diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae2b0c21..bcb01ff5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ You can then [manually run a workflow](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/managi
 
 ## Without sudo
 
-By default we run the commands using sudo. If you get `sudo: not found` you can use the parameter below to execute the commands directly.
+By default we run installation commands using sudo on Linux. If you get `sudo: not found` you can use the parameter below to execute the commands directly.
 
 ```yaml
 name: CI
@@ -165,6 +165,22 @@ jobs:
         tmate-server-ed25519-fingerprint: SHA256:jfttvoypkHiQYUqUCwKeqd9d1fJj/ZiQlFOHVl6E9sI
 ```
 
+## Skip installing tmate
+
+By default, tmate and its dependencies are installed in a platform-dependent manner. When using self-hosted agents, this can become unnecessary or can even break. You can skip installing tmate and its dependencies using `install-dependencies`:
+
+```yaml
+name: CI
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, linux]
+    steps:
+    - uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
+      with:
+        install-dependencies: false
+```
+
 ## Continue a workflow
 
 If you want to continue a workflow and you are inside a tmate session, just create a empty file with the name `continue` either in the root directory or in the project directory by running `touch continue` or `sudo touch /continue`.
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 3e84a28b..e641e7e0 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'If apt should be executed with sudo or without'
     required: false
     default: 'true'
+  install-dependencies:
+    description: 'Whether or not to install dependencies for tmate on linux (openssh-client, xz-utils)'
+    required: false
+    default: 'true'
   limit-access-to-actor:
     description: 'If only the public SSH keys of the user triggering the workflow should be authorized'
     required: false
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 5fada82b..e670611d 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -10334,44 +10334,46 @@ const TMATE_ARCH_MAP = {
 const sleep = (ms) => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
 
 async function run() {
-  const optionalSudoPrefix = core.getInput('sudo') === "true" ? "sudo " : "";
   try {
-    core.debug("Installing dependencies")
     let tmateExecutable = "tmate"
-    if (process.platform === "darwin") {
-      await execShellCommand('brew install tmate');
-    } else if (process.platform === "win32") {
-      await execShellCommand('pacman -Sy --noconfirm tmate');
-      tmateExecutable = 'CHERE_INVOKING=1 tmate'
-    } else {
-      const distro = await getLinuxDistro();
-      core.debug("linux distro: [" + distro + "]");
-      if (distro === "alpine") {
-        // for set -e workaround, we need to install bash because alpine doesn't have it
-        await execShellCommand(optionalSudoPrefix + 'apk add openssh-client xz bash');
+    if (core.getInput("install-dependencies") !== "false") {
+      core.debug("Installing dependencies")
+      if (process.platform === "darwin") {
+        await execShellCommand('brew install tmate');
+      } else if (process.platform === "win32") {
+        await execShellCommand('pacman -Sy --noconfirm tmate');
       } else {
-        await execShellCommand(optionalSudoPrefix + 'apt-get update');
-        await execShellCommand(optionalSudoPrefix + 'apt-get install -y openssh-client xz-utils');
-      }
+        const optionalSudoPrefix = core.getInput("sudo") === "true" ? "sudo " : "";
+        const distro = await getLinuxDistro();
+        core.debug("linux distro: [" + distro + "]");
+        if (distro === "alpine") {
+          // for set -e workaround, we need to install bash because alpine doesn't have it
+          await execShellCommand(optionalSudoPrefix + 'apk add openssh-client xz bash');
+        } else {
+          await execShellCommand(optionalSudoPrefix + 'apt-get update');
+          await execShellCommand(optionalSudoPrefix + 'apt-get install -y openssh-client xz-utils');
+        }
 
-      const tmateArch = TMATE_ARCH_MAP[external_os_default().arch()];
-      if (!tmateArch) {
-        throw new Error(`Unsupported architecture: ${external_os_default().arch()}`)
-      }
-      const tmateReleaseTar = await tool_cache.downloadTool(`https://github.com/tmate-io/tmate/releases/download/${TMATE_LINUX_VERSION}/tmate-${TMATE_LINUX_VERSION}-static-linux-${tmateArch}.tar.xz`);
-      const tmateDir = external_path_default().join(external_os_default().tmpdir(), "tmate")
-      tmateExecutable = external_path_default().join(tmateDir, "tmate")
+        const tmateArch = TMATE_ARCH_MAP[external_os_default().arch()];
+        if (!tmateArch) {
+          throw new Error(`Unsupported architecture: ${external_os_default().arch()}`)
+        }
+        const tmateReleaseTar = await tool_cache.downloadTool(`https://github.com/tmate-io/tmate/releases/download/${TMATE_LINUX_VERSION}/tmate-${TMATE_LINUX_VERSION}-static-linux-${tmateArch}.tar.xz`);
+        const tmateDir = external_path_default().join(external_os_default().tmpdir(), "tmate")
+        tmateExecutable = external_path_default().join(tmateDir, "tmate")
 
