diff --git a/lha/Engine.lua b/lha/Engine.lua
index e63c303..ac67063 100644
--- a/lha/Engine.lua
+++ b/lha/Engine.lua
@@ -302,7 +302,11 @@ return class.create(function(engine)
 
   function engine:loadScriptExtensions()
     if self.scriptsDir:isDirectory() then
-      self:loadExtensionsFromDirectory(self.scriptsDir, 'script')
+      if self.options.disableScripts then
+        logger:info('Script extensions disabled')
+      else
+        self:loadExtensionsFromDirectory(self.scriptsDir, 'script')
+      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lha/schema.json b/lha/schema.json
index 31a2a86..5386592 100644
--- a/lha/schema.json
+++ b/lha/schema.json
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
       "minimum": 0,
       "type": "integer"
     },
+    "disableScripts": {
+      "default": false,
+      "title": "Disable the script extensions",
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
     "work": {
       "default": "work",
       "title": "The work directory",