diff --git a/src/build-dag.js b/src/build-dag.js
index f8d8c2fc..ac8819a4 100644
--- a/src/build-dag.js
+++ b/src/build-dag.js
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@
 const dependencyTypes = require('./dependency-types');
 const { collectPackages } = require('./build-dep-graph');
 
-function doesDependOnPackage(_package, packageName) {
+function doesDependOnPackage(_package, packageName, {
+  shouldIncludeDevDependencies,
+}) {
   for (let dependencyType of dependencyTypes) {
+    if (!shouldIncludeDevDependencies && dependencyType === 'devDependencies') {
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (Object.keys(_package[dependencyType]).includes(packageName)) {
       return {
         dependencyType,
@@ -19,6 +25,7 @@ function thirdPass({
   group,
   branch,
   visitedNodes,
+  shouldIncludeDevDependencies,
 }) {
   let currentPackageName = group.node.packageName;
 
@@ -32,7 +39,9 @@ function thirdPass({
     let {
       dependencyType,
       dependencyRange,
-    } = doesDependOnPackage(_package, currentPackageName) || {};
+    } = doesDependOnPackage(_package, currentPackageName, {
+      shouldIncludeDevDependencies,
+    }) || {};
 
     if (dependencyType) {
       let parent = group;
@@ -73,6 +82,7 @@ function thirdPass({
           group: newGroup,
           branch: newBranch,
           visitedNodes,
+          shouldIncludeDevDependencies,
         });
       }
     }
@@ -113,7 +123,9 @@ function createPackageNode({
   };
 }
 
-function buildDAG(workspaceMeta, packageName) {
+function buildDAG(workspaceMeta, packageName, {
+  shouldIncludeDevDependencies = true,
+} = {}) {
   let {
     newGroup,
     newBranch,
@@ -130,6 +142,7 @@ function buildDAG(workspaceMeta, packageName) {
     group: newGroup,
     branch: newBranch,
     visitedNodes,
+    shouldIncludeDevDependencies,
   });
 
   return newGroup;
diff --git a/test/build-dag-test.js b/test/build-dag-test.js
index a3c642bf..5e94bf4c 100644
--- a/test/build-dag-test.js
+++ b/test/build-dag-test.js
@@ -294,4 +294,82 @@ describe(buildDAG, function() {
       },
     }));
   });
+
+  describe('devDependencies', function() {
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      fixturify.writeSync(tmpPath, {
+        'packages': {
+          'package-a': {
+            'package.json': stringifyJson({
+              'name': '@scope/package-a',
+              'version': '1.0.0',
+              'devDependencies': {
+                '@scope/package-b': '1.0.0',
+              },
+            }),
+          },
+          'package-b': {
+            'package.json': stringifyJson({
+              'name': '@scope/package-b',
+              'version': '1.0.0',
+              'dependencies': {
+                '@scope/package-a': '1.0.0',
+              },
+            }),
+          },
+        },
+        'package.json': stringifyJson({
+          'private': true,
+          'workspaces': [
+            'packages/*',
+          ],
+        }),
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('can stop traversing devDependencies if enabled', async function() {
+      let dag = buildDAG(await buildDepGraph({ workspaceCwd: tmpPath }), '@scope/package-a', { shouldIncludeDevDependencies: false });
+
+      expect(dag).to.match(this.match({
+        node: {
+          packageName: '@scope/package-a',
+          dependents: [
+            this.match({
+              dependencyType: 'dependencies',
+              node: {
+                packageName: '@scope/package-b',
+                dependents: [],
+              },
+            }),
+          ],
+        },
+      }));
+    });
+
+    it('doesn\'t stop traversing devDependencies by default', async function() {
+      let dag = buildDAG(await buildDepGraph({ workspaceCwd: tmpPath }), '@scope/package-a');
+
+      expect(dag).to.match(this.match({
+        node: {
+          packageName: '@scope/package-a',
+          dependents: [
+            this.match({
+              dependencyType: 'dependencies',
+              node: {
+                packageName: '@scope/package-b',
+                dependents: [
+                  this.match({
+                    dependencyType: 'devDependencies',
+                    node: {
+                      packageName: '@scope/package-a',
+                    },
+                  }),
+                ],
+              },
+            }),
+          ],
+        },
+      }));
+    });
+  });
 });