diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2fabd0a3..2a813b74 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -35,7 +35,15 @@ else
                           required: get_option('tls'))
 endif
 
-if host_machine.system() == 'darwin' and get_option('darwin-arch-sanity-check')
+darwin_arch_sanity_check = get_option('darwin-arch-sanity-check')
+if host_machine.system() == 'darwin' and darwin_arch_sanity_check
+  darwin_arch_sanity_check_env = run_command('sh', '-c', 'printf %s "$ZOITECHAT_DARWIN_ARCH_SANITY_CHECK"', check: false).stdout().strip().to_lower()
+  if ['0', 'false', 'no', 'off'].contains(darwin_arch_sanity_check_env)
+    darwin_arch_sanity_check = false
+  endif
+endif
+
+if host_machine.system() == 'darwin' and darwin_arch_sanity_check
   cflags_env = run_command('sh', '-c', 'printf %s "$CFLAGS"', check: false).stdout().strip()
   ldflags_env = run_command('sh', '-c', 'printf %s "$LDFLAGS"', check: false).stdout().strip()
   pkgconfig_glib = run_command('pkg-config', '--libs-only-L', 'glib-2.0', check: false)
@@ -46,7 +54,7 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'darwin' and get_option('darwin-arch-sanity-check')
   if targeting_x86_64 and using_arm_homebrew
     error('Detected x86_64 build flags (-arch x86_64) while pkg-config resolves glib from /opt/homebrew (arm64). ' +
           'Use arm64 build flags with /opt/homebrew, or run an x86_64/Rosetta environment with an x86_64 dependency stack (typically /usr/local). ' +
-          'To bypass this safety check, configure with -Ddarwin-arch-sanity-check=false.')
+          'To bypass this safety check, configure with -Ddarwin-arch-sanity-check=false or set ZOITECHAT_DARWIN_ARCH_SANITY_CHECK=0.')
   endif
 endif