diff --git a/docs/guide/advanced/stubs-shallow-mount.md b/docs/guide/advanced/stubs-shallow-mount.md
index a196712c6..311a4189f 100644
--- a/docs/guide/advanced/stubs-shallow-mount.md
+++ b/docs/guide/advanced/stubs-shallow-mount.md
@@ -139,6 +139,45 @@ test('shallow stubs out all child components', () => {
 If you used VTU V1, you may remember this as `shallowMount`. That method is still available, too - it's the same as writing `shallow: true`.
 :::
 
+## Stubbing all children components with exceptions
+
+Sometimes you want to stub out _all_ the custom components, _except_ specific one. Let's consider an example:
+
+```js
+const ComplexA = {
+  template: '<h2>Hello from real component!</h2>'
+}
+
+const ComplexComponent = {
+  components: { ComplexA, ComplexB, ComplexC },
+  template: `
+    <h1>Welcome to Vue.js 3</h1>
+    <ComplexA />
+    <ComplexB />
+    <ComplexC />
+  `
+}
+```
+
+By using `shallow` mounting option that will automatically stub out all the child components. If we want to explicitly opt-out of stubbing specific component, we could provide its name in `stubs` with value set to `false`
+
+```js {3}
+test('shallow allows opt-out of stubbing specific component', () => {
+  const wrapper = mount(ComplexComponent, {
+    shallow: true,
+    stubs: { ComplexA: false }
+  })
+
+  console.log(wrapper.html())
+  /*
+    <h1>Welcome to Vue.js 3</h1>
+    <h2>Hello from real component!</h2>
+    <complex-b-stub></complex-b-stub>
+    <complex-c-stub></complex-c-stub>
+  */
+})
+```
+
 ## Stubbing an async component
 
 In case you want to stub out an async component, then there are two behaviours. For example, you might have components like this:
diff --git a/src/stubs.ts b/src/stubs.ts
index ae49c4979..7fd443d3b 100644
--- a/src/stubs.ts
+++ b/src/stubs.ts
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ export function stubComponents(
         return [stubs[name], props, children, patchFlag, dynamicProps]
       }
 
+      if (stub === false) {
+        // we explicitly opt out of stubbing this component
+        return args
+      }
+
       // we return a stub by matching Vue's `h` function
       // where the signature is h(Component, props, slots)
       // case 1: default stub
diff --git a/tests/shallowMount.spec.ts b/tests/shallowMount.spec.ts
index 8e5b9b2f9..15c7379f8 100644
--- a/tests/shallowMount.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/shallowMount.spec.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,28 @@ describe('shallowMount', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  it('stubs all components, but allows disabling stub by passing false', () => {
+    const wrapper = mount(ComponentWithChildren, {
+      shallow: true,
+      global: {
+        stubs: {
+          Hello: false
+        }
+      }
+    })
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toEqual(
+      '<div class="ComponentWithChildren">\n' +
+        '  <div id="root">\n' +
+        '    <div id="msg">Hello world</div>\n' +
+        '  </div>\n' +
+        '  <component-with-input-stub></component-with-input-stub>\n' +
+        '  <component-without-name-stub></component-without-name-stub>\n' +
+        '  <script-setup-stub></script-setup-stub>\n' +
+        '  <with-props-stub></with-props-stub>\n' +
+        '</div>'
+    )
+  })
+
   it('stubs all components in a script setup component', () => {
     const wrapper = mount(ScriptSetupWithChildren, {
       shallow: true,