diff --git a/kde-modules/KDEClangFormat.cmake b/kde-modules/KDEClangFormat.cmake
index e278a63..3949bd2 100644
--- a/kde-modules/KDEClangFormat.cmake
+++ b/kde-modules/KDEClangFormat.cmake
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Since 5.64
 find_program(KDE_CLANG_FORMAT_EXECUTABLE clang-format)
 
 # instantiate our clang-format file, must be in source directory for tooling if we have the tool
-if(KDE_CLANG_FORMAT_EXECUTABLE)
+if(KDE_CLANG_FORMAT_EXECUTABLE AND NOT "$ENV{VCPKG_DISABLE_KDE_CLANG_FORMAT}")
     set(CLANG_FORMAT_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.clang-format)
     if (EXISTS ${CLANG_FORMAT_FILE})
         file(READ ${CLANG_FORMAT_FILE} CLANG_FORMAT_CONTENTS LIMIT 1000)
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ function(KDE_CLANG_FORMAT)
 
     # add target without specific commands first, we add the real calls file-per-file to avoid command line length issues and enable parallelization
     add_custom_target(clang-format COMMENT "Formatting sources in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} with ${KDE_CLANG_FORMAT_EXECUTABLE}...")
+    if("$ENV{VCPKG_DISABLE_KDE_CLANG_FORMAT}")
+        return()
+    endif()
 
     # run clang-format only if available, else signal the user what is missing
     if(KDE_CLANG_FORMAT_EXECUTABLE)