diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/commit.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/commit.go
index 4655792ef23..61b2ede4ca4 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/commit.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/actions/commit.go
@@ -101,10 +101,17 @@ func GetCommitStaged(
 			}
 		}
 
-		roots.Staged, err = doltdb.ValidateForeignKeysOnSchemas(ctx, tableResolver, roots.Staged)
+		fkChecks, err := ctx.GetSessionVariable(ctx, "foreign_key_checks")
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+
+		if intValue, ok := fkChecks.(int8); ok && intValue == 1 {
+			roots.Staged, err = doltdb.ValidateForeignKeysOnSchemas(ctx, tableResolver, roots.Staged)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	meta, err := datas.NewCommitMetaWithUserTS(props.Name, props.Email, props.Message, props.Date)
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_queries.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_queries.go
index 213d91afd6b..b033d19f77a 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_queries.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_queries.go
@@ -8253,6 +8253,19 @@ var DoltCommitTests = []queries.ScriptTest{
 			},
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		Name: "DOLT_COMMIT respects foreign_key_checks=0",
+		SetUpScript: []string{
+			"SET @@foreign_key_checks=0;",
+			"CREATE TABLE invalidFK (id int primary key, constraint fk foreign key (id) references invalidTable(id))",
+		},
+		Assertions: []queries.ScriptTestAssertion{
+			{
+				Query:    "CALL DOLT_COMMIT('-A', '-m', 'Table with foreign key violation');",
+				Expected: []sql.Row{{doltCommit}},
+			},
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 var DoltIndexPrefixScripts = []queries.ScriptTest{