diff --git a/src/Valitron/Validator.php b/src/Valitron/Validator.php
index b45b69a..d9fe2f7 100644
--- a/src/Valitron/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Valitron/Validator.php
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ class Validator
      */
     protected $validUrlPrefixes = array('http://', 'https://', 'ftp://');
 
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $stop_on_first_fail = false;
+
     /**
      * Setup validation
      *
@@ -965,6 +970,7 @@ class Validator
      */
     public function validate()
     {
+    	$set_to_break = false;
         foreach ($this->_validations as $v) {
             foreach ($v['fields'] as $field) {
                  list($values, $multiple) = $this->getPart($this->_fields, explode('.', $field));
@@ -999,13 +1005,26 @@ class Validator
 
                 if (!$result) {
                     $this->error($field, $v['message'], $v['params']);
+                    if($this->stop_on_first_fail) {
+                    	$set_to_break = true;
+                    	break;
+                    }
                 }
             }
+            if($set_to_break) break;
         }
 
         return count($this->errors()) === 0;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Should the validation stop a rule is failed
+     * @param bool $stop
+     */
+    public function stopOnFirstFail($stop = true) {
+    	$this->stop_on_first_fail = (bool) $stop;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns all rule callbacks, the static and instance ones.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Valitron/StopOnFirstFailTest.php b/tests/Valitron/StopOnFirstFailTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..656427d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Valitron/StopOnFirstFailTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+use Valitron\Validator;
+
+
+class StopOnFirstFail extends BaseTestCase {
+
+	public function testStopOnFirstFail() {
+		$rules = array(
+			'myField1' => array(
+				array('lengthMin', 5, 'message'=>'myField1 must be 5 characters minimum'),
+				array('url', 'message' => 'myField1 is not a valid url'),
+				array('urlActive', 'message' => 'myField1 is not an active url')
+			)
+		);
+
+		$v = new Validator(array(
+			'myField1' => 'myVal'
+		));
+
+		$v->mapFieldsRules($rules);
+		$v->stopOnFirstFail(true);
+		$this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+
+		$errors = $v->errors();
+		$this->assertCount(1, $errors['myField1']);
+	}
+
+}