diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/kubernetes/container_manager/refresh_parser.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/kubernetes/container_manager/refresh_parser.rb
index abfcfaa12f2..73a4f0fad94 100644
--- a/app/models/manageiq/providers/kubernetes/container_manager/refresh_parser.rb
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/kubernetes/container_manager/refresh_parser.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 module ManageIQ::Providers::Kubernetes
   class ContainerManager::RefreshParser
     include Vmdb::Logging
-    def self.ems_inv_to_hashes(inventory)
-      new.ems_inv_to_hashes(inventory)
+    def self.ems_inv_to_hashes(inventory, options = Config::Options.new)
+      new.ems_inv_to_hashes(inventory, options)
     end
 
     def initialize
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def initialize
       @label_tag_mapping = ContainerLabelTagMapping.cache
     end
 
-    def ems_inv_to_hashes(inventory)
+    def ems_inv_to_hashes(inventory, _options = Config::Options.new)
       get_additional_attributes(inventory)
       get_nodes(inventory)
       get_namespaces(inventory)
diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/openshift/container_manager/refresh_parser.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/openshift/container_manager/refresh_parser.rb
index 90a7075943d..be9ae3e97b9 100644
--- a/app/models/manageiq/providers/openshift/container_manager/refresh_parser.rb
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/openshift/container_manager/refresh_parser.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 module ManageIQ::Providers
   module Openshift
     class ContainerManager::RefreshParser < ManageIQ::Providers::Kubernetes::ContainerManager::RefreshParser
-      def ems_inv_to_hashes(inventory)
-        super(inventory)
+      def ems_inv_to_hashes(inventory, options = Config::Options.new)
+        super(inventory, options)
         get_projects(inventory)
         get_routes(inventory)
         get_builds(inventory)
         get_build_pods(inventory)
         get_templates(inventory)
-        get_openshift_images(inventory)
+        get_openshift_images(inventory) if options.get_container_images
         EmsRefresh.log_inv_debug_trace(@data, "data:")
         @data
       end
diff --git a/app/models/manageiq/providers/openshift/container_manager/refresher.rb b/app/models/manageiq/providers/openshift/container_manager/refresher.rb
index 0ddfc96c89f..c1e6f793b76 100644
--- a/app/models/manageiq/providers/openshift/container_manager/refresher.rb
+++ b/app/models/manageiq/providers/openshift/container_manager/refresher.rb
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ class ContainerManager::Refresher < ManageIQ::Providers::BaseManager::Refresher
 
       OPENSHIFT_ENTITIES = [
         {:name => 'routes'}, {:name => 'projects'},
-        {:name => 'build_configs'}, {:name => 'builds'}, {:name => 'templates'},
-        {:name => 'images'}
+        {:name => 'build_configs'}, {:name => 'builds'}, {:name => 'templates'}
       ]
 
       def fetch_hawk_inv(ems)
@@ -25,16 +24,19 @@ def fetch_hawk_inv(ems)
       end
 
       def parse_legacy_inventory(ems)
+        request_entities = OPENSHIFT_ENTITIES.dup
+        request_entities << {:name => 'images'} if refresher_options.get_container_images
+
         kube_entities = ems.with_provider_connection(:service => KUBERNETES_EMS_TYPE) do |kubeclient|
           fetch_entities(kubeclient, KUBERNETES_ENTITIES)
         end
         openshift_entities = ems.with_provider_connection do |openshift_client|
-          fetch_entities(openshift_client, OPENSHIFT_ENTITIES)
+          fetch_entities(openshift_client, request_entities)
         end
         entities = openshift_entities.merge(kube_entities)
         entities["additional_attributes"] = fetch_hawk_inv(ems) || {}
         EmsRefresh.log_inv_debug_trace(entities, "inv_hash:")
-        ManageIQ::Providers::Openshift::ContainerManager::RefreshParser.ems_inv_to_hashes(entities)
+        ManageIQ::Providers::Openshift::ContainerManager::RefreshParser.ems_inv_to_hashes(entities, refresher_options)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index 9d8a10306d4..cb964169c95 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
     :refresh_interval: 15.minutes
   :openshift:
     :refresh_interval: 15.minutes
+    :get_container_images: true
   :raise_vm_snapshot_complete_if_created_within: 15.minutes
   :refresh_interval: 24.hours
   :scvmm:
diff --git a/spec/models/manageiq/providers/openshift/container_manager/refresher_spec.rb b/spec/models/manageiq/providers/openshift/container_manager/refresher_spec.rb
index f2c8b2ff9c8..e18f5a68bf6 100644
--- a/spec/models/manageiq/providers/openshift/container_manager/refresher_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/manageiq/providers/openshift/container_manager/refresher_spec.rb
@@ -192,6 +192,24 @@
     end
   end
 
+  it 'will skip container_images if get_container_images = false' do
+    stub_settings(
+      :ems_refresh => {:openshift => {:get_container_images => false}},
+      :http_proxy  => {},
+      :ssl         => {}
+    )
+
+    VCR.use_cassette(described_class.name.underscore,
+                     :match_requests_on              => [:path,],
+                     :allow_unused_http_interactions => true) do # , :record => :new_episodes) do
+      EmsRefresh.refresh(@ems)
+    end
+
+    @ems.reload
+
+    expect(ContainerImage.count).to eq(12)
+  end
+
   def assert_table_counts
     expect(ContainerGroup.count).to eq(20)
     expect(ContainerNode.count).to eq(2)