diff --git a/man/systemd-pcrlock.xml b/man/systemd-pcrlock.xml
index 0a80d2488b..dbb59f2e12 100644
--- a/man/systemd-pcrlock.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-pcrlock.xml
@@ -601,6 +601,15 @@
         <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v258"/></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>--strict=</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Takes a boolean. Defaults to false. Honoured by <command>make-policy</command> and <command>predict</command>. If
+        true all specified PCRs must be included in the policy otherwise the command returns failure.</para>
+
+        <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v262"/></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="json" />
       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
diff --git a/src/pcrlock/pcrlock.c b/src/pcrlock/pcrlock.c
index f86ae6458d..8ca570a3a3 100644
--- a/src/pcrlock/pcrlock.c
+++ b/src/pcrlock/pcrlock.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ static RecoveryPinMode arg_recovery_pin = RECOVERY_PIN_HIDE;
 static char *arg_policy_path = NULL;
 static bool arg_force = false;
 static BootEntryTokenType arg_entry_token_type = BOOT_ENTRY_TOKEN_AUTO;
+static bool arg_strict = false;
 static char *arg_entry_token = NULL;
 static bool arg_varlink = false;
 static bool arg_quiet = false;
@@ -3068,6 +3069,7 @@ static int unlink_pcrlock(const char *default_pcrlock_path) {
 
 static int event_log_reduce_to_safe_pcrs(EventLog *el, uint32_t *pcrs) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *dropped = NULL, *kept = NULL;
+        bool dropped_relevant_pcr = false;
 
         assert(el);
         assert(pcrs);
@@ -3110,6 +3112,9 @@ static int event_log_reduce_to_safe_pcrs(EventLog *el, uint32_t *pcrs) {
                 continue;
 
         drop:
+                if (arg_strict)
+                        dropped_relevant_pcr = true;
+
                 *pcrs &= ~(UINT32_C(1) << pcr);
 
                 if (strextendf_with_separator(&dropped, ", ", "%" PRIu32 " (%s)", pcr, tpm2_pcr_index_to_string(pcr)) < 0)
@@ -3117,7 +3122,7 @@ static int event_log_reduce_to_safe_pcrs(EventLog *el, uint32_t *pcrs) {
         }
 
         if (dropped)
-                log_notice("PCRs dropped from protection mask: %s", dropped);
+                log_full(dropped_relevant_pcr ? LOG_ERR : LOG_NOTICE, "PCRs dropped from protection mask: %s", dropped);
         else
                 log_debug("No PCRs dropped from protection mask.");
 
@@ -3126,7 +3131,7 @@ static int event_log_reduce_to_safe_pcrs(EventLog *el, uint32_t *pcrs) {
         else
                 log_notice("No PCRs kept in protection mask.");
 
-        return 0;
+        return dropped_relevant_pcr ? -ENOEXEC : 0;
 }
 
 static int pcr_prediction_add_result(
@@ -5503,6 +5508,13 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[], char ***ret_args) {
                                 return r;
                         break;
 
+                OPTION_LONG("strict", "BOOL",
+                            "Require all PCRs configured via --pcr= included in policy"):
+                        r = parse_boolean_argument("--strict", opts.arg, &arg_strict);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return r;
+                        break;
+
                 OPTION('q', "quiet", NULL, "Suppress unnecessary output"):
                         arg_quiet = true;
                         break;