diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6ed46a08..09aacdfe 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ func main() {
 					Name:  "include-crds",
 					Usage: "include CRDs in the templated output",
 				},
+				cli.BoolFlag{
+					Name:  "skip-tests",
+					Usage: "skip tests from templated output",
+				},
 				cli.BoolFlag{
 					Name:  "include-needs",
 					Usage: `automatically include releases from the target release's "needs" when --selector/-l flag is provided. Does nothing when when --selector/-l flag is not provided`,
@@ -934,6 +938,10 @@ func (c configImpl) IncludeCRDs() bool {
 	return c.c.Bool("include-crds")
 }
 
+func (c configImpl) SkipTests() bool {
+	return c.c.Bool("skip-tests")
+}
+
 func (c configImpl) Logger() *zap.SugaredLogger {
 	return c.c.App.Metadata["logger"].(*zap.SugaredLogger)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index 0ddf9e2c..03feea8b 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -1858,6 +1858,7 @@ func (a *App) template(r *Run, c TemplateConfigProvider) (bool, []error) {
 				IncludeCRDs:       c.IncludeCRDs(),
 				OutputDirTemplate: c.OutputDirTemplate(),
 				SkipCleanup:       c.SkipCleanup(),
+				SkipTests:         c.SkipTests(),
 			}
 			return subst.TemplateReleases(helm, c.OutputDir(), c.Values(), args, c.Concurrency(), c.Validate(), opts)
 		}))
diff --git a/pkg/app/app_test.go b/pkg/app/app_test.go
index 549926b8..4ba6059b 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app_test.go
@@ -2268,6 +2268,7 @@ type configImpl struct {
 	skipCleanup bool
 	skipCRDs    bool
 	skipDeps    bool
+	skipTests   bool
 
 	skipNeeds              bool
 	includeNeeds           bool
@@ -2310,6 +2311,10 @@ func (c configImpl) SkipNeeds() bool {
 	return c.skipNeeds
 }
 
+func (c configImpl) SkipTests() bool {
+	return c.skipTests
+}
+
 func (c configImpl) IncludeNeeds() bool {
 	return c.includeNeeds
 }
diff --git a/pkg/app/config.go b/pkg/app/config.go
index beda1fa7..c37f2c87 100644
--- a/pkg/app/config.go
+++ b/pkg/app/config.go
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ type TemplateConfigProvider interface {
 	Validate() bool
 	SkipDeps() bool
 	SkipCleanup() bool
+	SkipTests() bool
 	OutputDir() string
 	IncludeCRDs() bool
 	IncludeNeeds() bool
diff --git a/pkg/state/state.go b/pkg/state/state.go
index a8bcb49b..d54df955 100644
--- a/pkg/state/state.go
+++ b/pkg/state/state.go
@@ -1307,6 +1307,7 @@ type TemplateOpts struct {
 	SkipCleanup       bool
 	OutputDirTemplate string
 	IncludeCRDs       bool
+	SkipTests         bool
 }
 
 type TemplateOpt interface{ Apply(*TemplateOpts) }
@@ -1385,6 +1386,10 @@ func (st *HelmState) TemplateReleases(helm helmexec.Interface, outputDir string,
 			flags = append(flags, "--include-crds")
 		}
 
+		if opts.SkipTests {
+			flags = append(flags, "--skip-tests")
+		}
+
 		if len(errs) == 0 {
 			if err := helm.TemplateRelease(release.Name, release.Chart, flags...); err != nil {
 				errs = append(errs, err)