diff --git a/plugin/src/leiningen/figwheel.clj b/plugin/src/leiningen/figwheel.clj
index 5014d1cd..ff9114a6 100644
--- a/plugin/src/leiningen/figwheel.clj
+++ b/plugin/src/leiningen/figwheel.clj
@@ -291,11 +291,13 @@
   "Get source paths for all of the lein projects in the checkouts directory."
   [project]
   (let [checkout-project-maps (lproject/read-checkouts project)
-        checkout-sources (for [co-project checkout-project-maps
-                               source-path (:source-paths co-project)]
-                           ;; Make the checkout source path pretty, e.g. checkouts/utils-lib/src
-                           (str (.relativize (.toPath (io/file (:root project))) ;; Note, root of the parent project, not the checkout project
-                                             (.toPath (io/file source-path)))))]
+        parent-project-root-path (.toPath (io/file (:root project)))
+        checkout-sources      (for [co-project  checkout-project-maps
+                                    source-path-str (:source-paths co-project)
+                                    :let [source-path (.toPath (io/file source-path-str))]]
+                                ;; Make the checkout source path pretty, e.g. ../utils-lib/src
+                                ;; NOTE: this follows the symlink at checkouts/utils-lib
+                                (str (.relativize parent-project-root-path source-path)))]
     (distinct checkout-sources)))
 
 (defn map-vals
@@ -439,8 +441,9 @@
 
 (defn build-once [project build-ids]
   (when-not (report-if-bad-build-ids project build-ids)
-    (let [checkout-sources (checkout-source-paths project)
-          project (add-source-paths project checkout-sources)]
+    (let [project (if (:add-checkout-source-paths (figwheel-options project))
+                    (add-source-paths project (checkout-source-paths project))
+                    project)]
       (run-build-once
         project
         (fuzzy-config-from-project project)
@@ -450,8 +453,9 @@
 
 (defn figwheel-main [project build-ids]
   (when-not (report-if-bad-build-ids project build-ids)
-    (let [checkout-sources (checkout-source-paths project)
-          project          (add-source-paths project checkout-sources)]
+    (let [project (if (:add-checkout-source-paths (figwheel-options project))
+                    (add-source-paths project (checkout-source-paths project))
+                    project)]
       (run-figwheel
         project
         (-> project fuzzy-config-from-project)
diff --git a/plugin/test/leiningen/figwheel_test.clj b/plugin/test/leiningen/figwheel_test.clj
index 7e7bb439..6d30f1b7 100644
--- a/plugin/test/leiningen/figwheel_test.clj
+++ b/plugin/test/leiningen/figwheel_test.clj
@@ -184,12 +184,12 @@
                                    {:id             "prod"
                                     :source-paths   ["src/cljs" "src/cljc" "prod"]
                                     :resource-paths ["resources"]}]}}
-             ["checkouts/util-lib/src"])
+             ["../util-lib/src"])
            {:cljsbuild {:builds [{:id             "dev"
-                                  :source-paths   ["src/cljs" "src/cljc" "dev" "checkouts/util-lib/src"]
+                                  :source-paths   ["src/cljs" "src/cljc" "dev" "../util-lib/src"]
                                   :resource-paths ["resources"]}
                                  {:id             "prod"
-                                  :source-paths   ["src/cljs" "src/cljc" "prod" "checkouts/util-lib/src"]
+                                  :source-paths   ["src/cljs" "src/cljc" "prod" "../util-lib/src"]
                                   :resource-paths ["resources"]}]}}))))
 
 (deftest checkout-source-paths-test
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
                                                              :output-to     "resources/public/js/example.js"
                                                              :output-dir    "resources/public/js/out"
                                                              :optimizations :none}}}}})
-             ["checkouts/utils-lib/src"])))
+             ["../utils-lib/src"])))
     (testing "test project with no checkouts"
       (is (= (f/checkout-source-paths
                {:root         (str cwd "/test-resources/test-project-with-no-checkouts")