diff --git a/src/command.rs b/src/command.rs
index 5aab712756..7048f9e39b 100644
--- a/src/command.rs
+++ b/src/command.rs
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_commandline_args(
             let testbin: Option<Expression> = call.get_flag_expr("testbin");
             #[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
             let plugin_file: Option<Expression> = call.get_flag_expr("plugin-config");
+            let no_config_file = call.get_named_arg("no-config-file");
             let config_file: Option<Expression> = call.get_flag_expr("config");
             let env_file: Option<Expression> = call.get_flag_expr("env-config");
             let log_level: Option<Expression> = call.get_flag_expr("log-level");
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_commandline_args(
                 testbin,
                 #[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
                 plugin_file,
+                no_config_file,
                 config_file,
                 env_file,
                 log_level,
@@ -205,6 +207,7 @@ pub(crate) struct NushellCliArgs {
     pub(crate) testbin: Option<Spanned<String>>,
     #[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
     pub(crate) plugin_file: Option<Spanned<String>>,
+    pub(crate) no_config_file: Option<Spanned<String>>,
     pub(crate) config_file: Option<Spanned<String>>,
     pub(crate) env_file: Option<Spanned<String>>,
     pub(crate) log_level: Option<Spanned<String>>,
@@ -245,6 +248,11 @@ impl Command for Nu {
                 "the table mode to use. rounded is default.",
                 Some('m'),
             )
+            .switch(
+                "no-config-file",
+                "start with no config file and no env file",
+                Some('n'),
+            )
             .named(
                 "threads",
                 SyntaxShape::Int,
diff --git a/src/run.rs b/src/run.rs
index 55c2ea9db2..7aeafbff7f 100644
--- a/src/run.rs
+++ b/src/run.rs
@@ -201,15 +201,18 @@ pub(crate) fn run_repl(
     let mut stack = nu_protocol::engine::Stack::new();
     let start_time = std::time::Instant::now();
 
-    setup_config(
-        &mut engine_state,
-        &mut stack,
-        #[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
-        parsed_nu_cli_args.plugin_file,
-        parsed_nu_cli_args.config_file,
-        parsed_nu_cli_args.env_file,
-        parsed_nu_cli_args.login_shell.is_some(),
-    );
+    if parsed_nu_cli_args.no_config_file.is_none() {
+        setup_config(
+            &mut engine_state,
+            &mut stack,
+            #[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
+            parsed_nu_cli_args.plugin_file,
+            parsed_nu_cli_args.config_file,
+            parsed_nu_cli_args.env_file,
+            parsed_nu_cli_args.login_shell.is_some(),
+        );
+    }
+
     // Reload use_color from config in case it's different from the default value
     let use_color = engine_state.get_config().use_ansi_coloring;
     perf(