diff --git a/apiserver/apimodels/projects.py b/apiserver/apimodels/projects.py
index a9c9e56..3f2e8eb 100644
--- a/apiserver/apimodels/projects.py
+++ b/apiserver/apimodels/projects.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class ProjectHyperparamValuesRequest(MultiProjectRequest):
 
 class ProjectsGetRequest(models.Base):
     include_stats = fields.BoolField(default=False)
+    stats_with_children = fields.BoolField(default=True)
     stats_for_state = ActualEnumField(EntityVisibility, default=EntityVisibility.active)
     non_public = fields.BoolField(default=False)
     active_users = fields.ListField(str)
diff --git a/apiserver/bll/project/project_bll.py b/apiserver/bll/project/project_bll.py
index 4afb55d..fc6d634 100644
--- a/apiserver/bll/project/project_bll.py
+++ b/apiserver/bll/project/project_bll.py
@@ -456,11 +456,16 @@ class ProjectBLL:
         company: str,
         project_ids: Sequence[str],
         specific_state: Optional[EntityVisibility] = None,
+        include_children: bool = True,
     ) -> Tuple[Dict[str, dict], Dict[str, dict]]:
         if not project_ids:
             return {}, {}
 
-        child_projects = _get_sub_projects(project_ids, _only=("id", "name"))
+        child_projects = (
+            _get_sub_projects(project_ids, _only=("id", "name"))
+            if include_children
+            else {}
+        )
         project_ids_with_children = set(project_ids) | {
             c.id for c in itertools.chain.from_iterable(child_projects.values())
         }
diff --git a/apiserver/schema/services/projects.conf b/apiserver/schema/services/projects.conf
index b8f4806..4552b6d 100644
--- a/apiserver/schema/services/projects.conf
+++ b/apiserver/schema/services/projects.conf
@@ -539,6 +539,13 @@ get_all_ex {
             description: "Scroll ID that can be used with the next calls to get_all to retrieve more data"
         }
     }
+    "999.0": ${get_all_ex."2.15"} {
+        response.properties.stats_with_children {
+            description: "If include_stats flag is set then this flag contols whether the child projects tasks are taken into statistics or not"
+            type: boolean
+            default: true
+        }
+    }
 }
 update {
     "2.1" {
diff --git a/apiserver/services/projects.py b/apiserver/services/projects.py
index 62bb5ee..105bc2e 100644
--- a/apiserver/services/projects.py
+++ b/apiserver/services/projects.py
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ def get_all_ex(call: APICall, company_id: str, request: ProjectsGetRequest):
             company=company_id,
             project_ids=list(project_ids),
             specific_state=request.stats_for_state,
+            include_children=request.stats_with_children,
         )
 
         for project in projects: