diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
index 106aae7cf1..9491883fc7 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/extend/ARGV.rb
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ module HomebrewArgvExtension
     include?("--sandbox") || !ENV["HOMEBREW_SANDBOX"].nil?
   end
 
+  def no_sandbox?
+    include?("--no-sandbox") || !ENV["HOMEBREW_NO_SANDBOX"].nil?
+  end
+
   def ignore_deps?
     include? "--ignore-dependencies"
   end