diff --git a/config.example.toml b/config.example.toml
index 8cb618ef..bcaa9c7e 100644
--- a/config.example.toml
+++ b/config.example.toml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 #emerge_sync_flags = "-q"
 #emerge_update_flags = "-uDNa --with-bdeps=y world"
 #redhat_distro_sync = false
+#rpm_ostree = false
 
 [windows]
 # Manually select Windows updates
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 0a0afd20..c4415aef 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ pub struct Linux {
     apt_arguments: Option<String>,
     enable_tlmgr: Option<bool>,
     redhat_distro_sync: Option<bool>,
+    rpm_ostree: Option<bool>,
     emerge_sync_flags: Option<String>,
     emerge_update_flags: Option<String>,
 }
@@ -669,6 +670,16 @@ impl Config {
             .unwrap_or(false)
     }
 
+    /// Use rpm-ostree in *when rpm-ostree is detected* (default: true)
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub fn rpm_ostree(&self) -> bool {
+        self.config_file
+            .linux
+            .as_ref()
+            .and_then(|linux| linux.rpm_ostree)
+            .unwrap_or(true)
+    }
+
     /// Should we ignore failures for this step
     pub fn ignore_failure(&self, step: Step) -> bool {
         self.config_file
diff --git a/src/steps/os/linux.rs b/src/steps/os/linux.rs
index 38d75233..7c23bef2 100644
--- a/src/steps/os/linux.rs
+++ b/src/steps/os/linux.rs
@@ -237,15 +237,17 @@ fn upgrade_arch_linux(ctx: &ExecutionContext) -> Result<()> {
 }
 
 fn upgrade_redhat(ctx: &ExecutionContext) -> Result<()> {
-    if let Some(ostree) = Path::new("/usr/bin/rpm-ostree").if_exists() {
-        let mut command = ctx.run_type().execute(ostree);
-        command.arg("upgrade");
-        if ctx.config().yes() {
-            command.arg("-y");
-        }
+    let _ = if let Some(ostree) = Path::new("/usr/bin/rpm-ostree").if_exists() {
+        if ctx.config().rpm_ostree() {
+            let mut command = ctx.run_type().execute(ostree);
+            command.arg("upgrade");
+            if ctx.config().yes() {
+                command.arg("-y");
+            }
 
-        return command.check_run();
-    }
+            return command.check_run();
+        }
+    };
 
     if let Some(sudo) = &ctx.sudo() {
         let mut command = ctx.run_type().execute(&sudo);