diff --git a/libs/core/src/true-affected.ts b/libs/core/src/true-affected.ts
index 08cc111..0ca9d10 100644
--- a/libs/core/src/true-affected.ts
+++ b/libs/core/src/true-affected.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export const trueAffected = async ({
   base = 'origin/main',
   projects,
   include = [DEFAULT_INCLUDE_TEST_FILES],
+  __experimentalLockfileCheck = false,
 }: TrueAffected) => {
   const project = new Project({
     compilerOptions: {
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ export const trueAffected = async ({
     );
 
   let changedFilesByLockfile: ChangedFiles[] = [];
-  if (hasLockfileChanged(changedFiles)) {
+  if (__experimentalLockfileCheck && hasLockfileChanged(changedFiles)) {
     changedFilesByLockfile = findAffectedFilesByLockfile(
       cwd,
       base,
diff --git a/libs/core/src/types.ts b/libs/core/src/types.ts
index 704133b..dee5f83 100644
--- a/libs/core/src/types.ts
+++ b/libs/core/src/types.ts
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ export interface TrueAffected {
   base?: string;
   projects: TrueAffectedProject[];
   include?: (string | RegExp)[];
+
+  // **experimental** - this is an experimental feature and may be removed or changed at any time
+  __experimentalLockfileCheck?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/libs/nx/src/cli.ts b/libs/nx/src/cli.ts
index 5a43820..ec48c12 100644
--- a/libs/nx/src/cli.ts
+++ b/libs/nx/src/cli.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export const affectedAction = async ({
   tsConfigFilePath,
   includeFiles,
   target,
+  experimentalLockfileCheck,
 }: AffectedOptions) => {
   let projects = await getNxTrueAffectedProjects(cwd);
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export const affectedAction = async ({
         base,
         projects,
         include: [...includeFiles, DEFAULT_INCLUDE_TEST_FILES],
+        __experimentalLockfileCheck: experimentalLockfileCheck,
       });
 
   if (json) {
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ interface AffectedOptions {
   includeFiles: string[];
   restArgs: string[];
   target: string[];
+  experimentalLockfileCheck?: boolean;
 }
 
 const affectedCommand: CommandModule<unknown, AffectedOptions> = {
@@ -138,6 +141,11 @@ const affectedCommand: CommandModule<unknown, AffectedOptions> = {
         return array.flatMap((v) => v.split(',')).map((v) => v.trim());
       },
     },
+    experimentalLockfileCheck: {
+      desc: 'Experimental lockfile check',
+      type: 'boolean',
+      default: false,
+    },
   },
   handler: async ({
     cwd,
@@ -148,6 +156,7 @@ const affectedCommand: CommandModule<unknown, AffectedOptions> = {
     json,
     includeFiles,
     target,
+    experimentalLockfileCheck,
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
     $0,
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
@@ -163,6 +172,7 @@ const affectedCommand: CommandModule<unknown, AffectedOptions> = {
       json,
       includeFiles,
       target,
+      experimentalLockfileCheck,
       restArgs: Object.entries(rest).map(
         /* istanbul ignore next */
         ([key, value]) => `--${key}=${value}`