diff --git a/modules/mono/mono_gd/gd_mono.cpp b/modules/mono/mono_gd/gd_mono.cpp
index 69634eccf48..29274be5594 100644
--- a/modules/mono/mono_gd/gd_mono.cpp
+++ b/modules/mono/mono_gd/gd_mono.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,18 @@ void gd_mono_profiler_init() {
 	bool profiler_enabled = GLOBAL_DEF("mono/profiler/enabled", false);
 	if (profiler_enabled) {
 		mono_profiler_load(profiler_args.utf8());
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const String env_var_name = "MONO_ENV_OPTIONS";
+	if (OS::get_singleton()->has_environment(env_var_name)) {
+		const auto mono_env_ops = OS::get_singleton()->get_environment(env_var_name);
+		// Usually MONO_ENV_OPTIONS looks like:   --profile=jb:prof=timeline,ctl=remote,host=127.0.0.1:55467
+		const String prefix = "--profile=";
+		if (mono_env_ops.begins_with(prefix)) {
+			const auto ops = mono_env_ops.substr(prefix.length(), mono_env_ops.length());
+			mono_profiler_load(ops.utf8());
+		}
 	}
 }