diff --git a/src/init.jl b/src/init.jl
index bbbe4ed1..58986a6d 100644
--- a/src/init.jl
+++ b/src/init.jl
@@ -77,16 +77,19 @@ function __init__()
         end
     end
 
-    artifact_toml = joinpath(@__DIR__, "Artifacts.toml")
+    if get(ENV["PLOTS_HOST_DEPENDENCY_LOCAL"], false) == true
+        artifact_toml = joinpath(@__DIR__, "Artifacts.toml")
 
-    plotly_sha = artifact_hash("plotly", artifact_toml)
-    if plotly_sha == nothing || !artifact_exists(plotly_sha)
-        plotly_sha = create_artifact() do artifact_dir
-            download("https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-1.54.2.min.js", joinpath(artifact_dir, "plotly-1.54.2.min.js"))
+        plotly_sha = artifact_hash("plotly", artifact_toml)
+        if plotly_sha == nothing || !artifact_exists(plotly_sha)
+            plotly_sha = create_artifact() do artifact_dir
+                download("https://cdn.plot.ly/plotly-1.54.2.min.js", joinpath(artifact_dir, "plotly-1.54.2.min.js"))
+            end
         end
-    end
 
-    plotly_local_file_path[] = joinpath(artifact_path(plotly_sha), "plotly-1.54.2.min.js")
+        plotly_local_file_path[] = joinpath(artifact_path(plotly_sha), "plotly-1.54.2.min.js")
+        use_local_plotlyjs[] = true
+    end
 
     use_local_dependencies[] = use_local_plotlyjs[]