diff --git a/lib/active_elastic_job/railtie.rb b/lib/active_elastic_job/railtie.rb
index 66796a5..0123d86 100644
--- a/lib/active_elastic_job/railtie.rb
+++ b/lib/active_elastic_job/railtie.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 module ActiveElasticJob
   class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
     initializer "active_elastic_job.insert_middleware" do |app|
-      app.config.middleware.use "ActiveElasticJob::Rack::SqsMessageConsumer"
+      disabled = ENV['DISABLE_SQS_CONSUMER']
+      if disabled == 'false' || disabled.nil?
+        app.config.middleware.use "ActiveElasticJob::Rack::SqsMessageConsumer"
+      end
     end
   end
 end