diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 97135e65..ed4185f3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -378,6 +378,10 @@ func main() {
 					Value: "",
 					Usage: "pass args to helm exec",
 				},
+				cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name:  "skip-crds",
+					Usage: "if set, no CRDs will be installed on sync. By default, CRDs are installed if not already present",
+				},
 				cli.BoolFlag{
 					Name:  "skip-deps",
 					Usage: `skip running "helm repo update" and "helm dependency build"`,
@@ -434,6 +438,10 @@ func main() {
 					Name:  "skip-cleanup",
 					Usage: "Stop cleaning up temporary values generated by helmfile and helm-secrets. Useful for debugging. Don't use in production for security",
 				},
+				cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name:  "skip-crds",
+					Usage: "if set, no CRDs will be installed on sync. By default, CRDs are installed if not already present",
+				},
 				cli.BoolFlag{
 					Name:  "skip-diff-on-install",
 					Usage: "Skips running helm-diff on releases being newly installed on this apply. Useful when the release manifests are too huge to be reviewed, or it's too time-consuming to diff at all",
@@ -815,6 +823,10 @@ func (c configImpl) SkipCleanup() bool {
 	return c.c.Bool("skip-cleanup")
 }
 
+func (c configImpl) SkipCRDs() bool {
+	return c.c.Bool("skip-crds")
+}
+
 func (c configImpl) SkipDiffOnInstall() bool {
 	return c.c.Bool("skip-diff-on-install")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index 25f63e74..1012e140 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -1200,6 +1200,7 @@ Do you really want to apply?
 				syncOpts := state.SyncOpts{
 					Set:         c.Set(),
 					SkipCleanup: c.RetainValuesFiles() || c.SkipCleanup(),
+					SkipCRDs:    c.SkipCRDs(),
 					Wait:        c.Wait(),
 					WaitForJobs: c.WaitForJobs(),
 				}
@@ -1595,6 +1596,7 @@ func (a *App) sync(r *Run, c SyncConfigProvider) (bool, []error) {
 
 			opts := &state.SyncOpts{
 				Set:         c.Set(),
+				SkipCRDs:    c.SkipCRDs(),
 				Wait:        c.Wait(),
 				WaitForJobs: c.WaitForJobs(),
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/app/app_test.go b/pkg/app/app_test.go
index 213ae931..c0aef2d4 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app_test.go
@@ -2243,6 +2243,7 @@ type configImpl struct {
 	output      string
 	includeCRDs bool
 	skipCleanup bool
+	skipCRDs    bool
 	skipDeps    bool
 }
 
@@ -2270,6 +2271,10 @@ func (c configImpl) SkipCleanup() bool {
 	return c.skipCleanup
 }
 
+func (c configImpl) SkipCRDs() bool {
+	return c.skipCRDs
+}
+
 func (c configImpl) SkipDeps() bool {
 	return c.skipDeps
 }
@@ -2305,6 +2310,7 @@ type applyConfig struct {
 	set               []string
 	validate          bool
 	skipCleanup       bool
+	skipCRDs          bool
 	skipDeps          bool
 	includeTests      bool
 	suppressSecrets   bool
@@ -2349,6 +2355,10 @@ func (a applyConfig) SkipCleanup() bool {
 	return a.skipCleanup
 }
 
+func (a applyConfig) SkipCRDs() bool {
+	return a.skipCRDs
+}
+
 func (a applyConfig) SkipDeps() bool {
 	return a.skipDeps
 }
diff --git a/pkg/app/config.go b/pkg/app/config.go
index 2915432c..4517588c 100644
--- a/pkg/app/config.go
+++ b/pkg/app/config.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ type ApplyConfigProvider interface {
 
 	Values() []string
 	Set() []string
+	SkipCRDs() bool
 	SkipDeps() bool
 	Wait() bool
 	WaitForJobs() bool
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ type SyncConfigProvider interface {
 
 	Values() []string
 	Set() []string
+	SkipCRDs() bool
 	SkipDeps() bool
 	Wait() bool
 	WaitForJobs() bool
diff --git a/pkg/state/state.go b/pkg/state/state.go
index fa347c10..480e3db7 100644
--- a/pkg/state/state.go
+++ b/pkg/state/state.go
@@ -513,6 +513,10 @@ func (st *HelmState) prepareSyncReleases(helm helmexec.Interface, additionalValu
 					}
 				}
 
+				if opts.SkipCRDs {
+					flags = append(flags, "--skip-crds")
+				}
+
 				if opts.Wait {
 					flags = append(flags, "--wait")
 				}
@@ -595,6 +599,7 @@ func (st *HelmState) DetectReleasesToBeDeleted(helm helmexec.Interface, releases
 type SyncOpts struct {
 	Set         []string
 	SkipCleanup bool
+	SkipCRDs    bool
 	Wait        bool
 	WaitForJobs bool
 }