diff --git a/src/common/optionsPrototype.json5 b/src/common/optionsPrototype.json5
index 1b114a4..eb7d892 100644
--- a/src/common/optionsPrototype.json5
+++ b/src/common/optionsPrototype.json5
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@
     killSwitchType: 'ignore',
   },
 
+  // Internal kill switches:
+  'killswitch_xhrproxy': {
+    context: 'internal',
+    killSwitchType: 'internalKillSwitch',
+  },
+
   // Deprecated options:
   'escalatethreads': {
     defaultValue: false,
diff --git a/src/contentScripts/communityConsole/main.js b/src/contentScripts/communityConsole/main.js
index 0e53917..b16b42f 100644
--- a/src/contentScripts/communityConsole/main.js
+++ b/src/contentScripts/communityConsole/main.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {injectScript, injectStyles, injectStylesheet} from '../../common/contentScriptsUtils.js';
 import {getOptions} from '../../common/optionsUtils.js';
+import XHRProxyKillSwitchHandler from '../../xhrInterceptor/killSwitchHandler.js';
 import {injectPreviousPostsLinksUnifiedProfileIfEnabled} from '../utilsCommon/unifiedProfiles.js';
 
 import AvatarsHandler from './avatars.js';
@@ -346,3 +347,5 @@
   // Flatten threads
   injectStylesheet(chrome.runtime.getURL('css/flatten_threads.css'));
 });
+
+new XHRProxyKillSwitchHandler();
diff --git a/src/injections/xhrProxy.js b/src/injections/xhrProxy.js
index d33521c..2799bd2 100644
--- a/src/injections/xhrProxy.js
+++ b/src/injections/xhrProxy.js
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import {KILL_SWITCH_LOCALSTORAGE_KEY, KILL_SWITCH_LOCALSTORAGE_VALUE} from '../xhrInterceptor/killSwitchHandler.js';
 import XHRProxy from '../xhrInterceptor/XHRProxy.js';
 
-new XHRProxy();
+if (window.localStorage.getItem(KILL_SWITCH_LOCALSTORAGE_KEY) !==
+    KILL_SWITCH_LOCALSTORAGE_VALUE) {
+  new XHRProxy();
+}
diff --git a/src/xhrInterceptor/killSwitchHandler.js b/src/xhrInterceptor/killSwitchHandler.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02df59b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/xhrInterceptor/killSwitchHandler.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import InternalKillSwitchWatcher from '../killSwitch/internalKillSwitchWatcher.js';
+
+export const KILL_SWITCH = 'killswitch_xhrproxy';
+export const KILL_SWITCH_LOCALSTORAGE_KEY = 'TWPTKillSwitchXHRProxyEnabled';
+export const KILL_SWITCH_LOCALSTORAGE_VALUE = 'true';
+
+export default class XHRProxyKillSwitchHandler {
+  constructor() {
+    this.watcher =
+        new InternalKillSwitchWatcher(KILL_SWITCH, this.onChange, true);
+  }
+
+  onChange(isActive) {
+    if (isActive) {
+      window.localStorage.setItem(
+          KILL_SWITCH_LOCALSTORAGE_KEY, KILL_SWITCH_LOCALSTORAGE_VALUE);
+    } else {
+      window.localStorage.removeItem(KILL_SWITCH_LOCALSTORAGE_KEY);
+    }
+  }
+}