diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/captcha/config.ts b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/captcha/config.ts
index 1624002ff2..29bd3d8280 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/captcha/config.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/captcha/config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
-import { defineStartupConfig, ModuleConfig } from '../../fundamentals/config';
+import {
+  defineRuntimeConfig,
+  defineStartupConfig,
+  ModuleConfig,
+} from '../../fundamentals/config';
 import { CaptchaConfig } from './types';
 
 declare module '../config' {
   interface PluginsConfig {
-    captcha: ModuleConfig<CaptchaConfig>;
+    captcha: ModuleConfig<
+      CaptchaConfig,
+      {
+        enable: boolean;
+      }
+    >;
   }
 }
 
@@ -21,3 +30,10 @@ defineStartupConfig('plugins.captcha', {
     bits: 20,
   },
 });
+
+defineRuntimeConfig('plugins.captcha', {
+  enable: {
+    desc: 'Check captcha challenge when user authenticating the app.',
+    default: false,
+  },
+});
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/captcha/guard.ts b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/captcha/guard.ts
index b04bf73ca6..cd925486d4 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/captcha/guard.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/captcha/guard.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type {
 import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 
 import {
+  Config,
   getRequestResponseFromContext,
   GuardProvider,
 } from '../../fundamentals';
@@ -18,11 +19,18 @@ export class CaptchaGuardProvider
 {
   name = 'captcha' as const;
 
-  constructor(private readonly captcha: CaptchaService) {
+  constructor(
+    private readonly captcha: CaptchaService,
+    private readonly config: Config
+  ) {
     super();
   }
 
   async canActivate(context: ExecutionContext) {
+    if (!(await this.config.runtime.fetch('plugins.captcha/enable'))) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
     const { req } = getRequestResponseFromContext(context);
 
     // require headers, old client send through query string
diff --git a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/captcha/index.ts b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/captcha/index.ts
index ce24e09168..ac27ad7e2a 100644
--- a/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/captcha/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/server/src/plugins/captcha/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import './config';
+
 import { AuthModule } from '../../core/auth';
 import { ServerFeature } from '../../core/config';
 import { Plugin } from '../registry';