diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 5fdf777..6384f6a 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 class IOMgrConan(ConanFile):
     name = "iomgr"
-    version = "10.0.5"
+    version = "10.0.6"
     homepage = "https://github.com/eBay/IOManager"
     description = "Asynchronous event manager"
     topics = ("ebay", "nublox", "aio")
diff --git a/src/lib/iomgr.cpp b/src/lib/iomgr.cpp
index 25b4195..f64c81e 100644
--- a/src/lib/iomgr.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/iomgr.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ void IOManager::start(const iomgr_params& params, const thread_state_notifier_t&
     // Do Poller specific pre interface initialization
     m_impl->pre_interface_init();
     bool new_interface_supported = false;
-    m_is_uring_capable = check_uring_capability(new_interface_supported);
+    m_is_uring_capable =
+        !(IM_DYNAMIC_CONFIG(drive.disable_io_uring)) && check_uring_capability(new_interface_supported);
     LOGINFOMOD(iomgr, "System has uring_capability={}", m_is_uring_capable);
 
     // Create all in-built interfaces here
diff --git a/src/lib/iomgr_config.fbs b/src/lib/iomgr_config.fbs
index 74de48b..8eaf05f 100644
--- a/src/lib/iomgr_config.fbs
+++ b/src/lib/iomgr_config.fbs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ table DriveInterface {
                                                            // TODO: this value should be set by consumer of iomgr, which should be (max_io_size / physical_page_sz) in worst case
 
     max_resubmit_cnt: uint32 = 3 (hotswap); // max resubmit cnt of io in case of error 
+
+    disable_io_uring: bool = false; // flag to not use io uring even if the env supports it
 }
 
 table PoolEntry {