diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-industrial-ci-with-cache.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-industrial-ci-with-cache.yml
index cb5b8d3..e4f7d17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-industrial-ci-with-cache.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-industrial-ci-with-cache.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: ''
         type: string
+      not_test_downstream:
+        description: 'NOT_TEST_DOWNSTREAM variable for industrial_ci. If true, downstream packages will not be tested'
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
       ros_distro:
         description: 'ROS_DISTRO variable for industrial_ci'
         required: true
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ jobs:
           UPSTREAM_WORKSPACE: ${{ inputs.upstream_workspace }}
           TARGET_WORKSPACE: ${{ inputs.target_workspace }}
           DOWNSTREAM_WORKSPACE: ${{ inputs.downstream_workspace }}
+          NOT_TEST_DOWNSTREAM: ${{ inputs.not_test_downstream }}
           DOCKER_IMAGE: ghcr.io/sloretz/ros:${{ inputs.ros_distro }}-ros-base
           ROS_REPO: ${{ inputs.ros_repo }}
           OS_CODE_NAME: ${{ inputs.os_code_name }}