diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/nested-stack.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/nested-stack.ts
index a542b8d3bfaa4..3f69ea31e9906 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/nested-stack.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/lib/nested-stack.ts
@@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ export class NestedStack extends Stack {
     resource.cfnOptions.metadata[cxapi.ASSET_RESOURCE_METADATA_PATH_KEY] = this.templateFile;
     resource.cfnOptions.metadata[cxapi.ASSET_RESOURCE_METADATA_PROPERTY_KEY] = resourceProperty;
   }
+
+  public get bundlingRequired() {
+
+    return this._parentStack.bundlingRequired;
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/test/staging.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/test/staging.test.ts
index dff63c09a76f8..96df87cac51c1 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/test/staging.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/core/test/staging.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs-extra';
 import * as sinon from 'sinon';
 import { FileAssetPackaging } from '../../cloud-assembly-schema';
 import * as cxapi from '../../cx-api';
-import { App, AssetHashType, AssetStaging, DockerImage, BundlingOptions, BundlingOutput, FileSystem, Stack, Stage, BundlingFileAccess } from '../lib';
+import { App, AssetHashType, AssetStaging, DockerImage, BundlingOptions, BundlingOutput, FileSystem, Stack, NestedStack, Stage, BundlingFileAccess } from '../lib';
 
 const STUB_INPUT_FILE = '/tmp/docker-stub.input';
 const STUB_INPUT_CONCAT_FILE = '/tmp/docker-stub.input.concat';
@@ -1106,6 +1106,48 @@ describe('staging', () => {
     expect(dockerStubInput).not.toMatch(DockerStubCommand.MULTIPLE_FILES);
   });
 
+  test('correctly skips bundling with stack under stage and nested stack', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const app = new App();
+
+    const stage = new Stage(app, 'Stage');
+    stage.node.setContext(cxapi.BUNDLING_STACKS, ['Stage/Stack1']);
+
+    const stack1 = new Stack(stage, 'Stack1', { stackName: 'unrelated-stack1-name' });
+    const stack1_nested = new NestedStack(stack1, "Stack1Nest");
+
+    const stack2 = new Stack(stage, 'Stack2', { stackName: 'unrelated-stack2-name' });
+    const stack2_nested = new NestedStack(stack2, "Stack2Nest");
+
+    const directory = path.join(__dirname, 'fs', 'fixtures', 'test1');
+
+    // WHEN
+    new AssetStaging(stack1_nested, 'Asset', {
+      sourcePath: directory,
+      assetHashType: AssetHashType.OUTPUT,
+      bundling: {
+        image: DockerImage.fromRegistry('alpine'),
+        command: [DockerStubCommand.SUCCESS],
+      },
+    });
+
+    new AssetStaging(stack2_nested, 'Asset', {
+      sourcePath: directory,
+      assetHashType: AssetHashType.OUTPUT,
+      bundling: {
+        image: DockerImage.fromRegistry('alpine'),
+        command: [DockerStubCommand.MULTIPLE_FILES],
+      },
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    const dockerStubInput = readDockerStubInputConcat();
+    // Docker ran for the asset in Stack1
+    expect(dockerStubInput).toMatch(DockerStubCommand.SUCCESS);
+    // Docker did not run for the asset in Stack2
+    expect(dockerStubInput).not.toMatch(DockerStubCommand.MULTIPLE_FILES);
+  });
+
   test('correctly bundles with stack under stage and the default stack pattern', () => {
     // GIVEN
     const app = new App();