diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index d0468f9196e..43ff44ee7d8 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ This serves two purposes:
 - Introduced a new navigation config builder class to simplify navigation configuration in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1827
 - You can now add custom posts to the blog post feed component when including it directly in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1893
 - Added a `Feature::fromName()` enum helper in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1895
+- Added environment variable support for saving previews in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1996
 - Added support for specifying features in the YAML configuration in https://github.com/hydephp/develop/pull/1896
 - **Added a new consolidated Asset API to better handle media files.**
   - Added several new fluent methods to the `MediaFile` class, like `getLink()`, `getLength()`, `getMimeType()`, etc.
diff --git a/config/hyde.php b/config/hyde.php
index 010d9b26b11..4b4a74ce65e 100644
--- a/config/hyde.php
+++ b/config/hyde.php
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
         'host' => env('SERVER_HOST', 'localhost'),
 
         // Should preview pages be saved to the output directory?
-        'save_preview' => false,
+        'save_preview' => env('SERVER_SAVE_PREVIEW', false),
 
         // Should the live edit feature be enabled?
         'live_edit' => env('SERVER_LIVE_EDIT', true),
diff --git a/docs/extensions/realtime-compiler.md b/docs/extensions/realtime-compiler.md
index 009e283ef04..534588803f7 100644
--- a/docs/extensions/realtime-compiler.md
+++ b/docs/extensions/realtime-compiler.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The server can be configured in the `config/hyde.php` file to change the port, h
 'server' => [
     'port' => env('SERVER_PORT', 8080),
     'host' => env('SERVER_HOST', 'localhost'),
-    'save_preview' => false,
+    'save_preview' => env('SERVER_SAVE_PREVIEW', false),
 ],
 ```
 
diff --git a/packages/framework/config/hyde.php b/packages/framework/config/hyde.php
index 010d9b26b11..4b4a74ce65e 100644
--- a/packages/framework/config/hyde.php
+++ b/packages/framework/config/hyde.php
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
         'host' => env('SERVER_HOST', 'localhost'),
 
         // Should preview pages be saved to the output directory?
-        'save_preview' => false,
+        'save_preview' => env('SERVER_SAVE_PREVIEW', false),
 
         // Should the live edit feature be enabled?
         'live_edit' => env('SERVER_LIVE_EDIT', true),
diff --git a/packages/realtime-compiler/tests/RealtimeCompilerTest.php b/packages/realtime-compiler/tests/RealtimeCompilerTest.php
index 45e78abd550..8ee16c74409 100644
--- a/packages/realtime-compiler/tests/RealtimeCompilerTest.php
+++ b/packages/realtime-compiler/tests/RealtimeCompilerTest.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class RealtimeCompilerTest extends UnitTestCase
     public static function setUpBeforeClass(): void
     {
         putenv('SERVER_LIVE_EDIT=false');
+        putenv('SERVER_SAVE_PREVIEW=true');
 
         define('BASE_PATH', realpath(__DIR__.'/../../../'));