diff --git a/desktop/flipper-common/src/settings.tsx b/desktop/flipper-common/src/settings.tsx
index 02b72f8c0..de730cc13 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-common/src/settings.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-common/src/settings.tsx
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export type LauncherSettings = {
   ignoreLocalPin: boolean;
 };
 
-// Settings that primarily only apply to Eelectron atm
+// Settings that primarily only apply to Electron atm
 // TODO: further separte between flipper-ui config and Electron config
 export type ProcessConfig = {
   disabledPlugins: string[];
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ export type ProcessConfig = {
   launcherMsg: string | null;
   // Controls whether to delegate to the launcher if present.
   launcherEnabled: boolean;
+  // Control whether to suppress "update available" notifications
+  suppressPluginUpdateNotifications?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type Platform =
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 2a1d6af63..0f41b8865 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/utils/__tests__/processConfig.node.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/utils/__tests__/processConfig.node.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ test('config is decoded from env', () => {
       launcherMsg: 'wubba lubba dub dub',
       screenCapturePath: '/my/screenshot/path',
       launcherEnabled: false,
+      suppressPluginUpdateNotifications: true,
     }),
   });
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ test('config is decoded from env', () => {
     launcherMsg: 'wubba lubba dub dub',
     screenCapturePath: '/my/screenshot/path',
     launcherEnabled: false,
+    suppressPluginUpdateNotifications: true,
   });
 });
 
@@ -36,5 +38,6 @@ test('config is decoded from env with defaults', () => {
     launcherMsg: undefined,
     screenCapturePath: undefined,
     launcherEnabled: true,
+    suppressPluginUpdateNotifications: false,
   });
 });
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/utils/processConfig.tsx b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/utils/processConfig.tsx
index 71085f59a..547be1755 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/utils/processConfig.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-server-core/src/utils/processConfig.tsx
@@ -18,5 +18,9 @@ export function loadProcessConfig(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): ProcessConfig {
     screenCapturePath: json.screenCapturePath,
     launcherEnabled:
       typeof json.launcherEnabled === 'boolean' ? json.launcherEnabled : true,
+    suppressPluginUpdateNotifications:
+      typeof json.suppressPluginUpdateNotifications === 'boolean'
+        ? json.suppressPluginUpdateNotifications
+        : false,
   };
 }
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/chrome/UpdateIndicator.tsx b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/chrome/UpdateIndicator.tsx
index fee3675cb..caf69eb71 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/chrome/UpdateIndicator.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/chrome/UpdateIndicator.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import fbConfig from '../fb-stubs/config';
 import {useStore} from '../utils/useStore';
 import {getAppVersion} from '../utils/info';
 import {checkForUpdate} from '../fb-stubs/checkForUpdate';
+import {getRenderHostInstance} from 'flipper-frontend-core';
 
 export type VersionCheckResult =
   | {
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ export default function UpdateIndicator() {
   // trigger the update check, unless there is a launcher message already
   useEffect(() => {
     const version = getAppVersion();
+    const config = getRenderHostInstance().serverConfig.processConfig;
     if (launcherMsg && launcherMsg.message) {
       if (launcherMsg.severity === 'error') {
         notification.error({
@@ -81,7 +83,11 @@ export default function UpdateIndicator() {
           duration: null,
         });
       }
-    } else if (version && isProduction()) {
+    } else if (
+      version &&
+      !config.suppressPluginUpdateNotifications &&
+      isProduction()
+    ) {
       reportPlatformFailures(
         checkForUpdate(version).then((res) => {
           if (res.kind === 'error') {
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/handleOpenPluginDeeplink.tsx b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/handleOpenPluginDeeplink.tsx
index 5daa14ef8..68ecb76ec 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/handleOpenPluginDeeplink.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/dispatcher/handleOpenPluginDeeplink.tsx
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ async function waitForLogin(store: Store) {
 }
 
 async function verifyFlipperIsUpToDate(title: string) {
-  if (!isProduction() || isTest()) {
+  const config = getRenderHostInstance().serverConfig.processConfig;
+  if (!isProduction() || isTest() || config.suppressPluginUpdateNotifications) {
     return;
   }
   const currentVersion = getAppVersion();
diff --git a/desktop/scripts/jest-setup-after.tsx b/desktop/scripts/jest-setup-after.tsx
index a19544147..cdd708565 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`,
+      suppressPluginUpdateNotifications: false,
     },
     settings: {
       androidHome: `/dev/null`,
diff --git a/desktop/static/main.tsx b/desktop/static/main.tsx
index ba1a78f01..df44dfcac 100644
--- a/desktop/static/main.tsx
+++ b/desktop/static/main.tsx
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ app.on('ready', async () => {
               {allowFileAccess: true},
             );
           } catch (e) {
-            console.error('Failed to loa React devtools from disk: ', e);
+            console.error('Failed to load React devtools from disk: ', e);
           }
         } else {
           try {
diff --git a/desktop/static/setup.tsx b/desktop/static/setup.tsx
index d64c24617..ccf3904ef 100644
--- a/desktop/static/setup.tsx
+++ b/desktop/static/setup.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const defaultConfig: Config = {
   pluginPaths: [],
   disabledPlugins: [],
   darkMode: 'light',
+  suppressPluginUpdateNotifications: false,
 };
 
 export type Config = {
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export type Config = {
   updaterEnabled?: boolean;
   launcherEnabled?: boolean;
   darkMode: 'system' | 'light' | 'dark';
+  suppressPluginUpdateNotifications?: boolean;
 };
 
 const ensureConfigDirExists = async (path: fs.PathLike) => {
@@ -83,6 +85,10 @@ export default async function setup(argv: any) {
     updaterEnabled: argv.updater,
     launcherEnabled: argv.launcher,
     launcherMsg: argv.launcherMsg,
+    suppressPluginUpdateNotifications:
+      typeof config.suppressPluginUpdateNotifications === 'boolean'
+        ? config.suppressPluginUpdateNotifications
+        : false,
   };
 
   return config;