diff --git a/lib/ruby_lsp/requests/support/dependency_detector.rb b/lib/ruby_lsp/requests/support/dependency_detector.rb
index 926804a60..02669b81d 100644
--- a/lib/ruby_lsp/requests/support/dependency_detector.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby_lsp/requests/support/dependency_detector.rb
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ def direct_dependency?(gem_pattern)
 
     sig { returns(T::Boolean) }
     def detect_typechecker
+      return false if ENV["RUBY_LSP_BYPASS_TYPECHECKER"]
+
       direct_dependency?(/^sorbet/) || direct_dependency?(/^sorbet-static-and-runtime/)
     end