diff --git a/packages/common/env.ts b/packages/common/env.ts
index cbccc8b70..c52abbd25 100644
--- a/packages/common/env.ts
+++ b/packages/common/env.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ export const env = createEnv({
         message: `SECRET_ENCRYPTION_KEY must only contain hex characters${errorSuffix}`,
       }),
     NO_EXTERNAL_CONNECTION: createBooleanSchema(false),
+    ENABLE_DNS_CACHING: createBooleanSchema(false),
   },
   runtimeEnv: {
     SECRET_ENCRYPTION_KEY: process.env.SECRET_ENCRYPTION_KEY,
     NODE_ENV: process.env.NODE_ENV,
     NO_EXTERNAL_CONNECTION: process.env.NO_EXTERNAL_CONNECTION,
+    ENABLE_DNS_CACHING: process.env.ENABLE_DNS_CACHING,
   },
 });
diff --git a/packages/common/src/dns.ts b/packages/common/src/dns.ts
index 6e1e65c7c..7a8578b2b 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/dns.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/dns.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { DnsCacheManager } from "dns-caching";
 
 import { logger } from "@homarr/log";
 
+import { env } from "../env";
+
 // Add global type augmentation for homarr
 declare global {
   var homarr: {
@@ -19,4 +21,6 @@ global.homarr.dnsCacheManager ??= new DnsCacheManager({
   logger,
 });
 
-global.homarr.dnsCacheManager.initialize();
+if (env.ENABLE_DNS_CACHING) {
+  global.homarr.dnsCacheManager.initialize();
+}