diff --git a/trains_agent/backend_api/config/default/agent.conf b/trains_agent/backend_api/config/default/agent.conf
index 74b56cf..5319234 100644
--- a/trains_agent/backend_api/config/default/agent.conf
+++ b/trains_agent/backend_api/config/default/agent.conf
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
         # additional conda channels to use when installing with conda package manager
         conda_channels: ["defaults", "conda-forge", "pytorch", ]
 
+        # If set to true, Task's "installed packages" are ignored,
+        # and the repository's "requirements.txt" is used instead
+        # force_repo_requirements_txt: false
+
         # set the priority packages to be installed before the rest of the required packages
         # priority_packages: ["cython", "numpy", "setuptools", ]
 
diff --git a/trains_agent/commands/worker.py b/trains_agent/commands/worker.py
index e189ac8..4dcfaed 100644
--- a/trains_agent/commands/worker.py
+++ b/trains_agent/commands/worker.py
@@ -1210,10 +1210,15 @@ class Worker(ServiceCommandSection):
 
         execution = self.get_execution_info(current_task)
 
-        try:
-            requirements = current_task.script.requirements
-        except AttributeError:
+        if self._session.config.get("agent.package_manager.force_repo_requirements_txt", False):
             requirements = None
+            print("[package_manager.force_repo_requirements_txt=true] "
+                  "Skipping requirements, using repository \"requirements.txt\" ")
+        else:
+            try:
+                requirements = current_task.script.requirements
+            except AttributeError:
+                requirements = None
 
         if not python_version:
             try:
@@ -1430,10 +1435,15 @@ class Worker(ServiceCommandSection):
 
         execution = self.get_execution_info(current_task)
 
-        try:
-            requirements = current_task.script.requirements
-        except AttributeError:
+        if self._session.config.get("agent.package_manager.force_repo_requirements_txt", False):
             requirements = None
+            print("[package_manager.force_repo_requirements_txt=true] "
+                  "Skipping requirements, using repository \"requirements.txt\" ")
+        else:
+            try:
+                requirements = current_task.script.requirements
+            except AttributeError:
+                requirements = None
 
         try:
             python_ver = current_task.script.binary