diff --git a/desktop/flipper-common/src/settings.tsx b/desktop/flipper-common/src/settings.tsx
index de730cc13..9568d7680 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-common/src/settings.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-common/src/settings.tsx
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export type LauncherSettings = {
 };
 
 // Settings that primarily only apply to Electron atm
-// TODO: further separte between flipper-ui config and Electron config
+// TODO: further separate between flipper-ui config and Electron config
 export type ProcessConfig = {
   disabledPlugins: string[];
   lastWindowPosition: {
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ export type ProcessConfig = {
   launcherMsg: string | null;
   // Controls whether to delegate to the launcher if present.
   launcherEnabled: boolean;
+  updaterEnabled: boolean;
   // Control whether to suppress "update available" notifications
   suppressPluginUpdateNotifications?: boolean;
 };
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/utils/__tests__/processConfig.node.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/utils/__tests__/processConfig.node.tsx
index 0f41b8865..5e4a3d0f4 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/utils/__tests__/processConfig.node.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/utils/__tests__/processConfig.node.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ test('config is decoded from env', () => {
       screenCapturePath: '/my/screenshot/path',
       launcherEnabled: false,
       suppressPluginUpdateNotifications: true,
+      updaterEnabled: true,
     }),
   });
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ test('config is decoded from env', () => {
     screenCapturePath: '/my/screenshot/path',
     launcherEnabled: false,
     suppressPluginUpdateNotifications: true,
+    updaterEnabled: true,
   });
 });
 
@@ -39,5 +41,6 @@ test('config is decoded from env with defaults', () => {
     screenCapturePath: undefined,
     launcherEnabled: true,
     suppressPluginUpdateNotifications: false,
+    updaterEnabled: true,
   });
 });
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/utils/processConfig.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/utils/processConfig.tsx
index 547be1755..a71904453 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/utils/processConfig.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/utils/processConfig.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export function loadProcessConfig(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): ProcessConfig {
     screenCapturePath: json.screenCapturePath,
     launcherEnabled:
       typeof json.launcherEnabled === 'boolean' ? json.launcherEnabled : true,
+    updaterEnabled:
+      typeof json.updaterEnabled === 'boolean' ? json.updaterEnabled : true,
     suppressPluginUpdateNotifications:
       typeof json.suppressPluginUpdateNotifications === 'boolean'
         ? json.suppressPluginUpdateNotifications
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/chrome/UpdateIndicator.tsx b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/chrome/UpdateIndicator.tsx
index caf69eb71..cebab7698 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/chrome/UpdateIndicator.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/chrome/UpdateIndicator.tsx
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export default function UpdateIndicator() {
       }
     } else if (
       version &&
+      config.updaterEnabled &&
       !config.suppressPluginUpdateNotifications &&
       isProduction()
     ) {
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/handleOpenPluginDeeplink.tsx b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/handleOpenPluginDeeplink.tsx
index 50f420686..efa2ae416 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/handleOpenPluginDeeplink.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/handleOpenPluginDeeplink.tsx
@@ -284,7 +284,12 @@ async function waitForLogin(store: Store) {
 
 async function verifyFlipperIsUpToDate(title: string) {
   const config = getRenderHostInstance().serverConfig.processConfig;
-  if (!isProduction() || isTest() || config.suppressPluginUpdateNotifications) {
+  if (
+    !isProduction() ||
+    isTest() ||
+    !config.updaterEnabled ||
+    config.suppressPluginUpdateNotifications
+  ) {
     return;
   }
   const currentVersion = getAppVersion();
diff --git a/desktop/scripts/jest-setup-after.tsx b/desktop/scripts/jest-setup-after.tsx
index 313e9ce92..1fd69331f 100644
--- a/desktop/scripts/jest-setup-after.tsx
+++ b/desktop/scripts/jest-setup-after.tsx
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ function createStubRenderHost(): RenderHost {
       launcherEnabled: false,
       launcherMsg: null,
       screenCapturePath: `/dev/null`,
+      updaterEnabled: true,
       suppressPluginUpdateNotifications: false,
     },
     settings: {