diff --git a/docs/envvars.rst b/docs/envvars.rst
index 052b3b02599..e0c73ea4500 100644
--- a/docs/envvars.rst
+++ b/docs/envvars.rst
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ LibGL environment variables
 ``LIBGL_SHOW_FPS``
    print framerate to stdout based on the number of ``glXSwapBuffers``
    calls per second.
+``LIBGL_DRI2_DISABLE``
+   disable DRI2 if set to ``true``.
 ``LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE``
    disable DRI3 if set to ``true``.
 
diff --git a/src/egl/drivers/dri2/platform_x11.c b/src/egl/drivers/dri2/platform_x11.c
index f61267af2aa..9ffd67ab58c 100644
--- a/src/egl/drivers/dri2/platform_x11.c
+++ b/src/egl/drivers/dri2/platform_x11.c
@@ -1541,7 +1541,11 @@ dri2_initialize_x11(_EGLDisplay *disp)
          return EGL_TRUE;
 #endif
 
-   return dri2_initialize_x11_dri2(disp);
+   if (!env_var_as_boolean("LIBGL_DRI2_DISABLE", false))
+      if (dri2_initialize_x11_dri2(disp))
+         return EGL_TRUE;
+
+   return EGL_FALSE;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/glx/glxext.c b/src/glx/glxext.c
index 34e86ae734d..fd313111ea2 100644
--- a/src/glx/glxext.c
+++ b/src/glx/glxext.c
@@ -926,7 +926,8 @@ __glXInitialize(Display * dpy)
       if (!env_var_as_boolean("LIBGL_DRI3_DISABLE", false))
          dpyPriv->dri3Display = dri3_create_display(dpy);
 #endif /* HAVE_DRI3 */
-      dpyPriv->dri2Display = dri2CreateDisplay(dpy);
+      if (!env_var_as_boolean("LIBGL_DRI2_DISABLE", false))
+         dpyPriv->dri2Display = dri2CreateDisplay(dpy);
       dpyPriv->driDisplay = driCreateDisplay(dpy);
    }
 #endif /* GLX_USE_DRM */