diff --git a/core/providers/python/python.go b/core/providers/python/python.go
index b8b6766fb..0a206ea44 100644
--- a/core/providers/python/python.go
+++ b/core/providers/python/python.go
@@ -558,3 +558,93 @@ var pythonRuntimeDepRequirements = map[string][]string{
 	"pydub":     {"ffmpeg"},
 	"pymovie":   {"ffmpeg", "qt5-qmake", "qtbase5-dev", "qtbase5-dev-tools", "qttools5-dev-tools", "libqt5core5a", "python3-pyqt5"},
 }
+
+type PyProjectTOML struct {
+	Project struct {
+		Dependencies []string `toml:"dependencies"`
+	} `toml:"project"`
+	Tool struct {
+		Poetry struct {
+			Dependencies map[string]any `toml:"dependencies"`
+		} `toml:"poetry"`
+	} `toml:"tool"`
+}
+
+type Pipfile struct {
+	Packages    map[string]any `toml:"packages"`
+	DevPackages map[string]any `toml:"dev-packages"`
+}
+
+func extractPackageName(dep string) string {
+	if idx := strings.Index(dep, " ;"); idx != -1 {
+		dep = dep[:idx]
+	}
+
+	versionSpecifiers := []string{">=", "<=", "==", "~=", "!=", ">", "<", "@"}
+
+	result := dep
+	for _, spec := range versionSpecifiers {
+		if idx := strings.Index(dep, spec); idx != -1 {
+			result = dep[:idx]
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	return strings.TrimSpace(result)
+}
+
+func normalizeDep(dep string) string {
+	packageName := extractPackageName(dep)
+	return strings.ToLower(packageName)
+}
+
+func (p *PythonProvider) HasProductionDependency(ctx *generate.GenerateContext, dep string) bool {
+	normalizedDep := normalizeDep(dep)
+
+	if contents, err := ctx.App.ReadFile("requirements.txt"); err == nil {
+		for _, line := range strings.Split(contents, "\n") {
+			line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+			if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+				continue
+			}
+			if normalizeDep(line) == normalizedDep {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ctx.App.HasFile("pyproject.toml") {
+		var pyproject PyProjectTOML
+		if err := ctx.App.ReadTOML("pyproject.toml", &pyproject); err == nil {
+			if p.hasPoetry(ctx) {
+				for depName := range pyproject.Tool.Poetry.Dependencies {
+					if depName == "python" {
+						continue
+					}
+					if normalizeDep(depName) == normalizedDep {
+						return true
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				for _, depSpec := range pyproject.Project.Dependencies {
+					if normalizeDep(depSpec) == normalizedDep {
+						return true
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ctx.App.HasFile("Pipfile") {
+		var pipfile Pipfile
+		if err := ctx.App.ReadTOML("Pipfile", &pipfile); err == nil {
+			for depName := range pipfile.Packages {
+				if normalizeDep(depName) == normalizedDep {
+					return true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/core/providers/python/python_test.go b/core/providers/python/python_test.go
index cb620fbb7..3deb0440c 100644
--- a/core/providers/python/python_test.go
+++ b/core/providers/python/python_test.go
@@ -132,3 +132,160 @@ func TestUsesPostgres(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestExtractPackageName(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input string
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "simple package name",
+			input: "flask",
+			want:  "flask",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "package with >= version",
+			input: "flask>=3.0",
+			want:  "flask",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "package with == version",
+			input: "django==4.2.0",
+			want:  "django",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "package with extras",
+			input: "psycopg[binary]",
+			want:  "psycopg[binary]",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "package with extras and version",
+			input: "psycopg[binary]>=3.2",
+			want:  "psycopg[binary]",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "package with ~= version",
+			input: "requests~=2.31.0",
+			want:  "requests",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "package with @ URL",
+			input: "mypackage @ git+https://github.com/user/repo.git",
+			want:  "mypackage",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "package with environment marker",
+			input: "typing-extensions ; python_version < '3.8'",
+			want:  "typing-extensions",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "package with spaces",
+			input: "  numpy  >=  1.20  ",
+			want:  "numpy",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := extractPackageName(tt.input)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNormalizeDep(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input string
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "lowercase simple package",
+			input: "flask",
+			want:  "flask",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "uppercase package",
+			input: "Flask",
+			want:  "flask",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "mixed case with version",
+			input: "Django>=4.2",
+			want:  "django",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "package with extras",
+			input: "psycopg[binary]",
+			want:  "psycopg[binary]",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "uppercase with extras and version",
+			input: "Psycopg[Binary]>=3.2",
+			want:  "psycopg[binary]",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := normalizeDep(tt.input)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHasProductionDependency(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		path string
+		dep  string
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "pip - flask present",
+			path: "../../../examples/python-flask",
+			dep:  "flask",
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "pip - flask case insensitive",
+			path: "../../../examples/python-flask",
+			dep:  "Flask",
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "poetry - flask present",
+			path: "../../../examples/python-poetry",
+			dep:  "flask",
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "uv - flask present",
+			path: "../../../examples/python-uv",
+			dep:  "flask",
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "psycopg with extras",
+			path: "../../../examples/python-psycopg-binary",
+			dep:  "psycopg[binary]",
+			want: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "django present",
+			path: "../../../examples/python-django",
+			dep:  "django",
+			want: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ctx := testingUtils.CreateGenerateContext(t, tt.path)
+			provider := PythonProvider{}
+			got := provider.HasProductionDependency(ctx, tt.dep)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}