diff --git a/launcher/src/main.rs b/launcher/src/main.rs
index 0edc5c684..e6219500d 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main.rs
+++ b/launcher/src/main.rs
@@ -457,6 +457,9 @@ struct Args {
     /// The embedding dimension to use for the model.
     #[clap(long, env)]
     embedding_dim: Option<usize>,
+
+    #[clap(long, env)]
+    disable_sgmv: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -500,6 +503,7 @@ fn shard_manager(
     shutdown: Arc<AtomicBool>,
     _shutdown_sender: mpsc::Sender<()>,
     embedding_dim: Option<usize>,
+    disable_sgmv: bool,
 ) {
     // Enter shard-manager tracing span
     let _span = tracing::span!(tracing::Level::INFO, "shard-manager", rank = rank).entered();
@@ -640,6 +644,10 @@ fn shard_manager(
         envs.push(("FLASH_INFER".into(), "1".into()));
     }
 
+    if disable_sgmv {
+        envs.push(("DISABLE_SGMV".into(), "1".into()))
+    }
+
     // Safetensors load fast
     envs.push(("SAFETENSORS_FAST_GPU".into(), "1".into()));
 
@@ -1088,6 +1096,7 @@ fn spawn_shards(
         let merge_adapter_weights = args.merge_adapter_weights;
         let backend = args.backend;
         let embedding_dim = args.embedding_dim;
+        let disable_sgmv = args.disable_sgmv;
         thread::spawn(move || {
             shard_manager(
                 model_id,
@@ -1123,6 +1132,7 @@ fn spawn_shards(
                 shutdown,
                 shutdown_sender,
                 embedding_dim,
+                disable_sgmv,
             )
         });
     }