4 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Create.c b/Create.c
index bef221a..c51b7eb 100644
--- a/Create.c
+++ b/Create.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ int Create(struct supertype *st, char *mddev, int mdfd,
 		if (verbose >= 0)
 			fprintf(stderr, Name ": array %s started.\n", mddev);
 		if (st->ss->external && st->subarray[0]) {
-			if (need_mdmon) {
+			if (need_mdmon && !env_no_mdmon()) {
 				int dn = st->container_dev;
 				int i;
 				switch(fork()) {
diff --git a/Incremental.c b/Incremental.c
index 266111a..e9a5457 100644
--- a/Incremental.c
+++ b/Incremental.c
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ int Incremental_container(struct supertype *st, char *devname, int verbose,
 				/* start mdmon if needed. */
 				if (mdmon_running(st->container_dev))
 					signal_mdmon(st->container_dev);
-				else {
+				else if (!env_no_mdmon()) {
 					int dn = st->container_dev;
 					int i;
 					switch(fork()) {
diff --git a/mdadm.h b/mdadm.h
index 72104da..3672bc9 100644
--- a/mdadm.h
+++ b/mdadm.h
@@ -773,6 +773,7 @@ extern int open_container(int fd);
 
 extern int mdmon_running(int devnum);
 extern int signal_mdmon(int devnum);
+extern int env_no_mdmon(void);
 
 extern char *devnum2devname(int num);
 extern int devname2devnum(char *name);
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 0c1dfee..283eeb6 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -1074,6 +1074,16 @@ int signal_mdmon(int devnum)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int env_no_mdmon(void)
+{
+	char *val = getenv("MDADM_NO_MDMON");
+
+	if (val && atoi(val) == 1)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 
 int flush_metadata_updates(struct supertype *st)
 {