diff --git a/src/controller/python/ChipDeviceController-ScriptBinding.cpp b/src/controller/python/ChipDeviceController-ScriptBinding.cpp
index 3c0191072923b8..4979da8acdbe35 100644
--- a/src/controller/python/ChipDeviceController-ScriptBinding.cpp
+++ b/src/controller/python/ChipDeviceController-ScriptBinding.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include <controller/CommissioningWindowOpener.h>
 #include <controller/CurrentFabricRemover.h>
 #include <controller/ExampleOperationalCredentialsIssuer.h>
+#include <controller/SetUpCodePairer.h>
 
 #include <controller/python/ChipDeviceController-ScriptDevicePairingDelegate.h>
 #include <controller/python/ChipDeviceController-ScriptPairingDeviceDiscoveryDelegate.h>
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ PyChipError pychip_DeviceController_ConnectBLE(chip::Controller::DeviceCommissio
 PyChipError pychip_DeviceController_ConnectIP(chip::Controller::DeviceCommissioner * devCtrl, const char * peerAddrStr,
                                               uint32_t setupPINCode, chip::NodeId nodeid);
 PyChipError pychip_DeviceController_ConnectWithCode(chip::Controller::DeviceCommissioner * devCtrl, const char * onboardingPayload,
-                                                    chip::NodeId nodeid);
+                                                    chip::NodeId nodeid, bool networkOnly);
 PyChipError pychip_DeviceController_UnpairDevice(chip::Controller::DeviceCommissioner * devCtrl, chip::NodeId remoteDeviceId,
                                                  DeviceUnpairingCompleteFunct callback);
 PyChipError pychip_DeviceController_SetThreadOperationalDataset(const char * threadOperationalDataset, uint32_t size);
@@ -398,10 +399,13 @@ PyChipError pychip_DeviceController_ConnectIP(chip::Controller::DeviceCommission
 }
 
 PyChipError pychip_DeviceController_ConnectWithCode(chip::Controller::DeviceCommissioner * devCtrl, const char * onboardingPayload,
-                                                    chip::NodeId nodeid)
+                                                    chip::NodeId nodeid, bool networkOnly)
 {
+    chip::Controller::DiscoveryType discoveryType = chip::Controller::DiscoveryType::kAll;
     sPairingDelegate.SetExpectingPairingComplete(true);
-    return ToPyChipError(devCtrl->PairDevice(nodeid, onboardingPayload, sCommissioningParameters));
+    if (networkOnly)
+        discoveryType = chip::Controller::DiscoveryType::kDiscoveryNetworkOnly;
+    return ToPyChipError(devCtrl->PairDevice(nodeid, onboardingPayload, sCommissioningParameters, discoveryType));
 }
 
 namespace {
diff --git a/src/controller/python/chip/ChipDeviceCtrl.py b/src/controller/python/chip/ChipDeviceCtrl.py
index 8fa20dc75246f3..e67d3759f8bac8 100644
--- a/src/controller/python/chip/ChipDeviceCtrl.py
+++ b/src/controller/python/chip/ChipDeviceCtrl.py
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ def _InitLib(self):
             self._dmLib.pychip_DeviceController_ConnectIP.restype = PyChipError
 
             self._dmLib.pychip_DeviceController_ConnectWithCode.argtypes = [
-                c_void_p, c_char_p, c_uint64]
+                c_void_p, c_char_p, c_uint64, c_bool]
             self._dmLib.pychip_DeviceController_ConnectWithCode.restype = PyChipError
 
             self._dmLib.pychip_DeviceController_UnpairDevice.argtypes = [
@@ -1893,7 +1893,7 @@ def CommissionOnNetwork(self, nodeId: int, setupPinCode: int,
             return PyChipError(CHIP_ERROR_TIMEOUT)
         return self._ChipStack.commissioningEventRes
 
-    def CommissionWithCode(self, setupPayload: str, nodeid: int) -> PyChipError:
+    def CommissionWithCode(self, setupPayload: str, nodeid: int, network_only: bool = False) -> PyChipError:
         ''' Commission with the given nodeid from the setupPayload.
             setupPayload may be a QR or manual code.
         '''
@@ -1909,7 +1909,7 @@ def CommissionWithCode(self, setupPayload: str, nodeid: int) -> PyChipError:
 
         self._ChipStack.CallAsync(
             lambda: self._dmLib.pychip_DeviceController_ConnectWithCode(
-                self.devCtrl, setupPayload, nodeid)
+                self.devCtrl, setupPayload, nodeid, network_only)
         )
         if not self._ChipStack.commissioningCompleteEvent.isSet():
             # Error 50 is a timeout