diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52ca8f9..0424e6f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ You can also dynamically add any other report to this same directory and Netbox
 ### Custom Initialization Code (e.g. Automatically Setting Up Custom Fields)
 
 When using `docker-compose`, all the python scripts present in `/opt/netbox/startup_scripts` will automatically be executed after the application boots in the context of `./manage.py`.
+The execution of the startup scripts can be prevented by setting the environment variable `SKIP_STARTUP_SCRIPTS` to `true`, e.g. in the file `env/netbox.env`.
 
 That mechanism can be used for many things, e.g. to create Netbox custom fields:
 
diff --git a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 4cef815..8922a5d 100755
--- a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -39,10 +39,14 @@ if not User.objects.filter(username='${SUPERUSER_NAME}'):
     Token.objects.create(user=u, key='${SUPERUSER_API_TOKEN}')
 END
 
-for script in /opt/netbox/startup_scripts/*.py; do
-  echo "⚙️ Executing '$script'"
-  ./manage.py shell --interface python < "${script}"
-done
+if [ "$SKIP_STARTUP_SCRIPTS" == "true" ]; then
+  echo "☇ Skipping startup scripts"
+else
+  for script in /opt/netbox/startup_scripts/*.py; do
+    echo "⚙️ Executing '$script'"
+    ./manage.py shell --interface python < "${script}"
+  done
+fi
 
 # copy static files
 ./manage.py collectstatic --no-input