diff --git a/apps/indexer/config/config.exs b/apps/indexer/config/config.exs
index 7f6b6f9b7a..0402ffc5a9 100644
--- a/apps/indexer/config/config.exs
+++ b/apps/indexer/config/config.exs
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ config :indexer, Indexer.Fetcher.EmptyBlocksSanitizer.Supervisor,
 
 config :indexer, Indexer.Supervisor, enabled: System.get_env("DISABLE_INDEXER") != "true"
 
+config :indexer, Indexer.Block.Realtime.Supervisor, enabled: System.get_env("DISABLE_REALTIME_INDEXER") != "true"
+
 config :indexer, Indexer.Tracer,
   service: :indexer,
   adapter: SpandexDatadog.Adapter,
diff --git a/apps/indexer/lib/indexer/supervisor.ex b/apps/indexer/lib/indexer/supervisor.ex
index 1636bedcda..50770c23d1 100644
--- a/apps/indexer/lib/indexer/supervisor.ex
+++ b/apps/indexer/lib/indexer/supervisor.ex
@@ -92,14 +92,21 @@ defmodule Indexer.Supervisor do
 
     realtime_subscribe_named_arguments = realtime_overrides[:subscribe_named_arguments] || subscribe_named_arguments
 
+    realtime_fetcher =
+      if Application.get_env(:indexer, Realtime.Supervisor)[:enabled] do
+        [
+          {Realtime.Supervisor,
+           [
+             %{block_fetcher: realtime_block_fetcher, subscribe_named_arguments: realtime_subscribe_named_arguments},
+             [name: Realtime.Supervisor]
+           ]}
+        ]
+      else
+        []
+      end
+
     basic_fetchers = [
       # Root fetchers
-      {PendingTransaction.Supervisor, [[json_rpc_named_arguments: json_rpc_named_arguments]]},
-      {Realtime.Supervisor,
-       [
-         %{block_fetcher: realtime_block_fetcher, subscribe_named_arguments: realtime_subscribe_named_arguments},
-         [name: Realtime.Supervisor]
-       ]},
       {Catchup.Supervisor,
        [
          %{block_fetcher: block_fetcher, block_interval: block_interval, memory_monitor: memory_monitor},
@@ -135,8 +142,15 @@ defmodule Indexer.Supervisor do
       {PendingOpsCleaner, [[], []]}
     ]
 
+    all_fetchers =
+      [
+        {PendingTransaction.Supervisor, [[json_rpc_named_arguments: json_rpc_named_arguments]]}
+      ] ++
+        realtime_fetcher ++
+        basic_fetchers
+
     Supervisor.init(
-      basic_fetchers,
+      all_fetchers,
       strategy: :one_for_one
     )
   end
diff --git a/docker-compose/envs/common-blockscout.env b/docker-compose/envs/common-blockscout.env
index 03036522fc..212a744554 100644
--- a/docker-compose/envs/common-blockscout.env
+++ b/docker-compose/envs/common-blockscout.env
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ DISABLE_WEBAPP=false
 DISABLE_READ_API=false
 DISABLE_WRITE_API=false
 DISABLE_INDEXER=false
+DISABLE_REALTIME_INDEXER=false
 INDEXER_DISABLE_PENDING_TRANSACTIONS_FETCHER=false
 INDEXER_DISABLE_INTERNAL_TRANSACTIONS_FETCHER=false
 # WEBAPP_URL=
diff --git a/docker/Makefile b/docker/Makefile
index f2e0d9a3bb..dc9434895a 100644
--- a/docker/Makefile
+++ b/docker/Makefile
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ endif
 ifdef DISABLE_INDEXER
 	BLOCKSCOUT_CONTAINER_PARAMS += -e 'DISABLE_INDEXER=$(DISABLE_INDEXER)'
 endif
+ifdef DISABLE_REALTIME_INDEXER
+	BLOCKSCOUT_CONTAINER_PARAMS += -e 'DISABLE_REALTIME_INDEXER=$(DISABLE_REALTIME_INDEXER)'
+endif
 ifdef WEBAPP_URL
 	BLOCKSCOUT_CONTAINER_PARAMS += -e 'WEBAPP_URL=$(WEBAPP_URL)'
 endif