diff --git a/pkg/target/kusttarget.go b/pkg/target/kusttarget.go
index 8283d3832..8a81b7b44 100644
--- a/pkg/target/kusttarget.go
+++ b/pkg/target/kusttarget.go
@@ -99,9 +99,11 @@ func (kt *KustTarget) MakeCustomizedResMap() (resmap.ResMap, error) {
 
 // resolveRefsToGeneratedResources fixes all name references.
 func (kt *KustTarget) resolveRefsToGeneratedResources(m resmap.ResMap) (resmap.ResMap, error) {
-	err := kt.ptf.MakeHashTransformer().Transform(m)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	if kt.kustomization.GeneratorOptions == nil || !kt.kustomization.GeneratorOptions.DisableHash {
+		err := kt.ptf.MakeHashTransformer().Transform(m)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	var r []transformers.Transformer
diff --git a/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go b/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go
index 44c146892..f33842735 100644
--- a/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go
+++ b/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resmap"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/resource"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/transformers/config"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/pkg/types"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -259,3 +260,18 @@ func TestSecretTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %q", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDisableHash(t *testing.T) {
+	kt := makeKustTarget(t, makeLoader1(t))
+	kt.kustomization.GeneratorOptions = &types.GeneratorOptions{DisableHash: true}
+	actual, err := kt.MakeCustomizedResMap()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected Resources error %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for id, r := range actual {
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(r.GetName(), id.Name()) {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected hash was added to %s: %s", id.Name(), r.GetName())
+		}
+	}
+}