diff --git a/pkg/app/app_lint_test.go b/pkg/app/app_lint_test.go
index e14bf2e6..bcab8164 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app_lint_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app_lint_test.go
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ releases:
 				skipNeeds: true,
 			},
 			selectors: []string{"app=test"},
+			linted:    []exectest.Release{{Name: "external-secrets", Flags: []string{"--namespace", "default"}}, {Name: "my-release", Flags: []string{"--namespace", "default"}}},
 		})
 	})
 
diff --git a/pkg/app/testdata/app_lint_test/skip-needs=true_on_selected_by_default b/pkg/app/testdata/app_lint_test/skip-needs=true_on_selected_by_default
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03246b43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/testdata/app_lint_test/skip-needs=true_on_selected_by_default
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+processing file "helmfile.yaml" in directory "."
+changing working directory to "/path/to"
+first-pass rendering starting for "helmfile.yaml.part.0": inherited=&{default  map[] map[]}, overrode=<nil>
+first-pass uses: &{default  map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering output of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: releases:
+ 2: - name: logging
+ 3:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 4:   namespace: kube-system
+ 5: 
+ 6: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 7:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 8:   namespace: kube-system
+ 9:   needs:
+10:   - kube-system/logging
+11: 
+12: - name: external-secrets
+13:   chart: incubator/raw
+14:   namespace: default
+15:   labels:
+16:     app: test
+17:   needs:
+18:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+19: 
+20: - name: my-release
+21:   chart: incubator/raw
+22:   namespace: default
+23:   labels:
+24:     app: test
+25:   needs:
+26:   - default/external-secrets
+27: 
+28: 
+29: # Disabled releases are treated as missing
+30: - name: disabled
+31:   chart: incubator/raw
+32:   namespace: kube-system
+33:   installed: false
+34: 
+35: - name: test2
+36:   chart: incubator/raw
+37:   needs:
+38:   - kube-system/disabled
+39: 
+40: - name: test3
+41:   chart: incubator/raw
+42:   needs:
+43:   - test2
+44: 
+
+first-pass produced: &{default  map[] map[]}
+first-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0": {default  map[] map[]}
+vals:
+map[]
+defaultVals:[]
+second-pass rendering result of "helmfile.yaml.part.0":
+ 0: 
+ 1: releases:
+ 2: - name: logging
+ 3:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 4:   namespace: kube-system
+ 5: 
+ 6: - name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+ 7:   chart: incubator/raw
+ 8:   namespace: kube-system
+ 9:   needs:
+10:   - kube-system/logging
+11: 
+12: - name: external-secrets
+13:   chart: incubator/raw
+14:   namespace: default
+15:   labels:
+16:     app: test
+17:   needs:
+18:   - kube-system/kubernetes-external-secrets
+19: 
+20: - name: my-release
+21:   chart: incubator/raw
+22:   namespace: default
+23:   labels:
+24:     app: test
+25:   needs:
+26:   - default/external-secrets
+27: 
+28: 
+29: # Disabled releases are treated as missing
+30: - name: disabled
+31:   chart: incubator/raw
+32:   namespace: kube-system
+33:   installed: false
+34: 
+35: - name: test2
+36:   chart: incubator/raw
+37:   needs:
+38:   - kube-system/disabled
+39: 
+40: - name: test3
+41:   chart: incubator/raw
+42:   needs:
+43:   - test2
+44: 
+
+merged environment: &{default  map[] map[]}
+2 release(s) matching app=test found in helmfile.yaml
+
+processing 1 groups of releases in this order:
+GROUP RELEASES
+1     default/default/external-secrets, default/default/my-release
+
+processing releases in group 1/1: default/default/external-secrets, default/default/my-release
+changing working directory back to "/path/to"