diff --git a/ext/configuration.h b/ext/configuration.h
index b9c531f611..440d6c3f60 100644
--- a/ext/configuration.h
+++ b/ext/configuration.h
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ enum ddtrace_sampling_rules_format {
     CONFIG(INT, DD_OPENAI_SPAN_CHAR_LIMIT, "128")                                                              \
     CONFIG(DOUBLE, DD_OPENAI_SPAN_PROMPT_COMPLETION_SAMPLE_RATE, "1.0")                                        \
     CONFIG(DOUBLE, DD_OPENAI_LOG_PROMPT_COMPLETION_SAMPLE_RATE, "0.1")                                         \
+    CONFIG(BOOL, DD_INJECT_FORCE, "false", .ini_change = zai_config_system_ini_change)                             \
     DD_INTEGRATIONS
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
diff --git a/ext/excluded_modules.c b/ext/excluded_modules.c
index 0caaa3d227..4bad02a804 100644
--- a/ext/excluded_modules.c
+++ b/ext/excluded_modules.c
@@ -6,8 +6,17 @@
 #include <ext/standard/php_versioning.h>
 
 #include <components/log/log.h>
+#include "configuration.h"
 
 bool ddtrace_is_excluded_module(zend_module_entry *module, char *error) {
+#if PHP_VERSION_ID >= 80000
+    if (strcmp("ionCube Loader", module->name) == 0) {
+        snprintf(error, DDTRACE_EXCLUDED_MODULES_ERROR_MAX_LEN,
+                     "Found incompatible ionCube Loader extension");
+        return true;
+    }
+#endif
+
     if (strcmp("xdebug", module->name) == 0) {
         /*
         PHP 7.0 was only supported from Xdebug 2.4 through 2.7
@@ -15,7 +24,7 @@ bool ddtrace_is_excluded_module(zend_module_entry *module, char *error) {
         */
 #if PHP_VERSION_ID < 70100
         snprintf(error, DDTRACE_EXCLUDED_MODULES_ERROR_MAX_LEN,
-                 "Found incompatible Xdebug version %s; disabling conflicting functionality", module->version);
+                 "Found incompatible Xdebug version %s", module->version);
         return true;
 #endif
         /*
@@ -37,8 +46,7 @@ bool ddtrace_is_excluded_module(zend_module_entry *module, char *error) {
         int compare = php_version_compare(module->version, "2.9.5");
         if (compare == -1) {
             snprintf(error, DDTRACE_EXCLUDED_MODULES_ERROR_MAX_LEN,
-                     "Found incompatible Xdebug version %s; ddtrace requires Xdebug 2.9.5 or greater; disabling "
-                     "conflicting functionality",
+                     "Found incompatible Xdebug version %s; ddtrace requires Xdebug 2.9.5 or greater",
                      module->version);
             return true;
         }
@@ -50,18 +58,27 @@ void ddtrace_excluded_modules_startup() {
     zend_module_entry *module;
 
     ddtrace_has_excluded_module = false;
+    bool inject_force = get_global_DD_INJECT_FORCE();
 
     ZEND_HASH_FOREACH_PTR(&module_registry, module) {
         char error[DDTRACE_EXCLUDED_MODULES_ERROR_MAX_LEN + 1];
         if (module && module->name && module->version && ddtrace_is_excluded_module(module, error)) {
             ddtrace_has_excluded_module = true;
-            if (strcmp("xdebug", module->name) == 0) {
-                LOG(ERROR, error);
-            } else {
+            if (inject_force) {
                 LOG(WARN, error);
+            } else {
+                LOG(ERROR, error);
             }
-            return;
         }
     }
     ZEND_HASH_FOREACH_END();
+
+    if (ddtrace_has_excluded_module) {
+        if (inject_force) {
+            LOG(WARN, "Found incompatible extension(s); ignoring since 'datadog.inject_force' is enabled");
+            ddtrace_has_excluded_module = false;
+        } else {
+            LOG(ERROR, "Found incompatible extension(s); disabling conflicting functionality");
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/xdebug/2.7.2/self_disable_php_7.0.phpt b/tests/xdebug/2.7.2/self_disable_php_7.0.phpt
index ca2cae91ad..d8a32bbac1 100644
--- a/tests/xdebug/2.7.2/self_disable_php_7.0.phpt
+++ b/tests/xdebug/2.7.2/self_disable_php_7.0.phpt
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ if (!extension_loaded('Xdebug')) die('skip: Xdebug required');
 echo 'Done.' . PHP_EOL;
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
-[ddtrace] [error] Found incompatible Xdebug version %s; disabling conflicting functionality
+[ddtrace] [error] Found incompatible Xdebug version %s
+[ddtrace] [error] Found incompatible extension(s); disabling conflicting functionality
 Done.
diff --git a/tests/xdebug/2.9.2/force_inject.phpt b/tests/xdebug/2.9.2/force_inject.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b735f5fe22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/xdebug/2.9.2/force_inject.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--TEST--
+The tracer will ignore incompatible extensions
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 70100) die('skip: PHP 7.1+ required'); ?>
+--INI--
+xdebug.remote_enable=1
+datadog.inject_force=1
+datadog.trace.log_level=warn
+--FILE--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('Xdebug') || version_compare(phpversion('Xdebug'), '2.9.5') >= 0) die('Xdebug < 2.9.5 required');
+
+echo 'Done.' . PHP_EOL;
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+[ddtrace] [warning] Found incompatible Xdebug version %s; ddtrace requires Xdebug 2.9.5 or greater
+[ddtrace] [warning] Found incompatible extension(s); ignoring since 'datadog.inject_force' is enabled
+Done.
diff --git a/tests/xdebug/2.9.2/self_disable.phpt b/tests/xdebug/2.9.2/self_disable.phpt
index b40eaaf1ad..a6fe0fae32 100644
--- a/tests/xdebug/2.9.2/self_disable.phpt
+++ b/tests/xdebug/2.9.2/self_disable.phpt
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ if (!extension_loaded('Xdebug') || version_compare(phpversion('Xdebug'), '2.9.5'
 echo 'Done.' . PHP_EOL;
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
-[ddtrace] [error] Found incompatible Xdebug version %s; ddtrace requires Xdebug 2.9.5 or greater; disabling conflicting functionality
+[ddtrace] [error] Found incompatible Xdebug version %s; ddtrace requires Xdebug 2.9.5 or greater
+[ddtrace] [error] Found incompatible extension(s); disabling conflicting functionality
 Done.
diff --git a/tests/xdebug/2.9.2/startup_logging_diagnostics.phpt b/tests/xdebug/2.9.2/startup_logging_diagnostics.phpt
index 27599a5ff3..f639637a3e 100644
--- a/tests/xdebug/2.9.2/startup_logging_diagnostics.phpt
+++ b/tests/xdebug/2.9.2/startup_logging_diagnostics.phpt
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ if (!isset($logs['incompatible module xdebug'])) {
 echo 'Log: ' . $logs['incompatible module xdebug'] . PHP_EOL;
 ?>
 --EXPECT--
-Log: Found incompatible Xdebug version 2.9.2; ddtrace requires Xdebug 2.9.5 or greater; disabling conflicting functionality
+Log: Found incompatible Xdebug version 2.9.2; ddtrace requires Xdebug 2.9.5 or greater