update pull request
   const {
     pullRequestURL,
     pullCreated,
   } = await repository.createPullRequestFromFiles({
     title: prTitle,
-    body: `Adds @${who} as a contributor for ${contributions.join(
-      ", "
-    )}.\n\nThis was requested by ${commentReply.replyingToWho()} [in this comment](${commentReply.replyingToWhere()})`,
+    body: prBody,
     filesByPath: filesByPathToUpdate,
     branchName,
     convention,
diff --git a/lib/modules/helpers.js b/lib/modules/helpers.js
index 4a161933..5f54d4c8 100644
--- a/lib/modules/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/modules/helpers.js
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ function generateValidProfileLink(blog, githubProfileURL) {
   return githubProfileURL || ''
 }
 
+function generatePrBody(message, skipCi) {
+  return skipCi ? message.concat('\n\n[skip ci]') : message;
+}
+
 function generatePrTitle(message, contributions) {
   const contributionsTitlePartLimit = 3
 
@@ -19,6 +23,7 @@ function generatePrTitle(message, contributions) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
+  generatePrBody,
   generatePrTitle,
-  generateValidProfileLink
+  generateValidProfileLink,
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/__snapshots__/issue_comment.test.js.snap b/test/integration/__snapshots__/issue_comment.test.js.snap
index da4b9233..1cf3bee7 100644
--- a/test/integration/__snapshots__/issue_comment.test.js.snap
+++ b/test/integration/__snapshots__/issue_comment.test.js.snap
@@ -585,7 +585,9 @@ Object {
   "base": "master",
   "body": "Adds @jakebolam as a contributor for code, doc, infra.
 
-This was requested by jakebolam [in this comment](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors-bot/pull/1#issuecomment-453012966)",
+This was requested by jakebolam [in this comment](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors-bot/pull/1#issuecomment-453012966)
+
+[skip ci]",
   "head": "all-contributors/add-jakebolam",
   "maintainer_can_modify": true,
   "title": "docs: add jakebolam as a contributor for code, doc, and infra",
diff --git a/test/unit/helpers.test.js b/test/unit/helpers.test.js
index bcd8ccf0..ff1197d9 100644
--- a/test/unit/helpers.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/helpers.test.js
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
 const { 
+  generatePrBody,
   generatePrTitle,
   generateValidProfileLink,
 } = require('../../lib/modules/helpers');
 
+describe('generatePrBody', () => {
+  const message = 'This is a test';
+
+  test('returns message without skip ci', async () => {
+    const prBodyMessage = generatePrBody(message, false);
+
+    expect(prBodyMessage).toEqual(message);
+  });
+
+  test('returns message with skip ci', async () => {
+    const prBodyMessage = generatePrBody(message, true);
+
+    expect(prBodyMessage).toEqual(message.concat('\n\n[skip ci]'));
+  });
+});
+
 describe('generatePrTitle', () => {
   const message = 'add tenshiAMD as a contributor';