diff --git a/lxd/instance/drivers/driver_lxc.go b/lxd/instance/drivers/driver_lxc.go
index 1df713fc16cf..d76a7d672b59 100644
--- a/lxd/instance/drivers/driver_lxc.go
+++ b/lxd/instance/drivers/driver_lxc.go
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ func (d *lxc) IdmappedStorage(path string) idmap.IdmapStorageType {
 		mode = idmap.IdmapStorageShiftfs
 	}
 
-	if !d.state.OS.LXCFeatures["idmapped_mounts_v2"] {
+	if !d.state.OS.LXCFeatures["idmapped_mounts_v2"] || shared.IsTrue(os.Getenv("LXD_IDMAPPED_MOUNTS_DISABLE")) {
 		return mode
 	}