diff --git a/librepomgr/buildactions/buildactionmeta.cpp b/librepomgr/buildactions/buildactionmeta.cpp
index df27c3f..55796ba 100644
--- a/librepomgr/buildactions/buildactionmeta.cpp
+++ b/librepomgr/buildactions/buildactionmeta.cpp
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ BuildActionMetaInfo::BuildActionMetaInfo()
                     .desc = "Resets chroot dir, chroot user and related flags",
                     .param = "reset-chroot-cfg",
                 },
+                BuildActionFlagMetaInfo{
+                    .id = static_cast<BuildActionFlagType>(PrepareBuildFlags::PullingInFurtherDependenciesUnexpected),
+                    .name = "Pulling-in further dependencies unexpected",
+                    .desc = "Whether pulling-in further dependencies leads to an error causing subsequent build actions not to be executed automatically; useful to be able to review packages added to the build before conducting the build",
+                    .param = "pulling-in-new-deps-unexpected",
+                },
             },
             .settings = {
                 BuildActionSettingMetaInfo{
diff --git a/librepomgr/buildactions/buildactionmeta.h b/librepomgr/buildactions/buildactionmeta.h
index e19a6be..3eeb66d 100644
--- a/librepomgr/buildactions/buildactionmeta.h
+++ b/librepomgr/buildactions/buildactionmeta.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ enum class PrepareBuildFlags : BuildActionFlagType {
     KeepOrder = (1 << 2),
     KeepPkgRelAndEpoch = (1 << 3),
     ResetChrootSettings = (1 << 4),
+    PullingInFurtherDependenciesUnexpected = (1 << 5),
 };
 enum class ConductBuildFlags : BuildActionFlagType {
     None,
diff --git a/librepomgr/buildactions/buildactionprivate.h b/librepomgr/buildactions/buildactionprivate.h
index 42c03b8..ebf10b8 100644
--- a/librepomgr/buildactions/buildactionprivate.h
+++ b/librepomgr/buildactions/buildactionprivate.h
@@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ private:
     bool m_keepOrder = false;
     bool m_keepPkgRelAndEpoch = false;
     bool m_resetChrootSettings = false;
+    bool m_pullingInFurtherDependenciesUnexpected = false;
+    bool m_pulledInFurtherDependencies = false;
 };
 
 struct LIBREPOMGR_EXPORT BatchProcessingSession : public MultiSession<std::string> {
diff --git a/librepomgr/buildactions/preparebuild.cpp b/librepomgr/buildactions/preparebuild.cpp
index 6378070..91b6cbb 100644
--- a/librepomgr/buildactions/preparebuild.cpp
+++ b/librepomgr/buildactions/preparebuild.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ void PrepareBuild::run()
     m_keepOrder = flags & PrepareBuildFlags::KeepOrder;
     m_keepPkgRelAndEpoch = flags & PrepareBuildFlags::KeepPkgRelAndEpoch;
     m_resetChrootSettings = flags & PrepareBuildFlags::ResetChrootSettings;
+    m_pullingInFurtherDependenciesUnexpected = flags & PrepareBuildFlags::PullingInFurtherDependenciesUnexpected;
     if (m_forceBumpPackageVersion && m_keepPkgRelAndEpoch) {
         reportError("Can not force-bump pkgrel and keeping it at the same time.");
         return;
@@ -859,6 +860,9 @@ void PrepareBuild::computeDependencies(WebClient::AurSnapshotQuerySession::Conta
     }
 
     // pull missing dependencies if all sources could be retrieved so far
+    if (furtherDependenciesNeeded) {
+        m_pulledInFurtherDependencies = true;
+    }
     if (!sourcesMissing && furtherDependenciesNeeded) {
         fetchMissingBuildData();
         return;
@@ -893,7 +897,13 @@ void PrepareBuild::computeDependencies(WebClient::AurSnapshotQuerySession::Conta
         computeBatches();
     }
 
-    auto resultData = makeResultData();
+    // provoke an error if previously pulled-in further dependencies and that's not wanted
+    auto error = std::string();
+    if (m_pulledInFurtherDependencies && m_pullingInFurtherDependenciesUnexpected) {
+        error = "Had to pull-in further dependencies which is considered unexpected";
+    }
+
+    auto resultData = makeResultData(std::move(error));
     auto buildActionWriteLock = m_setup.building.lockToWrite();
     m_buildAction->resultData = std::move(resultData);
     if (resultData.error.empty() && resultData.cyclicLeftovers.empty()) {