diff --git a/gin/config.py b/gin/config.py
index 4e46d43..208cc77 100644
--- a/gin/config.py
+++ b/gin/config.py
@@ -1217,7 +1217,10 @@ def _get_bindings(selector: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
   return new_kwargs
 
 
-def get_bindings(fn_or_cls_or_selector: _FnOrClsOrSelector) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+def get_bindings(
+    fn_or_cls_or_selector: _FnOrClsOrSelector,
+    resolve_references: bool = True,
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
   """Returns the bindings associated with the given configurable.
 
   Any configurable references in the bindings will be resolved during the call
@@ -1235,11 +1238,17 @@ def get_bindings(fn_or_cls_or_selector: _FnOrClsOrSelector) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
   Args:
     fn_or_cls_or_selector: Configurable function, class or selector `str`.
+    resolve_references: Whether or not macro and references should be resolved.
+      If `False`, the output should not be mutated.
 
   Returns:
     The bindings kwargs injected by Gin.
   """
-  return copy.deepcopy(_get_bindings(_as_selector(fn_or_cls_or_selector)))
+  bindings_kwargs = _get_bindings(_as_selector(fn_or_cls_or_selector))
+  if resolve_references:
+    return copy.deepcopy(bindings_kwargs)
+  else:
+    return bindings_kwargs
 
 
 def get_configurable(
diff --git a/tests/config_test.py b/tests/config_test.py
index 311f4d9..b599735 100644
--- a/tests/config_test.py
+++ b/tests/config_test.py
@@ -2255,6 +2255,22 @@ def testGetBindingsScope(self):
           'kwarg2': 456,
       })
 
+  def testGetBindingsReferences(self):
+    # `resolve_references=True`
+    config_str = """
+      configurable1.non_kwarg = @configurable2
+    """
+    config.parse_config(config_str)
+    self.assertDictEqual(config.get_bindings('configurable1'), {
+        'non_kwarg': configurable2,
+    })
+
+    # `resolve_references=False`
+    config.parse_config(config_str)
+    non_kwarg = config.get_bindings(
+        'configurable1', resolve_references=False)['non_kwarg']
+    self.assertIsInstance(non_kwarg, config.ConfigurableReference)
+
   def testGetBindingsUnknown(self):
     expected_msg = 'Could not find .* in the Gin registry'
     with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, expected_msg):