diff --git a/ale_linters/yaml/actionlint.vim b/ale_linters/yaml/actionlint.vim
index e51cf5f0..1e2fda49 100644
--- a/ale_linters/yaml/actionlint.vim
+++ b/ale_linters/yaml/actionlint.vim
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 " Author: bretello <bretello@distruzione.org>
 
 call ale#Set('yaml_actionlint_executable', 'actionlint')
+call ale#Set('yaml_actionlint_options', '')
 
 call ale#linter#Define('yaml', {
 \   'name': 'actionlint',
diff --git a/autoload/ale/handlers/actionlint.vim b/autoload/ale/handlers/actionlint.vim
index 9a6f1909..73843c08 100644
--- a/autoload/ale/handlers/actionlint.vim
+++ b/autoload/ale/handlers/actionlint.vim
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 function! ale#handlers#actionlint#GetCommand(buffer) abort
-    return '%e --no-color --oneline %t'
+    let l:options = ale#Var(a:buffer, 'yaml_actionlint_options')
+
+    " automatically add --no-color option if not defined
+    if l:options !~# '--no-color'
+        let l:options .= ' --no-color'
+    endif
+
+    " automatically add --oneline option if not defined
+    if l:options !~# '--oneline'
+        let l:options .= ' --oneline'
+    endif
+
+    return '%e ' . l:options . ' %t'
 endfunction
 
 function! ale#handlers#actionlint#Handle(buffer, lines) abort
diff --git a/doc/ale-yaml.txt b/doc/ale-yaml.txt
index 8d44973d..9733990e 100644
--- a/doc/ale-yaml.txt
+++ b/doc/ale-yaml.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,20 @@ g:ale_yaml_actionlint_executable             *g:ale_yaml_actionlint_executable*
 
   This variable can be set to change the path to actionlint.
 
+g:ale_yaml_actionlint_options                   *g:ale_yaml_actionlint_options*
+                                                *b:ale_yaml_actionlint_options*
+
+  Type: |String|
+  Default: `''`
+
+  This variable can be set to add extra options to actionlint executable.
+
+  For example, to disable running `shellcheck` and `pyflakes` external commands,
+  you may want to set:
+>
+  let g:ale_yaml_actionlint_options = '-shellcheck= -pyflakes='
+<
+  Please note that passing `-format` as option is not supported at the moment.
 
 ===============================================================================
 circleci                                                    *ale-yaml-circleci*
diff --git a/test/handler/test_actionlint_handler.vader b/test/handler/test_actionlint_handler.vader
index 557cff02..3e762129 100644
--- a/test/handler/test_actionlint_handler.vader
+++ b/test/handler/test_actionlint_handler.vader
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Before:
   runtime! ale/handlers/actionlint.vim
 
 After:
+  unlet! g:ale_yaml_actionlint_options
   call ale#linter#Reset()
 
 Execute(Problems should be parsed correctly for actionlint):
@@ -26,3 +27,17 @@ Execute(Problems should be parsed correctly for actionlint):
   \   '.codecov.yaml:2:1: "jobs" section is missing in workflow [syntax-check]',
   \   'workflow_call_event.yaml:56:23: property "unknown_input" is not defined in object type {input7: bool; input0: any; input1: any; input2: string; input3: any; input4: any; input5: number; input6: number} [expression]',
   \ ])
+
+Execute(Command should always have --no-color and --oneline options):
+  let g:ale_yaml_actionlint_options = ''
+
+  AssertEqual
+  \   '%e  --no-color --oneline %t',
+  \ ale#handlers#actionlint#GetCommand(bufnr(''))
+
+Execute(Options should be added to command):
+  let g:ale_yaml_actionlint_options = '-shellcheck= -pyflakes='
+
+  AssertEqual
+  \   '%e -shellcheck= -pyflakes= --no-color --oneline %t',
+  \ ale#handlers#actionlint#GetCommand(bufnr(''))