diff --git a/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/dependencylock/utils/CoreLockingHelper.groovy b/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/dependencylock/utils/CoreLockingHelper.groovy
index af1428a4..e03e3bf1 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/dependencylock/utils/CoreLockingHelper.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/nebula/plugin/dependencylock/utils/CoreLockingHelper.groovy
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class CoreLockingHelper {
 
     boolean migrationTaskWasRequested = project.gradle.startParameter.taskNames.contains(DependencyLockTaskConfigurer.MIGRATE_TO_CORE_LOCKS_TASK_NAME)
     boolean hasWriteLocksFlag = project.gradle.startParameter.isWriteDependencyLocks()
+    boolean projectIsOffline = project.gradle.startParameter.isOffline()
     boolean hasDependenciesToUpdate = !project.gradle.startParameter.getLockedDependenciesToUpdate().isEmpty()
     boolean isUpdatingDependencies = hasWriteLocksFlag || hasDependenciesToUpdate
 
@@ -186,4 +187,10 @@ class CoreLockingHelper {
             })
         }
     }
+
+    void notifyWhenUsingOfflineMode() {
+        if (projectIsOffline) {
+            LOGGER.lifecycle("${project.name}: offline mode enabled. Using cached dependencies")
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/nebula/plugin/dependencylock/DependencyLockPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/nebula/plugin/dependencylock/DependencyLockPlugin.kt
index 2b64de5a..80d60cd2 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/nebula/plugin/dependencylock/DependencyLockPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/nebula/plugin/dependencylock/DependencyLockPlugin.kt
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class DependencyLockPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
                 DependencyResolutionVerifier.verifySuccessfulResolution(project)
             }
             coreLockingHelper.disableCachingWhenUpdatingDependencies()
+            coreLockingHelper.notifyWhenUsingOfflineMode()
 
             val lockFile = File(project.projectDir, extension.lockFile)
 
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/nebula/plugin/dependencylock/caching/OfflineModeSpec.groovy b/src/test/groovy/nebula/plugin/dependencylock/caching/OfflineModeSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21d1e80c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/groovy/nebula/plugin/dependencylock/caching/OfflineModeSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ *
+ *  Copyright 2019 Netflix, Inc.
+ *
+ *     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *     You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *     limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+package nebula.plugin.dependencylock.caching
+
+import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock
+import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.stubbing.ServeEvent
+
+class OfflineModeSpec extends AbstractCachingAndCoreLockingSpec {
+    private static final String OFFLINE_MODE_NOTIFICATION = 'offline mode enabled. Using cached dependencies'
+
+    def setup() {
+        buildFile << """
+            dependencies {
+                implementation 'test.offlineMode:z-$uniqueId:latest.release'
+            }
+            """.stripIndent()
+    }
+
+    def 'offline mode with core locking uses cached dependencies'() {
+        given:
+        setupBaseDependencyAndMockedResponses(uniqueId, "offlineMode")
+
+        when:
+        def result = runTasks('dependencies', '--write-locks', '--configuration', 'compileClasspath')
+
+        then:
+        result.output.contains("test.offlineMode:z-$uniqueId:latest.release -> 1.0.0")
+        result.output.contains("\\--- test.nebula:a-$uniqueId:1.0.0")
+        !result.output.contains(OFFLINE_MODE_NOTIFICATION)
+
+        def lockFile = new File(projectDir, 'gradle/dependency-locks/compileClasspath.lockfile')
+        lockFile.exists()
+
+        List<ServeEvent> allServeEvents = WireMock.getAllServeEvents()
+        WireMock.verify(WireMock.exactly(1), WireMock.getRequestedFor(WireMock.urlEqualTo("/${parseGroup('test.offlineMode')}/z-${uniqueId}/maven-metadata.xml")))
+        WireMock.verify(WireMock.exactly(1), WireMock.getRequestedFor(WireMock.urlEqualTo('/' + filePathFor('test.offlineMode', "z-$uniqueId", '1.0.0', 'pom'))))
+        WireMock.verify(WireMock.exactly(1), WireMock.getRequestedFor(WireMock.urlEqualTo('/' + filePathFor('test.nebula', "a-$uniqueId", '1.0.0', 'pom'))))
+        assert allServeEvents.size() == 3
+
+        when:
+        def offlineResults = runTasks('dependencies', '--configuration', 'compileClasspath', '--offline')
+
+        then:
+        offlineResults.output.contains("test.offlineMode:z-$uniqueId:latest.release -> 1.0.0")
+        offlineResults.output.contains("\\--- test.nebula:a-$uniqueId:1.0.0")
+        offlineResults.output.contains(OFFLINE_MODE_NOTIFICATION)
+
+        List<ServeEvent> allServeEventsUpdated = WireMock.getAllServeEvents()
+        assert allServeEventsUpdated.size() == 3 // there are no new events because offline mode used the cache
+    }
+}