diff --git a/examples/complete/README.md b/examples/complete/README.md
index 76f3e9e..1176670 100644
--- a/examples/complete/README.md
+++ b/examples/complete/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Note that this example may create resources which cost money. Run `terraform des
 | <a name="module_outbound_resolver_endpoints"></a> [outbound\_resolver\_endpoints](#module\_outbound\_resolver\_endpoints) | ../../modules/resolver-endpoints | n/a |
 | <a name="module_records"></a> [records](#module\_records) | ../../modules/records | n/a |
 | <a name="module_records_with_full_names"></a> [records\_with\_full\_names](#module\_records\_with\_full\_names) | ../../modules/records | n/a |
+| <a name="module_records_without_zone_lookup"></a> [records\_without\_zone\_lookup](#module\_records\_without\_zone\_lookup) | ../../modules/records | n/a |
 | <a name="module_resolver_rule_associations"></a> [resolver\_rule\_associations](#module\_resolver\_rule\_associations) | ../../modules/resolver-rule-associations | n/a |
 | <a name="module_s3_bucket"></a> [s3\_bucket](#module\_s3\_bucket) | terraform-aws-modules/s3-bucket/aws | n/a |
 | <a name="module_terragrunt"></a> [terragrunt](#module\_terragrunt) | ../../modules/records | n/a |
diff --git a/examples/complete/main.tf b/examples/complete/main.tf
index 5d7fe55..a040b5a 100644
--- a/examples/complete/main.tf
+++ b/examples/complete/main.tf
@@ -249,6 +249,17 @@ module "records" {
   depends_on = [module.zones]
 }
 
+module "records_without_zone_lookup" {
+  source = "../../modules/records"
+
+  # When skip_zone_lookup is set to true, zone_id and zone_name must be provided
+  skip_zone_lookup = true
+  zone_id          = module.zones.route53_zone_zone_id["private-vpc.terraform-aws-modules-example2.com"]
+  zone_name        = module.zones.route53_zone_name["private-vpc.terraform-aws-modules-example2.com"]
+
+  # Note that private_zone is not needed here because we are setting skip_zone_lookup to true
+}
+
 module "terragrunt" {
   source = "../../modules/records"
 
diff --git a/modules/records/README.md b/modules/records/README.md
index 47d3183..abc5872 100644
--- a/modules/records/README.md
+++ b/modules/records/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ No modules.
 | <a name="input_private_zone"></a> [private\_zone](#input\_private\_zone) | Whether Route53 zone is private or public | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_records"></a> [records](#input\_records) | List of objects of DNS records | `any` | `[]` | no |
 | <a name="input_records_jsonencoded"></a> [records\_jsonencoded](#input\_records\_jsonencoded) | List of map of DNS records (stored as jsonencoded string, for terragrunt) | `string` | `null` | no |
+| <a name="input_skip_zone_lookup"></a> [skip\_zone\_lookup](#input\_skip\_zone\_lookup) | Whether to skip zone lookup.  If set to true, zone\_id and zone\_name must be provided | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_zone_id"></a> [zone\_id](#input\_zone\_id) | ID of DNS zone | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_zone_name"></a> [zone\_name](#input\_zone\_name) | Name of DNS zone | `string` | `null` | no |
 
diff --git a/modules/records/main.tf b/modules/records/main.tf
index 0de5992..9dd630f 100644
--- a/modules/records/main.tf
+++ b/modules/records/main.tf
@@ -5,10 +5,16 @@ locals {
 
   # Convert `records` from list to map with unique keys
   recordsets = { for rs in local.records : try(rs.key, join(" ", compact(["${rs.name} ${rs.type}", try(rs.set_identifier, "")]))) => rs }
+
+  do_lookup = !var.skip_zone_lookup && var.create && (var.zone_id != null || var.zone_name != null)
+  zone_id   = local.do_lookup ? data.aws_route53_zone.this[0].zone_id : var.zone_id
+  zone_name = local.do_lookup ? data.aws_route53_zone.this[0].name : var.zone_name
 }
 
 data "aws_route53_zone" "this" {
-  count = var.create && (var.zone_id != null || var.zone_name != null) ? 1 : 0
+  # Since terraform does not short circuit, we will use lazy evaluation to avoid:
+  #  > The "count" value depends on resource attributes that cannot be determined until apply
+  count = var.skip_zone_lookup ? 0 : var.create && (var.zone_id != null || var.zone_name != null) ? 1 : 0
 
   zone_id      = var.zone_id
   name         = var.zone_name
@@ -16,11 +22,11 @@ data "aws_route53_zone" "this" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_route53_record" "this" {
-  for_each = { for k, v in local.recordsets : k => v if var.create && (var.zone_id != null || var.zone_name != null) }
+  for_each = { for k, v in local.recordsets : k => v if var.skip_zone_lookup ? true : var.create && (var.zone_id != null || var.zone_name != null) }
 
-  zone_id = data.aws_route53_zone.this[0].zone_id
+  zone_id = local.zone_id
 
-  name                             = each.value.name != "" ? (lookup(each.value, "full_name_override", false) ? each.value.name : "${each.value.name}.${data.aws_route53_zone.this[0].name}") : data.aws_route53_zone.this[0].name
+  name                             = each.value.name != "" ? (lookup(each.value, "full_name_override", false) ? each.value.name : "${each.value.name}.${local.zone_name}") : local.zone_name
   type                             = each.value.type
   ttl                              = lookup(each.value, "ttl", null)
   records                          = try(each.value.records, null)
@@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ resource "aws_route53_record" "this" {
 
     content {
       name                   = each.value.alias.name
-      zone_id                = try(each.value.alias.zone_id, data.aws_route53_zone.this[0].zone_id)
+      zone_id                = try(each.value.alias.zone_id, local.zone_id)
       evaluate_target_health = lookup(each.value.alias, "evaluate_target_health", false)
     }
   }
diff --git a/modules/records/variables.tf b/modules/records/variables.tf
index d3581be..5535869 100644
--- a/modules/records/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/records/variables.tf
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ variable "create" {
   default     = true
 }
 
+variable "skip_zone_lookup" {
+  description = "Whether to skip zone lookup.  If set to true, zone_id and zone_name must be provided"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = false
+}
+
 variable "zone_id" {
   description = "ID of DNS zone"
   type        = string