diff --git a/adonis-typings/seeder.ts b/adonis-typings/seeder.ts
index 6cac5559..b7c77888 100644
--- a/adonis-typings/seeder.ts
+++ b/adonis-typings/seeder.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ declare module '@ioc:Adonis/Lucid/Seeder' {
    */
   export type SeederConstructorContract = {
     developmentOnly: boolean
+    environment: string[]
     new (client: QueryClientContract): {
       client: QueryClientContract
       run(): Promise<void>
diff --git a/src/SeedsRunner/index.ts b/src/SeedsRunner/index.ts
index dc9dc301..355df9a2 100644
--- a/src/SeedsRunner/index.ts
+++ b/src/SeedsRunner/index.ts
@@ -58,10 +58,9 @@ export class SeedsRunner {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Ignore when running in non-development environment and seeder is development
-     * only
+     * Ignore when when the node environement is not the same as the seeder configuration.
      */
-    if (Source.developmentOnly && !this.app.inDev) {
+    if (Source.developmentOnly && !this.app.inDev || Source.environment && !Source.environment.includes(this.app.nodeEnvironment)) {
       seeder.status = 'ignored'
       return seeder
     }