diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Routing/PendingResourceRegistration.php b/src/Illuminate/Routing/PendingResourceRegistration.php
index b7d158ddd7b..4f88fbe7680 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Routing/PendingResourceRegistration.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Routing/PendingResourceRegistration.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\Routing;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 use Illuminate\Support\Traits\Macroable;
 
 class PendingResourceRegistration
@@ -153,6 +154,21 @@ public function middleware($middleware)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Specify middleware that should be removed from the resource routes.
+     *
+     * @param  array|string $middleware
+     * @return $this|array
+     */
+    public function withoutMiddleware($middleware)
+    {
+        $this->options['excluded_middleware'] = array_merge(
+            (array) ($this->options['excluded_middleware'] ?? []), Arr::wrap($middleware)
+        );
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Indicate that the resource routes should have "shallow" nesting.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Routing/ResourceRegistrar.php b/src/Illuminate/Routing/ResourceRegistrar.php
index f9353da035e..c4230ba1a8b 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Routing/ResourceRegistrar.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Routing/ResourceRegistrar.php
@@ -389,6 +389,10 @@ protected function getResourceAction($resource, $controller, $method, $options)
             $action['middleware'] = $options['middleware'];
         }
 
+        if (isset($options['excluded_middleware'])) {
+            $action['excluded_middleware'] = $options['excluded_middleware'];
+        }
+
         return $action;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Routing/RouteRegistrarTest.php b/tests/Routing/RouteRegistrarTest.php
index 1fd036c5fba..f055fbc4d42 100644
--- a/tests/Routing/RouteRegistrarTest.php
+++ b/tests/Routing/RouteRegistrarTest.php
@@ -513,6 +513,18 @@ public function testCanSetMiddlewareOnRegisteredResource()
         $this->seeMiddleware(RouteRegistrarMiddlewareStub::class);
     }
 
+    public function testResourceWithoutMiddlewareRegistration()
+    {
+        $this->router->resource('users', RouteRegistrarControllerStub::class)
+                     ->only('index')
+                     ->middleware(['one', 'two'])
+                     ->withoutMiddleware('one');
+
+        $this->seeResponse('controller', Request::create('users', 'GET'));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(['one'], $this->getRoute()->excludedMiddleware());
+    }
+
     public function testCanSetRouteName()
     {
         $this->router->as('users.index')->get('users', function () {
diff --git a/tests/Routing/RoutingRouteTest.php b/tests/Routing/RoutingRouteTest.php
index 7e85f1744a4..5750a5761a8 100644
--- a/tests/Routing/RoutingRouteTest.php
+++ b/tests/Routing/RoutingRouteTest.php
@@ -205,6 +205,18 @@ public function testMiddlewareCanBeSkipped()
         $this->assertEquals('hello', $router->dispatch(Request::create('foo/bar', 'GET'))->getContent());
     }
 
+    public function testMiddlewareCanBeSkippedFromResources()
+    {
+        $router = $this->getRouter();
+        $router->aliasMiddleware('web', RoutingTestMiddlewareGroupTwo::class);
+
+        $router->resource('foo', RouteTestControllerMiddlewareGroupStub::class)
+            ->middleware('web')
+            ->withoutMiddleware(RoutingTestMiddlewareGroupTwo::class);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('Hello World', $router->dispatch(Request::create('foo', 'GET'))->getContent());
+    }
+
     public function testMiddlewareWorksIfControllerThrowsHttpResponseException()
     {
         // Before calling controller