diff --git a/src/NuGetLicense/CommandLineOptions.cs b/src/NuGetLicense/CommandLineOptions.cs
index 8d0ff57e..a5b6e3a6 100644
--- a/src/NuGetLicense/CommandLineOptions.cs
+++ b/src/NuGetLicense/CommandLineOptions.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public class CommandLineOptions
         public string? InputFile { get; set; }
         public string? InputJsonFile { get; set; }
         public bool IncludeTransitive { get; set; }
+        public bool SkipInvalidProjects { get; set; }
         public string? AllowedLicenses { get; set; }
         public string? IgnoredPackages { get; set; }
         public string? LicenseMapping { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/NuGetLicense/LicenseValidationOrchestrator.cs b/src/NuGetLicense/LicenseValidationOrchestrator.cs
index e00a8ac5..67d53d22 100644
--- a/src/NuGetLicense/LicenseValidationOrchestrator.cs
+++ b/src/NuGetLicense/LicenseValidationOrchestrator.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System.Collections.Immutable;
 using System.IO.Abstractions;
+using Microsoft.Build.Exceptions;
 using NuGet.Configuration;
 using NuGet.Protocol.Core.Types;
 using NuGetLicense.LicenseValidator;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ public async Task<int> ValidateAsync(CommandLineOptions options, CancellationTok
 
             string[] excludedProjectsArray = _optionsParser.GetExcludedProjects(options.ExcludedProjects);
             IEnumerable<string> projects = (await inputFiles.SelectManyAsync(projectCollector.GetProjectsAsync)).Where(p => !Array.Exists(excludedProjectsArray, ignored => p.Like(ignored)));
-            IEnumerable<ProjectWithReferencedPackages> packagesForProject = GetPackagesPerProject(projects, projectReader, options.IncludeTransitive, options.TargetFramework, options.IncludeSharedProjects, out IReadOnlyCollection<Exception> projectReaderExceptions);
+            IEnumerable<ProjectWithReferencedPackages> packagesForProject = GetPackagesPerProject(projects, projectReader, options.IncludeTransitive, options.SkipInvalidProjects, options.TargetFramework, options.IncludeSharedProjects, out IReadOnlyCollection<Exception> projectReaderExceptions);
             IAsyncEnumerable<ReferencedPackageWithContext> downloadedLicenseInformation =
                 packagesForProject.SelectMany(p => GetPackageInformations(p, overridePackageInformationArray, cancellationToken));
             var results = (await validator.Validate(downloadedLicenseInformation, cancellationToken)).ToList();
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ private static IReadOnlyCollection<ProjectWithReferencedPackages> GetPackagesPer
             IEnumerable<string> projects,
             ReferencedPackageReader reader,
             bool includeTransitive,
+            bool skipInvalidProjects,
             string? targetFramework,
             bool includeSharedProjects,
             out IReadOnlyCollection<Exception> exceptions)
@@ -152,6 +154,20 @@ private static IReadOnlyCollection<ProjectWithReferencedPackages> GetPackagesPer
                     IEnumerable<PackageIdentity> installedPackages = reader.GetInstalledPackages(project, includeTransitive, targetFramework);
                     result.Add(new ProjectWithReferencedPackages(project, installedPackages));
                 }
+                catch (InvalidProjectFileException ipfe)
+                {
+                    if (!skipInvalidProjects)
+                    {
+                        encounteredExceptions.Add(ipfe);
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (ReferencedPackageReaderException rpre) when (rpre.Message.Contains("not compatible with"))
+                {
+                    if (!skipInvalidProjects)
+                    {
+                        encounteredExceptions.Add(rpre);
+                    }
+                }
                 catch (Exception e)
                 {
                     encounteredExceptions.Add(e);
diff --git a/src/NuGetLicense/Program.cs b/src/NuGetLicense/Program.cs
index 14b1953a..83a00f59 100644
--- a/src/NuGetLicense/Program.cs
+++ b/src/NuGetLicense/Program.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ public static RootCommand CreateRootCommand()
                 Description = "If set, the whole license tree is followed in order to determine all nuget's used by the projects"
             };
 
+            var skipInvalidProjectsOption = new Option<bool>("-skip", "--skip-invalid-projects")
+            {
+                Description = "If set, will skip any invalid projects not supported (for example, .pyproj projects)"
+            };
+
             var allowedLicensesOption = new Option<string?>("-a", "--allowed-license-types")
             {
                 Description = "Specifies allowed license types. You can provide either a JSON file containing an array of license types, or a semicolon-separated list of license identifiers (e.g., \"MIT;Apache-2.0;BSD-3-Clause\")."
@@ -103,6 +108,7 @@ public static RootCommand CreateRootCommand()
             rootCommand.Options.Add(inputFileOption);
             rootCommand.Options.Add(inputJsonFileOption);
             rootCommand.Options.Add(includeTransitiveOption);
+            rootCommand.Options.Add(skipInvalidProjectsOption);
             rootCommand.Options.Add(allowedLicensesOption);
             rootCommand.Options.Add(ignoredPackagesOption);
             rootCommand.Options.Add(licenseMappingOption);
@@ -138,6 +144,7 @@ public static RootCommand CreateRootCommand()
                     InputFile = inputFile,
                     InputJsonFile = inputJsonFile,
                     IncludeTransitive = parseResult.GetValue(includeTransitiveOption),
+                    SkipInvalidProjects = parseResult.GetValue(skipInvalidProjectsOption),
                     AllowedLicenses = parseResult.GetValue(allowedLicensesOption),
                     IgnoredPackages = parseResult.GetValue(ignoredPackagesOption),
                     LicenseMapping = parseResult.GetValue(licenseMappingOption),
diff --git a/tests/NuGetLicense.Test/LicenseValidationOrchestratorTest.cs b/tests/NuGetLicense.Test/LicenseValidationOrchestratorTest.cs
index 82949a71..d0707cc0 100644
--- a/tests/NuGetLicense.Test/LicenseValidationOrchestratorTest.cs
+++ b/tests/NuGetLicense.Test/LicenseValidationOrchestratorTest.cs
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ public async Task ValidateAsync_UsesAllConfiguredOptions()
             {
                 InputFile = "/test/project.csproj",
                 IncludeTransitive = true,
+                SkipInvalidProjects = false,
                 TargetFramework = "net8.0",
                 IncludeSharedProjects = true,
                 AllowedLicenses = "MIT",