-      if (external_fs_default().existsSync(tmateExecutable))
-        external_fs_default().unlinkSync(tmateExecutable)
-      external_fs_default().mkdirSync(tmateDir, { recursive: true })
-      await execShellCommand(`tar x -C ${tmateDir} -f ${tmateReleaseTar} --strip-components=1`)
-      external_fs_default().unlinkSync(tmateReleaseTar)
+        if (external_fs_default().existsSync(tmateExecutable))
+          external_fs_default().unlinkSync(tmateExecutable)
+        external_fs_default().mkdirSync(tmateDir, { recursive: true })
+        await execShellCommand(`tar x -C ${tmateDir} -f ${tmateReleaseTar} --strip-components=1`)
+        external_fs_default().unlinkSync(tmateReleaseTar)
+      }
+      core.debug("Installed dependencies successfully");
     }
 
-    core.debug("Installed dependencies successfully");
-
-    if (process.platform !== "win32") {
+    if (process.platform === "win32") {
+      tmateExecutable = 'CHERE_INVOKING=1 tmate'
+    } else {
       core.debug("Generating SSH keys")
       external_fs_default().mkdirSync(external_path_default().join(external_os_default().homedir(), ".ssh"), { recursive: true })
       try {
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index a74c45ca..4855b32c 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -25,44 +25,46 @@ const TMATE_ARCH_MAP = {
 const sleep = (ms) => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
 
 export async function run() {
-  const optionalSudoPrefix = core.getInput('sudo') === "true" ? "sudo " : "";
   try {
-    core.debug("Installing dependencies")
     let tmateExecutable = "tmate"
-    if (process.platform === "darwin") {
-      await execShellCommand('brew install tmate');
-    } else if (process.platform === "win32") {
-      await execShellCommand('pacman -Sy --noconfirm tmate');
-      tmateExecutable = 'CHERE_INVOKING=1 tmate'
-    } else {
-      const distro = await getLinuxDistro();
-      core.debug("linux distro: [" + distro + "]");
-      if (distro === "alpine") {
-        // for set -e workaround, we need to install bash because alpine doesn't have it
-        await execShellCommand(optionalSudoPrefix + 'apk add openssh-client xz bash');
+    if (core.getInput("install-dependencies") !== "false") {
+      core.debug("Installing dependencies")
+      if (process.platform === "darwin") {
+        await execShellCommand('brew install tmate');
+      } else if (process.platform === "win32") {
+        await execShellCommand('pacman -Sy --noconfirm tmate');
       } else {
-        await execShellCommand(optionalSudoPrefix + 'apt-get update');
-        await execShellCommand(optionalSudoPrefix + 'apt-get install -y openssh-client xz-utils');
-      }
-
-      const tmateArch = TMATE_ARCH_MAP[os.arch()];
-      if (!tmateArch) {
-        throw new Error(`Unsupported architecture: ${os.arch()}`)
+        const optionalSudoPrefix = core.getInput("sudo") === "true" ? "sudo " : "";
+        const distro = await getLinuxDistro();
+        core.debug("linux distro: [" + distro + "]");
+        if (distro === "alpine") {
+          // for set -e workaround, we need to install bash because alpine doesn't have it
+          await execShellCommand(optionalSudoPrefix + 'apk add openssh-client xz bash');
+        } else {
+          await execShellCommand(optionalSudoPrefix + 'apt-get update');
+          await execShellCommand(optionalSudoPrefix + 'apt-get install -y openssh-client xz-utils');
+        }
+
+        const tmateArch = TMATE_ARCH_MAP[os.arch()];
+        if (!tmateArch) {
+          throw new Error(`Unsupported architecture: ${os.arch()}`)
+        }
+        const tmateReleaseTar = await tc.downloadTool(`https://github.com/tmate-io/tmate/releases/download/${TMATE_LINUX_VERSION}/tmate-${TMATE_LINUX_VERSION}-static-linux-${tmateArch}.tar.xz`);
+        const tmateDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), "tmate")
+        tmateExecutable = path.join(tmateDir, "tmate")
+
+        if (fs.existsSync(tmateExecutable))
+          fs.unlinkSync(tmateExecutable)
+        fs.mkdirSync(tmateDir, { recursive: true })
+        await execShellCommand(`tar x -C ${tmateDir} -f ${tmateReleaseTar} --strip-components=1`)
+        fs.unlinkSync(tmateReleaseTar)
       }
-      const tmateReleaseTar = await tc.downloadTool(`https://github.com/tmate-io/tmate/releases/download/${TMATE_LINUX_VERSION}/tmate-${TMATE_LINUX_VERSION}-static-linux-${tmateArch}.tar.xz`);
-      const tmateDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), "tmate")
-      tmateExecutable = path.join(tmateDir, "tmate")
-
-      if (fs.existsSync(tmateExecutable))
-        fs.unlinkSync(tmateExecutable)
-      fs.mkdirSync(tmateDir, { recursive: true })
-      await execShellCommand(`tar x -C ${tmateDir} -f ${tmateReleaseTar} --strip-components=1`)
-      fs.unlinkSync(tmateReleaseTar)
+      core.debug("Installed dependencies successfully");
     }
 
