diff --git a/packages/start/src/shared/dev-overlay/index.tsx b/packages/start/src/shared/dev-overlay/index.tsx
index addc7184b..413b09a39 100644
--- a/packages/start/src/shared/dev-overlay/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/start/src/shared/dev-overlay/index.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface DevOverlayProps {
 }
 
 const DevOverlayDialog =
-  /* #__PURE__ */ process.env.NODE_ENV === "production"
+  /* #__PURE__ */ process.env.NODE_ENV === "production" && !import.meta.env.START_DEV_OVERLAY
     ? () => {
         return <></>;
       }