diff --git a/package/autoyast2.changes b/package/autoyast2.changes
index da891aa2c..a28cc0ce1 100644
--- a/package/autoyast2.changes
+++ b/package/autoyast2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Mar 20 10:50:34 UTC 2025 - Imobach Gonzalez Sosa <igonzalezsosa@suse.com>
+
+- Allow skipping profile fetch errors by setting
+  YAST_SKIP_PROFILE_FETCH_ERROR=1 (see gh#agama-project/agama#2180).
+- 5.0.5
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Feb 20 14:29:46 UTC 2025 - Knut Anderssen <kanderssen@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/package/autoyast2.spec b/package/autoyast2.spec
index b39da8178..43ef8e9a7 100644
--- a/package/autoyast2.spec
+++ b/package/autoyast2.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           autoyast2
-Version:        5.0.4
+Version:        5.0.5
 Release:        0
 Summary:        YaST2 - Automated Installation
 License:        GPL-2.0-only
diff --git a/src/modules/ProfileLocation.rb b/src/modules/ProfileLocation.rb
index ddfbc68a0..c612c34ca 100644
--- a/src/modules/ProfileLocation.rb
+++ b/src/modules/ProfileLocation.rb
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def Process
         if !ret
           # autoyast hit an error while fetching it's config file
           error = _("An error occurred while fetching the profile:\n")
-          Report.Error(Ops.add(error, @GET_error))
+          Report.Error(Ops.add(error, @GET_error)) if ENV["YAST_SKIP_PROFILE_FETCH_ERROR"] != "1"
           return false
         end
         tmp = SCR.Read(path(".target.string"), localfile)
diff --git a/test/ProfileLocation_test.rb b/test/ProfileLocation_test.rb
index 31ee4f02a..657f8ac70 100755
--- a/test/ProfileLocation_test.rb
+++ b/test/ProfileLocation_test.rb
@@ -71,6 +71,30 @@
       end
     end
 
+    context "when the profile does not exist" do
+      before do
+        allow(subject).to receive(:Get).and_return(false)
+      end
+
+      it "reports an error" do
+        expect(Yast::Report).to receive(:Error)
+        expect(subject.Process).to eq(false)
+      end
+
+      context "and fetch errors are disabled" do
+        around do |example|
+          ENV["YAST_SKIP_PROFILE_FETCH_ERROR"] = "1"
+          example.run
+          ENV.delete("YAST_SKIP_PROFILE_FETCH_ERROR")
+        end
+
+        it "does not report an error" do
+          expect(Yast::Report).to_not receive(:Error)
+          expect(subject.Process).to eq(false)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     context "when the profile is an erb file" do
       let(:filepath) { "autoinst.erb" }