diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/DefaultInvocationRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/DefaultInvocationRequest.java
index a67fb24..f26f100 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/DefaultInvocationRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/DefaultInvocationRequest.java
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ public class DefaultInvocationRequest implements InvocationRequest {
 
     private boolean noTransferProgress;
 
+    private boolean ignoreTransitiveRepositories;
+
     private List<String> args = new ArrayList<>();
 
     /**
@@ -692,6 +694,17 @@ public InvocationRequest setNoTransferProgress(boolean noTransferProgress) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isIgnoreTransitiveRepositories() {
+        return ignoreTransitiveRepositories;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public InvocationRequest setIgnoreTransitiveRepositories(boolean ignoreTransitiveRepositories) {
+        this.ignoreTransitiveRepositories = ignoreTransitiveRepositories;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/InvocationRequest.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/InvocationRequest.java
index 8665570..0c41043 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/InvocationRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/InvocationRequest.java
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ public interface InvocationRequest {
      */
     boolean isBatchMode();
 
+    /**
+     * Indicates whether Maven should ignore transitive repositories. By default, transitive repositories are not
+     * ignored.
+     *
+     * @return <code>true</code> if transitive repositories should be ignored, <code>false</code> otherwise.
+     * @since 3.4.0
+     */
+    boolean isIgnoreTransitiveRepositories();
+
     /**
      * Gets the network mode of the Maven invocation. By default, Maven is executed in online mode.
      *
@@ -791,6 +800,15 @@ enum CheckSumPolicy {
      */
     InvocationRequest setNoTransferProgress(boolean noTransferProgress);
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the ignore transitive repositories mode. Equivalent of {@code -itr} or {@code --ignore-transitive-repositories}
+     *
+     * @param ignoreTransitiveRepositories <code>true</code> if transitive repositories should be ignored, <code>false</code> otherwise.
+     * @return This invocation request.
+     * @since 3.4.0
+     */
+    InvocationRequest setIgnoreTransitiveRepositories(boolean ignoreTransitiveRepositories);
+
     /**
      * Get the current set builder strategy id equivalent of {@code --builder id}. <b>Note. This is available since
      * Maven 3.2.1</b>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/MavenCommandLineBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/MavenCommandLineBuilder.java
index b0e5fc8..c9043e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/MavenCommandLineBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/MavenCommandLineBuilder.java
@@ -453,6 +453,10 @@ else if (request.isShowErrors()) {
         if (request.isNoTransferProgress()) {
             cli.createArg().setValue("-ntp");
         }
+
+        if (request.isIgnoreTransitiveRepositories()) {
+            cli.createArg().setValue("-itr");
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/MavenCommandLineBuilderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/MavenCommandLineBuilderTest.java
index bbd2ce6..87a28f7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/MavenCommandLineBuilderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/shared/invoker/MavenCommandLineBuilderTest.java
@@ -492,6 +492,12 @@ void testShouldSetNoTransferProgressFlagFromRequest() {
         assertArgumentsPresent(cli, Collections.singleton("-ntp"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testShouldSetIgnoreTransitiveRepositoriesFromRequest() {
+        mclb.setFlags(newRequest().setIgnoreTransitiveRepositories(true), cli);
+        assertArgumentsPresent(cli, Collections.singleton("-itr"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testShouldSpecifyFileOptionUsingNonStandardPomFileLocation() throws Exception {
         File projectDir = Files.createDirectories(