diff --git a/sonar-plugin/sonar-javascript-plugin/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/JavaScriptPlugin.java b/sonar-plugin/sonar-javascript-plugin/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/JavaScriptPlugin.java
index e798f3386c8..5c916f8d7b6 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin/sonar-javascript-plugin/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/JavaScriptPlugin.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin/sonar-javascript-plugin/src/main/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/JavaScriptPlugin.java
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ public class JavaScriptPlugin implements Plugin {
   private static final String FILE_SUFFIXES_DESCRIPTION = "List of suffixes for files to analyze.";
 
   public static final String PROPERTY_KEY_MAX_FILE_SIZE = "sonar.javascript.maxFileSize";
+  public static final String SKIP_NODE_PROVISIONING_PROPERTY = "sonar.scanner.skipNodeProvisioning";
 
   @Override
   public void define(Context context) {
@@ -251,6 +252,16 @@ public void define(Context context) {
         .subCategory(GENERAL)
         .multiValues(true)
         .category(JS_TS_CATEGORY)
+        .build(),
+      PropertyDefinition
+        .builder(SKIP_NODE_PROVISIONING_PROPERTY)
+        .defaultValue("false")
+        .name("Skip the deployment of the embedded Node.js runtime")
+        .description(JavaScriptPlugin.getHTMLMarkup("Controls whether the scanner should skip the deployment of the embedded Node.js runtime, and use the host-provided runtime instead.\n\nAnalysis will fail if a compatible version of Node.js is not provided via `sonar.nodejs.executable` or the `PATH`."))
+        .onQualifiers(Qualifiers.PROJECT)
+        .subCategory(GENERAL)
+        .category(JS_TS_CATEGORY)
+        .type(PropertyType.BOOLEAN)
         .build()
     );
 
@@ -330,6 +341,18 @@ public void define(Context context) {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * From a Markdown markup, returns the corresponding HTML markup.
+   *
+   * Note that this method should probably not be hosted here: either it should be part of a dedicated helper class, or it should be provided by a Markdown-to-HTML library. Since it is only used in this specific class, it is acceptable for now to have it hosted here.
+   */
+  private static String getHTMLMarkup(String markdownMarkup) {
+    return markdownMarkup
+      .replace("\n", "<br>")
+      .replaceAll("`(.*?)`", "<code>$1</code>")
+      ;
+  }
+
   static class SonarLintPluginAPIManager {
 
     public void addSonarLintExtensions(
diff --git a/sonar-plugin/sonar-javascript-plugin/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/JavaScriptPluginTest.java b/sonar-plugin/sonar-javascript-plugin/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/JavaScriptPluginTest.java
index 694373ece5a..55a5354148d 100644
--- a/sonar-plugin/sonar-javascript-plugin/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/JavaScriptPluginTest.java
+++ b/sonar-plugin/sonar-javascript-plugin/src/test/java/org/sonar/plugins/javascript/JavaScriptPluginTest.java
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 import org.slf4j.event.Level;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@
 
 class JavaScriptPluginTest {
 
-  private static final int BASE_EXTENSIONS = 36;
+  private static final int BASE_EXTENSIONS = 37;
   private static final int JS_ADDITIONAL_EXTENSIONS = 4;
   private static final int TS_ADDITIONAL_EXTENSIONS = 3;
   private static final int CSS_ADDITIONAL_EXTENSIONS = 3;
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ void count_extensions_lts() throws Exception {
 
   @Test
   void should_contain_right_properties_number() throws Exception {
-    assertThat(properties()).hasSize(12);
+    assertThat(properties()).hasSize(13);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -114,20 +115,28 @@ void globalsDefaultValue() {
       );
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void skipNodeProvisioningPropertyIsCorrectlyExposed() {
+    var propertyDefinition = properties().stream().filter((item) -> {
+      return Objects.equals(item.key(), "sonar.scanner.skipNodeProvisioning");
+    }).findFirst().get();
+
+    assertThat(propertyDefinition.name()).isEqualTo("Skip the deployment of the embedded Node.js runtime");
+    assertThat(propertyDefinition.description()).isEqualTo("Controls whether the scanner should skip the deployment of the embedded Node.js runtime, and use the host-provided runtime instead.<br><br>Analysis will fail if a compatible version of Node.js is not provided via <code>sonar.nodejs.executable</code> or the <code>PATH</code>.");
+    assertThat(propertyDefinition.type().toString()).isEqualTo("BOOLEAN");
+    assertThat(propertyDefinition.defaultValue()).isEqualTo("false");
+    assertThat(propertyDefinition.category()).isEqualTo("JavaScript / TypeScript");
+    assertThat(propertyDefinition.subCategory()).isEqualTo("General");
+  }
+
   private List<PropertyDefinition> properties() {
-    List<PropertyDefinition> propertiesList = new ArrayList<>();
-    List extensions = setupContext(
+    var extensions = setupContext(
       SonarRuntimeImpl.forSonarQube(LTS_VERSION, SonarQubeSide.SERVER, SonarEdition.COMMUNITY)
-    )
-      .getExtensions();
-
-    for (Object extension : extensions) {
-      if (extension instanceof PropertyDefinition) {
-        propertiesList.add((PropertyDefinition) extension);
-      }
-    }
+    ).getExtensions();
 
-    return propertiesList;
+    return extensions.stream().filter((extension) -> {
+      return extension instanceof PropertyDefinition;
+    }).toList();
   }
 
   private Plugin.Context setupContext(SonarRuntime runtime) {