diff --git a/packages/core/config/config.interface.ts b/packages/core/config/config.interface.ts
index 81810dcf3..6cf425b79 100644
--- a/packages/core/config/config.interface.ts
+++ b/packages/core/config/config.interface.ts
@@ -142,4 +142,9 @@ export interface NativeScriptConfig {
 	 * Default: css-tree
 	 */
 	cssParser?: 'rework' | 'nativescript' | 'css-tree';
+
+	/**
+	 * Optionally specify a list of npm package names for which you would like the NativeScript CLI to ignore when attaching native dependencies to the build
+	 */
+	ignoredNativeDependencies?: string[];
 }