-    core.debug("Installed dependencies successfully");
-
-    if (process.platform !== "win32") {
+    if (process.platform === "win32") {
+      tmateExecutable = 'CHERE_INVOKING=1 tmate'
+    } else {
       core.debug("Generating SSH keys")
       fs.mkdirSync(path.join(os.homedir(), ".ssh"), { recursive: true })
       try {
diff --git a/src/index.test.js b/src/index.test.js
index 53659bc9..658c0fcc 100644
--- a/src/index.test.js
+++ b/src/index.test.js
@@ -28,11 +28,24 @@ describe('Tmate GitHub integration', () => {
     Object.defineProperty(process, "platform", {
       value: "win32"
     })
-    core.getInput.mockReturnValueOnce("true").mockReturnValue("false")
+    core.getInput.mockReturnValueOnce("true").mockReturnValueOnce("false")
     const customConnectionString = "foobar"
     execShellCommand.mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve(customConnectionString))
     await run()
-    expect(execShellCommand).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "pacman -Sy --noconfirm tmate")
+    expect(execShellCommand).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "pacman -Sy --noconfirm tmate");
+    expect(core.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, `Web shell: ${customConnectionString}`);
+    expect(core.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, `SSH: ${customConnectionString}`);
+    expect(core.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, "Exiting debugging session because the continue file was created");
+  });
+  it('should handle the main loop for Windows without dependency installation', async () => {
+    Object.defineProperty(process, "platform", {
+      value: "win32"
+    })
+    core.getInput.mockReturnValueOnce("false")
+    const customConnectionString = "foobar"
+    execShellCommand.mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve(customConnectionString))
+    await run()
+    expect(execShellCommand).not.toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "pacman -Sy --noconfirm tmate");
     expect(core.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, `Web shell: ${customConnectionString}`);
     expect(core.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, `SSH: ${customConnectionString}`);
     expect(core.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, "Exiting debugging session because the continue file was created");
@@ -41,7 +54,7 @@ describe('Tmate GitHub integration', () => {
     Object.defineProperty(process, "platform", {
       value: "linux"
     })
-    core.getInput.mockReturnValueOnce("true").mockReturnValue("false")
+    core.getInput.mockReturnValueOnce("true").mockReturnValueOnce("true").mockReturnValueOnce("false")
     const customConnectionString = "foobar"
     execShellCommand.mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve(customConnectionString))
     await run()
@@ -54,7 +67,7 @@ describe('Tmate GitHub integration', () => {
     Object.defineProperty(process, "platform", {
       value: "linux"
     })
-    core.getInput.mockReturnValue("false")
+    core.getInput.mockReturnValueOnce("true").mockReturnValueOnce("false").mockReturnValueOnce("false")
     const customConnectionString = "foobar"
     execShellCommand.mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve(customConnectionString))
     await run()
@@ -63,11 +76,34 @@ describe('Tmate GitHub integration', () => {
     expect(core.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, `SSH: ${customConnectionString}`);
     expect(core.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, "Exiting debugging session because the continue file was created");
   });
+  it('should be handle the main loop for linux without installing dependencies', async () => {
+    Object.defineProperty(process, "platform", {
+      value: "linux"
+    })
+    core.getInput.mockReturnValueOnce("false").mockReturnValueOnce("false")
+    const customConnectionString = "foobar"
+    execShellCommand.mockReturnValue(Promise.resolve(customConnectionString))
+    await run()
+    expect(execShellCommand).not.toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "apt-get update")
+    expect(core.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, `Web shell: ${customConnectionString}`);
+    expect(core.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, `SSH: ${customConnectionString}`);
+    expect(core.info).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, "Exiting debugging session because the continue file was created");
+  });
   it('should install tmate via brew for darwin', async () => {
     Object.defineProperty(process, "platform", {
       value: "darwin"
     })
+    core.getInput.mockReturnValueOnce("true")
     await run()
+    expect(core.getInput).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "install-dependencies")
     expect(execShellCommand).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "brew install tmate")
   });
+  it('should not install dependencies for darwin', async () => {
+    Object.defineProperty(process, "platform", {
+      value: "darwin"
+    })
+    core.getInput.mockReturnValueOnce("false")
+    await run()
+    expect(execShellCommand).not.toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "brew install tmate")
+  });
 });