diff --git a/tash/golden/prefetch-dependencies/recipe.yaml b/tash/golden/prefetch-dependencies/recipe.yaml
index de4d51f..61c40b7 100644
--- a/tash/golden/prefetch-dependencies/recipe.yaml
+++ b/tash/golden/prefetch-dependencies/recipe.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@ add:
   - use-source
   - create-source
   - create-cachi2
+additionalSteps:
+  - at: 0
+    name: skip-ta
+    image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.3-1612@sha256:119ac25920c8bb50c8b5fd75dcbca369bf7d1f702b82f3d39663307890f0bf26
+    env:
+    - name: INPUT
+      value: $(params.input)
+    - name: SOURCE_ARTIFACT
+      value: $(params.SOURCE_ARTIFACT)
+    script: |
+      if [ -z "${INPUT}" ]; then
+        mkdir -p /var/workdir/source
+        mkdir -p /var/workdir/cachi2
+        echo "true" > /var/workdir/source/.skip-trusted-artifacts
+        echo "true" > /var/workdir/cachi2/.skip-trusted-artifacts
+        echo -n "${SOURCE_ARTIFACT}" > $(results.SOURCE_ARTIFACT.path)
+        echo -n "" > $(results.CACHI2_ARTIFACT.path)
+      fi
 description: |-
     Task that uses Cachi2 to prefetch build dependencies. The fetched dependencies and the
     application source code are stored as a trusted artifact in the provided OCI repository.
diff --git a/tash/golden/prefetch-dependencies/ta.yaml b/tash/golden/prefetch-dependencies/ta.yaml
index 69eed7f..bfbc121 100644
--- a/tash/golden/prefetch-dependencies/ta.yaml
+++ b/tash/golden/prefetch-dependencies/ta.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,22 @@ spec:
       - mountPath: /var/workdir
         name: workdir
   steps:
+  - name: skip-ta
+    image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.3-1612@sha256:119ac25920c8bb50c8b5fd75dcbca369bf7d1f702b82f3d39663307890f0bf26
+    env:
+    - name: INPUT
+      value: $(params.input)
+    - name: SOURCE_ARTIFACT
+      value: $(params.SOURCE_ARTIFACT)
+    script: |
+      if [ -z "${INPUT}" ]; then
+        mkdir -p /var/workdir/source
+        mkdir -p /var/workdir/cachi2
+        echo "true" > /var/workdir/source/.skip-trusted-artifacts
+        echo "true" > /var/workdir/cachi2/.skip-trusted-artifacts
+        echo -n "${SOURCE_ARTIFACT}" > $(results.SOURCE_ARTIFACT.path)
+        echo -n "" > $(results.CACHI2_ARTIFACT.path)
+      fi
   - image: quay.io/redhat-appstudio/build-trusted-artifacts:latest@sha256:4e39fb97f4444c2946944482df47b39c5bbc195c54c6560b0647635f553ab23d
     name: use-trusted-artifact
     args:
diff --git a/tash/recipe.go b/tash/recipe.go
index 557f2f0..42cd6e3 100644
--- a/tash/recipe.go
+++ b/tash/recipe.go
@@ -11,9 +11,15 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
+type AdditionalStep struct {
+	pipeline.Step
+	At int `json:"at"`
+}
+
 type Recipe struct {
 	Add                []string              `json:"add"`
 	AddEnvironment     []core.EnvVar         `json:"addEnvironment"`
+	AdditionalSteps    []AdditionalStep      `json:"additionalSteps"`
 	AddParams          pipeline.ParamSpecs   `json:"addParams"`
 	AddResult          []pipeline.TaskResult `json:"addResult"`
 	AddVolume          []core.Volume         `json:"addVolume"`
diff --git a/tash/ta.go b/tash/ta.go
index 9d31908..188c26e 100644
--- a/tash/ta.go
+++ b/tash/ta.go
@@ -309,5 +309,9 @@ func perform(task *pipeline.Task, recipe *Recipe) error {
 		task.Spec.Steps = append(task.Spec.Steps, create)
 	}
 
+	for _, additional := range recipe.AdditionalSteps {
+		task.Spec.Steps = slices.Insert(task.Spec.Steps, additional.At, additional.Step)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }