diff --git a/cosmos/operators/base.py b/cosmos/operators/base.py
index b22f0115a..a1925bdc5 100644
--- a/cosmos/operators/base.py
+++ b/cosmos/operators/base.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class DbtBaseOperator(BaseOperator):
     :param dbt_executable_path: Path to dbt executable can be used with venv
         (i.e. /home/astro/.pyenv/versions/dbt_venv/bin/dbt)
     :param dbt_cmd_flags: List of flags to pass to dbt command
+    :param dbt_cmd_global_flags: List of dbt global flags to be passed to the dbt command
     """
 
     template_fields: Sequence[str] = ("env", "vars")
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ def __init__(
         cancel_query_on_kill: bool = True,
         dbt_executable_path: str = "dbt",
         dbt_cmd_flags: list[str] | None = None,
+        dbt_cmd_global_flags: list[str] | None = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> None:
         self.project_dir = project_dir
@@ -132,6 +134,7 @@ def __init__(
         else:
             self.dbt_executable_path = dbt_executable_path
         self.dbt_cmd_flags = dbt_cmd_flags
+        self.dbt_cmd_global_flags = dbt_cmd_global_flags or []
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
     def get_env(self, context: Context) -> dict[str, str | bytes | os.PathLike[Any]]:
@@ -210,6 +213,8 @@ def build_cmd(
     ) -> Tuple[list[str | None], dict[str, str | bytes | os.PathLike[Any]]]:
         dbt_cmd = [self.dbt_executable_path]
 
+        dbt_cmd.extend(self.dbt_cmd_global_flags)
+
         if self.base_cmd:
             dbt_cmd.extend(self.base_cmd)
 
diff --git a/tests/operators/test_local.py b/tests/operators/test_local.py
index 27cfc9f73..9ad2ac432 100644
--- a/tests/operators/test_local.py
+++ b/tests/operators/test_local.py
@@ -48,7 +48,24 @@ def test_dbt_base_operator_add_user_supplied_flags() -> None:
     cmd, _ = dbt_base_operator.build_cmd(
         Context(execution_date=datetime(2023, 2, 15, 12, 30)),
     )
-    assert "--full-refresh" in cmd
+    assert cmd[-2] == "run"
+    assert cmd[-1] == "--full-refresh"
+
+
+def test_dbt_base_operator_add_user_supplied_global_flags() -> None:
+    dbt_base_operator = DbtLocalBaseOperator(
+        profile_config=profile_config,
+        task_id="my-task",
+        project_dir="my/dir",
+        base_cmd=["run"],
+        dbt_cmd_global_flags=["--cache-selected-only"],
+    )
+
+    cmd, _ = dbt_base_operator.build_cmd(
+        Context(execution_date=datetime(2023, 2, 15, 12, 30)),
+    )
+    assert cmd[-2] == "--cache-selected-only"
+    assert cmd[-1] == "run"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(