diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-expected-output-no-lock-file.yml b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-expected-output-no-lock-file.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0b5f7aa72718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-expected-output-no-lock-file.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+---
+project:
+  id: "Bazel::plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/MODULE.bazel:"
+  definition_file_path: "<REPLACE_DEFINITION_FILE_PATH>"
+  declared_licenses: []
+  declared_licenses_processed: {}
+  vcs:
+    type: "Git"
+    url: "<REPLACE_URL_PROCESSED>"
+    revision: "<REPLACE_REVISION>"
+    path: "<REPLACE_PATH>"
+  vcs_processed:
+    type: "Git"
+    url: "<REPLACE_URL_PROCESSED>"
+    revision: "<REPLACE_REVISION>"
+    path: "<REPLACE_PATH>"
+  homepage_url: ""
+  scopes:
+  - name: "dev"
+    dependencies: []
+  - name: "main"
+    dependencies:
+    - id: "Bazel::glog:0.5.0"
+      linkage: "STATIC"
+      dependencies:
+      - id: "Bazel::gflags:2.2.2"
+        linkage: "STATIC"
+packages:
+- id: "Bazel::gflags:2.2.2"
+  purl: "pkg:generic/gflags@2.2.2"
+  declared_licenses: []
+  declared_licenses_processed: {}
+  description: ""
+  homepage_url: "https://gflags.github.io/gflags/"
+  binary_artifact:
+    url: ""
+    hash:
+      value: ""
+      algorithm: ""
+  source_artifact:
+    url: "https://github.com/gflags/gflags/archive/refs/tags/v2.2.2.tar.gz"
+    hash:
+      value: "34af2f15cf7367513b352bdcd2493ab14ce43692d2dcd9dfc499492966c64dcf"
+      algorithm: "SHA-256"
+  vcs:
+    type: "Git"
+    url: "https://github.com/gflags/gflags"
+    revision: ""
+    path: ""
+  vcs_processed:
+    type: "Git"
+    url: "https://github.com/gflags/gflags.git"
+    revision: ""
+    path: ""
+- id: "Bazel::glog:0.5.0"
+  purl: "pkg:generic/glog@0.5.0"
+  declared_licenses: []
+  declared_licenses_processed: {}
+  description: ""
+  homepage_url: "https://github.com/google/glog"
+  binary_artifact:
+    url: ""
+    hash:
+      value: ""
+      algorithm: ""
+  source_artifact:
+    url: "https://github.com/google/glog/archive/refs/tags/v0.5.0.tar.gz"
+    hash:
+      value: "eede71f28371bf39aa69b45de23b329d37214016e2055269b3b5e7cfd40b59f5"
+      algorithm: "SHA-256"
+  vcs:
+    type: "Git"
+    url: "https://github.com/google/glog"
+    revision: ""
+    path: ""
+  vcs_processed:
+    type: "Git"
+    url: "https://github.com/google/glog.git"
+    revision: ""
+    path: ""
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/.bazelrc b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/.bazelrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7d3a276c78b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/.bazelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+common --lockfile_mode=off
+
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/.bazelversion b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/.bazelversion
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9fe9ff9d996b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/.bazelversion
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7.0.1
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/MODULE.bazel b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/MODULE.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f8970e2bc510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/MODULE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bazel_dep(name = "glog", version = "0.5.0", repo_name = "com_github_google_glog")
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/lib/BUILD b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/lib/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5790445652ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/lib/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+cc_library(
+    name = "cookie-jar",
+    srcs = ["cookie-jar.cc"],
+    hdrs = ["cookie-jar.h"],
+    visibility = ["//main:__pkg__", "//test:__pkg__"],
+)
+
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/lib/cookie-jar.cc b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/lib/cookie-jar.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..119b4473f8de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/lib/cookie-jar.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include "lib/cookie-jar.h"
+
+int grab_cookies() {
+    return 42;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/lib/cookie-jar.h b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/lib/cookie-jar.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e1c18fb7d7ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/lib/cookie-jar.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef LIB_COOKIE_JAR_H_
+#define LIB_COOKIE_JAR_H_
+
+int grab_cookies();
+
+#endif
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/main/BUILD b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/main/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6d051d9aad4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/main/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+cc_binary(
+    name = "main",
+    srcs = [
+        "main.cc",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//lib:cookie-jar",
+        "@com_github_google_glog//:glog",
+    ],
+)
+
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/main/main.cc b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/main/main.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ce356335facc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/main/main.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#include "lib/cookie-jar.h"
+#include <glog/logging.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+    google::InitGoogleLogging(argv[0]);
+
+    int num_cookies = grab_cookies();
+    LOG(INFO) << "Found " << num_cookies << " cookies";
+}
+
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/kotlin/BazelFunTest.kt b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/kotlin/BazelFunTest.kt
index 6fe618574b78..de393839fa0f 100644
--- a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/kotlin/BazelFunTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/kotlin/BazelFunTest.kt
@@ -93,4 +93,15 @@ class BazelFunTest : StringSpec({
 
         result.toYaml() should matchExpectedResult(expectedResultFile, definitionFile)
     }
+
+    "Dependencies are detected correctly even if no lock file is present and its generation is disabled" {
+        val definitionFile = getAssetFile("projects/synthetic/bazel-no-lock-file/MODULE.bazel")
+        val expectedResultFile = getAssetFile(
+            "projects/synthetic/bazel-expected-output-no-lock-file.yml"
+        )
+
+        val result = create("Bazel").resolveSingleProject(definitionFile)
+
+        result.toYaml() should matchExpectedResult(expectedResultFile, definitionFile)
+    }
 })