diff --git a/command/plan.go b/command/plan.go
index 98b01e1515..f3aa4355c7 100644
--- a/command/plan.go
+++ b/command/plan.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func (c *PlanCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		&c.Meta.parallelism, "parallelism", DefaultParallelism, "parallelism")
 	cmdFlags.StringVar(&c.Meta.statePath, "state", "", "path")
 	cmdFlags.BoolVar(&detailed, "detailed-exitcode", false, "detailed-exitcode")
+	cmdFlags.BoolVar(&c.Meta.lockState, "state-lock", true, "lock state")
 	cmdFlags.Usage = func() { c.Ui.Error(c.Help()) }
 	if err := cmdFlags.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return 1
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ func (c *PlanCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	opReq.PlanRefresh = refresh
 	opReq.PlanOutPath = outPath
 	opReq.Type = backend.OperationTypePlan
+	opReq.LockState = c.Meta.lockState
 
 	// Perform the operation
 	op, err := b.Operation(context.Background(), opReq)
diff --git a/command/refresh.go b/command/refresh.go
index 194e95a33e..6898d13023 100644
--- a/command/refresh.go
+++ b/command/refresh.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ func (c *RefreshCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	cmdFlags.IntVar(&c.Meta.parallelism, "parallelism", 0, "parallelism")
 	cmdFlags.StringVar(&c.Meta.stateOutPath, "state-out", "", "path")
 	cmdFlags.StringVar(&c.Meta.backupPath, "backup", "", "path")
+	cmdFlags.BoolVar(&c.Meta.lockState, "state-lock", true, "lock state")
 	cmdFlags.Usage = func() { c.Ui.Error(c.Help()) }
 	if err := cmdFlags.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return 1
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func (c *RefreshCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	opReq := c.Operation()
 	opReq.Type = backend.OperationTypeRefresh
 	opReq.Module = mod
+	opReq.LockState = c.Meta.lockState
 
 	// Perform the operation
 	op, err := b.Operation(context.Background(), opReq)