diff --git a/container/cypress/e2e/test-app/compound/wc-compound-container.cy.js b/container/cypress/e2e/test-app/compound/wc-compound-container.cy.js
index 3fca178d08..63d4f06327 100644
--- a/container/cypress/e2e/test-app/compound/wc-compound-container.cy.js
+++ b/container/cypress/e2e/test-app/compound/wc-compound-container.cy.js
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ describe('Compound Container Tests', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    it('LuigiClient API - getSkipInitCheck', () => {
+      cy.get(containerSelector)
+        .invoke('attr', 'skip-init-check')
+        .should('eq', 'true');
+    });
+
     it('LuigiClient API - getActiveFeatureToggles', () => {
       cy.on('window:alert', stub);
 
diff --git a/container/src/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte b/container/src/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte
index 80dc657322..38f489dea7 100644
--- a/container/src/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte
+++ b/container/src/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
         reflect: false,
         attribute: 'search-params',
       },
+      skipInitCheck: { type: 'Boolean', reflect: false, attribute: 'skip-init-check' },
       theme: { type: 'String', reflect: false, attribute: 'theme' },
       userSettings: {
         type: 'Object',
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@
   export let nodeParams: any;
   export let pathParams: any;
   export let searchParams: any;
+  export let skipInitCheck: boolean;
   export let theme: string;
   export let userSettings: any;
   export let viewurl: string;
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@
       nodeParams &&
       pathParams &&
       searchParams &&
+      skipInitCheck &&
       theme &&
       userSettings
     );
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@
     }
     webcomponentService.renderWebComponentCompound(node, thisComponent.getNoShadow() ? thisComponent : mainComponent, ctx).then(compCnt => {
       eventBusElement = compCnt as HTMLElement;
-      if (thisComponent.hasAttribute('skip-init-check') || !node.viewUrl) {
+      if (skipInitCheck || !node.viewUrl) {
         thisComponent.initialized = true;
         setTimeout(() => {
           webcomponentService.dispatchLuigiEvent(Events.INITIALIZED, {});
diff --git a/container/test-app/compound/compoundClientAPI.html b/container/test-app/compound/compoundClientAPI.html
index df52da4a2a..6eccf82165 100644
--- a/container/test-app/compound/compoundClientAPI.html
+++ b/container/test-app/compound/compoundClientAPI.html
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ <h3>
         user-settings='{"language":"it", "date":""}'
         anchor="testAnchorCompound"
         defer-init="false"
+        skip-init-check="true"
         webcomponent="true"
         theme="sap_fiori_3"
         locale="en"
diff --git a/container/typings/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte.d.ts b/container/typings/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte.d.ts
index 86bc479218..6b4d21a96c 100644
--- a/container/typings/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte.d.ts
+++ b/container/typings/LuigiCompoundContainer.svelte.d.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ export default class LuigiCompoundContainer extends HTMLElement {
    */
   webcomponent: boolean | WebComponentSettings | string;
 
+  /**
+   * If set to true, skips handshake and ready event is fired immediately.
+   * @since NEXT_RELEASE_CONTAINER
+   */
+  skipInitCheck: boolean;
+
   /**
    * The list of active feature toggles to be passed to the compound microfrontend.
    * @since NEXT_RELEASE_CONTAINER
diff --git a/docs/luigi-compound-container-api.md b/docs/luigi-compound-container-api.md
index 613404f32d..5f542f4cf1 100644
--- a/docs/luigi-compound-container-api.md
+++ b/docs/luigi-compound-container-api.md
@@ -190,6 +190,16 @@ Type: ([boolean](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Glo
 
 *   **since**: 1.0.0
 
+### skipInitCheck
+
+If set to true, skips handshake and ready event is fired immediately.
+
+Type: [boolean](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Boolean)
+
+**Meta**
+
+*   **since**: NEXT_RELEASE_CONTAINER
+
 ### activeFeatureToggleList
 
 The list of active feature toggles to be passed to the compound microfrontend.