diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7165e55a9..381e5b828 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     * Added experimental support for `Flex Pages` (**Flex Objects** plugin required)
 1. [](#improved)
     * Improved `bin/grav yamllinter` CLI command by adding an option to find YAML Linting issues from the whole site or custom folder
+    * Added support for not instantiating pages, useful to speed up tasks
 1. [](#bugfix)
     * Fixed `$page->summary()` always striping HTML tags if the summary was set by `$page->setSummary()`
     * Grav 1.7: Fixed enabling PHP Debug Bar causes fatal error in Gantry [#2634](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/2634)
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php
index 3da9b384b..bd0fbdce8 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Pages.php
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ class Pages
     /** @var Blueprints */
     protected $blueprints;
 
+    /** @var bool */
+    protected $enable_pages = true;
+
     /** @var int */
     protected $last_modified;
 
@@ -91,6 +94,14 @@ class Pages
         $this->grav = $c;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Method used in admin to disable pages from being loaded.
+     */
+    public function disablePages(): void
+    {
+        $this->enable_pages = false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get or set base path for the pages.
      *
@@ -830,7 +841,7 @@ class Pages
         /** @var UniformResourceLocator $locator */
         $locator = $this->grav['locator'];
 
-        return $this->instances[rtrim($locator->findResource('page://'), DS)];
+        return $this->instances[rtrim($locator->findResource('page://'), '/')];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1194,8 +1205,15 @@ class Pages
      *
      * @internal
      */
-    protected function buildPages()
+    protected function buildPages(): void
     {
+        if ($this->enable_pages === false) {
+            $page = $this->buildRootPage();
+            $this->instances[$page->path()] = $page;
+
+            return;
+        }
+
         /** @var Config $config */
         $config = $this->grav['config'];
 
@@ -1272,6 +1290,29 @@ class Pages
         }
     }
 
+
+    protected function buildRootPage()
+    {
+        $grav = Grav::instance();
+
+        /** @var UniformResourceLocator $locator */
+        $locator = $grav['locator'];
+
+        /** @var Config $config */
+        $config = $grav['config'];
+
+        $page = new Page();
+        $page->path($locator->findResource('page://'));
+        $page->orderDir($config->get('system.pages.order.dir'));
+        $page->orderBy($config->get('system.pages.order.by'));
+        $page->modified(0);
+        $page->routable(false);
+        $page->template('default');
+        $page->extension('.md');
+
+        return $page;
+    }
+
     protected function buildRegularPages()
     {
         /** @var Config $config */