diff --git a/node/src/Worker.ts b/node/src/Worker.ts
index e86206d98b..2d5ab30bc2 100644
--- a/node/src/Worker.ts
+++ b/node/src/Worker.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ export type WorkerSettings<WorkerAppData extends AppData = AppData> = {
 	 */
 	libwebrtcFieldTrials?: string;
 
+	/**
+	 * Disable liburing (io_uring) despite it's supported in current host.
+	 */
+	disableLiburing?: boolean;
+
 	/**
 	 * Custom application data.
 	 */
@@ -287,6 +292,7 @@ export class Worker<
 		dtlsCertificateFile,
 		dtlsPrivateKeyFile,
 		libwebrtcFieldTrials,
+		disableLiburing,
 		appData,
 	}: WorkerSettings<WorkerAppData>) {
 		super();
@@ -338,6 +344,10 @@ export class Worker<
 			spawnArgs.push(`--libwebrtcFieldTrials=${libwebrtcFieldTrials}`);
 		}
 
+		if (disableLiburing) {
+			spawnArgs.push(`--disableLiburing`);
+		}
+
 		logger.debug(
 			'spawning worker process: %s %s',
 			spawnBin,
diff --git a/rust/src/worker.rs b/rust/src/worker.rs
index 60a08b67f0..68a9ecbadd 100644
--- a/rust/src/worker.rs
+++ b/rust/src/worker.rs
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ pub struct WorkerSettings {
     /// "WebRTC-Bwe-AlrLimitedBackoff/Enabled/".
     #[doc(hidden)]
     pub libwebrtc_field_trials: Option<String>,
+    /// Disable liburing (io_uring) despite it's supported in current host.
+    pub disable_liburing: Option<bool>,
     /// Function that will be called under worker thread before worker starts, can be used for
     /// pinning worker threads to CPU cores.
     pub thread_initializer: Option<Arc<dyn Fn() + Send + Sync>>,
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ impl Default for WorkerSettings {
             rtc_port_range: 10000..=59999,
             dtls_files: None,
             libwebrtc_field_trials: None,
+            disable_liburing: None,
             thread_initializer: None,
             app_data: AppData::default(),
         }
@@ -235,6 +238,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for WorkerSettings {
             rtc_port_range,
             dtls_files,
             libwebrtc_field_trials,
+            disable_liburing,
             thread_initializer,
             app_data,
         } = self;
@@ -245,6 +249,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for WorkerSettings {
             .field("rtc_port_range", &rtc_port_range)
             .field("dtls_files", &dtls_files)
             .field("libwebrtc_field_trials", &libwebrtc_field_trials)
+            .field("disable_liburing", &disable_liburing)
             .field(
                 "thread_initializer",
                 &thread_initializer.as_ref().map(|_| "ThreadInitializer"),
@@ -356,6 +361,7 @@ impl Inner {
             rtc_port_range,
             dtls_files,
             libwebrtc_field_trials,
+            disable_liburing,
             thread_initializer,
             app_data,
         }: WorkerSettings,
@@ -404,6 +410,10 @@ impl Inner {
             ));
         }
 
+        if let Some(disable_liburing) = disable_liburing {
+            spawn_args.push(format!("--disable_liburing"));
+        }
+
         let id = WorkerId::new();
         debug!(
             "spawning worker with arguments [id:{}]: {}",
diff --git a/worker/include/Settings.hpp b/worker/include/Settings.hpp
index 06a66f4bf6..1025260e3d 100644
--- a/worker/include/Settings.hpp
+++ b/worker/include/Settings.hpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class Settings
 		std::string dtlsCertificateFile;
 		std::string dtlsPrivateKeyFile;
 		std::string libwebrtcFieldTrials{ "WebRTC-Bwe-AlrLimitedBackoff/Enabled/" };
+		bool liburingDisabled{ false };
 	};
 
 public:
diff --git a/worker/src/DepLibUring.cpp b/worker/src/DepLibUring.cpp
index c5e8aed778..8ad9bc8555 100644
--- a/worker/src/DepLibUring.cpp
+++ b/worker/src/DepLibUring.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "DepLibUring.hpp"
 #include "Logger.hpp"
 #include "MediaSoupErrors.hpp"
+#include "Settings.hpp"
 #include "Utils.hpp"
 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
@@ -11,9 +12,9 @@
 
 /* Static variables. */
 bool DepLibUring::enabled{ false };
-/* liburing instance per thread. */
+// liburing instance per thread.
 thread_local DepLibUring::LibUring* DepLibUring::liburing{ nullptr };
-/* Completion queue entry array used to retrieve processes tasks. */
+// Completion queue entry array used to retrieve processes tasks.
 thread_local struct io_uring_cqe* cqes[DepLibUring::QueueDepth];
 
 /* Static methods for UV callbacks. */
@@ -121,6 +122,13 @@ void DepLibUring::ClassInit()
 
 	MS_DEBUG_TAG(info, "liburing version: \"%i.%i\"", mayor, minor);
 
+	if (Settings::configuration.liburingDisabled)
+	{
+		MS_DEBUG_TAG(info, "liburing disabled by user settings");
+
+		return;
+	}
+
 	// This must be called first.
 	DepLibUring::CheckRuntimeSupport();
 
diff --git a/worker/src/Settings.cpp b/worker/src/Settings.cpp
index a989bc44e5..029083a13a 100644
--- a/worker/src/Settings.cpp
+++ b/worker/src/Settings.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ void Settings::SetConfiguration(int argc, char* argv[])
 		{ "dtlsCertificateFile",  optional_argument, nullptr, 'c' },
 		{ "dtlsPrivateKeyFile",   optional_argument, nullptr, 'p' },
 		{ "libwebrtcFieldTrials", optional_argument, nullptr, 'W' },
-		{ nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0 }
+		{ "disableLiburing",      no_argument,       nullptr, 'd' },
+		{ nullptr,                0,                 nullptr,  0  }
 	};
 	// clang-format on
 	std::string stringValue;
@@ -73,13 +74,9 @@ void Settings::SetConfiguration(int argc, char* argv[])
 
 	optind = 1; // Set explicitly, otherwise subsequent runs will fail.
 	opterr = 0; // Don't allow getopt to print error messages.
+
 	while ((c = getopt_long_only(argc, argv, "", options, &optionIdx)) != -1)
 	{
-		if (!optarg)
-		{
-			MS_THROW_TYPE_ERROR("unknown configuration parameter: %s", optarg);
-		}
-
 		switch (c)
 		{
 			case 'l':
@@ -158,6 +155,13 @@ void Settings::SetConfiguration(int argc, char* argv[])
 				break;
 			}
 
+			case 'd':
+			{
+				Settings::configuration.liburingDisabled = true;
+
+				break;
+			}
+
 			// Invalid option.
 			case '?':
 			{