diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/RecursiveFilesystemTraversalFunction.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/RecursiveFilesystemTraversalFunction.java
index 180df4aa08f2d4..ad69283bb6e1d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/RecursiveFilesystemTraversalFunction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/RecursiveFilesystemTraversalFunction.java
@@ -381,21 +381,27 @@ private static FileInfo lookUpFileInfo(
       if (env.valuesMissing()) {
         return null;
       }
-      return toFileInfo(fileValue, env, traversal.root().asPath(), syscallCache);
+      return toFileInfo(fileValue, env, traversal.root().asPath(), traversal, syscallCache);
     }
   }
 
   @Nullable
   private static FileInfo toFileInfo(
-      FileValue fileValue, Environment env, Path path, SyscallCache syscallCache)
+      FileValue fileValue,
+      Environment env,
+      Path path,
+      TraversalRequest traversal,
+      SyscallCache syscallCache)
       throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     if (fileValue.unboundedAncestorSymlinkExpansionChain() != null) {
-      SkyKey uniquenessKey =
-          FileSymlinkInfiniteExpansionUniquenessFunction.key(
-              fileValue.unboundedAncestorSymlinkExpansionChain());
-      env.getValue(uniquenessKey);
-      if (env.valuesMissing()) {
-        return null;
+      if (traversal.reportInfiniteSymlinkExpansionErrors()) {
+        SkyKey uniquenessKey =
+            FileSymlinkInfiniteExpansionUniquenessFunction.key(
+                fileValue.unboundedAncestorSymlinkExpansionChain());
+        env.getValue(uniquenessKey);
+        if (env.valuesMissing()) {
+          return null;
+        }
       }
 
       throw new FileSymlinkInfiniteExpansionException(
@@ -717,7 +723,8 @@ private ImmutableList<RecursiveFilesystemTraversalValue> traverseSourceChildren(
       if (key instanceof FileValue.Key) {
         FileValue.Key fileKey = (FileValue.Key) key;
         FileInfo fileInfo =
-            toFileInfo((FileValue) value, env, fileKey.argument().asPath(), syscallCache);
+            toFileInfo(
+                (FileValue) value, env, fileKey.argument().asPath(), traversal, syscallCache);
         if (fileInfo != null) {
           childValues.add(resultForFileRoot(fileKey.argument(), fileInfo));
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/TraversalRequest.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/TraversalRequest.java
index 2073b72e7f00ce..78a6880c965dbe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/TraversalRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skyframe/TraversalRequest.java
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ public abstract class TraversalRequest implements SkyKey {
    */
   protected abstract String errorInfo();
 
+  /**
+   * Determines whether events for {@linkplain
+   * com.google.devtools.build.lib.io.FileSymlinkInfiniteExpansionException infinite symlink
+   * expansion errors} encountered during the traversal should be emitted.
+   */
+  protected boolean reportInfiniteSymlinkExpansionErrors() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Creates a new traversal request identical to this one except with the given new values for
    * {@link #root} and {@link #skipTestingForSubpackage}.
@@ -109,6 +118,7 @@ public final String toString() {
         .add("strictOutputFiles", strictOutputFiles())
         .add("skipTestingForSubpackage", skipTestingForSubpackage())
         .add("errorInfo", errorInfo())
+        .add("reportInfiniteSymlinkExpansionErrors", reportInfiniteSymlinkExpansionErrors())
         .toString();
   }
 }