diff --git a/controller/appcontroller.go b/controller/appcontroller.go
index 4083c3fd12505..8f5e970d7e071 100644
--- a/controller/appcontroller.go
+++ b/controller/appcontroller.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/diff"
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/health"
 	synccommon "github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/sync/common"
+	resourceutil "github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/sync/resource"
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/utils/kube"
 	jsonpatch "github.com/evanphx/json-patch"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -941,7 +942,7 @@ func (ctrl *ApplicationController) removeProjectFinalizer(proj *appv1.AppProject
 
 // shouldBeDeleted returns whether a given resource obj should be deleted on cascade delete of application app
 func (ctrl *ApplicationController) shouldBeDeleted(app *appv1.Application, obj *unstructured.Unstructured) bool {
-	return !kube.IsCRD(obj) && !isSelfReferencedApp(app, kube.GetObjectRef(obj))
+	return !kube.IsCRD(obj) && !isSelfReferencedApp(app, kube.GetObjectRef(obj)) && !resourceutil.HasAnnotationOption(obj, synccommon.AnnotationSyncOptions, synccommon.SyncOptionDisableDeletion)
 }
 
 func (ctrl *ApplicationController) getPermittedAppLiveObjects(app *appv1.Application, proj *appv1.AppProject, projectClusters func(project string) ([]*appv1.Cluster, error)) (map[kube.ResourceKey]*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
diff --git a/controller/appcontroller_test.go b/controller/appcontroller_test.go
index 44e32e54ea945..3aec11bbc48b7 100644
--- a/controller/appcontroller_test.go
+++ b/controller/appcontroller_test.go
@@ -1401,3 +1401,20 @@ func Test_canProcessApp(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.False(t, canProcess)
 	})
 }
+
+func Test_syncDeleteOption(t *testing.T) {
+	app := newFakeApp()
+	ctrl := newFakeController(&fakeData{apps: []runtime.Object{app}})
+	cm := newFakeCM()
+	t.Run("without delete option object is deleted", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cmObj := kube.MustToUnstructured(&cm)
+		delete := ctrl.shouldBeDeleted(app, cmObj)
+		assert.True(t, delete)
+	})
+	t.Run("with delete set to false object is retained", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cmObj := kube.MustToUnstructured(&cm)
+		cmObj.SetAnnotations(map[string]string{"argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options": "Delete=false"})
+		delete := ctrl.shouldBeDeleted(app, cmObj)
+		assert.False(t, delete)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/docs/user-guide/sync-options.md b/docs/user-guide/sync-options.md
index 098291e80d28b..688e1800bf406 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide/sync-options.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/sync-options.md
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ metadata:
 
 The dry run will still be executed if the CRD is already present in the cluster.
 
+## No Resource Deletion
+
+For certain resources you might want to retain them even after your application is deleted, for eg. Persistent Volume Claims.
+In such situations you can stop those resources from being cleaned up during app deletion by using the following annotation:
+
+
+```yaml
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: Delete=false
+```
+
 ## Selective Sync
 
 Currently when syncing using auto sync Argo CD applies every object in the application.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3d55effb8350a..17f84d6a3ec7e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.0
 	github.com/TomOnTime/utfutil v0.0.0-20180511104225-09c41003ee1d
 	github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.23.1
-	github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine v0.7.1-0.20221208230615-917f5a0f16d5
+	github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine v0.7.1-0.20230214165351-ed70eac8b7bd
 	github.com/argoproj/notifications-engine v0.3.1-0.20221203221941-490d98afd1d6
 	github.com/argoproj/pkg v0.13.7-0.20221221191914-44694015343d
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.164
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 47f93ada43d24..f6f0e9bb25030 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ github.com/antonmedv/expr v1.9.0/go.mod h1:5qsM3oLGDND7sDmQGDXHkYfkjYMUX14qsgqmH
 github.com/apache/thrift v0.12.0/go.mod h1:cp2SuWMxlEZw2r+iP2GNCdIi4C1qmUzdZFSVb+bacwQ=
 github.com/apache/thrift v0.13.0/go.mod h1:cp2SuWMxlEZw2r+iP2GNCdIi4C1qmUzdZFSVb+bacwQ=
 github.com/appscode/go v0.0.0-20191119085241-0887d8ec2ecc/go.mod h1:OawnOmAL4ZX3YaPdN+8HTNwBveT1jMsqP74moa9XUbE=
-github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine v0.7.1-0.20221208230615-917f5a0f16d5 h1:iRpHi7X3q9G55KTaMjxKicgNnS2blFHaEfOOgsmP8lE=
-github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine v0.7.1-0.20221208230615-917f5a0f16d5/go.mod h1:WpA/B7tgwfz+sdNE3LqrTrb7ArEY1FOPI2pAGI0hfPc=
+github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine v0.7.1-0.20230214165351-ed70eac8b7bd h1:4Y76oXOZ2b7px7ppRSNpdxFPhUEw5e3BYEWpxn8pO2I=
+github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine v0.7.1-0.20230214165351-ed70eac8b7bd/go.mod h1:WpA/B7tgwfz+sdNE3LqrTrb7ArEY1FOPI2pAGI0hfPc=
 github.com/argoproj/notifications-engine v0.3.1-0.20221203221941-490d98afd1d6 h1:b92Xft7MQv/SP56FW08zt5CMTE1rySH8UPDKOAgSzOM=
 github.com/argoproj/notifications-engine v0.3.1-0.20221203221941-490d98afd1d6/go.mod h1:pgPU59KCsBOMhyw9amRWPoSuBmUWvx3Xsc5r0mUriLg=
 github.com/argoproj/pkg v0.13.7-0.20221221191914-44694015343d h1:7fXEKF3OQ9i1PrgieA6FLrXOL3UAKyiotomn0RHevds=