diff --git a/libexec/tfenv-install b/libexec/tfenv-install
index d13b384..022dc44 100755
--- a/libexec/tfenv-install
+++ b/libexec/tfenv-install
@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ declare regex="${resolved##*\:}";
 
 log 'debug' "Processing install for version ${version}, using regex ${regex}";
 
-remote_version="$(tfenv-list-remote | grep -e "${regex}" | head -n 1)";
-[ -n "${remote_version}" ] && version="${remote_version}" || log 'error' "No versions matching '${requested:-$version}' found in remote";
+if [ "${TFENV_SKIP_LIST_REMOTE:-0}" -eq 0 ]; then
+  remote_version="$(tfenv-list-remote | grep -e "${regex}" | head -n 1)";
+  [ -n "${remote_version}" ] && version="${remote_version}" || log 'error' "No versions matching '${requested:-$version}' found in remote";
+fi
 
 dst_path="${TFENV_CONFIG_DIR}/versions/${version}";
 if [ -f "${dst_path}/terraform" ]; then