diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44cb46fd00492c0926c0440660e422aadf7246fa..e07fdc033ce751247ed39c1956373799b6387697 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ self-signed certificate authorities by making either of these changes:
 | `GLAB_CONFIG_DIR`  | -            | `~/.config/glab-cli/`                      | Directory where the `glab` global configuration file is located. Can be set in the config with `glab config set remote_alias origin`. |
 | `BROWSER`          | `browser`       | system default                                        | The web browser to use for opening links. Can be set in the configuration with `glab config set browser mybrowser`. |
 | `FORCE_HYPERLINKS` | `display_hyperlinks`             | `false`                                        | Set to `1` to force hyperlinks to be output, even when not outputting to a TTY. |
+| `GLAB_SEND_TELEMETRY` | `telemetry`             | `true`                                        | Set to `0` to prevent command usage data from being sent to your GitLab instance. |
 | `GLAMOUR_STYLE`    | `glamour_style` | `dark`                                       | Environment variable to set your desired Markdown renderer style. Available options are (`dark`, `light`, `notty`) or set a [custom style](https://github.com/charmbracelet/glamour#styles). |
 | `NO_COLOR`         | -            | `true`                                        | Set to any value to avoid printing ANSI escape sequences for color output. |
 | `VISUAL`, `EDITOR` | `editor`        | `nano`                                        | (in order of precedence) The editor tool to use for authoring text. Can be set in the config with `glab config set editor vim`. |
diff --git a/commands/root.go b/commands/root.go
index f2396c8144752318d02179d178c21370ffb92ca4..f11d0b2f41ded3968087c133ecea8bc328129e7f 100644
--- a/commands/root.go
+++ b/commands/root.go
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ func NewCmdRoot(f *cmdutils.Factory, version, commit string) *cobra.Command {
 			GLAB_CHECK_UPDATE: Set to 1 or true to force an update check. By default the cli tool
 			checks for updates once a day.
 
+			GLAB_SEND_TELEMETRY: Set to 0 or false to disable telemetry being sent to your GitLab instance.
+			Can be set in the config with 'glab config set telemetry false'.
+			See https://docs.gitlab.com/administration/settings/usage_statistics/ for more information
+
 			GLAB_CONFIG_DIR: Set to a directory path to override the global configuration location.
 
 			GLAMOUR_STYLE: The environment variable to set your desired Markdown renderer style.
diff --git a/internal/config/config.yaml.lock b/internal/config/config.yaml.lock
index f794679956a62858b78d94c5f9be0728ce41fa1a..fec79f59da89460074928cccdef770c1c60425d2 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.yaml.lock
+++ b/internal/config/config.yaml.lock
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ display_hyperlinks: false
 host: gitlab.com
 # Set to true (1) to disable prompts, or false (0) to enable them.
 no_prompt: false
+# Set to false (0) to disable sending usage data to your GitLab instance or true (1) to enable.
+# See https://docs.gitlab.com/administration/settings/usage_statistics/
+# for more information
+telemetry: true
 # Configuration specific for GitLab instances.
 hosts:
     gitlab.com:
diff --git a/internal/config/config_mapping.go b/internal/config/config_mapping.go
index 98a0750a34307c4eca030d01a2e7c8fb1dfb2c64..ee26cc6ef631108ec56522c4a83e1202579135e3 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_mapping.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_mapping.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ func ConfigKeyEquivalence(key string) string {
 		return "token"
 	case "no_prompt", "prompt_disabled":
 		return "no_prompt"
+	case "telemetry":
+		return "telemetry"
 	case "git_remote_url_var", "git_remote_alias", "remote_alias", "remote_nickname", "git_remote_nickname":
 		return "remote_alias"
 	case "editor", "visual", "glab_editor":
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ func EnvKeyEquivalence(key string) []string {
 		return []string{"GITLAB_TOKEN", "GITLAB_ACCESS_TOKEN", "OAUTH_TOKEN"}
 	case "no_prompt":
 		return []string{"NO_PROMPT", "PROMPT_DISABLED"}
+	case "telemetry":
+		return []string{"GLAB_SEND_TELEMETRY"}
 	case "editor", "visual", "glab_editor":
 		return []string{"GLAB_EDITOR", "VISUAL", "EDITOR"}
 	case "remote_alias":
diff --git a/internal/config/config_stub.go b/internal/config/config_stub.go
index a430df68efed683102caf87215a37636548902de..7f8d4847694c7ada0aad333e5e3e5e58af0fceac 100644
--- a/internal/config/config_stub.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_stub.go
@@ -95,6 +95,15 @@ func rootConfig() *yaml.Node {
 						Kind:  yaml.ScalarNode,
 						Value: "false",
 					},
+					{
+						HeadComment: "# Set to false (0) to disable sending usage data to your GitLab instance or true (1) to enable.\n# See https://docs.gitlab.com/administration/settings/usage_statistics/\n# for more information",
+						Kind:        yaml.ScalarNode,
+						Value:       "telemetry",
+					},
+					{
+						Kind:  yaml.ScalarNode,
+						Value: "true",
+					},
 					{
 						HeadComment: "# Configuration specific for GitLab instances.",
 						Kind:        yaml.ScalarNode,