diff --git a/api-generator/components/skeleton.js b/api-generator/components/skeleton.js
index 59ef801d1..e500ce80d 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/skeleton.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/skeleton.js
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ const SkeletonProps = [
         type: 'string',
         default: 'wave',
         description: 'Type of the animation, valid options are "wave" and "none".'
+    },
+    {
+        name: 'pt',
+        type: 'any',
+        default: 'null',
+        description: 'Uses to pass attributes to DOM elements inside the component.'
     }
 ];
 
diff --git a/components/lib/skeleton/Skeleton.d.ts b/components/lib/skeleton/Skeleton.d.ts
index 26b507822..5035dc031 100644
--- a/components/lib/skeleton/Skeleton.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/skeleton/Skeleton.d.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,33 @@
  */
 import { ClassComponent, GlobalComponentConstructor } from '../ts-helpers';
 
+export declare type SkeletonPassThroughOptionType = SkeletonPassThroughAttributes | ((options: SkeletonPassThroughMethodOptions) => SkeletonPassThroughAttributes) | null | undefined;
+
+/**
+ * Custom passthrough(pt) option method.
+ */
+export interface SkeletonPassThroughMethodOptions {
+    props: SkeletonProps;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Custom passthrough(pt) options.
+ * @see {@link SkeletonProps.pt}
+ */
+export interface SkeletonPassThroughOptions {
+    /**
+     * Uses to pass attributes to the root's DOM element.
+     */
+    root?: SkeletonPassThroughOptionType;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Custom passthrough attributes for each DOM elements
+ */
+export interface SkeletonPassThroughAttributes {
+    [key: string]: any;
+}
+
 /**
  * Defines valid properties in Skeleton component.
  */
@@ -41,6 +68,11 @@ export interface SkeletonProps {
      * @defaultValue wave
      */
     animation?: 'wave' | 'none' | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Uses to pass attributes to DOM elements inside the component.
+     * @type {SkeletonPassThroughOptions}
+     */
+    pt?: SkeletonPassThroughOptions;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/components/lib/skeleton/Skeleton.vue b/components/lib/skeleton/Skeleton.vue
index a3c72fc7c..f8bfa5f03 100644
--- a/components/lib/skeleton/Skeleton.vue
+++ b/components/lib/skeleton/Skeleton.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 <template>
-    <div :style="containerStyle" :class="containerClass" aria-hidden="true"></div>
+    <div :style="containerStyle" :class="containerClass" aria-hidden="true" v-bind="ptm('root')"></div>
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import BaseComponent from 'primevue/basecomponent';
+
 export default {
     name: 'Skeleton',
+    extends: BaseComponent,
     props: {
         shape: {
             type: String,