diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index d846202..357a1a1 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ DEMO_USERS=
 # After the first initialization, the admin password can only be changed via the OpenCloud User Settings UI or by using the OpenCloud CLI.
 # Documentation: https://docs.opencloud.eu/docs/admin/resources/common-issues#-change-admin-password-set-in-env
 INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD=
+# Whether clients should check for updates.
+# Defaults to "true".
+CHECK_FOR_UPDATES=
 # Define the openCloud loglevel used.
 #
 LOG_LEVEL=
@@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ COLLABORA_SSL_ENABLE=false
 # Please comment out the following line:
 COLLABORA_SSL_VERIFICATION=false
 # Enable home mode in Collabore Online.
-# Home users can enable this setting, which in turn disables welcome screen and user feedback popups, 
+# Home users can enable this setting, which in turn disables welcome screen and user feedback popups,
 # but also limits concurrent open connections to 20 and concurrent open documents to 10.
 # Default is false if not specified.
 COLLABORA_HOME_MODE=
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 48438ec..e95683c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ services:
       NOTIFICATIONS_SMTP_AUTHENTICATION: "${SMTP_AUTHENTICATION}"
       NOTIFICATIONS_SMTP_ENCRYPTION: "${SMTP_TRANSPORT_ENCRYPTION:-none}"
       FRONTEND_ARCHIVER_MAX_SIZE: "10000000000"
+      FRONTEND_CHECK_FOR_UPDATES: "${CHECK_FOR_UPDATES:-true}"
       PROXY_CSP_CONFIG_FILE_LOCATION: /etc/opencloud/csp.yaml
       # enable to allow using the banned passwords list
       OC_PASSWORD_POLICY_BANNED_PASSWORDS_LIST: banned-password-list.txt