diff --git a/news/6156.feature.rst b/news/6156.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..525c98d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/6156.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+The ``pipenv requirements`` subcommand now supports the ``--from-pipfile`` flag. When this flag is used, the requirements file will only include the packages explicitly listed in the Pipfile, excluding any sub-packages.
diff --git a/pipenv/cli/command.py b/pipenv/cli/command.py
index a755346d5..a867aee02 100644
--- a/pipenv/cli/command.py
+++ b/pipenv/cli/command.py
@@ -744,9 +744,21 @@ def verify(state):
     default="",
     help="Only add requirement of the specified categories.",
 )
+@option(
+    "--from-pipfile",
+    is_flag=True,
+    default=False,
+    help="Only include dependencies from Pipfile.",
+)
 @pass_state
 def requirements(
-    state, dev=False, dev_only=False, hash=False, exclude_markers=False, categories=""
+    state,
+    dev=False,
+    dev_only=False,
+    hash=False,
+    exclude_markers=False,
+    categories="",
+    from_pipfile=False,
 ):
     from pipenv.routines.requirements import generate_requirements
 
@@ -757,6 +769,7 @@ def requirements(
         include_hashes=hash,
         include_markers=not exclude_markers,
         categories=categories,
+        from_pipfile=from_pipfile,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/pipenv/routines/requirements.py b/pipenv/routines/requirements.py
index 32c5d6705..e25c8d0ad 100644
--- a/pipenv/routines/requirements.py
+++ b/pipenv/routines/requirements.py
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ def generate_requirements(
     include_hashes=False,
     include_markers=True,
     categories="",
+    from_pipfile=False,
 ):
     lockfile = project.load_lockfile(expand_env_vars=False)
+    pipfile_root_package_names = project.pipfile_package_names["combined"]
 
     for i, package_index in enumerate(lockfile["_meta"]["sources"]):
         prefix = "-i" if i == 0 else "--extra-index-url"
@@ -26,12 +28,31 @@ def generate_requirements(
     if categories_list:
         for category in categories_list:
             category = get_lockfile_section_using_pipfile_category(category.strip())
-            deps.update(lockfile.get(category, {}))
+            category_deps = lockfile.get(category, {})
+            if from_pipfile:
+                category_deps = {
+                    k: v
+                    for k, v in category_deps.items()
+                    if k in pipfile_root_package_names
+                }
+            deps.update(category_deps)
     else:
         if dev or dev_only:
-            deps.update(lockfile["develop"])
+            dev_deps = lockfile["develop"]
+            if from_pipfile:
+                dev_deps = {
+                    k: v for k, v in dev_deps.items() if k in pipfile_root_package_names
+                }
+            deps.update(dev_deps)
         if not dev_only:
-            deps.update(lockfile["default"])
+            default_deps = lockfile["default"]
+            if from_pipfile:
+                default_deps = {
+                    k: v
+                    for k, v in default_deps.items()
+                    if k in pipfile_root_package_names
+                }
+            deps.update(default_deps)
 
     pip_installable_lines = requirements_from_lockfile(
         deps, include_hashes=include_hashes, include_markers=include_markers
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_requirements.py b/tests/integration/test_requirements.py
index ed0cdc5f2..4a64a0bbb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_requirements.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_requirements.py
@@ -115,6 +115,54 @@ def test_requirements_generates_requirements_from_lockfile_from_categories(pipen
         assert f'{doc_packages[0]}=={doc_packages[1]}' in d.stdout
 
 
+@pytest.mark.requirements
+def test_requirements_generates_requirements_with_from_pipfile(pipenv_instance_pypi):
+    with pipenv_instance_pypi() as p:
+        packages = ('requests', '2.31.0')
+        sub_packages = ('urllib3', '2.2.1')  # subpackages not explicitly written in Pipfile.
+        dev_packages = ('flask', '0.12.2')
+
+        with open(p.pipfile_path, 'w') as f:
+            contents = f"""
+            [packages]
+            {packages[0]} = "=={packages[1]}"
+            [dev-packages]
+            {dev_packages[0]} = "=={dev_packages[1]}"
+            """.strip()
+            f.write(contents)
+        p.pipenv('lock')
+
+        c = p.pipenv('requirements --from-pipfile')
+        assert c.returncode == 0
+        assert f'{packages[0]}=={packages[1]}' in c.stdout
+        assert f'{sub_packages[0]}=={sub_packages[1]}' not in c.stdout
+        assert f'{dev_packages[0]}=={dev_packages[1]}' not in c.stdout
+
+        d = p.pipenv('requirements --dev --from-pipfile')
+        assert d.returncode == 0
+        assert f'{packages[0]}=={packages[1]}' in d.stdout
+        assert f'{sub_packages[0]}=={sub_packages[1]}' not in d.stdout
+        assert f'{dev_packages[0]}=={dev_packages[1]}' in d.stdout
+
+        e = p.pipenv('requirements --dev-only --from-pipfile')
+        assert e.returncode == 0
+        assert f'{packages[0]}=={packages[1]}' not in e.stdout
+        assert f'{sub_packages[0]}=={sub_packages[1]}' not in e.stdout
+        assert f'{dev_packages[0]}=={dev_packages[1]}' in e.stdout
+
+        f = p.pipenv('requirements --categories=dev-packages --from-pipfile')
+        assert f.returncode == 0
+        assert f'{packages[0]}=={packages[1]}' not in f.stdout
+        assert f'{sub_packages[0]}=={sub_packages[1]}' not in f.stdout
+        assert f'{dev_packages[0]}=={dev_packages[1]}' in f.stdout
+
+        g = p.pipenv('requirements --categories=packages,dev-packages --from-pipfile')
+        assert g.returncode == 0
+        assert f'{packages[0]}=={packages[1]}' in g.stdout
+        assert f'{sub_packages[0]}=={sub_packages[1]}' not in g.stdout
+        assert f'{dev_packages[0]}=={dev_packages[1]}' in g.stdout
+
+
 @pytest.mark.requirements
 def test_requirements_with_git_requirements(pipenv_instance_pypi):
     req_hash = '3264a0046e1aa3c0a813335286ebdbc651f58b13'