diff --git a/daemon/control.go b/daemon/control.go
index 9c5e0cb..d71976d 100644
--- a/daemon/control.go
+++ b/daemon/control.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/daemon/job"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/daemon/nethelpers"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/logger"
+	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/util/envconst"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/version"
 	"github.com/zrepl/zrepl/zfs"
 )
@@ -86,6 +87,12 @@ func (j *controlJob) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 
 	pprofServer := NewPProfServer(ctx)
+	if listen := envconst.String("ZREPL_DAEMON_AUTOSTART_PPROF_SERVER", ""); listen != "" {
+		pprofServer.Control(PprofServerControlMsg{
+			Run:               true,
+			HttpListenAddress: listen,
+		})
+	}
 
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 	mux.Handle(ControlJobEndpointPProf,
diff --git a/util/envconst/envconst.go b/util/envconst/envconst.go
index 44bc9b8..5b00a76 100644
--- a/util/envconst/envconst.go
+++ b/util/envconst/envconst.go
@@ -56,3 +56,15 @@ func Bool(varname string, def bool) bool {
 	cache.Store(varname, d)
 	return d
 }
+
+func String(varname string, def string) string {
+	if v, ok := cache.Load(varname); ok {
+		return v.(string)
+	}
+	e := os.Getenv(varname)
+	if e == "" {
+		return def
+	}
+	cache.Store(varname, e)
+	return e
+}