diff --git a/DOCS.md b/DOCS.md
index b4914a2..41e9f58 100644
--- a/DOCS.md
+++ b/DOCS.md
@@ -269,3 +269,6 @@ parallelism
 
 tf_data_dir
 : changes the location where Terraform keeps its per-working-directory data, such as the current remote backend configuration.
+
+disable_refresh
+: (default: `false`) - whether or not to disable refreshing state before `plan` and `apply` commands.
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 7778723..d396e76 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ func main() {
 			Usage:  "changes the location where Terraform keeps its per-working-directory data, such as the current remote backend configuration",
 			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_TF_DATA_DIR",
 		},
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:   "disable_refresh",
+			Usage:  "whether or not to disable refreshing state before `plan` and `apply` commands",
+			EnvVar: "PLUGIN_DISABLE_REFRESH",
+		},
 	}
 
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
@@ -163,6 +168,7 @@ func run(c *cli.Context) error {
 			Targets:          c.StringSlice("targets"),
 			VarFiles:         c.StringSlice("var_files"),
 			TerraformDataDir: c.String("tf_data_dir"),
+			DisableRefresh:   c.Bool("disable_refresh"),
 		},
 		Netrc: Netrc{
 			Login:    c.String("netrc.username"),
diff --git a/plugin.go b/plugin.go
index 511632f..5ec1d72 100644
--- a/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ type (
 		Targets          []string
 		VarFiles         []string
 		TerraformDataDir string
+		DisableRefresh   bool
 	}
 
 	// Netrc is credentials for cloning
@@ -270,6 +271,9 @@ func tfApply(config Config) *exec.Cmd {
 	if config.InitOptions.LockTimeout != "" {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("-lock-timeout=%s", config.InitOptions.LockTimeout))
 	}
+	if config.DisableRefresh {
+		args = append(args, "-refresh=false")
+	}
 	args = append(args, getTfoutPath())
 
 	return exec.Command(
@@ -328,6 +332,9 @@ func tfPlan(config Config, destroy bool) *exec.Cmd {
 	if config.InitOptions.LockTimeout != "" {
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("-lock-timeout=%s", config.InitOptions.LockTimeout))
 	}
+	if config.DisableRefresh {
+		args = append(args, "-refresh=false")
+	}
 	return exec.Command(
 		"terraform",
 		args...,