diff --git a/src/QuerySpecification.EntityFrameworkCore/Evaluators/IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluator.cs b/src/QuerySpecification.EntityFrameworkCore/Evaluators/IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d528746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/QuerySpecification.EntityFrameworkCore/Evaluators/IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+namespace Pozitron.QuerySpecification;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Evaluator to apply IgnoreAutoIncludes to the query if the specification has IgnoreAutoIncludes set to true.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluator : IEvaluator
+{
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the singleton instance of the <see cref="IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluator"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluator Instance = new();
+    private IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluator() { }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public IQueryable<T> Evaluate<T>(IQueryable<T> source, Specification<T> specification) where T : class
+    {
+        if (specification.IgnoreAutoIncludes)
+        {
+            source = source.IgnoreAutoIncludes();
+        }
+
+        return source;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/QuerySpecification.EntityFrameworkCore/Evaluators/SpecificationEvaluator.cs b/src/QuerySpecification.EntityFrameworkCore/Evaluators/SpecificationEvaluator.cs
index 384db854..9b9590ae 100644
--- a/src/QuerySpecification.EntityFrameworkCore/Evaluators/SpecificationEvaluator.cs
+++ b/src/QuerySpecification.EntityFrameworkCore/Evaluators/SpecificationEvaluator.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public SpecificationEvaluator()
             AsNoTrackingWithIdentityResolutionEvaluator.Instance,
             AsTrackingEvaluator.Instance,
             AsSplitQueryEvaluator.Instance,
+            IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluator.Instance,
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/src/QuerySpecification/Builders/Builder_Flags.cs b/src/QuerySpecification/Builders/Builder_Flags.cs
index abd66420..f1139671 100644
--- a/src/QuerySpecification/Builders/Builder_Flags.cs
+++ b/src/QuerySpecification/Builders/Builder_Flags.cs
@@ -63,6 +63,64 @@ public static ISpecificationBuilder<T> IgnoreQueryFilters<T>(
         return builder;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Configures the specification to ignore auto includes.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the entity.</typeparam>
+    /// <typeparam name="TResult">The type of the result.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="builder">The specification builder.</param>
+    /// <returns>The updated specification builder.</returns>
+    public static ISpecificationBuilder<T, TResult> IgnoreAutoIncludes<T, TResult>(
+        this ISpecificationBuilder<T, TResult> builder) where T : class
+        => IgnoreAutoIncludes(builder, true);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Configures the specification to ignore auto includes if the condition is true.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the entity.</typeparam>
+    /// <typeparam name="TResult">The type of the result.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="builder">The specification builder.</param>
+    /// <param name="condition">The condition to evaluate.</param>
+    /// <returns>The updated specification builder.</returns>
+    public static ISpecificationBuilder<T, TResult> IgnoreAutoIncludes<T, TResult>(
+        this ISpecificationBuilder<T, TResult> builder,
+        bool condition) where T : class
+    {
+        if (condition)
+        {
+            builder.Specification.AddOrUpdateFlag(SpecFlags.IgnoreAutoIncludes, true);
+        }
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Configures the specification to ignore auto includes.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the entity.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="builder">The specification builder.</param>
+    /// <returns>The updated specification builder.</returns>
+    public static ISpecificationBuilder<T> IgnoreAutoIncludes<T>(
+        this ISpecificationBuilder<T> builder) where T : class
+        => IgnoreAutoIncludes(builder, true);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Configures the specification to ignore auto includes if the condition is true.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the entity.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="builder">The specification builder.</param>
+    /// <param name="condition">The condition to evaluate.</param>
+    /// <returns>The updated specification builder.</returns>
+    public static ISpecificationBuilder<T> IgnoreAutoIncludes<T>(
+        this ISpecificationBuilder<T> builder,
+        bool condition) where T : class
+    {
+        if (condition)
+        {
+            builder.Specification.AddOrUpdateFlag(SpecFlags.IgnoreAutoIncludes, true);
+        }
+        return builder;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Configures the specification to use split queries.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/QuerySpecification/Internals/SpecFlags.cs b/src/QuerySpecification/Internals/SpecFlags.cs
index 17cf9232..11803e43 100644
--- a/src/QuerySpecification/Internals/SpecFlags.cs
+++ b/src/QuerySpecification/Internals/SpecFlags.cs
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ internal enum SpecFlags
     AsNoTracking = 2,
     AsNoTrackingWithIdentityResolution = 4,
     AsTracking = 8,
-    AsSplitQuery = 16
+    AsSplitQuery = 16,
+    IgnoreAutoIncludes = 32,
 }
diff --git a/src/QuerySpecification/Specification.cs b/src/QuerySpecification/Specification.cs
index 5040a3f9..014e4bc0 100644
--- a/src/QuerySpecification/Specification.cs
+++ b/src/QuerySpecification/Specification.cs
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ public virtual bool IsSatisfiedBy(T entity)
     /// </summary>
     public bool IgnoreQueryFilters => GetFlag(SpecFlags.IgnoreQueryFilters);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets a value indicating whether IgnoreAutoIncludes is applied.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool IgnoreAutoIncludes => GetFlag(SpecFlags.IgnoreAutoIncludes);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets a value indicating whether AsSplitQuery is applied.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/tests/QuerySpecification.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/Evaluators/IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluatorTests.cs b/tests/QuerySpecification.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/Evaluators/IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluatorTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e023777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/QuerySpecification.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/Evaluators/IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluatorTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+namespace Tests.Evaluators;
+
+[Collection("SharedCollection")]
+public class IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluatorTests(TestFactory factory) : IntegrationTest(factory)
+{
+    private static readonly IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluator _evaluator = IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluator.Instance;
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void QueriesMatch_GivenIgnoreAutoIncludes()
+    {
+        var spec = new Specification<Country>();
+        spec.Query.IgnoreAutoIncludes();
+
+        var actual = _evaluator.Evaluate(DbContext.Countries, spec)
+            .ToQueryString();
+
+        var expected = DbContext.Countries
+            .IgnoreAutoIncludes()
+            .ToQueryString();
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Applies_GivenIgnoreAutoIncludes()
+    {
+        var spec = new Specification<Country>();
+        spec.Query.IgnoreAutoIncludes();
+
+        var actual = _evaluator.Evaluate(DbContext.Countries, spec)
+            .Expression
+            .ToString();
+
+        var expected = DbContext.Countries
+            .IgnoreAutoIncludes()
+            .Expression
+            .ToString();
+
+        actual.Should().Be(expected);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/QuerySpecification.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/Evaluators/SpecificationEvaluatorTests.cs b/tests/QuerySpecification.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/Evaluators/SpecificationEvaluatorTests.cs
index 4a1c3e6d..f55c6ea2 100644
--- a/tests/QuerySpecification.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/Evaluators/SpecificationEvaluatorTests.cs
+++ b/tests/QuerySpecification.EntityFrameworkCore.Tests/Evaluators/SpecificationEvaluatorTests.cs
@@ -341,7 +341,8 @@ public void GivenSpecWithMultipleFlags()
             .AsTracking()
             .AsNoTrackingWithIdentityResolution()
             .AsNoTracking() // the last one overwrites other Tracking behavior.
-            .AsSplitQuery();
+            .AsSplitQuery()
+            .IgnoreAutoIncludes();
 
         var actual = _evaluator.Evaluate(DbContext.Countries, spec)
             .Expression
@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@ public void GivenSpecWithMultipleFlags()
             .IgnoreQueryFilters()
             .AsNoTracking()
             .AsSplitQuery()
+            .IgnoreAutoIncludes()
             .Expression
             .ToString();
 
@@ -380,7 +382,7 @@ public void DerivedSpecificationEvaluatorCanAlterDefaultEvaluator()
         var evaluator = new SpecificationEvaluatorDerived();
 
         var result = EvaluatorsOf(evaluator);
-        result.Should().HaveCount(12);
+        result.Should().HaveCount(13);
         result[0].Should().BeOfType<LikeEvaluator>();
         result[1].Should().BeOfType<WhereEvaluator>();
         result[2].Should().BeOfType<LikeEvaluator>();
@@ -392,7 +394,8 @@ public void DerivedSpecificationEvaluatorCanAlterDefaultEvaluator()
         result[8].Should().BeOfType<AsNoTrackingWithIdentityResolutionEvaluator>();
         result[9].Should().BeOfType<AsTrackingEvaluator>();
         result[10].Should().BeOfType<AsSplitQueryEvaluator>();
-        result[11].Should().BeOfType<WhereEvaluator>();
+        result[11].Should().BeOfType<IgnoreAutoIncludesEvaluator>();
+        result[12].Should().BeOfType<WhereEvaluator>();
     }
 
     private class SpecificationEvaluatorDerived : SpecificationEvaluator
diff --git a/tests/QuerySpecification.Tests/Builders/Builder_IgnoreAutoIncludes.cs b/tests/QuerySpecification.Tests/Builders/Builder_IgnoreAutoIncludes.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21494ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/QuerySpecification.Tests/Builders/Builder_IgnoreAutoIncludes.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+namespace Tests.Builders;
+
+public class Builder_IgnoreAutoIncludes
+{
+    public record Customer(int Id, string Name);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DoesNothing_GivenNoIgnoreAutoIncludes()
+    {
+        var spec1 = new Specification<Customer>();
+        var spec2 = new Specification<Customer, string>();
+
+        spec1.IgnoreAutoIncludes.Should().Be(false);
+        spec2.IgnoreAutoIncludes.Should().Be(false);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DoesNothing_GivenIgnoreAutoIncludesWithFalseCondition()
+    {
+        var spec1 = new Specification<Customer>();
+        spec1.Query
+            .IgnoreAutoIncludes(false);
+
+        var spec2 = new Specification<Customer, string>();
+        spec2.Query
+            .IgnoreAutoIncludes(false);
+
+        spec1.IgnoreAutoIncludes.Should().Be(false);
+        spec2.IgnoreAutoIncludes.Should().Be(false);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void SetsIgnoreAutoIncludes_GivenIgnoreAutoIncludes()
+    {
+        var spec1 = new Specification<Customer>();
+        spec1.Query
+            .IgnoreAutoIncludes();
+
+        var spec2 = new Specification<Customer, string>();
+        spec2.Query
+            .IgnoreAutoIncludes();
+
+        spec1.IgnoreAutoIncludes.Should().Be(true);
+        spec2.IgnoreAutoIncludes.Should().Be(true);
+    }
+}