diff --git a/forgit.plugin.sh b/forgit.plugin.sh
index a7b4cb5..ae5c839 100755
--- a/forgit.plugin.sh
+++ b/forgit.plugin.sh
@@ -166,10 +166,13 @@ __forgit_ignore_clean() {
 }
 
 
-alias ${forgit_add:-ga}=__forgit_add
-alias ${forgit_log:-glo}=__forgit_log
-alias ${forgit_diff:-gd}=__forgit_diff
-alias ${forgit_ignore:-gi}=__forgit_ignore
-alias ${forgit_restore:-gcf}=__forgit_restore
-alias ${forgit_clean:-gclean}=__forgit_clean
-alias ${forgit_stash_show:-gss}=__forgit_stash_show
+# add aliases
+if [[ -z "$FORGIT_NO_ALIASES" ]]; then
+  alias ${forgit_add:-ga}=__forgit_add
+  alias ${forgit_log:-glo}=__forgit_log
+  alias ${forgit_diff:-gd}=__forgit_diff
+  alias ${forgit_ignore:-gi}=__forgit_ignore
+  alias ${forgit_restore:-gcf}=__forgit_restore
+  alias ${forgit_clean:-gclean}=__forgit_clean
+  alias ${forgit_stash_show:-gss}=__forgit_stash_show
+fi
diff --git a/forgit.plugin.zsh b/forgit.plugin.zsh
index efebea0..25b465a 100644
--- a/forgit.plugin.zsh
+++ b/forgit.plugin.zsh
@@ -163,10 +163,12 @@ forgit::ignore::clean() {
 }
 
 # add aliases
-alias ${forgit_add:-ga}='forgit::add'
-alias ${forgit_log:-glo}='forgit::log'
-alias ${forgit_diff:-gd}='forgit::diff'
-alias ${forgit_ignore:-gi}='forgit:ignore'
-alias ${forgit_restore:-gcf}='forgit::restore'
-alias ${forgit_clean:-gclean}='forgit::clean'
-alias ${forgit_stash_show:-gss}='forgit::stash::show'
+if [[ -z "$FORGIT_NO_ALIASES" ]]; then
+    alias ${forgit_add:-ga}='forgit::add'
+    alias ${forgit_log:-glo}='forgit::log'
+    alias ${forgit_diff:-gd}='forgit::diff'
+    alias ${forgit_ignore:-gi}='forgit:ignore'
+    alias ${forgit_restore:-gcf}='forgit::restore'
+    alias ${forgit_clean:-gclean}='forgit::clean'
+    alias ${forgit_stash_show:-gss}='forgit::stash::show'
+fi