diff --git a/changelog.d/+explicitly-disable-from-env.added.md b/changelog.d/+explicitly-disable-from-env.added.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..175f9795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/+explicitly-disable-from-env.added.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Setting `MIRRORD_ACTIVE=0` environment variable will explicitly disable mirrord.
diff --git a/src/debugger.ts b/src/debugger.ts
index f5ff2f7f..135cedec 100644
--- a/src/debugger.ts
+++ b/src/debugger.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ async function main(
   folder: vscode.WorkspaceFolder | undefined,
   config: vscode.DebugConfiguration,
   _token: vscode.CancellationToken): Promise<vscode.DebugConfiguration | null | undefined> {
-  if (!globalContext.workspaceState.get('enabled') && !(config.env?.["MIRRORD_ACTIVE"] === "1")) {
+  if ((!globalContext.workspaceState.get('enabled') && !(config.env?.["MIRRORD_ACTIVE"] === "1")) || config.env?.["MIRRORD_ACTIVE"] === "0") {
     return config;
   }