diff --git a/waiter/lib/travis/web/app.rb b/waiter/lib/travis/web/app.rb
index dd02f07696..917a880ea7 100644
--- a/waiter/lib/travis/web/app.rb
+++ b/waiter/lib/travis/web/app.rb
@@ -292,6 +292,10 @@ def set_config(string, _opts = {}) # rubocop:disable Metrics/CyclomaticComplexit
       config['aida'] = aida
     end
 
+    if ENV['DISABLE_AIDA']
+      config['disableAida'] = ENV['DISABLE_AIDA']
+    end
+
     config['metricsAdapters'] = []
     if ENV['GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID']
       config['metricsAdapters'].push( {