diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a64ced0..69e609a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ Use your favorite package manager. Example config with [packer.nvim](https://git
 use { "sitiom/nvim-numbertoggle" }
 ```
 
+## Disabling
+
+This plugin can be disabled in two ways:
+
+- Globally: set `vim.g.numbertoggle_disable` to `true`.
+- Locally for a buffer: set `vim.b.numbertoggle_disable` to `true`.
+
 ## Acknowledgment
 
 https://github.com/jeffkreeftmeijer/vim-numbertoggle
diff --git a/plugin/numbertoggle.lua b/plugin/numbertoggle.lua
index 5c38dbf..bf5fbf8 100644
--- a/plugin/numbertoggle.lua
+++ b/plugin/numbertoggle.lua
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
 local augroup = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("numbertoggle", {})
 
+local function is_disabled(buf)
+   if vim.g.numbertoggle_disable then
+      return true
+   end
+   if not vim.api.nvim_buf_is_valid(buf) then
+      return nil
+   end
+   return vim.b[buf or 0].numbertoggle_disable
+end
+
 vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "BufEnter", "FocusGained", "InsertLeave", "CmdlineLeave", "WinEnter" }, {
    pattern = "*",
    group = augroup,
-   callback = function()
+   callback = function(args)
+      if is_disabled(args.buf) then
+         return
+      end
       if vim.o.nu and vim.api.nvim_get_mode().mode ~= "i" then
          vim.opt.relativenumber = true
       end
@@ -13,12 +26,15 @@ vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "BufEnter", "FocusGained", "InsertLeave", "Cmdline
 vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd({ "BufLeave", "FocusLost", "InsertEnter", "CmdlineEnter", "WinLeave" }, {
    pattern = "*",
    group = augroup,
-   callback = function()
+   callback = function(args)
+      if is_disabled(args.buf) then
+         return
+      end
       if vim.o.nu then
          vim.opt.relativenumber = false
          -- Conditional taken from https://github.com/rockyzhang24/dotfiles/commit/03dd14b5d43f812661b88c4660c03d714132abcf
          -- Workaround for https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/32068
-         if not vim.tbl_contains({"@", "-"}, vim.v.event.cmdtype) then
+         if not vim.tbl_contains({ "@", "-" }, vim.v.event.cmdtype) then
             vim.cmd "redraw"
          end
       end