diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index edfbbecdc..20b7c67f9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,5 +47,9 @@
     "*.ts": [
       "prettier --parser=typescript --write"
     ]
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@types/lodash": "^4.14.149",
+    "lodash": "^4.17.15"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/mount.ts b/src/mount.ts
index 3454ea7be..9b63fcbd4 100644
--- a/src/mount.ts
+++ b/src/mount.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   createApp,
   VNode,
   defineComponent,
+  transformVNodeArgs,
   VNodeNormalizedChildren,
   VNodeProps,
   ComponentOptions,
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   Directive,
   Component
 } from 'vue'
+import { isEqual, kebabCase } from 'lodash'
 
 import { VueWrapper, createWrapper } from './vue-wrapper'
 import { createEmitMixin } from './emitMixin'
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ type Slot = VNode | string
 
 interface MountingOptions<Props> {
   data?: () => Record<string, unknown>
+  shallow?: boolean
   props?: Props
   slots?: {
     default?: Slot
@@ -61,8 +64,10 @@ export function mount<P>(
   }
 
   // create the wrapper component
+  const PARENT_NAME = 'VTU_PARENT'
   const Parent = (props?: VNodeProps) =>
     defineComponent({
+      name: PARENT_NAME,
       render() {
         return h(component, { ...props, ref: 'VTU_COMPONENT' }, slots)
       }
@@ -99,6 +104,34 @@ export function mount<P>(
     }
   }
 
+  if (options?.shallow) {
+    transformVNodeArgs((args, instance) => {
+      // VTU Root node. Keep this or there won't be anything to render!
+      if (typeof args[0] === 'object' && args[0]['name'] === PARENT_NAME) {
+        return args
+      }
+
+      // original component we are mounting - don't stub that!
+      if (isEqual(args[0], originalComponent)) {
+        return args
+      }
+
+      // regular HTML tags
+      if (typeof args[0] === 'string') {
+        return args
+      }
+
+      // don't care about comments/fragments
+      if (typeof args[0] === 'symbol') {
+        return args
+      }
+
+      // must be a custom component. Stub!
+      const name = kebabCase(args[0]['name'] || 'anonymous')
+      return [`${name}-stub`]
+    })
+  }
+
   // add tracking for emitted events
   const { emitMixin, events } = createEmitMixin()
   vm.mixin(emitMixin)
diff --git a/tests/mountingOptions/shallow.spec.ts b/tests/mountingOptions/shallow.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7cc8090fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/mountingOptions/shallow.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import { h } from 'vue'
+
+import { mount } from '../../src'
+
+describe('mounting options: shallow', () => {
+  it('stubs everything with a single root node', async () => {
+    const Bar = {
+      name: 'Bar',
+      render() {
+        return h('div', { id: 'bar' }, 'Bar')
+      }
+    }
+    const Foo = {
+      name: 'Foo',
+      render() {
+        return h('div', [h('p', 'hello'), h(Bar)])
+      }
+    }
+
+    const wrapper = mount(Foo, {
+      shallow: true
+    })
+
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toBe('<div><p>hello</p><bar-stub></bar-stub></div>')
+    expect(wrapper.find('bar-stub').exists()).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
+  it('stubs everything with a single root node', async () => {
+    const Bar = {
+      name: 'Bar',
+      render() {
+        return h('div', { id: 'bar' }, 'Bar')
+      }
+    }
+    const Foo = {
+      name: 'Foo',
+      render() {
+        return [h(Bar), h(Bar)]
+      }
+    }
+
+    const wrapper = mount(Foo, {
+      shallow: true
+    })
+
+    expect(wrapper.html()).toBe('<bar-stub></bar-stub><bar-stub></bar-stub>')
+    expect(wrapper.find('bar-stub').exists()).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 31c63e725..cf506c335 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1151,6 +1151,11 @@
   dependencies:
     jest-diff "^24.3.0"
 
+"@types/lodash@^4.14.149":
+  version "4.14.149"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.149.tgz#1342d63d948c6062838fbf961012f74d4e638440"
+  integrity sha512-ijGqzZt/b7BfzcK9vTrS6MFljQRPn5BFWOx8oE0GYxribu6uV+aA9zZuXI1zc/etK9E8nrgdoF2+LgUw7+9tJQ==
+
 "@types/node@*":
   version "13.7.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-13.7.4.tgz#76c3cb3a12909510f52e5dc04a6298cdf9504ffd"