diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0dd8106a..afabe81f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ E2E test suite for opendatahub using fabric8 kubernetes client
 * **KUBE_TOKEN** - token of kube access (use instead of username/password)
 * **KUBE_URL** - url of the cluster (api url)
 * **PRODUCT** - odh or rhoai
+* **SKIP_INSTALL_OPERATOR_DEPS** - skip installation of the odh/rhoai operator dependencies
 * **SKIP_INSTALL_OPERATOR** - skip odh/rhoai operator install
 * **SKIP_DEPLOY_DSCI_DSC** - skip odh/rhoai deploy of DSCI and DSC
 * **INSTALL_FILE** - yaml definition of operator (default is downloaded latest)
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/odh/test/Environment.java b/src/main/java/io/odh/test/Environment.java
index 7c68490e..e5ff456f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/odh/test/Environment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/odh/test/Environment.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public class Environment {
     /**
      * Install operator odh/rhoai
      */
+    private static final String SKIP_INSTALL_OPERATOR_DEPS_ENV = "SKIP_INSTALL_OPERATOR_DEPS";
     private static final String SKIP_INSTALL_OPERATOR_ENV = "SKIP_INSTALL_OPERATOR";
     public static final String SKIP_DEPLOY_DSCI_DSC_ENV = "SKIP_DEPLOY_DSCI_DSC";
 
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ public class Environment {
     public static final String KUBE_URL = getOrDefault(URL_ENV, null);
 
     //Install
+    public static final boolean SKIP_INSTALL_OPERATOR_DEPS = getOrDefault(SKIP_INSTALL_OPERATOR_DEPS_ENV, Boolean::valueOf, false);
     public static final boolean SKIP_INSTALL_OPERATOR = getOrDefault(SKIP_INSTALL_OPERATOR_ENV, Boolean::valueOf, false);
     public static final boolean SKIP_DEPLOY_DSCI_DSC = getOrDefault(SKIP_DEPLOY_DSCI_DSC_ENV, Boolean::valueOf, false);
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/odh/test/e2e/Abstract.java b/src/test/java/io/odh/test/e2e/Abstract.java
index 6820a126..29238286 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/odh/test/e2e/Abstract.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/odh/test/e2e/Abstract.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 package io.odh.test.e2e;
 
+import io.odh.test.Environment;
 import io.odh.test.framework.listeners.ResourceManagerContextHandler;
 import io.odh.test.framework.listeners.TestVisualSeparator;
 import io.odh.test.framework.manager.ResourceManager;
@@ -15,18 +16,26 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 @ExtendWith(TestExceptionCallbackListener.class)
 @ExtendWith(ResourceManagerContextHandler.class)
 @TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
 public abstract class Abstract implements TestVisualSeparator {
 
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Abstract.class);
+
     static {
         ResourceManager.getInstance();
     }
 
     @BeforeAll
     void setupDependencies() {
+        if (Environment.SKIP_INSTALL_OPERATOR_DEPS) {
+            LOGGER.info("Operator dependencies install is skipped");
+            return;
+        }
         PipelinesOperator.deployOperator();
         ServiceMeshOperator.deployOperator();
         ServerlessOperator.deployOperator();