diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5807ead..a43d895 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 (unreleased)=
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/compare/v5.1.5...HEAD)
 
+(unreleased-added)=
+### Added
+
+- Added options to skip the Manim Slides Sphinx directive.
+  [#423](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/423)
+
 (unreleased-chore)=
 ### Chore
 
@@ -35,7 +41,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fixed broken `--show-config` command.
   [#419](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/pull/419)
 
-
 (v5.1.4)=
 ## [v5.1.4](https://github.com/jeertmans/manim-slides/compare/v5.1.3...v5.1.4)
 
diff --git a/manim_slides/docs/manim_slides_directive.py b/manim_slides/docs/manim_slides_directive.py
index 74b14b0..b6e2d35 100644
--- a/manim_slides/docs/manim_slides_directive.py
+++ b/manim_slides/docs/manim_slides_directive.py
@@ -86,6 +86,19 @@ A third application is to render scenes from another specific file::
     you should probably not include examples that rely on external files, since
     relative paths risk to be broken.
 
+.. note::
+
+    If you want to skip rendering the slides (e.g., for testing)
+    you can either set the ``SKIP_MANIM_SLIDES`` environ
+    variable (to any value) or pass  the ``skip-manim-slides``
+    tag to ``sphinx``:
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
+        sphinx-build -t skip-manim-slides <OTHER_SPHINX_OPTIONS>
+        # or if you use a Makefile
+        make html O=-tskip-manim-slides
+
 Options
 -------
 
@@ -181,6 +194,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import csv
 import itertools as it
+import os
 import re
 import shlex
 import sys
@@ -272,6 +286,7 @@ class ManimSlidesDirective(Directive):
             "skip-manim-slides"
             in self.state.document.settings.env.app.builder.tags.tags
             or self.state.document.settings.env.app.builder.name == "gettext"
+            or "SKIP_MANIM_SLIDES" in os.environ
         )
         if should_skip:
             node = SkipManimNode()