diff --git a/pkg/csi_driver/node.go b/pkg/csi_driver/node.go
index 8e3ae0fa0..d2866acf5 100644
--- a/pkg/csi_driver/node.go
+++ b/pkg/csi_driver/node.go
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ const (
 	VolumeContextKeyPodNamespace        = "csi.storage.k8s.io/pod.namespace"
 	VolumeContextKeyEphemeral           = "csi.storage.k8s.io/ephemeral"
 	VolumeContextKeyBucketName          = "bucketName"
-	VolumeContextKeyMountOptions        = "mountOptions"
 
 	UmountTimeout = time.Second * 5
 
@@ -100,9 +99,8 @@ func (s *nodeServer) NodePublishVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.NodePublish
 		}
 		fuseMountOptions = joinMountOptions(fuseMountOptions, capMount.GetMountFlags())
 	}
-	if mountOptions, ok := vc[VolumeContextKeyMountOptions]; ok {
-		fuseMountOptions = joinMountOptions(fuseMountOptions, strings.Split(mountOptions, ","))
-	}
+
+	fuseMountOptions = parseVolumeAttributes(fuseMountOptions, vc)
 
 	if vc[VolumeContextKeyEphemeral] == "true" {
 		bucketName = vc[VolumeContextKeyBucketName]
diff --git a/pkg/csi_driver/utils.go b/pkg/csi_driver/utils.go
index 9a3dc83bc..3e8adfc9f 100644
--- a/pkg/csi_driver/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/csi_driver/utils.go
@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	csi "github.com/container-storage-interface/spec/lib/go/csi"
+	"github.com/googlecloudplatform/gcs-fuse-csi-driver/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/googlecloudplatform/gcs-fuse-csi-driver/pkg/webhook"
 	pbSanitizer "github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils/protosanitizer"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
@@ -37,6 +39,9 @@ const (
 	CreateVolumeCSIFullMethod      = "/csi.v1.Controller/CreateVolume"
 	DeleteVolumeCSIFullMethod      = "/csi.v1.Controller/DeleteVolume"
 	NodePublishVolumeCSIFullMethod = "/csi.v1.Node/NodePublishVolume"
+
+	VolumeContextKeyMountOptions     = "mountOptions"
+	VolumeContextKeyDisableFileCache = "disableFileCache"
 )
 
 func NewVolumeCapabilityAccessMode(mode csi.VolumeCapability_AccessMode_Mode) *csi.VolumeCapability_AccessMode {
@@ -144,6 +149,21 @@ func joinMountOptions(existingOptions []string, newOptions []string) []string {
 	return allMountOptions.List()
 }
 
+// parseVolumeAttributes parses volume attributes and convert them to gcsfuse mount options.
+func parseVolumeAttributes(fuseMountOptions []string, volumeContext map[string]string) []string {
+	if mountOptions, ok := volumeContext[VolumeContextKeyMountOptions]; ok {
+		fuseMountOptions = joinMountOptions(fuseMountOptions, strings.Split(mountOptions, ","))
+	}
+
+	if disableFileCache, ok := volumeContext[VolumeContextKeyDisableFileCache]; ok {
+		if boolVal, err := strconv.ParseBool(disableFileCache); err == nil && boolVal {
+			fuseMountOptions = joinMountOptions(fuseMountOptions, []string{util.DisableFileCacheKey})
+		}
+	}
+
+	return fuseMountOptions
+}
+
 func putExitFile(pod *v1.Pod, emptyDirBasePath string) error {
 	podIsTerminating := pod.DeletionTimestamp != nil
 	podRestartPolicyIsNever := pod.Spec.RestartPolicy == v1.RestartPolicyNever
diff --git a/pkg/sidecar_mounter/sidecar_mounter.go b/pkg/sidecar_mounter/sidecar_mounter.go
index 8eb1e7270..0b676bcf6 100644
--- a/pkg/sidecar_mounter/sidecar_mounter.go
+++ b/pkg/sidecar_mounter/sidecar_mounter.go
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ func (mc *MountConfig) prepareMountArgs() (map[string]string, map[string]string)
 			value = argPair[1]
 		}
 
-		if boolFlags[flag] && value != "" {
+		switch {
+		case boolFlags[flag] && value != "":
 			flag = flag + "=" + value
 			if value == "true" || value == "false" {
 				value = ""
@@ -245,10 +246,11 @@ func (mc *MountConfig) prepareMountArgs() (map[string]string, map[string]string)
 
 				continue
 			}
-		}
-
-		if flag == "app-name" {
+		case flag == "app-name":
 			value = GCSFuseAppName + "-" + value
+		case flag == util.DisableFileCacheKey:
+			configFileFlagMap["cache-dir"] = ""
+			continue
 		}
 
 		flagMap[flag] = value
diff --git a/pkg/sidecar_mounter/sidecar_mounter_test.go b/pkg/sidecar_mounter/sidecar_mounter_test.go
index 152fe0a7b..2a11f2a8c 100644
--- a/pkg/sidecar_mounter/sidecar_mounter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sidecar_mounter/sidecar_mounter_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/googlecloudplatform/gcs-fuse-csi-driver/pkg/util"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -162,6 +163,22 @@ func TestPrepareMountArgs(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedConfigMapArgs: defaultConfigFileFlagMap,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "should return valid args when file cache is disabled",
+			mc: &MountConfig{
+				BucketName: "test-bucket",
+				BufferDir:  "test-buffer-dir",
+				CacheDir:   "test-cache-dir",
+				ConfigFile: "test-config-file",
+				Options:    []string{util.DisableFileCacheKey},
+			},
+			expectedArgs: defaultFlagMap,
+			expectedConfigMapArgs: map[string]string{
+				"logging:file-path": "/dev/fd/1",
+				"logging:format":    "text",
+				"cache-dir":         "",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
diff --git a/pkg/util/util.go b/pkg/util/util.go
index fc149fcc5..8fb70e6e3 100644
--- a/pkg/util/util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/util.go
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ const (
 var (
 	targetPathRegexp       = regexp.MustCompile(`/var/lib/kubelet/pods/(.*)/volumes/kubernetes\.io~csi/(.*)/mount`)
 	emptyReplacementRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`kubernetes\.io~csi/(.*)/mount`)
+
+	DisableFileCacheKey = "disable-file-cache"
 )
 
 // ConvertLabelsStringToMap converts the labels from string to map