diff --git a/command/init.go b/command/init.go
index 7b75bf263..ffc8de03b 100644
--- a/command/init.go
+++ b/command/init.go
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ func (c *InitCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		state = sMgr.State()
 	}
 
+	if v := os.Getenv(ProviderSkipVerifyEnvVar); v != "" {
+		c.ignorePluginChecksum = true
+	}
+
 	// Now that we have loaded all modules, check the module tree for missing providers.
 	err = c.getProviders(path, state, flagUpgrade)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -330,6 +334,9 @@ func (c *InitCommand) getProviders(path string, state *terraform.State, upgrade
 			return err
 		}
 		digests[name] = digest
+		if c.ignorePluginChecksum {
+			digests[name] = nil
+		}
 	}
 	err = c.providerPluginsLock().Write(digests)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/command/meta.go b/command/meta.go
index fb68b0601..84177ceef 100644
--- a/command/meta.go
+++ b/command/meta.go
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ type Meta struct {
 	// pluginPath is a user defined set of directories to look for plugins.
 	// This is set during init with the `-plugin-dir` flag, saved to a file in
 	// the data directory.
-	// This overrides all other search paths when discoverying plugins.
+	// This overrides all other search paths when discovering plugins.
 	pluginPath []string
 
+	ignorePluginChecksum bool
+
 	// Override certain behavior for tests within this package
 	testingOverrides *testingOverrides
 
@@ -224,6 +226,10 @@ func (m *Meta) StdinPiped() bool {
 	return fi.Mode()&os.ModeNamedPipe != 0
 }
 
+const (
+	ProviderSkipVerifyEnvVar = "TF_SKIP_PROVIDER_VERIFY"
+)
+
 // contextOpts returns the options to use to initialize a Terraform
 // context with the settings from this Meta.
 func (m *Meta) contextOpts() *terraform.ContextOpts {
@@ -260,6 +266,9 @@ func (m *Meta) contextOpts() *terraform.ContextOpts {
 	}
 
 	opts.ProviderSHA256s = m.providerPluginsLock().Read()
+	if v := os.Getenv(ProviderSkipVerifyEnvVar); v != "" {
+		opts.SkipProviderVerify = true
+	}
 
 	opts.Meta = &terraform.ContextMeta{
 		Env: m.Workspace(),
diff --git a/terraform/context.go b/terraform/context.go
index 649af3a7b..a814a85dd 100644
--- a/terraform/context.go
+++ b/terraform/context.go
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ type ContextOpts struct {
 
 	// If non-nil, will apply as additional constraints on the provider
 	// plugins that will be requested from the provider resolver.
-	ProviderSHA256s map[string][]byte
+	ProviderSHA256s    map[string][]byte
+	SkipProviderVerify bool
 
 	UIInput UIInput
 }
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ func NewContext(opts *ContextOpts) (*Context, error) {
 		var err error
 		deps := ModuleTreeDependencies(opts.Module, state)
 		reqd := deps.AllPluginRequirements()
-		if opts.ProviderSHA256s != nil {
+		if opts.ProviderSHA256s != nil && !opts.SkipProviderVerify {
 			reqd.LockExecutables(opts.ProviderSHA256s)
 		}
 		providers, err = resourceProviderFactories(opts.ProviderResolver, reqd)