diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 37a542494c0..707189d6d89 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,16 @@
 		<help-docs-eclipserun-repo>http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.10/</help-docs-eclipserun-repo>
 		<tycho.scmUrl>scm:git:git://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/cdt/org.eclipse.cdt.git</tycho.scmUrl>
 		<base.test.vmargs>-Xms256m -Xmx512m -ea</base.test.vmargs>
+		<!-- these parameters are to control baseline replace and compare. On a local build you may want
+		     to avoid baseline replace and compare, especially if you have different versions of Java than
+			 the baseline was built with.
+
+		     To set all the settings in one go to skip, use the skip-baseline profile
+	    -->
 		<comparator.repo>https://download.eclipse.org/tools/cdt/releases/9.8/cdt-9.8.0/</comparator.repo>
 		<compare-version-with-baselines.skip>false</compare-version-with-baselines.skip>
+		<replace-version-with-baselines.mode>fail</replace-version-with-baselines.mode>
+		<replace-version-with-baselines.replace>all</replace-version-with-baselines.replace>
 		<!--
 			Valid options: error, warning, and ignore
 			jgit.dirtyWorkingTree checking was added as of Tycho 0.19.0
@@ -433,6 +441,15 @@
 				<lsp.skip.tests>true</lsp.skip.tests>
 			</properties>
 		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<id>skip-baseline</id>
+			<properties>
+				<comparator.repo></comparator.repo>
+				<compare-version-with-baselines.skip>true</compare-version-with-baselines.skip>
+				<replace-version-with-baselines.mode>disable</replace-version-with-baselines.mode>
+				<replace-version-with-baselines.replace>none</replace-version-with-baselines.replace>
+			</properties>
+		</profile>
 		<profile>
 			<id>production</id>
 			<build>
@@ -751,8 +768,8 @@
 							</goals>
 							<phase>verify</phase>
 							<configuration>
-								<baselineMode>fail</baselineMode>
-								<baselineReplace>all</baselineReplace>
+								<baselineMode>${replace-version-with-baselines.mode}</baselineMode>
+								<baselineReplace>${replace-version-with-baselines.replace}</baselineReplace>
 								<baselineRepositories>
 									<repository>
 										<url>${comparator.repo}</url>