diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/core/models/ParseOptions.java b/modules/swagger-parser-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/core/models/ParseOptions.java
index adc2ddb308..60a587af3a 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/core/models/ParseOptions.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-core/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/core/models/ParseOptions.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class ParseOptions {
     private boolean validateInternalRefs = true;
     private boolean legacyYamlDeserialization = false;
     private boolean resolveRequestBody = false;
-
+    private boolean resolveResponses = false;
     private boolean oaiAuthor;
     private boolean inferSchemaType = true;
     private boolean safelyResolveURL;
@@ -161,4 +161,12 @@ public List<String> getRemoteRefBlockList() {
     public void setRemoteRefBlockList(List<String> remoteRefBlockList) {
         this.remoteRefBlockList = remoteRefBlockList;
     }
+
+    public boolean isResolveResponses() {
+        return resolveResponses;
+    }
+
+    public void setResolveResponses(boolean resolveResponses) {
+        this.resolveResponses = resolveResponses;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/processors/OperationProcessor.java b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/processors/OperationProcessor.java
index 2662e3ca30..3a73be51db 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/processors/OperationProcessor.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-parser-v3/src/main/java/io/swagger/v3/parser/processors/OperationProcessor.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public void processOperation(Operation operation) {
                 ApiResponse response = responses.get(responseCode);
                 if(response != null) {
                     //This part allows parser to put response inline without the resolveFully option set to true
-                    if (response.get$ref() != null) {
+                    if (response.get$ref() != null && cache != null && cache.getParseOptions() != null && cache.getParseOptions().isResolveResponses()) {
 
                         responseProcessor.processResponse(response);