diff --git a/src/Command/PluginCommand.php b/src/Command/PluginCommand.php
index 66bf1e33..3bf567d1 100644
--- a/src/Command/PluginCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/PluginCommand.php
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ public function bake(string $plugin, Arguments $args, ConsoleIo $io): ?bool
         $this->_generateFiles($plugin, $this->path, $args, $io);
 
         if (!$this->isVendor) {
-            $this->_modifyApplication($plugin, $io);
+            if (!$args->getOption('class-only')) {
+                $this->_modifyApplication($plugin, $io);
+            }
 
             $composer = $this->findComposer($args, $io);
 
@@ -247,6 +249,12 @@ protected function _generateFiles(
                     }
                 }
 
+                if ($args->getOption('class-only')) {
+                    $files = array_filter($files, function ($file) {
+                        return $file->getFilename() === 'Plugin.php.twig';
+                    });
+                }
+
                 $templates = array_keys($files);
             }
         } while (!$templates);
@@ -370,6 +378,10 @@ public function buildOptionParser(ConsoleOptionParser $parser): ConsoleOptionPar
         ->addOption('standalone-path', [
             'short' => 'p',
             'help' => 'Generate a standalone plugin in the provided path.',
+        ])->addOption('class-only', [
+            'short' => 'c',
+            'boolean' => true,
+            'help' => 'Generate only the plugin class.',
         ]);
 
         return $parser;
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Command/PluginCommandTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Command/PluginCommandTest.php
index c81b1896..03498fe2 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Command/PluginCommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Command/PluginCommandTest.php
@@ -233,6 +233,18 @@ public function testFindPathEmpty()
         $command->findPath($paths, $io);
     }
 
+    public function testMainClassOnlyOption()
+    {
+        $this->exec('bake plugin ClassOnly --class-only', ['y', 'n']);
+        $this->assertExitCode(CommandInterface::CODE_SUCCESS);
+
+        $bakedRoot = App::path('plugins')[0];
+        $pluginClass = $bakedRoot . 'ClassOnly/src/ClassOnlyPlugin.php';
+        $this->assertFileContains('use Cake\Core\BasePlugin', $pluginClass);
+
+        $this->assertFileDoesNotExist($bakedRoot . 'ClassOnly/webroot');
+    }
+
     /**
      * Check the baked plugin matches the expected output
      *