diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index ed8e27bd..6bd46021 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@
  * @typedef {import("./typings/metrics").TickingMetric} TickingMetric
  */
 
-require('isomorphic-fetch');
+// only include isomorphic-fetch if the application has explicitly disabled native fetch
+if(
+	process.allowedNodeEnvironmentFlags.has('--no-experimental-fetch') && 
+	process.execArgv.includes('--no-experimental-fetch')
+) {
+	require('isomorphic-fetch');
+}
 
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');