diff --git a/interpreter/cli/cli.py b/interpreter/cli/cli.py
index 4391994ec6..5bd0071787 100644
--- a/interpreter/cli/cli.py
+++ b/interpreter/cli/cli.py
@@ -72,7 +72,13 @@
         "nickname": "ak",
         "help_text": "optionally set the API key for your llm calls (this will override environment variables)",
         "type": str
-    }
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "guarddog",
+        "nickname": "guarddog",
+        "help_text": "scan PyPI and npm packages for malicious code with guarddog",
+        "type": bool,
+    },
 ]
 
 def cli(interpreter):
diff --git a/interpreter/core/core.py b/interpreter/core/core.py
index d74332ff1d..dfadeb51cd 100644
--- a/interpreter/core/core.py
+++ b/interpreter/core/core.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.auto_run = False
         self.debug_mode = False
         self.max_output = 2000
+        self.guarddog = False
 
         # Conversation history
         self.conversation_history = True
diff --git a/interpreter/core/respond.py b/interpreter/core/respond.py
index 3d247e17d1..8cfe0048d8 100644
--- a/interpreter/core/respond.py
+++ b/interpreter/core/respond.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from ..utils.truncate_output import truncate_output
 import traceback
 import litellm
+import platform
 
 def respond(interpreter):
     """
@@ -19,6 +20,28 @@ def respond(interpreter):
 
         system_message = interpreter.system_message
         
+        # Add isntructions for LLM to run guarddog to system message if it's enabled
+        if interpreter.guarddog:
+            guarddog_message = "\n\nBEFORE INSTALLING ANY PACKAGES WITH pip OR npm YOU MUST SCAN THEM WITH `guarddog` FIRST. Run `guarddog pypi scan $package` for each pip package. Run `guarddog npm scan $package` for each npm package. Display the scan results to the user and ask if they still want to install the package before proceeding with installation. `guarddog` only accepts one package name at a time so you will need to run it once for every dependency if you are installing multiple packages. If guarddog isn't available, ask the user if you can install it."
+
+            # guarddog currently requires installation via Docker on Windows
+            # https://github.com/datadog/guarddog#installation
+            if platform.system() == "Windows":
+                guarddog_message += """\n\nThe user will need Docker to run guarddog. Once Docker is running, you can install guarddog by executing the following code.
+
+                ```shell
+                docker pull ghcr.io/datadog/guarddog
+                docker run --rm ghcr.io/datadog/guarddog
+                ```
+                """
+            else:
+                guarddog_message += "\n\nYou can install `guarddog` via `pip` without needing to run `guarddog` against it first, but scan every package other than guarddog."
+
+            system_message += guarddog_message
+
+            if interpreter.debug_mode:
+                print("guarddog enabled")
+
         # Open Procedures is an open-source database of tiny, up-to-date coding tutorials.
         # We can query it semantically and append relevant tutorials/procedures to our system message
         if not interpreter.local: