diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index 2c9c8d40d9c8..917bdf007428 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ func provisionWithDriver(cmd *cobra.Command, ds registry.DriverState, existing *
 	}
 
 	var existingAddons map[string]bool
-	if viper.GetBool(installAddons) {
+	cc.InstallAddons = viper.GetBool(installAddons)
+	if cc.InstallAddons {
 		existingAddons = map[string]bool{}
 		if existing != nil && existing.Addons != nil {
 			existingAddons = existing.Addons
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/assets/addons.go b/pkg/minikube/assets/addons.go
index 8faba03c30a6..83f9064960f7 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/assets/addons.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/assets/addons.go
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ func (a *Addon) IsEnabled(cc *config.ClusterConfig) bool {
 	status, ok := cc.Addons[a.Name()]
 	if ok {
 		return status
+	} else if !cc.InstallAddons {
+		return false
 	}
 
 	// Return the default unconfigured state of the addon
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/config/types.go b/pkg/minikube/config/types.go
index 7aec572b8abf..c150d0a50a7c 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/config/types.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/config/types.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ type ClusterConfig struct {
 	SSHPort                 int    // Only used by ssh driver
 	KubernetesConfig        KubernetesConfig
 	Nodes                   []Node
+	InstallAddons           bool // used by install-addon flag
 	Addons                  map[string]bool
 	CustomAddonImages       map[string]string // Maps image names to the image to use for addons. e.g. Dashboard -> k8s.gcr.io/echoserver:1.4 makes dashboard addon use echoserver for its Dashboard deployment.
 	CustomAddonRegistries   map[string]string // Maps image names to the registry to use for addons. See CustomAddonImages for example.