diff --git a/api/ClientRequest.js b/api/ClientRequest.js
index d5e8c38..1de4d56 100644
--- a/api/ClientRequest.js
+++ b/api/ClientRequest.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ class ClientRequest {
   // Private fields
   #consent;
   #requestedDuration;
+  #skipoffset;
   #userId;
   #operatingSystem;
   #deviceType;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ class ClientRequest {
   constructor(params) {
     this.#consent = params.c || null;
     this.#requestedDuration = params.dur || null;
+    this.#skipoffset = params.skip || null;
     this.#userId = params.uid || null;
     this.#operatingSystem = params.os || null;
     this.#deviceType = params.dt || null;
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ class ClientRequest {
     const properties = {
       Consent: this.#consent,
       RequestedDuration: this.#requestedDuration,
+      Skipoffset: this.#skipoffset,
       UserId: this.#userId,
       OperatingSystem: this.#operatingSystem,
       DeviceType: this.#deviceType,
diff --git a/api/Session.js b/api/Session.js
index c70ec26..fd9a09b 100644
--- a/api/Session.js
+++ b/api/Session.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class Session {
         generalVastConfigs: {
           sessionId: this.sessionId,
           desiredDuration: params.dur || "0",
+          skipoffset: params.skip || null,
           adserverHostname: this.host,
           maxPodDuration: params.max || null,
           minPodDuration: params.min || null,
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ class Session {
       const vastObj = VastBuilder({
         sessionId: this.sessionId,
         desiredDuration: params.dur || "0",
+        skipoffset: params.skip || null,
         adserverHostname: this.host,
         maxPodDuration: params.max || null,
         minPodDuration: params.min || null,
diff --git a/api/routes.js b/api/routes.js
index 01da89b..5aacf9d 100644
--- a/api/routes.js
+++ b/api/routes.js
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ const vastSchema = () => ({
                   Linear: {
                     type: "object",
                     properties: {
+                      skipoffset: {
+                        type: "string",
+                        example: "00:00:05",
+                        xml: { attribute: true },
+                      },
                       Duration: {
                         type: "string",
                         example: "00:00:30",
@@ -593,6 +598,11 @@ const schemas = {
           description: "Desired duration in seconds.",
           example: "60",
         },
+        skip: {
+          type: "string",
+          description: "Skipoffset in seconds or percentage.",
+          example: "5 or 25%",
+        },
         uid: {
           type: "string",
           description: "User ID.",
@@ -691,6 +701,11 @@ const schemas = {
           description: "Desired duration for midroll ad break, in seconds.",
           example: "60",
         },
+        skip: {
+          type: "string",
+          description: "Skipoffset in seconds or percentage.",
+          example: "5 or 25%",
+        },
         uid: {
           type: "string",
           description: "User ID.",
diff --git a/utils/vast-maker.js b/utils/vast-maker.js
index 4c7d330..4c5b9f2 100644
--- a/utils/vast-maker.js
+++ b/utils/vast-maker.js
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ function AttachPodAds(vast, podAds, params) {
       );
     }
     mediaNode = mediaNode
-      .attachLinear()
+      .attachLinear({skipoffset: getSkipOffsetValue(params.skipoffset)}) // skipoffset does not seem to exist on VAST 2.0 and lower, you could also have skipoffset in percentage
       .attachTrackingEvents()
       .addTracking(`http://${params.adserverHostname}/api/v1/sessions/${params.sessionId}/tracking?${adId}=${podAds[i].id}_${i + 1}&progress=0`, { event: "start" })
       .addTracking(`http://${params.adserverHostname}/api/v1/sessions/${params.sessionId}/tracking?${adId}=${podAds[i].id}_${i + 1}&progress=25`, { event: "firstQuartile" })
@@ -351,6 +351,27 @@ function indexOfSmallest(a) {
   return lowest;
 }
 
+function getSkipOffsetValue(skipoffset) {
+  // "x%"
+  const percentageFormatRegex = /^(100|[1-9]?[0-9])%$/;
+  // "seconds"
+  const integerSecondsRegex = /^\d+$/;
+
+  if (percentageFormatRegex.test(skipoffset)){
+    return skipoffset;
+  } 
+  // convert seconds to "hh:mm:ss" format
+  if (integerSecondsRegex.test(skipoffset)) {
+    const totalSeconds = parseInt(skipoffset, 10);
+    const hours = String(Math.floor(totalSeconds / 3600)).padStart(2, '0');
+    const minutes = String(Math.floor((totalSeconds % 3600) / 60)).padStart(2, '0');
+    const seconds = String(totalSeconds % 60).padStart(2, '0');
+
+    return `${hours}:${minutes}:${seconds}`;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
 function PopulatePod(_size, _min, _max, _ads, _chosenAds, _method, _targetDur) {
   // Base Case #1: Regardless of current Pod size, return if Pod duration is greater than _max!
   if (_chosenAds.length > 0) {
diff --git a/utils/vmap-maker.js b/utils/vmap-maker.js
index a183433..85aaa27 100644
--- a/utils/vmap-maker.js
+++ b/utils/vmap-maker.js
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ function VmapBuilder(params) {
   const defaultConfigs = {
     sessionId: GVC.sessionId,
     desiredDuration: "15",
+    skipoffset: GVC.skipoffset,
     adserverHostname: GVC.adserverHostname,
     maxPodDuration: null,
     minPodDuration: null,