diff --git a/lib/tapioca/commands/gem.rb b/lib/tapioca/commands/gem.rb
index e5cb4af4a..56905eb6c 100644
--- a/lib/tapioca/commands/gem.rb
+++ b/lib/tapioca/commands/gem.rb
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def loader
 
       sig { returns(Gemfile) }
       def bundle
-        @bundle ||= Gemfile.new
+        @bundle ||= Gemfile.new(@exclude)
       end
 
       sig { void }
diff --git a/lib/tapioca/gemfile.rb b/lib/tapioca/gemfile.rb
index cbbecaed3..61747c8f2 100644
--- a/lib/tapioca/gemfile.rb
+++ b/lib/tapioca/gemfile.rb
@@ -21,16 +21,40 @@ class Gemfile
     # `Bundler.require`.
     module AutoRequireHook
       extend T::Sig
+      extend T::Helpers
 
-      sig { void.checked(:never) }
+      requires_ancestor { ::Bundler::Dependency }
+
+      @exclude = T.let([], T::Array[String])
+
+      class << self
+        extend T::Sig
+
+        sig { params(exclude: T::Array[String]).returns(T::Array[String]) }
+        attr_writer :exclude
+
+        sig { params(name: T.untyped).returns(T::Boolean) }
+        def excluded?(name)
+          @exclude.include?(name)
+        end
+      end
+
+      sig { returns(T.untyped).checked(:never) }
       def autorequire
+        value = super
+
+        # If the gem is excluded, we don't want to force require it, in case
+        # it has side-effects users don't want. For example, `fakefs` gem, if
+        # loaded, takes over filesystem operations.
+        return value if AutoRequireHook.excluded?(name)
+
         # If a gem is marked as `require: false`, then its `autorequire`
         # value will be `[]`. But, we want those gems to be loaded for our
         # purposes as well, so we return `nil` in those cases, instead, which
         # means `require: true`.
-        super.tap do |value|
-          return nil if value == []
-        end
+        return nil if value == []
+
+        value
       end
 
       ::Bundler::Dependency.prepend(self)
@@ -45,8 +69,9 @@ def autorequire
     sig { returns(T::Array[String]) }
     attr_reader(:missing_specs)
 
-    sig { void }
-    def initialize
+    sig { params(exclude: T::Array[String]).void }
+    def initialize(exclude)
+      AutoRequireHook.exclude = exclude
       @gemfile = T.let(File.new(Bundler.default_gemfile), File)
       @lockfile = T.let(File.new(Bundler.default_lockfile), File)
       @definition = T.let(Bundler::Dsl.evaluate(gemfile, lockfile, {}), Bundler::Definition)
diff --git a/spec/tapioca/cli/gem_spec.rb b/spec/tapioca/cli/gem_spec.rb
index 6201518ed..b9e2ca2ba 100644
--- a/spec/tapioca/cli/gem_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/tapioca/cli/gem_spec.rb
@@ -484,19 +484,33 @@ class Foo::Secret; end
             write("lib/foo/secret.rb", "class Foo::Secret; end")
           end
 
+          bar = mock_gem("bar", "1.0.0") do
+            write("lib/bar.rb", <<~RUBY)
+              module Foo
+                MY_CONSTANT = 42
+              end
+            RUBY
+          end
+
           @project.require_mock_gem(foo, require: false)
+          @project.require_mock_gem(bar, require: false)
           @project.bundle_install
 
           @project.write("sorbet/tapioca/require.rb", <<~RB)
             require "foo/secret"
           RB
 
-          result = @project.tapioca("gem foo")
+          result = @project.tapioca("gem --exclude bar")
+
+          refute_includes(result.out, <<~OUT)
+            Compiled bar
+          OUT
 
           assert_includes(result.out, <<~OUT)
             Compiled foo
           OUT
 
+          refute_project_file_exist("sorbet/rbi/gems/bar@1.0.0.rbi")
           assert_project_file_equal("sorbet/rbi/gems/foo@0.0.1.rbi", template(<<~RBI))
             #{FOO_RBI.rstrip}
             class Foo::Secret; end