autoenv.zsh | 13 +++++++++++--

diff --git a/autoenv.zsh b/autoenv.zsh
index 561a336072af656ae2fd1d8999f742b0d2a89480..d4cd642d48e397f0767b1268d501ace6156d7fbf 100644
--- a/autoenv.zsh
+++ b/autoenv.zsh
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 # Enable debugging. Multiple levels are supported (max 2).
 : ${AUTOENV_DEBUG:=0}
 
+# (Temporarily) disable zsh-autoenv. This gets looked at in the chpwd handler.
+: ${AUTOENV_DISABLED:=0}
+
 # Public helper functions, which can be used from your .env files:
 #
 # Source the next .env file from parent directories.
@@ -267,9 +270,15 @@
 
 _autoenv_chpwd_prev_dir=$PWD
 _autoenv_chpwd_handler() {
-  local env_file="$PWD/$AUTOENV_FILE_ENTER"
+  _autoenv_debug "Calling chpwd handler: PWD=$PWD"
 
-  _autoenv_debug "Calling chpwd handler: PWD=$PWD"
+  if (( $AUTOENV_DISABLED )); then
+    _autoenv_debug "Disabled (AUTOENV_DISABLED)."
+    return
+  fi
+
+  local env_file="$PWD/$AUTOENV_FILE_ENTER"
+  _autoenv_debug "env_file: $env_file"
 
   # Handle leave event for previously sourced env files.
   if [[ $AUTOENV_HANDLE_LEAVE == 1 ]] && (( $#_autoenv_stack_entered )); then