diff --git a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/UpdateService.cs b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/UpdateService.cs
index 2fc367da..b249bb16 100644
--- a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/UpdateService.cs
+++ b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Services/UpdateService.cs
@@ -9,20 +9,21 @@ namespace DiscordChatExporter.Gui.Services;
 
 public class UpdateService(SettingsService settingsService) : IDisposable
 {
-    private readonly IUpdateManager? _updateManager = OperatingSystem.IsWindows()
-        ? new UpdateManager(
-            new GithubPackageResolver(
-                "Tyrrrz",
-                "DiscordChatExporter",
-                // Examples:
-                // DiscordChatExporter.win-arm64.zip
-                // DiscordChatExporter.win-x64.zip
-                // DiscordChatExporter.linux-x64.zip
-                $"DiscordChatExporter.{RuntimeInformation.RuntimeIdentifier}.zip"
-            ),
-            new ZipPackageExtractor()
-        )
-        : null;
+    private readonly IUpdateManager? _updateManager =
+        OperatingSystem.IsWindows() && StartOptions.Current.IsAutoUpdateAllowed
+            ? new UpdateManager(
+                new GithubPackageResolver(
+                    "Tyrrrz",
+                    "DiscordChatExporter",
+                    // Examples:
+                    // DiscordChatExporter.win-arm64.zip
+                    // DiscordChatExporter.win-x64.zip
+                    // DiscordChatExporter.linux-x64.zip
+                    $"DiscordChatExporter.{RuntimeInformation.RuntimeIdentifier}.zip"
+                ),
+                new ZipPackageExtractor()
+            )
+            : null;
 
     private Version? _updateVersion;
     private bool _updatePrepared;
diff --git a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/StartOptions.cs b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/StartOptions.cs
index f29a04ea..d17752a8 100644
--- a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/StartOptions.cs
+++ b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/StartOptions.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ namespace DiscordChatExporter.Gui;
 public partial class StartOptions
 {
     public required string SettingsPath { get; init; }
+
+    public required bool IsAutoUpdateAllowed { get; init; }
 }
 
 public partial class StartOptions
@@ -20,5 +22,10 @@ public partial class StartOptions
                         ? Path.Combine(path, "Settings.dat")
                         : path
                     : Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "Settings.dat"),
+            IsAutoUpdateAllowed = !(
+                Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DISCORDCHATEXPORTER_ALLOW_AUTO_UPDATE")
+                    is { } env
+                && env.Equals("false", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            ),
         };
 }
diff --git a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/ViewModels/Dialogs/SettingsViewModel.cs b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/ViewModels/Dialogs/SettingsViewModel.cs
index 544f4ba1..143246ca 100644
--- a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/ViewModels/Dialogs/SettingsViewModel.cs
+++ b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/ViewModels/Dialogs/SettingsViewModel.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ public class SettingsViewModel : DialogViewModelBase
         set => _settingsService.Language = value;
     }
 
+    public bool IsAutoUpdateAvailable { get; } =
+        OperatingSystem.IsWindows() && StartOptions.Current.IsAutoUpdateAllowed;
+
     public bool IsAutoUpdateEnabled
     {
         get => _settingsService.IsAutoUpdateEnabled;
diff --git a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Views/Dialogs/SettingsView.axaml b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Views/Dialogs/SettingsView.axaml
index 03bbb3ac..f4e3c7a3 100644
--- a/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Views/Dialogs/SettingsView.axaml
+++ b/DiscordChatExporter.Gui/Views/Dialogs/SettingsView.axaml
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
                     <!--  Auto-updates  -->
                     <DockPanel
                         Margin="16,8"
-                        IsVisible="{OnPlatform False,
-                                               Windows=True}"
+                        IsVisible="{Binding IsAutoUpdateAvailable}"
                         LastChildFill="False"
                         ToolTip.Tip="{Binding LocalizationManager.AutoUpdateTooltip}">
                         <TextBlock DockPanel.Dock="Left" Text="{Binding LocalizationManager.AutoUpdateLabel}" />