diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/generate.js b/packages/cli/src/utils/generate.js
index 51bb32a232fa..2b97726ce05d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/generate.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/generate.js
@@ -89,7 +89,14 @@ export async function ensureBuild (cmd) {
 
     // Quick diff
     let needBuild = false
-    for (const field of ['nuxtVersion', 'ssr', 'target', 'env', 'process.env']) {
+
+    const fields = ['nuxtVersion', 'ssr', 'target']
+
+    if (nuxt.options.generate.ignoreEnv !== true) {
+      fields.push('env', 'process.env')
+    }
+
+    for (const field of fields) {
       if (JSON.stringify(previousBuild[field]) !== JSON.stringify(currentBuild[field])) {
         needBuild = true
         consola.info(`Doing webpack rebuild because ${field} changed`)
diff --git a/packages/config/src/config/generate.js b/packages/config/src/config/generate.js
index 76ad961f135d..87e7e1b621fd 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/config/generate.js
+++ b/packages/config/src/config/generate.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ export default () => ({
   routes: [],
   exclude: [],
   concurrency: 500,
+  ignoreEnv: false,
   interval: 0,
   subFolders: true,
   fallback: '200.html',
diff --git a/packages/config/test/__snapshots__/options.test.js.snap b/packages/config/test/__snapshots__/options.test.js.snap
index 44e21c60ef3f..68d7464d25f1 100644
--- a/packages/config/test/__snapshots__/options.test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/config/test/__snapshots__/options.test.js.snap
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ Object {
     "dir": "/var/nuxt/test/dist",
     "exclude": Array [],
     "fallback": "200.html",
+    "ignoreEnv": false,
     "interval": 0,
     "manifest": true,
     "nojekyll": true,
diff --git a/packages/config/test/config/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap b/packages/config/test/config/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
index 46d9e806c4a5..2cd9b84bad40 100644
--- a/packages/config/test/config/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/config/test/config/__snapshots__/index.test.js.snap
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ Object {
     "dir": "dist",
     "exclude": Array [],
     "fallback": "200.html",
+    "ignoreEnv": false,
     "interval": 0,
     "manifest": true,
     "nojekyll": true,
@@ -583,6 +584,7 @@ Object {
     "dir": "dist",
     "exclude": Array [],
     "fallback": "200.html",
+    "ignoreEnv": false,
     "interval": 0,
     "manifest": true,
     "nojekyll": true,
diff --git a/packages/types/config/generate.d.ts b/packages/types/config/generate.d.ts
index c5e90b5057e9..e5800f5719da 100644
--- a/packages/types/config/generate.d.ts
+++ b/packages/types/config/generate.d.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export interface NuxtOptionsGenerate {
   dir?: string
   exclude?: RegExp[]
   fallback?: string | boolean
+  ignoreEnv?: boolean
   interval?: number
   nojekyll?: boolean
   routes?: NuxtOptionsGenerateRoute[] | NuxtOptionsGenerateRoutesFunction | NuxtOptionsGenerateRoutesFunctionWithCallback
diff --git a/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/full-static-with-ignore-env.test.js b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/full-static-with-ignore-env.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..247224a959a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/full-static-with-ignore-env.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { buildFixture } from '../../utils/build'
+
+buildFixture('full-static-with-ignore-env')
diff --git a/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/layouts/default.vue b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/layouts/default.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3a4cef87f6a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/layouts/default.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<template>
+  <main>
+    <nav>
+      <NLink to="/">
+        Home
+      </NLink>
+      <NLink to="/store">
+        Store
+      </NLink>
+      <NLink to="/encoding/中文">
+        Encoding
+      </NLink>
+      <NLink to="/pagination/1">
+        Pagination
+      </NLink>
+      <NLink to="/dynamic/foo bar/#hash">
+        Dynamic route 1
+      </NLink>
+      <NLink to="/dynamic/foo%20bar">
+        Dynamic route 2
+      </NLink>
+    </nav>
+    <br>
+    <Nuxt />
+  </main>
+</template>
+
+<style scoped>
+main {
+  margin: 1em 1em;
+}
+
+nav {
+  margin-bottom: 1em;
+}
+
+a {
+  margin-right: 1em;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/nuxt.config.js b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/nuxt.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eb355603fada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/nuxt.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+export default {
+  target: 'static',
+  export: {
+    payload: {
+      config: true
+    }
+  },
+  router: {
+    // base: '/test',
+  },
+  generate: {
+    ignoreEnv: true
+  },
+  foo: {
+    shell: process.env.SHELL
+  },
+  env: {
+    x: 123
+  },
+  hooks: {
+    export: {
+      before ({ setPayload }) {
+        setPayload({ shared: true })
+      },
+      route ({ route, setPayload }) {
+        setPayload({ myRoute: route })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/dynamic/_name.vue b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/dynamic/_name.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3fa49a55d970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/dynamic/_name.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<template>
+  <div>
+    Welcome {{ $route.params.name || 'nuxter' }}!
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+}
+</script>
diff --git "a/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/encoding/\344\270\255\346\226\207.vue" "b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/encoding/\344\270\255\346\226\207.vue"
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f75d238f97ab
--- /dev/null
+++ "b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/encoding/\344\270\255\346\226\207.vue"
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <h1>Encoded path</h1>
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/index.vue b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/index.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90cf992ac262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/index.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <h1>Full Static Playground!</h1>
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/pagination/_i.vue b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/pagination/_i.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..610dbb1e735d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/pagination/_i.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <NLink v-if="i>0" :to="`./${i-1}`">
+      Previous
+    </NLink>
+    Page {{ i }}
+    <NLink v-if="i<5" :to="`./${i+1}`">
+      Next
+    </NLink>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+  computed: {
+    i () {
+      return parseInt(this.$route.params.i) || 0
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/payload.vue b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/payload.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4243a3f509a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/payload.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<template>
+  <div v-text="JSON.stringify(payload)" />
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+  asyncData ({ payload }) {
+    return {
+      payload
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/store.vue b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/store.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fb10b6045d85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/pages/store.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <h3>Welcome {{ $store.state.auth.user.name }}!</h3>
+    <br>
+    You visited this page <strong>{{ $store.state.counter }}</strong> times.
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+  async asyncData ({ store }) {
+    await store.dispatch('auth/FETCH_USER')
+  },
+  fetch () {
+    this.$store.commit('COUNT')
+  }
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/store/auth.js b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/store/auth.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3035efcf64a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/store/auth.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export const state = () => ({
+  user: null
+})
+
+export const mutations = {
+  SET_USER (state, user) {
+    state.user = user
+  }
+}
+
+export const actions = {
+  FETCH_USER ({ commit }) {
+    commit('SET_USER', {
+      name: (process.client ? 'C' : 'S') + ' Æ A-' + (10 + Math.round(Math.random() * 10))
+    })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/store/index.js b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/store/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b42ad2b452c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/full-static-with-ignore-env/store/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export const state = () => ({
+  counter: 0
+})
+
+export const mutations = {
+  COUNT (state) {
+    state.counter += 1
+  }
+}