diff --git a/hyde/ext/plugins/less.py b/hyde/ext/plugins/less.py
index f724281..d64d706 100644
--- a/hyde/ext/plugins/less.py
+++ b/hyde/ext/plugins/less.py
@@ -22,12 +22,22 @@ class LessCSSPlugin(CLTransformer):
     def executable_name(self):
         return "lessc"
 
+    def _should_parse_resource(self, resource):
+        """
+        Check user defined
+        """
+        return getattr(resource, 'meta', {}).get('parse', True)
+
+    def _should_replace_imports(self, resource):
+        return getattr(resource, 'meta', {}).get('uses_template', True)
+
     def begin_site(self):
         """
         Find all the less css files and set their relative deploy path.
         """
         for resource in self.site.content.walk_resources():
-            if resource.source_file.kind == 'less':
+            if resource.source_file.kind == 'less' and \
+                self._should_parse_resource(resource):
                 new_name = resource.source_file.name_without_extension + ".css"
                 target_folder = File(resource.relative_deploy_path).parent
                 resource.relative_deploy_path = target_folder.child(new_name)
@@ -37,8 +47,11 @@ class LessCSSPlugin(CLTransformer):
         Replace @import statements with {% include %} statements.
         """
 
-        if not resource.source_file.kind == 'less':
+        if not resource.source_file.kind == 'less' or not \
+            self._should_parse_resource(resource) or not \
+            self._should_replace_imports(resource):
             return text
+
         import_finder = re.compile(
                             '^\\s*@import\s+(?:\'|\")([^\'\"]*)(?:\'|\")\s*\;\s*$',
                             re.MULTILINE)
@@ -73,7 +86,8 @@ class LessCSSPlugin(CLTransformer):
         Read the generated file and return the text as output.
         Set the target path to have a css extension.
         """
-        if not resource.source_file.kind == 'less':
+        if not resource.source_file.kind == 'less' or not \
+            self._should_parse_resource(resource):
             return
 
         supported = [
@@ -82,7 +96,8 @@ class LessCSSPlugin(CLTransformer):
             ("compress", "x"),
             "O0",
             "O1",
-            "O2"
+            "O2",
+            "include-path="
         ]
 
         less = self.app
diff --git a/hyde/model.py b/hyde/model.py
index 6185c45..7c91e30 100644
--- a/hyde/model.py
+++ b/hyde/model.py
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ class Expando(object):
                 result[k] = v
         return result
 
+    def get(self, key, default=None):
+        """
+        Dict like get helper method
+        """
+        return self.__dict__.get(key, default)
+
 
 class Context(object):
     """