diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index 116db36a..514b64d4 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 <!-- toc -->
 
 - [Puppeteer](#puppeteer)
+  * [Environment Variables](#environment-variables)
   * [class: Puppeteer](#class-puppeteer)
     + [puppeteer.connect(options)](#puppeteerconnectoptions)
     + [puppeteer.launch([options])](#puppeteerlaunchoptions)
@@ -137,6 +138,12 @@
 
 Puppeteer is a Node library which provides a high-level API to control Chromium over the DevTools Protocol.
 
+### Environment Variables
+
+Puppeteer looks for certain environment variables to aid its operations:
+
+- `HTTP_PROXY`, `HTTPS_PROXY`, `NO_PROXY` - defines HTTP proxy settings that are used to download and run Chromium.
+- `PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD` - do not download bundled Chromium during installation step.
 
 ### class: Puppeteer
 
diff --git a/install.js b/install.js
index 73f2809c..6a5a92ff 100644
--- a/install.js
+++ b/install.js
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+if (process.env.PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD) {
+  console.log('**INFO** Skipping Chromium download. "PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD" environment variable was found.');
+  return;
+}
+
 const Downloader = require('./utils/ChromiumDownloader');
 const platform = Downloader.currentPlatform();
 const revision = require('./package').puppeteer.chromium_revision;