diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/TemplateEntityV1beta2.test.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/TemplateEntityV1beta2.test.ts
index 458bdcd0aa..2571cc947e 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/TemplateEntityV1beta2.test.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/TemplateEntityV1beta2.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ describe('templateEntityV1beta2Validator', () => {
             input: {
               url: './template',
             },
+            if: '{{ parameters.owner }}',
           },
         ],
         output: {
@@ -122,16 +123,29 @@ describe('templateEntityV1beta2Validator', () => {
     delete (entity as any).spec.steps[0].action;
     await expect(validator.check(entity)).rejects.toThrow(/action/);
   });
+
   it('accepts missing owner', async () => {
     delete (entity as any).spec.owner;
     await expect(validator.check(entity)).resolves.toBe(true);
   });
+
   it('rejects empty owner', async () => {
     (entity as any).spec.owner = '';
     await expect(validator.check(entity)).rejects.toThrow(/owner/);
   });
+
   it('rejects wrong type owner', async () => {
     (entity as any).spec.owner = 5;
     await expect(validator.check(entity)).rejects.toThrow(/owner/);
   });
+
+  it('accepts missing if', async () => {
+    delete (entity as any).spec.if;
+    await expect(validator.check(entity)).resolves.toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('accepts boolean in if', async () => {
+    (entity as any).spec.if = true;
+    await expect(validator.check(entity)).resolves.toBe(true);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/TemplateEntityV1beta2.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/TemplateEntityV1beta2.ts
index 98b953c9e0..6ee6fcb1f1 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/TemplateEntityV1beta2.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/TemplateEntityV1beta2.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export interface TemplateEntityV1beta2 extends Entity {
       name?: string;
       action: string;
       input?: JsonObject;
+      if?: string | boolean;
     }>;
     output?: { [name: string]: string };
     owner?: string;
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/schema/kinds/Template.v1beta2.schema.json b/packages/catalog-model/src/schema/kinds/Template.v1beta2.schema.json
index af253549f0..0bf8522fa4 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/schema/kinds/Template.v1beta2.schema.json
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/schema/kinds/Template.v1beta2.schema.json
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
             "action": "publish:github",
             "parameters": {
               "repoUrl": "{{ parameters.repoUrl }}"
-            }
+            },
+            "if": "{{ parameters.repoUrl }}"
           }
         ],
         "output": {
@@ -128,6 +129,10 @@
                   "input": {
                     "type": "object",
                     "description": "A templated object describing the inputs to the action."
+                  },
+                  "if": {
+                    "type": ["string", "boolean"],
+                    "description": "A templated condition that skips the step when evaluated to false. If the condition is true or not defined, the step is executed."
                   }
                 }
               }