diff --git a/ast/check.go b/ast/check.go
index 90ed2747a0..3723b33cc0 100644
--- a/ast/check.go
+++ b/ast/check.go
@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@ type exprChecker func(*TypeEnv, *Expr) *Error
 // accumulated on the typeChecker so that a single run can report multiple
 // issues.
 type typeChecker struct {
-	builtins     map[string]*Builtin
-	required     *Capabilities
-	errs         Errors
-	exprCheckers map[string]exprChecker
-	varRewriter  varRewriter
-	ss           *SchemaSet
-	allowNet     []string
-	input        types.Type
+	builtins            map[string]*Builtin
+	required            *Capabilities
+	errs                Errors
+	exprCheckers        map[string]exprChecker
+	varRewriter         varRewriter
+	ss                  *SchemaSet
+	allowNet            []string
+	input               types.Type
+	allowUndefinedFuncs bool
 }
 
 // newTypeChecker returns a new typeChecker object that has no errors.
@@ -92,6 +93,11 @@ func (tc *typeChecker) WithInputType(tpe types.Type) *typeChecker {
 	return tc
 }
 
+func (tc *typeChecker) WithAllowUndefinedFunctionCalls(allow bool) *typeChecker {
+	tc.allowUndefinedFuncs = allow
+	return tc
+}
+
 // Env returns a type environment for the specified built-ins with any other
 // global types configured on the checker. In practice, this is the default
 // environment that other statements will be checked against.
@@ -347,6 +353,9 @@ func (tc *typeChecker) checkExprBuiltin(env *TypeEnv, expr *Expr) *Error {
 	tpe := env.Get(name)
 
 	if tpe == nil {
+		if tc.allowUndefinedFuncs {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return NewError(TypeErr, expr.Location, "undefined function %v", name)
 	}
 
diff --git a/ast/compile.go b/ast/compile.go
index 704e7c4d3f..d558d4d3f0 100644
--- a/ast/compile.go
+++ b/ast/compile.go
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ type Compiler struct {
 	keepModules             bool                          // whether to keep the unprocessed, parse modules (below)
 	parsedModules           map[string]*Module            // parsed, but otherwise unprocessed modules, kept track of when keepModules is true
 	useTypeCheckAnnotations bool                          // whether to provide annotated information (schemas) to the type checker
+	allowUndefinedFuncCalls bool                          // don't error on calls to unknown functions.
 	evalMode                CompilerEvalMode
 }
 
@@ -457,6 +458,11 @@ func (c *Compiler) WithUseTypeCheckAnnotations(enabled bool) *Compiler {
 	return c
 }
 
+func (c *Compiler) WithAllowUndefinedFunctionCalls(allow bool) *Compiler {
+	c.allowUndefinedFuncCalls = allow
+	return c
+}
+
 // WithEvalMode allows setting the CompilerEvalMode of the compiler
 func (c *Compiler) WithEvalMode(e CompilerEvalMode) *Compiler {
 	c.evalMode = e
@@ -1513,7 +1519,8 @@ func (c *Compiler) checkTypes() {
 		WithInputType(c.inputType).
 		WithBuiltins(c.builtins).
 		WithRequiredCapabilities(c.Required).
-		WithVarRewriter(rewriteVarsInRef(c.RewrittenVars))
+		WithVarRewriter(rewriteVarsInRef(c.RewrittenVars)).
+		WithAllowUndefinedFunctionCalls(c.allowUndefinedFuncCalls)
 	var as *AnnotationSet
 	if c.useTypeCheckAnnotations {
 		as = c.annotationSet
@@ -1577,6 +1584,11 @@ func (c *Compiler) compile() {
 				continue // skip these stages
 			}
 		}
+
+		if c.allowUndefinedFuncCalls && s.name == "CheckUndefinedFuncs" {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		c.runStage(s.metricName, s.f)
 		if c.Failed() {
 			return
diff --git a/cmd/inspect_test.go b/cmd/inspect_test.go
index e83967ab72..7b442c877b 100644
--- a/cmd/inspect_test.go
+++ b/cmd/inspect_test.go
@@ -565,3 +565,85 @@ Custom:
 
 	})
 }
+
+func TestCallToUnknownBuiltInFunction(t *testing.T) {
+	files := [][2]string{
+		{"/policy.rego", `package test
+			p {
+				foo.bar(42)
+				contains("foo", "o")
+			}
+		`},
+	}
+
+	buf := archive.MustWriteTarGz(files)
+
+	test.WithTempFS(nil, func(rootDir string) {
+		bundleFile := filepath.Join(rootDir, "bundle.tar.gz")
+
+		bf, err := os.Create(bundleFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		_, err = bf.Write(buf.Bytes())
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		var out bytes.Buffer
+		params := newInspectCommandParams()
+		err = params.outputFormat.Set(evalJSONOutput)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		err = doInspect(params, bundleFile, &out)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected error %v", err)
+		}
+
+		bs := out.Bytes()
+		output := strings.TrimSpace(string(bs))
+		// Note: unknown foo.bar() built-in doesn't appear in the output, but also didn't cause an error.
+		expected := strings.TrimSpace(`{
+  "manifest": {
+    "revision": "",
+    "roots": [
+      ""
+    ]
+  },
+  "signatures_config": {},
+  "namespaces": {
+    "data.test": [
+      "/policy.rego"
+    ]
+  },
+  "capabilities": {
+    "builtins": [
+      {
+        "name": "contains",
+        "decl": {
+          "args": [
+            {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "string"
+            }
+          ],
+          "result": {
+            "type": "boolean"
+          },
+          "type": "function"
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}`)
+
+		if output != expected {
+			t.Fatalf("Unexpected output. Expected:\n\n%s\n\nGot:\n\n%s", expected, output)
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/internal/bundle/inspect/inspect.go b/internal/bundle/inspect/inspect.go
index 774648b26b..66325fd814 100644
--- a/internal/bundle/inspect/inspect.go
+++ b/internal/bundle/inspect/inspect.go
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ func File(path string, includeAnnotations bool) (*Info, error) {
 		moduleMap[f.URL] = f.Parsed
 	}
 
-	c := ast.NewCompiler()
+	c := ast.NewCompiler().
+		WithAllowUndefinedFunctionCalls(true)
 	c.Compile(moduleMap)
 	if c.Failed() {
 		return bi, c.Errors