diff --git a/lib/loading/ComponentsManagerBuilder.ts b/lib/loading/ComponentsManagerBuilder.ts
index 6d84813..6542f8b 100644
--- a/lib/loading/ComponentsManagerBuilder.ts
+++ b/lib/loading/ComponentsManagerBuilder.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class ComponentsManagerBuilder<TInstance = any> {
       Boolean(options.typeChecking);
     this.remoteContextLookups = options.remoteContextLookups === undefined ?
       false :
-      Boolean(options.typeChecking);
+      Boolean(options.remoteContextLookups);
   }
 
   public static createLogger(logLevel: LogLevel = 'warn'): Logger {
diff --git a/test/unit/loading/ComponentsManagerBuilder-test.ts b/test/unit/loading/ComponentsManagerBuilder-test.ts
index 55e147f..3b4774c 100644
--- a/test/unit/loading/ComponentsManagerBuilder-test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/loading/ComponentsManagerBuilder-test.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ describe('ComponentsManagerBuilder', () => {
     jest.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
+  it('should honour remoteContextLookups independently of typeChecking', async() => {
+    const builder = new ComponentsManagerBuilder({
+      mainModulePath,
+      remoteContextLookups: true,
+      typeChecking: false,
+    });
+    const mgr = await builder.build();
+    expect((<any> mgr.configRegistry).remoteContextLookups).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it('should build with default options', async() => {
     const componentsManagerBuilder = new ComponentsManagerBuilder({
       mainModulePath,