diff --git a/backup.py b/backup.py
index 4c261ed..96d2998 100755
--- a/backup.py
+++ b/backup.py
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ class Backup(object):
             for repo in server.findall('{0}repo'.format(self.ns)):
                 if reponames and repo.attrib['name'] not in reponames:
                     continue
+                if repo.attrib.get('dummy', 'false').lower()[0] in ('1', 't'):
+                    continue
                 r = {}
                 for a in repo.attrib:
                     r[a] = repo.attrib[a]
@@ -163,6 +165,8 @@ class Backup(object):
         if 'all' in self.args['server']:
             self.args['server'] = []
             for server in self.cfg.findall('{0}server'.format(self.ns)):
+                if server.attrib.get('dummy', 'false').lower()[0] in ('1', 't'):
+                    continue
                 # The server elements are uniquely constrained to the "target" attrib.
                 # *NO TWO <server> ELEMENTS WITH THE SAME target= SHOULD EXIST.*
                 self.args['server'].append(server.attrib['target'])
@@ -170,6 +174,8 @@ class Backup(object):
             sname = server.attrib['target']
             if sname not in self.args['server']:
                 continue
+            if server.attrib.get('dummy', 'false').lower()[0] in ('1', 't'):
+                continue
             self.repos[sname] = {}
             for x in server.attrib:
                 if x != 'target':
diff --git a/config.xsd b/config.xsd
index 946e1cd..25d0130 100644
--- a/config.xsd
+++ b/config.xsd
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@
                                          be interactively (and securely) prompted for. -->
                                     <xs:attribute name="password" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>
                                     <xs:attribute name="compression" type="xs:token" use="optional"/>
+                                    <!-- This specifies if a repo is a "dummy" configuration.
+                                         Useful for testing and placeholder. -->
+                                    <xs:attribute name="dummy" type="xs:boolean" use="optional" default="false"/>
                                 </xs:complexType>
                                 <xs:unique name="uniquePath">
                                     <xs:selector xpath="borg:path"/>
@@ -112,6 +115,9 @@
                         <!-- Only used if "target" is a remote host. -->
                         <!-- The remote host SSH user. -->
                         <xs:attribute name="user" type="borg:posixuser" use="optional"/>
+                        <!-- This specifies if a server is a "dummy" configuration.
+                             Useful for testing and placeholder. -->
+                        <xs:attribute name="dummy" type="xs:boolean" use="optional" default="false"/>
                     </xs:complexType>
                 </xs:element>
                 <!-- END SERVER -->
diff --git a/sample.config.snippet.xml b/sample.config.snippet.xml
index 55788c8..107342a 100644
--- a/sample.config.snippet.xml
+++ b/sample.config.snippet.xml
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
-            <path>/abc</path>
+        <repo name="testrepo2" password="AnotherSuperSecretPassword" dummy="true">
+            <path>/dev/null</path>
+        </repo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sample.config.xml b/sample.config.xml
index e2db783..74507c9 100644
--- a/sample.config.xml
+++ b/sample.config.xml
@@ -8,20 +8,21 @@
     <!-- "target" = either the local filesystem path (absolute or relative to execution) or the remote host
          "remote" = 1/true if "target" is a remote host or 0/false if it's a local filepath
          "rsh" = (remote host only) the ssh command to use. The default is given below.
-         "user" = (remote host only) the ssh user to use. -->
+         "user" = (remote host only) the ssh user to use.
+         "dummy" = a boolean; if you need to create a "dummy" server, set this to "true".
+                   It will *not* be parsed or executed upon.
+                   It won't even be created by an init operation or show up in a repolist operation. -->
     <server target="fq.dn.tld" remote="true" rsh="ssh -p 22" user="root">
         <!-- You can (and probably will) have multiple repos for each server. -->
         <!-- "name" = the repositoriy name.
              "password" = the repository's password for the key. If not specified, you will be prompted
                           to enter it interactively and securely.
+             "dummy" = see server[@dummy] explanation.
              "compression" = see https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/create.html (-C option) -->
         <repo name="testrepo" password="SuperSecretPassword" compression="lzma,9">
             <!-- Each path entry is a path to back up.
                  See https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/create.html for examples of globbing, etc. -->
             <path>/a</path>
-            <!-- You can also include other snippets. Either absolute paths, paths relative to your backup.xml file,
-                 or a URL. -->
-            <xi:include href="sample.config.snippet.xml"/>
             <!-- Each exclude entry should be a subdirectory of a <path> (otherwise it wouldn't match, obviously).
                  See https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage/create.html for examples of globbing etc. -->
             <exclude>/a/b</exclude>
@@ -73,5 +74,8 @@
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </repo>
+        <!-- You can also include other snippets. Either absolute paths, paths relative to your backup.xml file,
+             or a URL. -->
+        <xi:include href="sample.config.snippet.xml"/>
     </server>
 </borg>