diff --git a/spacy/__main__.py b/spacy/__main__.py
index b14611c79..bfe671ef4 100644
--- a/spacy/__main__.py
+++ b/spacy/__main__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from pathlib import Path
+import os
 
 FILE = Path(__file__).parent / "cli.json"
+IS_DEBUG = "SPACY_CLI_DEBUG" in os.environ
+IS_DISABLED = "SPACY_CLI_NO_STATIC" in os.environ
 
 
 def main():
@@ -8,7 +11,7 @@ def main():
 
     # TODO: ideally we want to set disable=True for local development, but
     # not sure yet how to best determine that?
-    static = StaticRadicli.load(FILE)
+    static = StaticRadicli.load(FILE, debug=IS_DEBUG, disable=IS_DISABLED)
     static.run()
 
     from spacy.cli import setup_cli