diff --git a/aiohttp_client_cache/backends/base.py b/aiohttp_client_cache/backends/base.py
index 066897c..6fa189c 100644
--- a/aiohttp_client_cache/backends/base.py
+++ b/aiohttp_client_cache/backends/base.py
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ async def request(
             session_expire_after=self.expire_after,
             urls_expire_after=self.urls_expire_after,
             cache_control=self.cache_control,
+            cache_disabled=self.disabled,
             **kwargs,
         )
 
diff --git a/aiohttp_client_cache/cache_control.py b/aiohttp_client_cache/cache_control.py
index fd864e9..d1b7ff3 100644
--- a/aiohttp_client_cache/cache_control.py
+++ b/aiohttp_client_cache/cache_control.py
@@ -58,15 +58,19 @@ def from_request(
         cls,
         key: str,
         cache_control: bool = False,
+        cache_disabled: bool = False,
         headers: Optional[Mapping] = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         """Initialize from request info and CacheBackend settings"""
-        headers = headers or {}
-        if cache_control and has_cache_headers(headers):
-            return cls.from_headers(key, headers)
+        if cache_disabled:
+            return cls(key=key, skip_read=True, skip_write=True, revalidate=True)
         else:
-            return cls.from_settings(key, cache_control=cache_control, **kwargs)
+            headers = headers or {}
+            if cache_control and has_cache_headers(headers):
+                return cls.from_headers(key, headers)
+            else:
+                return cls.from_settings(key, cache_control=cache_control, **kwargs)
 
     @classmethod
     def from_headers(cls, key: str, headers: Mapping):
diff --git a/aiohttp_client_cache/session.py b/aiohttp_client_cache/session.py
index ef81c77..41dcf0c 100644
--- a/aiohttp_client_cache/session.py
+++ b/aiohttp_client_cache/session.py
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ async def _request(
             return response
         # If the response was missing or expired, send and cache a new request
         else:
-            logger.debug(f'Cached response not found; making request to {str_or_url}')
+            if actions.skip_read:
+                logger.debug(f'Reading from cache was skipped; making request to {str_or_url}')
+            else:
+                logger.debug(f'Cached response not found; making request to {str_or_url}')
             new_response = await super()._request(method, str_or_url, **kwargs)  # type: ignore
             actions.update_from_response(new_response)
             if await self.cache.is_cacheable(new_response, actions):
diff --git a/test/integration/base_backend_test.py b/test/integration/base_backend_test.py
index 41cfd5f..ecb5657 100644
--- a/test/integration/base_backend_test.py
+++ b/test/integration/base_backend_test.py
@@ -283,3 +283,28 @@ async def test_serializer__itsdangerous(self):
             session.cache.responses._serializer.secret_keys = ['a different key']
             with pytest.raises(BadSignature):
                 await session.cache.responses.read('key')
+
+    async def test_disabled(self):
+        """With a disabled CachedSession, responses should not come from the cache
+        and the cache should not be modified
+        """
+        async with self.init_session() as session:
+            # first request shall populate the cache
+            response = await session.request("GET", httpbin('cache/0'))
+
+            assert response.from_cache is False
+            assert await session.cache.responses.size() == 1
+
+            # second request shall come from the cache
+            response = await session.request("GET", httpbin('cache/0'))
+
+            assert response.from_cache is True
+            assert await session.cache.responses.size() == 1
+
+            # now disable the cache, the response should not come from the cache
+            # but the cache should be unmodified afterward.
+            async with session.disabled():
+                response = await session.request("GET", httpbin('cache/0'))
+
+                assert response.from_cache is False
+                assert await session.cache.responses.size() == 1