diff --git a/internal/constants/constants.go b/internal/constants/constants.go
index 335c57082e..81118222fa 100644
--- a/internal/constants/constants.go
+++ b/internal/constants/constants.go
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ const DisableUpdates = "ACTIVESTATE_CLI_DISABLE_UPDATES"
 // UpdateBranchEnvVarName is the env var that is used to override which branch to pull the update from
 const UpdateBranchEnvVarName = "ACTIVESTATE_CLI_UPDATE_BRANCH"
 
+// InstallBuildDependencies is the env var that is used to override whether to install build dependencies
+const InstallBuildDependencies = "ACTIVESTATE_CLI_INSTALL_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES"
+
 // InternalConfigFileNameLegacy is effectively the same as InternalConfigName, but includes our preferred extension
 const InternalConfigFileNameLegacy = "config.yaml"
 
diff --git a/pkg/platform/runtime/setup/setup.go b/pkg/platform/runtime/setup/setup.go
index fdbe529733..0d20f4f561 100644
--- a/pkg/platform/runtime/setup/setup.go
+++ b/pkg/platform/runtime/setup/setup.go
@@ -385,11 +385,6 @@ func (s *Setup) fetchAndInstallArtifactsFromBuildPlan(installFunc artifactInstal
 	var runtimeAndBuildtimeArtifacts artifact.Map
 	var runtimeArtifacts artifact.Map // Artifacts required for the runtime to function
 
-	runtimeArtifacts, err = buildplan.NewMapFromBuildPlan(buildResult.Build)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, errs.Wrap(err, "Failed to create artifact map from build plan")
-	}
-
 	// If the build is not ready, we need to get the runtime and buildtime closure
 	if !buildResult.BuildReady {
 		runtimeAndBuildtimeArtifacts, err = buildplan.NewBuildtimeMap(buildResult.Build)
@@ -398,6 +393,23 @@ func (s *Setup) fetchAndInstallArtifactsFromBuildPlan(installFunc artifactInstal
 		}
 	}
 
+	// If we are installing build dependencies, then buildtime dependencies are also runtime dependencies
+	if strings.EqualFold(os.Getenv(constants.InstallBuildDependencies), "true") {
+		logging.Debug("Installing build dependencies")
+		if runtimeAndBuildtimeArtifacts == nil {
+			runtimeAndBuildtimeArtifacts, err = buildplan.NewBuildtimeMap(buildResult.Build)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, errs.Wrap(err, "Failed to create artifact map from build plan")
+			}
+		}
+		runtimeArtifacts = runtimeAndBuildtimeArtifacts
+	} else {
+		runtimeArtifacts, err = buildplan.NewMapFromBuildPlan(buildResult.Build)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, errs.Wrap(err, "Failed to create artifact map from build plan")
+		}
+	}
+
 	var setup Setuper
 	if !buildResult.BuildReady {
 		setup, err = s.selectSetupImplementation(buildResult.BuildEngine, runtimeAndBuildtimeArtifacts)
diff --git a/test/integration/checkout_int_test.go b/test/integration/checkout_int_test.go
index 9c35f2b52f..9f4fd36246 100644
--- a/test/integration/checkout_int_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/checkout_int_test.go
@@ -244,6 +244,26 @@ func (suite *CheckoutIntegrationTestSuite) TestCheckoutCaseInsensitive() {
 	suite.Assert().NotContains(string(bytes), "ACTIVESTATE-CLI/SMALL-PYTHON", "kept incorrect namespace case")
 }
 
+func (suite *CheckoutIntegrationTestSuite) TestCheckoutBuildtimeClosure() {
+	suite.OnlyRunForTags(tagsuite.Checkout)
+
+	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
+		suite.T().Skip("Skipping buildtime closure test on non-linux platform")
+	}
+
+	ts := e2e.New(suite.T(), false)
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	cp := ts.SpawnWithOpts(
+		e2e.OptArgs("checkout", "ActiveState-CLI/small-python"),
+		e2e.OptAppendEnv(constants.InstallBuildDependencies+"=true"),
+		e2e.OptAppendEnv(constants.DisableRuntime+"=false"),
+	)
+	// Expect the number of build deps to be 27 which is more than the number of runtime deps.
+	cp.Expect("libxcrypt")
+	cp.ExpectExitCode(0)
+}
+
 func TestCheckoutIntegrationTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
 	suite.Run(t, new(CheckoutIntegrationTestSuite))
 }