diff --git a/cmd/cache/list.go b/cmd/cache/list.go
index b163532f04..493515f543 100644
--- a/cmd/cache/list.go
+++ b/cmd/cache/list.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var listCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			color.Red("Error: %v", err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		
+
 		for _, name := range names {
 			println(name)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/integration/activate.go b/cmd/integration/activate.go
index aa799fc2a2..ffa1d47877 100644
--- a/cmd/integration/activate.go
+++ b/cmd/integration/activate.go
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
+var (
+	skipInstall bool
+)
+
 // activateCmd represents the activate command
 var activateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "activate [integration]",
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ var activateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 		integration := integration.NewIntegration()
 		// Check if the integation exists
-		err := integration.Activate(integrationName, namespace, activeFilters)
+		err := integration.Activate(integrationName, namespace, activeFilters, skipInstall)
 		if err != nil {
 			color.Red("Error: %v", err)
 			return
@@ -51,5 +55,6 @@ var activateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 func init() {
 	IntegrationCmd.AddCommand(activateCmd)
+	activateCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&skipInstall, "no-install", "s", false, "Only activate the integration filter without installing the filter (for example, if that filter plugin is already deployed in cluster, we do not need to re-install it again)")
 
 }
diff --git a/pkg/integration/integration.go b/pkg/integration/integration.go
index 0e8b6c492b..e89e434c00 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/integration.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/integration.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (*Integration) Get(name string) (IIntegration, error) {
 	return integrations[name], nil
 }
 
-func (*Integration) Activate(name string, namespace string, activeFilters []string) error {
+func (*Integration) Activate(name string, namespace string, activeFilters []string, skipInstall bool) error {
 	if _, ok := integrations[name]; !ok {
 		return errors.New("integration not found")
 	}
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ func (*Integration) Activate(name string, namespace string, activeFilters []stri
 
 	viper.Set("active_filters", uniqueFilters)
 
-	if err := integrations[name].Deploy(namespace); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if !skipInstall {
+		if err := integrations[name].Deploy(namespace); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	if err := viper.WriteConfig(); err != nil {