diff --git a/kustomize/commands/create/create.go b/kustomize/commands/create/create.go
index 4b42b740b..0f6fa8b14 100644
--- a/kustomize/commands/create/create.go
+++ b/kustomize/commands/create/create.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func runCreate(opts createFlags, fSys filesys.FileSystem, rf *resource.Factory)
 	var resources []string
 	var err error
 	if opts.resources != "" {
-		resources, err = util.GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, loader.NewFileLoaderAtCwd(fSys), strings.Split(opts.resources, ","))
+		resources, err = util.GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, loader.NewFileLoaderAtCwd(fSys), strings.Split(opts.resources, ","), false)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/kustomize/commands/edit/add/addcomponent.go b/kustomize/commands/edit/add/addcomponent.go
index 946b38ae9..9746d9300 100644
--- a/kustomize/commands/edit/add/addcomponent.go
+++ b/kustomize/commands/edit/add/addcomponent.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (o *addComponentOptions) Validate(args []string) error {
 
 // RunAddComponent runs addComponent command (do real work).
 func (o *addComponentOptions) RunAddComponent(fSys filesys.FileSystem) error {
-	components, err := util.GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, loader.NewFileLoaderAtCwd(fSys), o.componentFilePaths)
+	components, err := util.GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, loader.NewFileLoaderAtCwd(fSys), o.componentFilePaths, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/kustomize/commands/edit/add/addresource.go b/kustomize/commands/edit/add/addresource.go
index 98e1adb28..0a1829d91 100644
--- a/kustomize/commands/edit/add/addresource.go
+++ b/kustomize/commands/edit/add/addresource.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 type addResourceOptions struct {
 	resourceFilePaths []string
+	skipValidation    bool
 }
 
 // newCmdAddResource adds the name of a file containing a resource to the kustomization file.
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ func newCmdAddResource(fSys filesys.FileSystem) *cobra.Command {
 			return o.RunAddResource(fSys)
 		},
 	}
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&o.skipValidation, "skip-validation", false,
+		"skip validation for resources",
+	)
 	return cmd
 }
 
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ func (o *addResourceOptions) Validate(args []string) error {
 
 // RunAddResource runs addResource command (do real work).
 func (o *addResourceOptions) RunAddResource(fSys filesys.FileSystem) error {
-	resources, err := util.GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, loader.NewFileLoaderAtCwd(fSys), o.resourceFilePaths)
+	resources, err := util.GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, loader.NewFileLoaderAtCwd(fSys), o.resourceFilePaths, o.skipValidation)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/kustomize/commands/internal/util/util.go b/kustomize/commands/internal/util/util.go
index 94004e997..01c21473d 100644
--- a/kustomize/commands/internal/util/util.go
+++ b/kustomize/commands/internal/util/util.go
@@ -30,28 +30,35 @@ func GlobPatterns(fSys filesys.FileSystem, patterns []string) ([]string, error)
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-// GlobPatterns accepts a slice of glob strings and returns the set of matching file paths. If files are not found, will try load from remote.
-// It returns an error if there are no matching files or it can't load from remote.
-func GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys filesys.FileSystem, ldr ifc.Loader, patterns []string) ([]string, error) {
+// GlobPatterns accepts a slice of glob strings and returns the set of matching file paths.
+// If validation is skipped, then it will return the patterns as provided.
+// Otherwise, It will try to load the files from the filesystem.
+// If files are not found in the filesystem, it will try to load from remote.
+// It returns an error if validation is not skipped and there are no matching files or it can't load from remote.
+func GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys filesys.FileSystem, ldr ifc.Loader, patterns []string, skipValidation bool) ([]string, error) {
 	var result []string
 	for _, pattern := range patterns {
-		files, err := fSys.Glob(pattern)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if len(files) == 0 {
-			loader, err := ldr.New(pattern)
+		if skipValidation {
+			result = append(result, pattern)
+		} else {
+			files, err := fSys.Glob(pattern)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s has no match: %w", pattern, err)
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			if len(files) != 0 {
+				result = append(result, files...)
 			} else {
-				result = append(result, pattern)
-				if loader != nil {
-					loader.Cleanup()
+				loader, err := ldr.New(pattern)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s has no match: %w", pattern, err)
+				} else {
+					result = append(result, pattern)
+					if loader != nil {
+						loader.Cleanup()
+					}
 				}
 			}
-			continue
 		}
-		result = append(result, files...)
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }
diff --git a/kustomize/commands/internal/util/util_test.go b/kustomize/commands/internal/util/util_test.go
index 631e1145f..5e6a57e4c 100644
--- a/kustomize/commands/internal/util/util_test.go
+++ b/kustomize/commands/internal/util/util_test.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TestGlobPatternsWithLoaderRemoteFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// test load remote file
-	resources, err := GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, ldr, []string{httpPath})
+	resources, err := GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, ldr, []string{httpPath}, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected load error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestGlobPatternsWithLoaderRemoteFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// test load local and remote file
-	resources, err = GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, ldr, []string{httpPath, "/test.yml"})
+	resources, err = GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, ldr, []string{httpPath, "/test.yml"}, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected load error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TestGlobPatternsWithLoaderRemoteFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// test load invalid file
 	invalidURL := "http://invalid"
-	resources, err = GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, ldr, []string{invalidURL})
+	resources, err = GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, ldr, []string{invalidURL}, false)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("expected error but did not receive one")
 	} else if err.Error() != invalidURL+" has no match: "+invalidURL+" not exist" {
@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ func TestGlobPatternsWithLoaderRemoteFile(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(resources) > 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("incorrect resources: %v", resources)
 	}
+
+	// test load unreachable remote file with skipped verification
+	resources, err = GlobPatternsWithLoader(fSys, ldr, []string{invalidURL}, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected load error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(resources) != 1 || resources[0] != invalidURL {
+		t.Fatalf("incorrect resources: %v", resources)
+	}
 }
 
 type fakeLoader struct {