diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
index 07cc6d6749b48..98168e18c9585 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Application.php
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\NullOutput;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\SignalRegistry\SignalRegistry;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Style\SymfonyStyle;
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ public function run(InputInterface $input = null, OutputInterface $output = null
         }
 
         $input ??= new ArgvInput();
-        $output ??= new ConsoleOutput();
+        $output ??= $this->isDirectOutputDisabled() ? new NullOutput() : new ConsoleOutput();
 
         $renderException = function (\Throwable $e) use ($output) {
             if ($output instanceof ConsoleOutputInterface) {
@@ -934,7 +935,7 @@ protected function configureIO(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output):
                 break;
         }
 
-        if (true === $input->hasParameterOption(['--quiet', '-q'], true)) {
+        if (true === $input->hasParameterOption(['--quiet', '-q'], true) || $this->isDirectOutputDisabled()) {
             $output->setVerbosity(OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_QUIET);
             $shellVerbosity = -1;
         } else {
@@ -1281,4 +1282,11 @@ private function init(): void
             $this->add($command);
         }
     }
+
+    private function isDirectOutputDisabled(): bool
+    {
+        $output = $_ENV['SYMFONY_CONSOLE_OUTPUT'] ?? $_SERVER['SYMFONY_CONSOLE_OUTPUT'] ?? getenv('SYMFONY_CONSOLE_OUTPUT');
+
+        return false === filter_var(false === $output ? '1' : $output, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOL);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php
index ca85c24b1f754..5293d87f10b85 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Tests/ApplicationTest.php
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ protected function tearDown(): void
         putenv('SHELL_VERBOSITY');
         unset($_ENV['SHELL_VERBOSITY']);
         unset($_SERVER['SHELL_VERBOSITY']);
+        putenv('SYMFONY_CONSOLE_OUTPUT');
+        unset($_ENV['SYMFONY_CONSOLE_OUTPUT']);
+        unset($_SERVER['SYMFONY_CONSOLE_OUTPUT']);
 
         if (\function_exists('pcntl_signal')) {
             // We reset all signals to their default value to avoid side effects
@@ -1128,6 +1131,22 @@ public function testRunWithGlobalOptionAndNoCommand()
         $this->assertSame(0, $application->run($input, $output));
     }
 
+    public function testDisableOutput()
+    {
+        $_ENV['SYMFONY_CONSOLE_OUTPUT'] = '0';
+        $application = new Application();
+        $application->setAutoExit(false);
+        $application->setCatchExceptions(false);
+        $application->add($command = new \Foo1Command());
+        $_SERVER['argv'] = ['cli.php', 'foo:bar1'];
+
+        ob_start();
+        $application->run();
+        ob_end_clean();
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(NullOutput::class, $command->output);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Issue #9285.
      *