diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_cpu.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_cpu.c
index 1d286d6dbb..a4e0977e8f 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_cpu.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/common/evas_cpu.c
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ evas_common_cpu_init(void)
    cpu_feature_mask |= CPU_FEATURE_NEON *
      evas_common_cpu_feature_test(evas_common_cpu_neon_test);
    evas_common_cpu_end_opt();
+   if (getenv("EVAS_CPU_NO_NEON"))
+     cpu_feature_mask &= ~CPU_FEATURE_NEON;
 #endif
 #endif
 }