diff --git a/src/libexpr/include/nix/expr/eval-settings.hh b/src/libexpr/include/nix/expr/eval-settings.hh
index 782f5f9e1..cb4726837 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/include/nix/expr/eval-settings.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/include/nix/expr/eval-settings.hh
@@ -262,6 +262,19 @@ struct EvalSettings : Config
         R"(
           If set to true, flakes and trees fetched by [`builtins.fetchTree`](@docroot@/language/builtins.md#builtins-fetchTree) are only copied to the Nix store when they're used as a dependency of a derivation. This avoids copying (potentially large) source trees unnecessarily.
         )"};
+
+    // FIXME: this setting should really be in libflake, but it's
+    // currently needed in mountInput().
+    Setting<bool> lazyLocks{
+        this,
+        false,
+        "lazy-locks",
+        R"(
+          If enabled, Nix will only include NAR hashes in lock file entries if they're necessary to lock the input (i.e. when there is no other attribute that allows the content to be verified, like a Git revision).
+          This is not backward compatible with older versions of Nix.
+          If disabled, lock file entries will always contain a NAR hash.
+        )"
+    };
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/libexpr/paths.cc b/src/libexpr/paths.cc
index 65b8212e1..7bac317d9 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/paths.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/paths.cc
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ StorePath EvalState::mountInput(
 
     storeFS->mount(CanonPath(store->printStorePath(storePath)), accessor);
 
-    if (requireLockable && (!settings.lazyTrees || !input.isLocked()) && !input.getNarHash())
+    if (requireLockable && (!settings.lazyTrees || !settings.lazyLocks || !input.isLocked()) && !input.getNarHash())
         input.attrs.insert_or_assign("narHash", getNarHash()->to_string(HashFormat::SRI, true));
 
     if (originalInput.getNarHash() && *getNarHash() != *originalInput.getNarHash())
diff --git a/tests/functional/flakes/flakes.sh b/tests/functional/flakes/flakes.sh
index e335fe6f3..261d65d69 100755
--- a/tests/functional/flakes/flakes.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/flakes/flakes.sh
@@ -163,10 +163,11 @@ expect 1 nix build -o "$TEST_ROOT/result" "$flake2Dir#bar" --no-update-lock-file
 nix build -o "$TEST_ROOT/result" "$flake2Dir#bar" --commit-lock-file
 [[ -e "$flake2Dir/flake.lock" ]]
 [[ -z $(git -C "$flake2Dir" diff main || echo failed) ]]
-if [[ $(nix config show lazy-trees) = false ]]; then
-    [[ $(jq --indent 0 . < "$flake2Dir/flake.lock") =~ ^'{"nodes":{"flake1":{"locked":{"lastModified":'.*',"narHash":"sha256-'.*'","ref":"refs/heads/master","rev":"'.*'","revCount":2,"type":"git","url":"file:///'.*'"},"original":{"id":"flake1","type":"indirect"}},"root":{"inputs":{"flake1":"flake1"}}},"root":"root","version":7}'$ ]]
-else
-    [[ $(jq --indent 0 . < "$flake2Dir/flake.lock") =~ ^'{"nodes":{"flake1":{"locked":{"lastModified":'.*',"ref":"refs/heads/master","rev":"'.*'","revCount":2,"type":"git","url":"file:///'.*'"},"original":{"id":"flake1","type":"indirect"}},"root":{"inputs":{"flake1":"flake1"}}},"root":"root","version":7}'$ ]]
+[[ $(jq --indent 0 . < "$flake2Dir/flake.lock") =~ ^'{"nodes":{"flake1":{"locked":{"lastModified":'[0-9]*',"narHash":"sha256-'.*'","ref":"refs/heads/master","rev":"'.*'","revCount":2,"type":"git","url":"file:///'.*'"},"original":{"id":"flake1","type":"indirect"}},"root":{"inputs":{"flake1":"flake1"}}},"root":"root","version":7}'$ ]]
+if [[ $(nix config show lazy-trees) = true ]]; then
+    # Test that `lazy-locks` causes NAR hashes to be omitted from the lock file.
+    nix flake update --flake "$flake2Dir" --commit-lock-file --lazy-locks
+    [[ $(jq --indent 0 . < "$flake2Dir/flake.lock") =~ ^'{"nodes":{"flake1":{"locked":{"lastModified":'[0-9]*',"ref":"refs/heads/master","rev":"'.*'","revCount":2,"type":"git","url":"file:///'.*'"},"original":{"id":"flake1","type":"indirect"}},"root":{"inputs":{"flake1":"flake1"}}},"root":"root","version":7}'$ ]]
 fi
 
 # Rerunning the build should not change the lockfile.