diff --git a/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go b/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
index 7f0339c5d..a3281ad9e 100644
--- a/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/executor/cmd/root.go
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ func addKanikoOptionsFlags() {
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&opts.KanikoDir, "kaniko-dir", "", constants.DefaultKanikoPath, "Path to the kaniko directory, this takes precedence over the KANIKO_DIR environment variable.")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&opts.TarPath, "tar-path", "", "", "Path to save the image in as a tarball instead of pushing")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.SingleSnapshot, "single-snapshot", "", false, "Take a single snapshot at the end of the build.")
+	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.SkipSnapshot, "skip-snapshot", "", false, "Skip all snapshots for the duration of the build.")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.Reproducible, "reproducible", "", false, "Strip timestamps out of the image to make it reproducible")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&opts.Target, "target", "", "", "Set the target build stage to build")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&opts.NoPush, "no-push", "", false, "Do not push the image to the registry")
diff --git a/pkg/config/options.go b/pkg/config/options.go
index dbc1e0297..0d684c6fd 100644
--- a/pkg/config/options.go
+++ b/pkg/config/options.go
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ type KanikoOptions struct {
 	CompressionLevel         int
 	ImageFSExtractRetry      int
 	SingleSnapshot           bool
+	SkipSnapshot             bool
 	Reproducible             bool
 	NoPush                   bool
 	NoPushCache              bool
diff --git a/pkg/executor/build.go b/pkg/executor/build.go
index 73b2f0df2..5c1236494 100644
--- a/pkg/executor/build.go
+++ b/pkg/executor/build.go
@@ -457,6 +457,11 @@ func (s *stageBuilder) takeSnapshot(files []string, shdDelete bool) (string, err
 func (s *stageBuilder) shouldTakeSnapshot(index int, isMetadatCmd bool) bool {
 	isLastCommand := index == len(s.cmds)-1
 
+	// Skip snapshot entirely with skip snapshot mode on.
+	if s.opts.SkipSnapshot {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	// We only snapshot the very end with single snapshot mode on.
 	if s.opts.SingleSnapshot {
 		return isLastCommand