diff --git a/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/projectview/parser/ProjectViewParser.java b/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/projectview/parser/ProjectViewParser.java
index 69259d8614c..30748c21cfd 100644
--- a/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/projectview/parser/ProjectViewParser.java
+++ b/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/projectview/parser/ProjectViewParser.java
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public ProjectViewParser(BlazeContext context, WorkspacePathResolver workspacePa
   }
 
   public void parseProjectView(File projectViewFile) {
+    parseProjectView(projectViewFile, Sections.getParsers());
+  }
+
+  public void parseProjectView(File projectViewFile, List<SectionParser> sectionParsers) {
     if (!encounteredProjectViewFiles.add(projectViewFile)) {
       return;
     }
@@ -64,22 +68,25 @@ public void parseProjectView(File projectViewFile) {
       return;
     }
     parseProjectView(
-        new ParseContext(context, workspacePathResolver, projectViewFile, projectViewText));
+        new ParseContext(context, workspacePathResolver, projectViewFile, projectViewText), sectionParsers);
   }
 
-  public void parseProjectView(String text) {
+  public void parseProjectView(String text, List<SectionParser> sectionParsers) {
     if (text.isEmpty()) {
       ProjectView projectView = new ProjectView(ImmutableList.of());
       projectViewFiles.add(new ProjectViewSet.ProjectViewFile(projectView, null));
       return;
     }
-    parseProjectView(new ParseContext(context, workspacePathResolver, null, text));
+    parseProjectView(new ParseContext(context, workspacePathResolver, null, text), sectionParsers);
   }
 
-  private void parseProjectView(ParseContext parseContext) {
+  public void parseProjectView(String text) {
+    parseProjectView(text, Sections.getParsers());
+  }
+
+  private void parseProjectView(ParseContext parseContext, List<SectionParser> sectionParsers) {
     ImmutableList.Builder<Section<?>> sections = ImmutableList.builder();
 
-    List<SectionParser> sectionParsers = Sections.getParsers();
     while (!parseContext.atEnd()) {
       Section<?> section = null;
       for (SectionParser sectionParser : sectionParsers) {
diff --git a/base/tests/unittests/com/google/idea/blaze/base/projectview/parser/ProjectViewParserTest.java b/base/tests/unittests/com/google/idea/blaze/base/projectview/parser/ProjectViewParserTest.java
index 09f76116b96..b2d9a0fe7b2 100644
--- a/base/tests/unittests/com/google/idea/blaze/base/projectview/parser/ProjectViewParserTest.java
+++ b/base/tests/unittests/com/google/idea/blaze/base/projectview/parser/ProjectViewParserTest.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import com.google.idea.blaze.base.projectview.section.sections.TestSourceSection;
 import com.google.idea.blaze.base.projectview.section.sections.TextBlock;
 import com.google.idea.blaze.base.projectview.section.sections.TextBlockSection;
+import com.google.idea.blaze.base.projectview.section.sections.UseQuerySyncSection;
 import com.google.idea.blaze.base.projectview.section.sections.TryImportSection;
 import com.google.idea.blaze.base.projectview.section.sections.ViewProjectRootSection;
 import com.google.idea.blaze.base.projectview.section.sections.WorkspaceTypeSection;
@@ -519,6 +520,21 @@ public void testCommentsAndWhitespacePreserved() throws Exception {
     assertThat(outputString).isEqualTo(text);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testParsersSubset() throws Exception {
+    projectViewStorageManager.add(
+      ".blazeproject",
+      "workspace_type: c",
+            "use_query_sync: compatibility");
+    projectViewParser.parseProjectView(new File(".blazeproject"), List.of(WorkspaceTypeSection.PARSER));
+    // Parser errors are expected from the parsers not included in the parsers list
+
+    ProjectViewSet projectViewSet = projectViewParser.getResult();
+    assertThat(projectViewSet.getScalarValue(WorkspaceTypeSection.KEY)).hasValue(WorkspaceType.C);
+    // Value will not be parsed for the parsers not in the provided list
+    assertThat(projectViewSet.getScalarValue(UseQuerySyncSection.KEY)).isEqualTo(Optional.empty());
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testParserParsesVieProjectRootSection() throws Exception {
     String text =