diff --git a/docusaurus/docs/adding-images-fonts-and-files.md b/docusaurus/docs/adding-images-fonts-and-files.md
index ef1d4d8697e..deb6cc39f89 100644
--- a/docusaurus/docs/adding-images-fonts-and-files.md
+++ b/docusaurus/docs/adding-images-fonts-and-files.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ With Webpack, using static assets like images and fonts works similarly to CSS.
 
 You can **`import` a file right in a JavaScript module**. This tells Webpack to include that file in the bundle. Unlike CSS imports, importing a file gives you a string value. This value is the final path you can reference in your code, e.g. as the `src` attribute of an image or the `href` of a link to a PDF.
 
-To reduce the number of requests to the server, importing images that are less than 10,000 bytes returns a [data URI](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/Data_URIs) instead of a path. This applies to the following file extensions: bmp, gif, jpg, jpeg, and png. SVG files are excluded due to [#1153](https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/1153).
+To reduce the number of requests to the server, importing images that are less than 10,000 bytes returns a [data URI](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/Data_URIs) instead of a path. This applies to the following file extensions: bmp, gif, jpg, jpeg, and png. SVG files are excluded due to [#1153](https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/issues/1153). You can control the 10,000 byte threshold by setting the `IMAGE_INLINE_SIZE_LIMIT` environment variable as documented in our [advanced configuration](advanced-configuration.md).
 
 Here is an example:
 
diff --git a/docusaurus/docs/advanced-configuration.md b/docusaurus/docs/advanced-configuration.md
index 86bac9fa451..413bca5051b 100644
--- a/docusaurus/docs/advanced-configuration.md
+++ b/docusaurus/docs/advanced-configuration.md
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ You can adjust various development and production settings by setting environmen
 | GENERATE_SOURCEMAP   | 🚫 Ignored  |  ✅ Used   | When set to `false`, source maps are not generated for a production build. This solves out of memory (OOM) issues on some smaller machines.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | NODE_PATH            |   ✅ Used   |  ✅ Used   | Same as [`NODE_PATH` in Node.js](https://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_loading_from_the_global_folders), but only relative folders are allowed. Can be handy for emulating a monorepo setup by setting `NODE_PATH=src`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
 | INLINE_RUNTIME_CHUNK | 🚫 Ignored  |  ✅ Used   | By default, Create React App will embed the runtime script into `index.html` during the production build. When set to `false`, the script will not be embedded and will be imported as usual. This is normally required when dealing with CSP.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
+| IMAGE_INLINE_SIZE_LIMIT | 🚫 Ignored  |  ✅ Used   | By default, images smaller than 10,000 bytes are encoded as a data URI in base64 and inlined in the CSS or JS build artifact. Set this to control the size limit in bytes. Setting it to 0 will disable the inlining of images.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
index 8f70442d584..771b06c94d1 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ const shouldUseSourceMap = process.env.GENERATE_SOURCEMAP !== 'false';
 // makes for a smoother build process.
 const shouldInlineRuntimeChunk = process.env.INLINE_RUNTIME_CHUNK !== 'false';
 
+const imageInlineSizeLimit = parseInt(
+  process.env.IMAGE_INLINE_SIZE_LIMIT || '10000'
+);
+
 // Check if TypeScript is setup
 const useTypeScript = fs.existsSync(paths.appTsConfig);
 
@@ -343,7 +347,7 @@ module.exports = function(webpackEnv) {
               test: [/\.bmp$/, /\.gif$/, /\.jpe?g$/, /\.png$/],
               loader: require.resolve('url-loader'),
               options: {
-                limit: 10000,
+                limit: imageInlineSizeLimit,
                 name: 'static/media/[name].[hash:8].[ext]',
               },
             },