diff --git a/doc/README.md b/doc/README.md
index 71ec8ee5..f9c7e978 100644
--- a/doc/README.md
+++ b/doc/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #### Version check
 
-By default, driftctl checks for a new version remotely, to disable this behavior, use flag `--no-version-check` 
+By default, driftctl checks for a new version remotely. To disable this behavior, use either the flag `--no-version-check` or the environment variable `DCTL_NO_VERSION_CHECK=true`.
 
 ### Usage
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/driftctl.go b/pkg/cmd/driftctl.go
index 8dfa7784..cf34247f 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/driftctl.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/driftctl.go
@@ -70,10 +70,11 @@ func contains(args []string, cmd string) bool {
 }
 
 func (driftctlCmd DriftctlCmd) ShouldCheckVersion() bool {
+	noVersionCheckEnv := os.Getenv("DCTL_NO_VERSION_CHECK") == "true"
 	noVersionCheckVal := contains(os.Args[1:], "--no-version-check")
 	hasVersionCmd := contains(os.Args[1:], "version")
 	isHelp := contains(os.Args[1:], "help") || contains(os.Args[1:], "--help") || contains(os.Args[1:], "-h")
-	return driftctlCmd.build.IsRelease() && !hasVersionCmd && !noVersionCheckVal && !isHelp
+	return driftctlCmd.build.IsRelease() && !hasVersionCmd && !noVersionCheckVal && !isHelp && !noVersionCheckEnv
 }
 
 // Iterate over command flags
@@ -85,12 +86,18 @@ func bindEnvToFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
+		// Ignore some global flags
+		// no-version-check is ignored because we don't use cmd flags to retrieve flag in version check function
+		// as we check version before cmd, we use os.Args
+		if f.Name == "help" || f.Name == "no-version-check" {
+			return
+		}
 		envKey := strings.ReplaceAll(f.Name, "-", "_")
 		// Apply the viper config value to the flag when the flag is not set and viper has a value
 		// Allow flags precedence over env variables
 		if !f.Changed && viper.IsSet(envKey) {
 			envVal := viper.GetString(envKey)
-			err = cmd.Flags().Set(envKey, envVal)
+			err = cmd.Flags().Set(f.Name, envVal)
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/driftctl_test.go b/pkg/cmd/driftctl_test.go
index 91572137..5a8e576d 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/driftctl_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/driftctl_test.go
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ func TestDriftctlCmd_ShouldCheckVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		Name      string
 		IsRelease bool
 		args      []string
+		env       map[string]string
 		expected  bool
 	}{
 		{
@@ -212,6 +213,14 @@ func TestDriftctlCmd_ShouldCheckVersion(t *testing.T) {
 			args:      []string{""},
 			expected:  false,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:      "Don't check for update when env var set",
+			IsRelease: true,
+			env: map[string]string{
+				"DCTL_NO_VERSION_CHECK": "true",
+			},
+			expected: false,
+		},
 		{
 			Name:      "Should not return error when launching sub command",
 			IsRelease: false,
@@ -224,11 +233,16 @@ func TestDriftctlCmd_ShouldCheckVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(c.Name, func(tt *testing.T) {
 			assert := assert.New(tt)
 
+			os.Clearenv()
+			for key, val := range c.env {
+				os.Setenv(key, val)
+			}
+
 			cmd := NewDriftctlCmd(mocks.MockBuild{Release: c.IsRelease})
 			os.Args = append([]string{"driftctl"}, c.args...)
 			result := cmd.ShouldCheckVersion()
 
-			assert.Equal(result, c.expected)
+			assert.Equal(c.expected, result)
 		})
 	}
 }