diff --git a/cmd/aws.go b/cmd/aws.go
index 4dd7d247..5572c247 100644
--- a/cmd/aws.go
+++ b/cmd/aws.go
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Examples:
 		DisableFlagParsing: true,
 		PreRunE:            initConfig(nil),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			args, nonInteractive := stripNonInteractiveFlag(args)
+
 			rt, err := runtime.NewDockerRuntime(cfg.DockerHost)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ Examples:
 			}
 
 			stdout, stderr := io.Writer(os.Stdout), io.Writer(os.Stderr)
-			if terminal.IsTerminal(os.Stderr) {
+			if !nonInteractive && terminal.IsTerminal(os.Stderr) {
 				s := terminal.NewSpinner(os.Stderr, "Loading service...", 4*time.Second)
 				s.Start()
 				defer s.Stop()
@@ -97,3 +99,20 @@ Examples:
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+// stripNonInteractiveFlag pulls lstk's --non-interactive flag out of the AWS CLI
+// passthrough args and reports whether it was set. The aws command uses
+// DisableFlagParsing, so Cobra never parses the flag here — left in place it would
+// be forwarded to the aws binary and rejected as an unknown option.
+func stripNonInteractiveFlag(args []string) ([]string, bool) {
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(args))
+	nonInteractive := false
+	for _, a := range args {
+		if a == "--non-interactive" {
+			nonInteractive = true
+			continue
+		}
+		out = append(out, a)
+	}
+	return out, nonInteractive
+}
diff --git a/cmd/aws_test.go b/cmd/aws_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6fee834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/aws_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestStripNonInteractiveFlag(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name            string
+		args            []string
+		wantArgs        []string
+		wantNonInteract bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:            "absent",
+			args:            []string{"s3", "ls"},
+			wantArgs:        []string{"s3", "ls"},
+			wantNonInteract: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "bare flag is stripped and enables non-interactive",
+			args:            []string{"--non-interactive", "s3", "ls"},
+			wantArgs:        []string{"s3", "ls"},
+			wantNonInteract: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "flag among aws args is stripped",
+			args:            []string{"s3", "ls", "--non-interactive", "--recursive"},
+			wantArgs:        []string{"s3", "ls", "--recursive"},
+			wantNonInteract: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "does not strip a similarly named aws flag",
+			args:            []string{"s3", "ls", "--non-interactive-mode"},
+			wantArgs:        []string{"s3", "ls", "--non-interactive-mode"},
+			wantNonInteract: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			gotArgs, gotNonInteract := stripNonInteractiveFlag(tt.args)
+			if gotNonInteract != tt.wantNonInteract {
+				t.Errorf("nonInteractive = %v, want %v", gotNonInteract, tt.wantNonInteract)
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotArgs, tt.wantArgs) {
+				t.Errorf("args = %v, want %v", gotArgs, tt.wantArgs)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/aws_cmd_test.go b/test/integration/aws_cmd_test.go
index fca8df64..1e0dca99 100644
--- a/test/integration/aws_cmd_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/aws_cmd_test.go
@@ -342,6 +342,28 @@ func TestAWSCommandShowsSpinnerForSlowOperation(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, out, "ARGS:--profile localstack s3 ls")
 }
 
+func TestAWSCommandSuppressesSpinnerInNonInteractiveMode(t *testing.T) {
+	requireDocker(t)
+	cleanup()
+	t.Cleanup(cleanup)
+	ctx := testContext(t)
+	// A running emulator is required: without it, `lstk aws` exits before reaching the spinner.
+	startTestContainer(t, ctx)
+
+	// A slow operation would normally render the spinner in a PTY; --non-interactive
+	// must suppress it so captured streams carry no ANSI control codes.
+	fakeDir := writeSlowFakeAWS(t, 5)
+	homeDir := t.TempDir()
+	writeAWSProfile(t, homeDir)
+	e := env.With(env.DisableEvents, "1").With("PATH", fakeDir+":/bin:/usr/bin").With(env.Home, homeDir)
+
+	out, err := runLstkInPTY(t, ctx, e, "--non-interactive", "aws", "s3", "ls")
+	require.NoError(t, err, "lstk aws failed: %s", out)
+
+	assert.NotContains(t, out, "Loading service")
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "ARGS:--profile localstack s3 ls")
+}
+
 func TestAWSCommandSuppressesSpinnerForFastOperation(t *testing.T) {
 	requireDocker(t)
 	cleanup()