diff --git a/src/pipewire/conf.c b/src/pipewire/conf.c
index 755b2792e..829105202 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/conf.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/conf.c
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ static int get_read_path(char *path, size_t size, const char *prefix, const char
 			return 1;
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
+	if (pw_check_option("no-config", "true"))
+		goto no_config;
 
 	dir = getenv("PIPEWIRE_CONFIG_DIR");
 	if (dir != NULL) {
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ static int get_read_path(char *path, size_t size, const char *prefix, const char
 		    access(path, R_OK) == 0)
 			return 1;
 	}
+no_config:
 	dir = PIPEWIRE_CONFDATADIR;
 	if (dir != NULL) {
 		const char *paths[] = { dir, prefix, name, NULL };
diff --git a/src/pipewire/pipewire.c b/src/pipewire/pipewire.c
index ad9f1aa11..7afc0a6d0 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/pipewire.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/pipewire.c
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ struct support {
 	struct spa_support support[MAX_SUPPORT];
 	uint32_t n_support;
 	unsigned int in_valgrind:1;
+	unsigned int no_color:1;
+	unsigned int no_config:1;
 };
 
 static struct registry global_registry;
@@ -487,10 +489,16 @@ void pw_init(int *argc, char **argv[])
 	if (support->registry != NULL)
 		return;
 
-	if ((str = getenv("VALGRIND")))
+	if ((str = getenv("VALGRIND")) != NULL)
 		support->in_valgrind = pw_properties_parse_bool(str);
 
-	if ((str = getenv("PIPEWIRE_DEBUG")))
+	if ((str = getenv("NO_COLOR")) != NULL)
+		support->no_color = true;
+
+	if ((str = getenv("PIPEWIRE_NO_CONFIG")) != NULL)
+		support->no_config = pw_properties_parse_bool(str);
+
+	if ((str = getenv("PIPEWIRE_DEBUG")) != NULL)
 		configure_debug(support, str);
 
 	init_i18n(support);
@@ -508,7 +516,7 @@ void pw_init(int *argc, char **argv[])
 
 	if (pw_log_is_default()) {
 		n_items = 0;
-		if (getenv("NO_COLOR") == NULL)
+		if (!support->no_color)
 			items[n_items++] = SPA_DICT_ITEM_INIT(SPA_KEY_LOG_COLORS, "true");
 		items[n_items++] = SPA_DICT_ITEM_INIT(SPA_KEY_LOG_TIMESTAMP, "true");
 		items[n_items++] = SPA_DICT_ITEM_INIT(SPA_KEY_LOG_LINE, "true");
@@ -663,6 +671,19 @@ bool pw_in_valgrind(void)
 	return global_support.in_valgrind;
 }
 
+SPA_EXPORT
+bool pw_check_option(const char *option, const char *value)
+{
+	if (spa_streq(option, "in-valgrind"))
+		return global_support.in_valgrind == spa_atob(value);
+	else if (spa_streq(option, "no-color"))
+		return global_support.no_color == spa_atob(value);
+	else if (spa_streq(option, "no-config"))
+		return global_support.no_config == spa_atob(value);
+	else
+		return false;
+}
+
 /** Get the client name
  *
  * Make a new PipeWire client name that can be used to construct a remote.
diff --git a/src/pipewire/pipewire.h b/src/pipewire/pipewire.h
index 441a4a316..9ca2c491a 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/pipewire.h
+++ b/src/pipewire/pipewire.h
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ pw_get_client_name(void);
 
 bool pw_in_valgrind(void);
 
+bool pw_check_option(const char *option, const char *value);
+
 enum pw_direction
 pw_direction_reverse(enum pw_direction direction);