diff --git a/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f4c07d48a01..68cf97c4e81c 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 - Azure Monitor OpenTelemetry Metrics Exporter Configuration updated.
 
-
 ### Bugs Fixed
 
 - Suppress tracing while exporting metrics.
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/Declarations/Constants.ts b/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/Declarations/Constants.ts
index 7ca1e4f21e47..e8cb32bca6a4 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/Declarations/Constants.ts
+++ b/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/Declarations/Constants.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ export const ENV_CONNECTION_STRING = "APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING";
  * @internal
  */
 export const ENV_INSTRUMENTATION_KEY = "APPINSIGHTS_INSTRUMENTATIONKEY";
+/**
+ * Disable Statsbeat environment variable name.
+ * @internal
+ */
+export const ENV_DISABLE_STATSBEAT = "APPLICATION_INSIGHTS_NO_STATSBEAT";
 
 /**
  * QuickPulse metric counter names.
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/export/base.ts b/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/export/base.ts
index 066593d85dc7..d87c57cfc57d 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/export/base.ts
+++ b/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/src/export/base.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ import { HttpSender, FileSystemPersist } from "../platform";
 import { AzureMonitorExporterOptions } from "../config";
 import { PersistentStorage, Sender } from "../types";
 import { isRetriable, BreezeResponse } from "../utils/breezeUtils";
-import { DEFAULT_BREEZE_ENDPOINT, ENV_CONNECTION_STRING } from "../Declarations/Constants";
+import {
+  DEFAULT_BREEZE_ENDPOINT,
+  ENV_CONNECTION_STRING,
+  ENV_DISABLE_STATSBEAT,
+} from "../Declarations/Constants";
 import { TelemetryItem as Envelope } from "../generated";
 import { NetworkStatsbeatMetrics } from "./statsbeat/networkStatsbeatMetrics";
 import { MAX_STATSBEAT_FAILURES } from "./statsbeat/types";
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ export abstract class AzureMonitorBaseExporter {
     this._sender = new HttpSender(this._endpointUrl, this._options);
     this._persister = new FileSystemPersist(this._instrumentationKey, this._options);
 
-    if (!this._isStatsbeatExporter) {
+    if (!this._isStatsbeatExporter && !process.env[ENV_DISABLE_STATSBEAT]) {
       // Initialize statsbeatMetrics
       this._networkStatsbeatMetrics = new NetworkStatsbeatMetrics({
         instrumentationKey: this._instrumentationKey,
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/test/internal/statsbeat.test.ts b/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/test/internal/statsbeat.test.ts
index c7ec3f456dd2..68580e5306d1 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/test/internal/statsbeat.test.ts
+++ b/sdk/monitor/monitor-opentelemetry-exporter/test/internal/statsbeat.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as assert from "assert";
 import { ExportResult, ExportResultCode } from "@opentelemetry/core";
 import { failedBreezeResponse, successfulBreezeResponse } from "../utils/breezeTestUtils";
 import { AzureMonitorBaseExporter } from "../../src/index";
-import { DEFAULT_BREEZE_ENDPOINT } from "../../src/Declarations/Constants";
+import { DEFAULT_BREEZE_ENDPOINT, ENV_DISABLE_STATSBEAT } from "../../src/Declarations/Constants";
 import { TelemetryItem as Envelope } from "../../src/generated";
 import nock from "nock";
 import { NetworkStatsbeatMetrics } from "../../src/export/statsbeat/networkStatsbeatMetrics";
@@ -367,5 +367,15 @@ describe("#AzureMonitorStatsbeatExporter", () => {
         delete process.env.LONG_INTERVAL_EXPORT_MILLIS;
       });
     });
+
+    describe("Disable Statsbeat", () => {
+      it("should disable statsbeat when the environement variable is set", () => {
+        process.env[ENV_DISABLE_STATSBEAT] = "true";
+        const exporter = new TestExporter();
+        assert.ok(!exporter["_networkStatsbeatMetrics"]);
+        assert.ok(!exporter["_longIntervalStatsbeatMetrics"]);
+        delete process.env[ENV_DISABLE_STATSBEAT];
+      });
+    });
   });
 });