diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index f7e004108..61daa06d9 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -435,6 +435,11 @@ func (c *GitCommand) AbortMerge() error {
 // usingGpg tells us whether the user has gpg enabled so that we can know
 // whether we need to run a subprocess to allow them to enter their password
 func (c *GitCommand) usingGpg() bool {
+	overrideGpg := c.Config.GetUserConfig().GetBool("git.overrideGpg")
+	if overrideGpg {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	gpgsign, _ := c.getLocalGitConfig("commit.gpgsign")
 	if gpgsign == "" {
 		gpgsign, _ = c.getGlobalGitConfig("commit.gpgsign")
diff --git a/pkg/config/app_config.go b/pkg/config/app_config.go
index 9938113d7..f3c5a7690 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app_config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app_config.go
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ git:
     args: ""
   skipHookPrefix: 'WIP'
   autoFetch: true
+  overrideGpg: false # prevents lazygit from spawning a separate process when using GPG
 update:
   method: prompt # can be: prompt | background | never
   days: 14 # how often a update is checked for