diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-end-to-end.yml b/.github/workflows/run-end-to-end.yml
index 2996367bd00..54cbfb12948 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-end-to-end.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-end-to-end.yml
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run APPSEC_STANDALONE_V2 scenario
       if: always() && steps.build.outcome == 'success' && contains(inputs.scenarios, '"APPSEC_STANDALONE_V2"')
       run: ./run.sh APPSEC_STANDALONE_V2
+    - name: Run APPSEC_NO_STATS scenario
+      if: always() && steps.build.outcome == 'success' && contains(inputs.scenarios, '"APPSEC_NO_STATS"')
+      run: ./run.sh APPSEC_NO_STATS
     - name: Run IAST_STANDALONE scenario
       if: always() && steps.build.outcome == 'success' && contains(inputs.scenarios, '"IAST_STANDALONE"')
       run: ./run.sh IAST_STANDALONE
diff --git a/manifests/php.yml b/manifests/php.yml
index 0120cffa176..fd45bc8f330 100644
--- a/manifests/php.yml
+++ b/manifests/php.yml
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ tests/:
       test_telemetry.py:
         Test_TelemetryMetrics: missing_feature
     test_asm_standalone.py:
+      Test_AppSecStandalone_NotEnabled: v1.6.2
       Test_AppSecStandalone_UpstreamPropagation: v1.6.0
       Test_AppSecStandalone_UpstreamPropagation_V2: missing_feature
       Test_IastStandalone_UpstreamPropagation: missing_feature
diff --git a/tests/appsec/test_asm_standalone.py b/tests/appsec/test_asm_standalone.py
index ed4558533f2..cc00b04c3ad 100644
--- a/tests/appsec/test_asm_standalone.py
+++ b/tests/appsec/test_asm_standalone.py
@@ -740,6 +740,32 @@ def test_app_dependencies_loaded(self):
                 raise Exception(dependency + " not received in app-dependencies-loaded message")
 
 
+@rfc("https://docs.google.com/document/d/12NBx-nD-IoQEMiCRnJXneq4Be7cbtSc6pJLOFUWTpNE/edit")
+@features.appsec_standalone
+@scenarios.appsec_no_stats
+class Test_AppSecStandalone_NotEnabled:
+    """Test expected behaviour when standalone is not enabled."""
+
+    def setup_client_computed_stats_header_is_not_present(self):
+        trace_id = 1212121212121212122
+        parent_id = 34343434
+        self.r = weblog.get(
+            "/",
+            headers={
+                "x-datadog-trace-id": str(trace_id),
+                "x-datadog-parent-id": str(parent_id),
+            },
+        )
+
+    def test_client_computed_stats_header_is_not_present(self):
+        spans_checked = 0
+        for data, _, span in interfaces.library.get_spans(request=self.r):
+            assert span["trace_id"] == 1212121212121212122
+            assert "datadog-client-computed-stats" not in [x.lower() for x, y in data["request"]["headers"]]
+            spans_checked += 1
+        assert spans_checked == 1
+
+
 @rfc("https://docs.google.com/document/d/12NBx-nD-IoQEMiCRnJXneq4Be7cbtSc6pJLOFUWTpNE/edit")
 @features.appsec_standalone
 @scenarios.appsec_standalone
diff --git a/utils/_context/_scenarios/__init__.py b/utils/_context/_scenarios/__init__.py
index e1a86243b8a..7c0911e1219 100644
--- a/utils/_context/_scenarios/__init__.py
+++ b/utils/_context/_scenarios/__init__.py
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ class _Scenarios:
 
     profiling = ProfilingScenario("PROFILING")
 
+    appsec_no_stats = EndToEndScenario(
+        "End to end tests with default value of DD_TRACE_COMPUTE_STATS",
+        doc=(
+            "End to end testing with default values. Default scenario has DD_TRACE_COMPUTE_STATS=true."
+            "This scenario let that env to use its default"
+        ),
+        scenario_groups=[ScenarioGroup.APPSEC],
+    )
+
     sampling = EndToEndScenario(
         "SAMPLING",
         tracer_sampling_rate=0.5,