diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/65499-no_inventory_parsed.yml b/changelogs/fragments/65499-no_inventory_parsed.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2826dafb0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/65499-no_inventory_parsed.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- Add a new "INVENTORY_UNPARSED_WARNING" flag add to hide the "No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available" warning
diff --git a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
index 5cdb4798d37..73b6dbecbad 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
+++ b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
@@ -394,6 +394,18 @@ LOCALHOST_WARNING:
   - {key: localhost_warning, section: defaults}
   type: boolean
   version_added: "2.6"
+INVENTORY_UNPARSED_WARNING:
+  name: Warning when no inventory files can be parsed, resulting in an implicit inventory with only localhost
+  default: True
+  description:
+    - By default Ansible will issue a warning when no inventory was loaded and notes that
+      it will use an implicit localhost-only inventory.
+    - These warnings can be silenced by adjusting this setting to False.
+  env: [{name: ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_UNPARSED_WARNING}]
+  ini:
+  - {key: inventory_unparsed_warning, section: defaults}
+  type: boolean
+  version_added: "2.14"
 DOC_FRAGMENT_PLUGIN_PATH:
   name: documentation fragment plugins path
   default: ~/.ansible/plugins/doc_fragments:/usr/share/ansible/plugins/doc_fragments
diff --git a/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py b/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py
index 3dbe2bfeb2a..c55bbe615d7 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class InventoryManager(object):
         else:
             if C.INVENTORY_UNPARSED_IS_FAILED:
                 raise AnsibleError("No inventory was parsed, please check your configuration and options.")
-            else:
+            elif C.INVENTORY_UNPARSED_WARNING:
                 display.warning("No inventory was parsed, only implicit localhost is available")
 
         for group in self.groups.values():