diff --git a/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT.targets b/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT.targets
index 876338f3c..88c7366fd 100644
--- a/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT.targets
+++ b/nuget/Microsoft.Windows.CsWinRT.targets
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
       <CsWinRTEmbeddedProjection Condition="'$(CsWinRTEmbedded)' == 'true'">-embedded</CsWinRTEmbeddedProjection>
       <CsWinRTEmbeddedEnums Condition="'$(CsWinRTEmbeddedPublicEnums)' == 'true'">-public_enums</CsWinRTEmbeddedEnums>
       <CsWinRTPublicExclusiveTo Condition="'$(CsWinRTPublicExclusiveToInterfaces)' == 'true'">-public_exclusiveto</CsWinRTPublicExclusiveTo>
+	  <CsWinRTAbstract Condition="'$(CsWinRTAbstractClass)' == 'true'">-abstract_class</CsWinRTAbstract>
       <CsWinRTDynamicallyInterfaceCastableExclusiveTo Condition="'$(CsWinRTDynamicallyInterfaceCastableExclusiveTo)' == 'true'">-idic_exclusiveto</CsWinRTDynamicallyInterfaceCastableExclusiveTo>
 
       <CsWinRTParams Condition="'$(CsWinRTParams)' == ''">
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ $(CsWinRTIncludeWinRTInterop)
 $(CsWinRTEmbeddedProjection)
 $(CsWinRTEmbeddedEnums)
 $(CsWinRTPublicExclusiveTo)
+$(CsWinRTAbstract)
 $(CsWinRTDynamicallyInterfaceCastableExclusiveTo)
       </CsWinRTParams>
 
diff --git a/src/cswinrt/main.cpp b/src/cswinrt/main.cpp
index 6496ce1d3..bce9f2f62 100644
--- a/src/cswinrt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/cswinrt/main.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ namespace cswinrt
         { "embedded", 0, 0, {}, "Generates an embedded projection."},
         { "public_enums", 0, 0, {}, "Used with embedded option to generate enums as public"},
         { "public_exclusiveto", 0, 0, {}, "Make exclusiveto interfaces public in the projection (default is internal)"},
+        { "abstract_class", 0, 0, {}, "Enable an abstract version of a component's class"},
         { "idic_exclusiveto", 0, 0, {}, "Make exclusiveto interfaces support IDynamicInterfaceCastable (IDIC) for RCW scenarios (default is false)"},
         { "help", 0, option::no_max, {}, "Show detailed help" },
         { "?", 0, option::no_max, {}, {} },
@@ -105,8 +106,11 @@ Where <spec> is one or more of:
         settings.embedded = args.exists("embedded");
         settings.public_enums = args.exists("public_enums");
         settings.public_exclusiveto = args.exists("public_exclusiveto");
+        settings.abstract_class = args.exists("abstract_class");
         settings.idic_exclusiveto = args.exists("idic_exclusiveto");
         settings.input = args.files("input", database::is_database);
+        
+		printf("abstract_class value: %d\n", settings.abstract_class); //TODO: remove this line later, it's just for testing
 
         for (auto && include : args.values("include"))
         {
diff --git a/src/cswinrt/settings.h b/src/cswinrt/settings.h
index 5b944955a..25dd8457e 100644
--- a/src/cswinrt/settings.h
+++ b/src/cswinrt/settings.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace cswinrt
         bool embedded{};
         bool public_enums{};
         bool public_exclusiveto{};
+        bool abstract_class{};
         bool idic_exclusiveto{};
     };