diff --git a/libcef/browser/net_service/proxy_url_loader_factory.cc b/libcef/browser/net_service/proxy_url_loader_factory.cc
index 16d762689..c5546c29f 100644
--- a/libcef/browser/net_service/proxy_url_loader_factory.cc
+++ b/libcef/browser/net_service/proxy_url_loader_factory.cc
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
 #include "libcef/browser/context.h"
 #include "libcef/browser/origin_whitelist_impl.h"
 #include "libcef/browser/thread_util.h"
+#include "libcef/common/cef_switches.h"
 #include "libcef/common/net/scheme_registration.h"
 #include "libcef/common/net_service/net_service_util.h"
 
 #include "base/barrier_closure.h"
+#include "base/command_line.h"
 #include "base/strings/string_number_conversions.h"
 #include "components/safe_browsing/core/common/safebrowsing_constants.h"
 #include "content/public/browser/browser_context.h"
@@ -52,6 +54,14 @@ void CreateProxyHelper(
                                      std::move(request_handler));
 }
 
+bool DisableRequestHandlingForTesting() {
+  static bool disabled([]() -> bool {
+    return base::CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess()->HasSwitch(
+        switches::kDisableRequestHandlingForTesting);
+  }());
+  return disabled;
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 
 // Owns all of the ProxyURLLoaderFactorys for a given BrowserContext. Since
@@ -1302,8 +1312,7 @@ void ProxyURLLoaderFactory::CreateLoaderAndStart(
     return;
   }
 
-  bool pass_through = false;
-  if (pass_through) {
+  if (DisableRequestHandlingForTesting()) {
     // This is the so-called pass-through, no-op option.
     if (target_factory_) {
       target_factory_->CreateLoaderAndStart(std::move(receiver), request_id,
diff --git a/libcef/common/cef_switches.cc b/libcef/common/cef_switches.cc
index 68cb64a1d..2b5266507 100644
--- a/libcef/common/cef_switches.cc
+++ b/libcef/common/cef_switches.cc
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ const char kDisableChromeLoginPrompt[] = "disable-chrome-login-prompt";
 // Override the product component of the default User-Agent string.
 const char kUserAgentProductAndVersion[] = "user-agent-product";
 
+// Disable request handling in CEF to faciliate debugging of network-related
+// issues.
+const char kDisableRequestHandlingForTesting[] =
+    "disable-request-handling-for-testing";
+
 #if defined(OS_MAC)
 // Path to the framework directory.
 const char kFrameworkDirPath[] = "framework-dir-path";
diff --git a/libcef/common/cef_switches.h b/libcef/common/cef_switches.h
index a2aa23afb..edc0e0f17 100644
--- a/libcef/common/cef_switches.h
+++ b/libcef/common/cef_switches.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ extern const char kDevToolsProtocolLogFile[];
 extern const char kEnableChromeRuntime[];
 extern const char kDisableChromeLoginPrompt[];
 extern const char kUserAgentProductAndVersion[];
+extern const char kDisableRequestHandlingForTesting[];
 
 #if defined(OS_MAC)
 extern const char kFrameworkDirPath[];