diff --git a/internal/server/options.go b/internal/server/options.go
index 9fc51e1429..391c499d4d 100644
--- a/internal/server/options.go
+++ b/internal/server/options.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type options struct {
 	withOperationalState                   string
 	withActiveWorkers                      bool
 	withFeature                            version.Feature
+	withDirectlyConnected                  bool
 }
 
 func getDefaultOptions() options {
@@ -230,3 +231,10 @@ func WithFeature(feature version.Feature) Option {
 		o.withFeature = feature
 	}
 }
+
+// WithDirectlyConnected provides an option to limit graph search to only directly connected workers
+func WithDirectlyConnected(conn bool) Option {
+	return func(o *options) {
+		o.withDirectlyConnected = conn
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/server/options_test.go b/internal/server/options_test.go
index 6b9ffec030..d816e5758a 100644
--- a/internal/server/options_test.go
+++ b/internal/server/options_test.go
@@ -217,4 +217,12 @@ func Test_GetOpts(t *testing.T) {
 		testOpts.withNewIdFunc = nil
 		assert.Equal(t, opts, testOpts)
 	})
+	t.Run("WithDirectlyConnected", func(t *testing.T) {
+		opts := GetOpts(WithDirectlyConnected(true))
+		testOpts := getDefaultOptions()
+		testOpts.withDirectlyConnected = true
+		opts.withNewIdFunc = nil
+		testOpts.withNewIdFunc = nil
+		assert.Equal(t, opts, testOpts)
+	})
 }