diff --git a/comfy/model_management.py b/comfy/model_management.py
index 40717b1e4..1889ab0ac 100644
--- a/comfy/model_management.py
+++ b/comfy/model_management.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import importlib
 import platform
 import weakref
 import gc
+import os
 
 class VRAMState(Enum):
     DISABLED = 0    #No vram present: no need to move models to vram
@@ -333,13 +334,15 @@ except:
 SUPPORT_FP8_OPS = args.supports_fp8_compute
 
 AMD_RDNA2_AND_OLDER_ARCH = ["gfx1030", "gfx1031", "gfx1010", "gfx1011", "gfx1012", "gfx906", "gfx900", "gfx803"]
+AMD_ENABLE_MIOPEN_ENV = 'COMFYUI_ENABLE_MIOPEN'
 
 try:
     if is_amd():
         arch = torch.cuda.get_device_properties(get_torch_device()).gcnArchName
         if not (any((a in arch) for a in AMD_RDNA2_AND_OLDER_ARCH)):
-            torch.backends.cudnn.enabled = False  # Seems to improve things a lot on AMD
-            logging.info("Set: torch.backends.cudnn.enabled = False for better AMD performance.")
+            if os.getenv(AMD_ENABLE_MIOPEN_ENV) != '1':
+                torch.backends.cudnn.enabled = False  # Seems to improve things a lot on AMD
+                logging.info("Set: torch.backends.cudnn.enabled = False for better AMD performance.")
 
         try:
             rocm_version = tuple(map(int, str(torch.version.hip).split(".")[:2]))