diff --git a/doc/sources/guide/environment.rst b/doc/sources/guide/environment.rst
index ba608eae6..75c36695d 100644
--- a/doc/sources/guide/environment.rst
+++ b/doc/sources/guide/environment.rst
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ KIVY_SDL2_PATH
 
     .. versionadded:: 1.9.0
 
+    .. warning::
+
+        Must be used during the compilation of Kivy. It is not required for the
+        execution.
+
+
 Configuration
 -------------
 
@@ -68,6 +74,17 @@ KIVY_NO_FILELOG
 KIVY_NO_CONSOLELOG
     If set, logs will be not print on the console
 
+KIVY_NO_ARGS
+    If set, the argument passed in command line will not be parsed and used by Kivy.
+    Ie, you can safely make a script or an app with your own arguments without
+    requiring the `--` delimiter::
+
+        import os
+        os.environ["KIVY_NO_ARGS"] = "1"
+        import kivy
+
+    .. versionadded:: 1.9.0
+
 Restrict core to specific implementation
 ----------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/kivy/__init__.py b/kivy/__init__.py
index 0466f2e65..92e9870ab 100644
--- a/kivy/__init__.py
+++ b/kivy/__init__.py
@@ -282,7 +282,9 @@ if not environ.get('KIVY_DOC_INCLUDE'):
     Logger.setLevel(level=level)
 
     # Can be overrided in command line
-    if 'KIVY_UNITTEST' not in environ and 'KIVY_PACKAGING' not in environ:
+    if ('KIVY_UNITTEST' not in environ and
+        'KIVY_PACKAGING' not in environ and
+        'KIVY_NO_ARGS' not in environ):
         # save sys argv, otherwize, gstreamer use it and display help..
         sys_argv = sys.argv
         sys.argv = sys.argv[:1]