diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/__main__.py b/src/ansiblelint/__main__.py
index 916ecdde4f..bf4c33e72c 100755
--- a/src/ansiblelint/__main__.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/__main__.py
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ def initialize_options(arguments: list[str] | None = None) -> BaseFileLock | Non
     for k, v in new_options.__dict__.items():
         setattr(options, k, v)
 
+    if options.nodeps is None or options.nodeps is False:
+        options.nodeps = bool(int(os.environ.get("ANSIBLE_LINT_NODEPS", "0")))
+    if options.nodeps:
+        options.offline = True
+
     # rename deprecated ids/tags to newer names
     options.tags = [normalize_tag(tag) for tag in options.tags]
     options.skip_list = [normalize_tag(tag) for tag in options.skip_list]
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/cli.py b/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
index 41a0fdf9b2..d0a693bcd6 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/cli.py
@@ -472,6 +472,14 @@ def get_cli_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         const=True,
         help="Disable installation of requirements.yml and schema refreshing",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--nodeps",
+        dest="nodeps",
+        action="store_const",
+        const=True,
+        default=None,
+        help="Disable external dependency checking",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--version",
         action="store_true",
@@ -495,6 +503,7 @@ def merge_config(file_config: dict[Any, Any], cli_config: Options) -> Options:
         "strict",
         "use_default_rules",
         "offline",
+        "nodeps",
     )
     # maps lists to their default config values
     lists_map = {
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/config.py b/src/ansiblelint/config.py
index 63e040f45c..1ff8baba6b 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/config.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/config.py
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ class Options:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
     only_builtins_allow_modules: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     var_naming_pattern: str | None = None
     offline: bool = False
+    nodeps: bool | None = None
     project_dir: str = "."  # default should be valid folder (do not use None here)
     extra_vars: dict[str, Any] | None = None
     enable_list: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
@@ -180,16 +181,8 @@ class Options:  # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
     _default_supported = ["2.15.", "2.16.", "2.17."]
     supported_ansible_also: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
 
-    @property
-    def nodeps(self) -> bool:
-        """Returns value of nodeps feature."""
-        # We do not want this to be cached as it would affect our testings.
-        return bool(int(os.environ.get("ANSIBLE_LINT_NODEPS", "0")))
-
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         """Extra initialization logic."""
-        if self.nodeps:
-            self.offline = True
 
     @property
     def supported_ansible(self) -> list[str]:
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible-lint-config.json b/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible-lint-config.json
index ae26bf0153..829af00930 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible-lint-config.json
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/schemas/ansible-lint-config.json
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@
       "title": "Offline",
       "type": "boolean"
     },
+    "nodeps": {
+      "default": null,
+      "title": "Nodeps",
+      "type": ["boolean", "null"]
+    },
     "only_builtins_allow_collections": {
       "items": {
         "type": "string"
diff --git a/test/test_main.py b/test/test_main.py
index 57f4700d1f..ef345baed2 100644
--- a/test/test_main.py
+++ b/test/test_main.py
@@ -122,8 +122,16 @@ def test_get_version_warning_offline(mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
 def test_nodeps(lintable: str) -> None:
     """Asserts ability to be called w/ or w/o venv activation."""
     env = os.environ.copy()
-    env["ANSIBLE_LINT_NODEPS"] = "1"
     py_path = Path(sys.executable).parent
+    proc = subprocess.run(
+        [str(py_path / "ansible-lint"), "--nodeps", lintable],
+        check=False,
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        env=env,
+    )
+    assert proc.returncode == 0, proc
+    env["ANSIBLE_LINT_NODEPS"] = "1"
     proc = subprocess.run(
         [str(py_path / "ansible-lint"), lintable],
         check=False,
diff --git a/test/test_transformer.py b/test/test_transformer.py
index 6ce2e0ca58..1e94753f93 100644
--- a/test/test_transformer.py
+++ b/test/test_transformer.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def fixture_runner_result(
         pytest.param(
             "examples/playbooks/4114/transform-with-missing-role-and-modules.yml",
             1,
-            True,
+            False,
             True,
             id="4114",
         ),