diff --git a/src/aiida_quantumespresso/calculations/pp.py b/src/aiida_quantumespresso/calculations/pp.py
index e0c1c0ca..3821b703 100644
--- a/src/aiida_quantumespresso/calculations/pp.py
+++ b/src/aiida_quantumespresso/calculations/pp.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def define(cls, spec):
         spec.input('metadata.options.parser_name', valid_type=str, default='quantumespresso.pp')
         spec.input('metadata.options.withmpi', valid_type=bool, default=True)
         spec.input('metadata.options.keep_plot_file', valid_type=bool, default=False)
+        spec.input('metadata.options.parse_retrieved_files', valid_type=bool, default=True)
 
         spec.output('output_parameters', valid_type=orm.Dict)
         spec.output('output_data', valid_type=orm.ArrayData)
@@ -218,10 +219,10 @@ def prepare_for_submission(self, folder):  # pylint: disable=too-many-branches,t
         # distinguish them from one another. The `fileout` filename will be the full data filename with the `fileout`
         # value as a suffix.
         retrieve_tuples = [self._FILEOUT, (f'{self._FILPLOT}_*{self._FILEOUT}', '.', 0)]
-
         if self.inputs.metadata.options.keep_plot_file:
             calcinfo.retrieve_list.extend(retrieve_tuples)
-        else:
+        # If we do not want to parse the retrieved files, temporary retrieval is meaningless
+        elif self.inputs.metadata.options.parse_retrieved_files:
             calcinfo.retrieve_temporary_list.extend(retrieve_tuples)
 
         return calcinfo
diff --git a/src/aiida_quantumespresso/parsers/pp.py b/src/aiida_quantumespresso/parsers/pp.py
index 6132eee2..f847b583 100644
--- a/src/aiida_quantumespresso/parsers/pp.py
+++ b/src/aiida_quantumespresso/parsers/pp.py
@@ -117,35 +117,35 @@ def get_key_from_filename(filename):
             matches = re.search(pattern, filename)
             return matches.group(1)
 
-        for filename in filenames:
-            # Directly parse the retrieved files after reading them to memory (`data_raw`). The raw data
-            # of each file is released from memory after parsing, to improve memory usage.
-            if filename.endswith(filename_suffix):
-                # Read the file to memory
-                try:
-                    with file_opener(filename) as handle:
-                        data_raw = handle.read()
-                except OSError:
-                    return self.exit_codes.ERROR_OUTPUT_DATAFILE_READ.format(filename=filename)
-                # Parse the file
-                try:
-                    key = get_key_from_filename(filename)
-                    data_parsed.append((key, parsers[iflag](data_raw, self.units_dict[parsed_data['plot_num']])))
-                    del data_raw
-                except Exception as exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-                    return self.exit_codes.ERROR_OUTPUT_DATAFILE_PARSE.format(filename=filename, exception=exception)
-
-        # If we don't have any parsed files, we exit. Note that this will not catch the case where there should be more
-        # than one file, but the engine did not retrieve all of them. Since often we anyway don't know how many files
-        # should be retrieved there really is no way to check this explicitly.
-        if not data_parsed:
-            return self.exit_codes.ERROR_OUTPUT_DATAFILE_MISSING.format(filename=filename_prefix)
-
-        # Create output nodes
-        if len(data_parsed) == 1:
-            self.out('output_data', data_parsed[0][1])
-        else:
-            self.out('output_data_multiple', dict(data_parsed))
+        if self.node.base.attributes.get('parse_retrieved_files', True):
+            for filename in filenames:
+                # Directly parse the retrieved files after reading them to memory (`data_raw`). The raw data
+                # of each file is released from memory after parsing, to improve memory usage.
+                if filename.endswith(filename_suffix):
+                    # Read the file to memory
+                    try:
+                        with file_opener(filename) as handle:
+                            data_raw = handle.read()
+                    except OSError:
+                        return self.exit_codes.ERROR_OUTPUT_DATAFILE_READ.format(filename=filename)
+                    # Parse the file
+                    try:
+                        key = get_key_from_filename(filename)
+                        data_parsed.append((key, parsers[iflag](data_raw, self.units_dict[parsed_data['plot_num']])))
+                        del data_raw
+                    except Exception as exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+                        return self.exit_codes.ERROR_OUTPUT_DATAFILE_PARSE.format(filename=filename, exception=exception)
+
+            # If we don't have any parsed files, we exit. Note that this will not catch the case where there should be more
+            # than one file, but the engine did not retrieve all of them. Since often we anyway don't know how many files
+            # should be retrieved there really is no way to check this explicitly.
+            if not data_parsed:
+                return self.exit_codes.ERROR_OUTPUT_DATAFILE_MISSING.format(filename=filename_prefix)
+
+            if len(data_parsed) == 1:
+                self.out('output_data', data_parsed[0][1])
+            else:
+                self.out('output_data_multiple', dict(data_parsed))
 
         return self.exit(logs=logs)