diff --git a/lib/services/project-changes-service.ts b/lib/services/project-changes-service.ts
index ff5c93bff1..1f6c54fbd0 100644
--- a/lib/services/project-changes-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/project-changes-service.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export class ProjectChangesService implements IProjectChangesService {
 			const platformResourcesDir = path.join(projectData.appResourcesDirectoryPath, platformData.normalizedPlatformName);
 			this._changesInfo.appResourcesChanged = this.containsNewerFiles(platformResourcesDir, null, projectData);
 			/*done because currently all node_modules are traversed, a possible improvement could be traversing only the production dependencies*/
-			this._changesInfo.nativeChanged = this.containsNewerFiles(
+			this._changesInfo.nativeChanged = projectChangesOptions.skipModulesNativeCheck ? false : this.containsNewerFiles(
 				path.join(projectData.projectDir, NODE_MODULES_FOLDER_NAME),
 				path.join(projectData.projectDir, NODE_MODULES_FOLDER_NAME, "tns-ios-inspector"),
 				projectData,