diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java
index 7f2bb95362..ba8fe25bc8 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/DefaultMavenExecutionRequest.java
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ public class DefaultMavenExecutionRequest implements MavenExecutionRequest {
 
     private boolean ignoreInvalidArtifactDescriptor = true;
 
+    private boolean ignoreTransitiveRepositories;
+
     private List<Proxy> proxies;
 
     private List<Server> servers;
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ public class DefaultMavenExecutionRequest implements MavenExecutionRequest {
         copy.setCacheTransferError(original.isCacheTransferError());
         copy.setIgnoreMissingArtifactDescriptor(original.isIgnoreMissingArtifactDescriptor());
         copy.setIgnoreInvalidArtifactDescriptor(original.isIgnoreInvalidArtifactDescriptor());
+        copy.setIgnoreTransitiveRepositories(original.isIgnoreTransitiveRepositories());
         copy.setProxies(original.getProxies());
         copy.setServers(original.getServers());
         copy.setMirrors(original.getMirrors());
@@ -1056,12 +1059,23 @@ public class DefaultMavenExecutionRequest implements MavenExecutionRequest {
         return ignoreInvalidArtifactDescriptor;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isIgnoreTransitiveRepositories() {
+        return ignoreTransitiveRepositories;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public MavenExecutionRequest setIgnoreInvalidArtifactDescriptor(boolean ignoreInvalid) {
         this.ignoreInvalidArtifactDescriptor = ignoreInvalid;
         return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public MavenExecutionRequest setIgnoreTransitiveRepositories(boolean ignoreTransitiveRepositories) {
+        this.ignoreTransitiveRepositories = ignoreTransitiveRepositories;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean isUseLegacyLocalRepository() {
         return this.useLegacyLocalRepositoryManager;
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenExecutionRequest.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenExecutionRequest.java
index c5bcb6a7a7..1904dff7a6 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenExecutionRequest.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/execution/MavenExecutionRequest.java
@@ -305,6 +305,16 @@ public interface MavenExecutionRequest {
      */
     MavenExecutionRequest setIgnoreInvalidArtifactDescriptor(boolean ignoreInvalid);
 
+    /**
+     * @since 4.0.0
+     */
+    boolean isIgnoreTransitiveRepositories();
+
+    /**
+     * @since 4.0.0
+     */
+    MavenExecutionRequest setIgnoreTransitiveRepositories(boolean ignoreTransitiveRepositories);
+
     // Profiles
     List<Profile> getProfiles();
 
diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/aether/DefaultRepositorySystemSessionFactory.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/aether/DefaultRepositorySystemSessionFactory.java
index a3e718f08b..8fcf89d66e 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/aether/DefaultRepositorySystemSessionFactory.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/internal/aether/DefaultRepositorySystemSessionFactory.java
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ public class DefaultRepositorySystemSessionFactory {
         session.setUserProperties(request.getUserProperties());
         session.setSystemProperties(request.getSystemProperties());
         session.setConfigProperties(configProps);
+        session.setIgnoreArtifactDescriptorRepositories(request.isIgnoreTransitiveRepositories());
 
         session.setTransferListener(request.getTransferListener());
 
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java
index 3b04b1922b..baf1c2127c 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/CLIManager.java
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ public class CLIManager {
 
     public static final String STRICT_ARTIFACT_DESCRIPTOR_POLICY = "sadp";
 
+    public static final String IGNORE_TRANSITIVE_REPOSITORIES = "itr";
+
     /** This option is deprecated and may be repurposed as Java debug in a future version.
      * Use {@code -X/--verbose} instead. */
     @Deprecated
@@ -323,6 +325,10 @@ public class CLIManager {
                 .hasArg()
                 .desc("Defines 'strict' artifact descriptor policy. Supported values are 'true', 'false' (default).")
                 .build());
+        options.addOption(Option.builder(IGNORE_TRANSITIVE_REPOSITORIES)
+                .longOpt("ignore-transitive-repositories")
+                .desc("If set, Maven will ignore remote repositories introduced by transitive dependencies.")
+                .build());
 
         // Adding this back to make Maven fail if used
         options.addOption(Option.builder("llr")
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
index 422fe9c2ff..98bd4092d4 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
@@ -1304,6 +1304,8 @@ public class MavenCli {
             request.setIgnoreMissingArtifactDescriptor(true);
             request.setIgnoreInvalidArtifactDescriptor(true);
         }
+        enableOnPresentOption(
+                commandLine, CLIManager.IGNORE_TRANSITIVE_REPOSITORIES, request::setIgnoreTransitiveRepositories);
 
         performProjectActivation(commandLine, request.getProjectActivation());
         performProfileActivation(commandLine, request.getProfileActivation());