diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/Download.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/Download.php
index cc5ed85..8773f39 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/Download.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/Download.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\ContainerFactoryPluginInterface;
 use Drupal\migrate\MigrateException;
 use Drupal\migrate\MigrateExecutableInterface;
+use Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipRowException;
 use Drupal\migrate\Row;
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@
  *   - 'use existing' - Do nothing and return FALSE.
  * - guzzle_options: (optional)
  *   @link http://docs.guzzlephp.org/en/latest/request-options.html Array of request options for Guzzle. @endlink
+ * - skip_process_on_failure: (optional) Boolean, if TRUE, we throw a
+ *   MigrateSkipRowException, if FALSE, throw a MigrateException exception.
  *
  * Examples:
  *
@@ -152,7 +155,12 @@ public function transform($value, MigrateExecutableInterface $migrate_executable
       $this->httpClient->get($source, $this->configuration['guzzle_options']);
     }
     catch (\Exception $e) {
-      throw new MigrateException("{$e->getMessage()} ($source)");
+      if (empty($this->configuration['skip_process_on_failure'])) {
+        throw new MigrateException("{$e->getMessage()} ($source)");
+      }
+      else {
+        throw new MigrateSkipRowException("{$e->getMessage()} ($source)");
+      }
     }
 
     return $final_destination;
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/FileCopy.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/FileCopy.php
index 88f2212..40e05a4 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/FileCopy.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/process/FileCopy.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\StreamWrapper\StreamWrapperManagerInterface;
 use Drupal\migrate\MigrateException;
 use Drupal\migrate\MigrateExecutableInterface;
+use Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipRowException;
 use Drupal\migrate\Plugin\MigrateProcessInterface;
 use Drupal\migrate\Row;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@
  *   - 'rename' - Append _{incrementing number} until the filename is
  *       unique.
  *   - 'use existing' - Do nothing and return FALSE.
+ * - skip_process_on_failure: (optional) Boolean, if TRUE, we throw a
+ *   MigrateSkipRowException, if FALSE, throw a MigrateException exception.
  *
  * Examples:
  *
@@ -153,7 +156,12 @@ public function transform($value, MigrateExecutableInterface $migrate_executable
     if ($final_destination) {
       return $final_destination;
     }
-    throw new MigrateException("File $source could not be copied to $destination");
+    if (empty($this->configuration['skip_process_on_failure'])) {
+      throw new MigrateException("File $source could not be copied to $destination");
+    }
+    else {
+      throw new MigrateSkipRowException("File '$source' does not exist");
+    }
   }
 
   /**