diff --git a/PWGLF/TableProducer/cascadebuilder.cxx b/PWGLF/TableProducer/cascadebuilder.cxx
index 90665d35df7..a626ad520a8 100644
--- a/PWGLF/TableProducer/cascadebuilder.cxx
+++ b/PWGLF/TableProducer/cascadebuilder.cxx
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ struct cascadeBuilder {
   Configurable<int> rejDiffCollTracks{"rejDiffCollTracks", 0, "rejDiffCollTracks"};
   Configurable<bool> d_doTrackQA{"d_doTrackQA", false, "do track QA"};
   Configurable<bool> d_doStraTrackQA{"d_doStraTrackQA", false, "do strangeness tracking QA"};
+  Configurable<bool> d_GenerateOnlyTrackedCascades{"d_GenerateOnlyTrackedCascades", false, "Skip cascades that aren't tracked"};
 
   // CCDB options
   Configurable<std::string> ccdburl{"ccdb-url", "http://alice-ccdb.cern.ch", "url of the ccdb repository"};
@@ -766,6 +767,15 @@ struct cascadeBuilder {
     statisticsRegistry.eventCounter++;
 
     for (auto& cascade : cascades) {
+      // check if cascade is tracked - sliceBy is our friend!
+      const uint64_t cascIdx = cascade.globalIndex();
+      auto trackedCascadesSliced = trackedCascades.sliceBy(perCascade, cascIdx);
+
+      // if only tracked cascades are desired, skip this candidate before doing anything (speed)
+      if (trackedCascadesSliced.size() == 0 && d_GenerateOnlyTrackedCascades) {
+        continue; // wasn't tracked
+      }
+
       bool validCascadeCandidate = buildCascadeCandidate<TTrackTo>(cascade);
       if (!validCascadeCandidate)
         continue; // doesn't pass cascade selections
@@ -815,6 +825,7 @@ struct cascadeBuilder {
       }
 
       float lPt = 0.0f;
+
       if (d_doStraTrackQA) {
         // Fill standard DCA histograms for all candidates (irrespectively of strangeness tracking)
         lPt = RecoDecay::sqrtSumOfSquares(cascadecandidate.v0mompos[0] + cascadecandidate.v0momneg[0] + cascadecandidate.bachP[0], cascadecandidate.v0mompos[1] + cascadecandidate.v0momneg[1] + cascadecandidate.bachP[1]);
@@ -828,9 +839,6 @@ struct cascadeBuilder {
           registry.fill(HIST("hDCACascadeToPVOmegaPlus"), lPt, cascadecandidate.cascDCAxy);
       }
 
-      // check if cascade is tracked - sliceBy is our friend!
-      const uint64_t cascIdx = cascade.globalIndex();
-      auto trackedCascadesSliced = trackedCascades.sliceBy(perCascade, cascIdx);
       if (trackedCascadesSliced.size() > 0) {
         auto trackedCascade = trackedCascadesSliced.begin(); // first and only element