diff --git a/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp b/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp
index f35d7f4969bb..4a97a891c8f1 100644
--- a/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp
+++ b/ipc/glue/GeckoChildProcessHost.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "mozilla/ipc/UtilityProcessHost.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/UtilityProcessSandboxing.h"
 
 #include "nsClassHashtable.h"
 #include "nsHashKeys.h"
@@ -634,7 +635,7 @@ void GeckoChildProcessHost::PrepareLaunch() {
   }
 
 #if defined(XP_LINUX) && defined(MOZ_SANDBOX)
-  SandboxLaunchPrepare(mProcessType, mLaunchOptions.get());
+  SandboxLaunchPrepare(mProcessType, mLaunchOptions.get(), mSandbox);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef XP_WIN
@@ -1524,7 +1525,7 @@ Result<Ok, LaunchError> WindowsProcessLauncher::DoSetup() {
       }
       break;
     case GeckoProcessType_Utility:
-      if (!PR_GetEnv("MOZ_DISABLE_UTILITY_SANDBOX")) {
+      if (IsUtilitySandboxEnabled(mSandbox)) {
         if (!mResults.mSandboxBroker->SetSecurityLevelForUtilityProcess(
                 mSandbox)) {
           return Err(LaunchError("SetSecurityLevelForUtilityProcess"));
diff --git a/ipc/glue/UtilityProcessHost.cpp b/ipc/glue/UtilityProcessHost.cpp
index b5a9c229c54c..e16e155ce152 100644
--- a/ipc/glue/UtilityProcessHost.cpp
+++ b/ipc/glue/UtilityProcessHost.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "mozilla/dom/ContentParent.h"
 #include "mozilla/ipc/Endpoint.h"
 #include "mozilla/ipc/UtilityProcessManager.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/UtilityProcessSandboxing.h"
 #include "mozilla/Telemetry.h"
 
 #include "chrome/common/process_watcher.h"
@@ -52,8 +53,7 @@ UtilityProcessHost::UtilityProcessHost(SandboxingKind aSandbox,
 
 #if defined(XP_MACOSX) && defined(MOZ_SANDBOX)
   if (!sLaunchWithMacSandbox) {
-    sLaunchWithMacSandbox =
-        (PR_GetEnv("MOZ_DISABLE_UTILITY_SANDBOX") == nullptr);
+    sLaunchWithMacSandbox = IsUtilitySandboxEnabled(aSandbox);
   }
   mDisableOSActivityMode = sLaunchWithMacSandbox;
 #endif
diff --git a/ipc/glue/UtilityProcessSandboxing.cpp b/ipc/glue/UtilityProcessSandboxing.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9c218e7438eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipc/glue/UtilityProcessSandboxing.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+#include "UtilityProcessSandboxing.h"
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "prenv.h"
+
+namespace mozilla::ipc {
+
+std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string& str, char s) {
+  std::vector<std::string> rv;
+  size_t last = 0;
+  size_t i;
+  size_t c = str.size();
+  for (i = 0; i <= c; ++i) {
+    if (i == c || str[i] == s) {
+      rv.push_back(str.substr(last, i - last));
+      last = i + 1;
+    }
+  }
+  return rv;
+}
+
+bool IsUtilitySandboxEnabled(const char* envVar, SandboxingKind aKind) {
+  if (envVar == nullptr) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  const std::string disableUtility(envVar);
+  if (disableUtility == "1") {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  std::vector<std::string> components = split(disableUtility, ',');
+  const std::string thisKind = "utility:" + std::to_string(aKind);
+  for (const std::string& thisOne : components) {
+    if (thisOne == thisKind) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool IsUtilitySandboxEnabled(SandboxingKind aKind) {
+  return IsUtilitySandboxEnabled(PR_GetEnv("MOZ_DISABLE_UTILITY_SANDBOX"),
+                                 aKind);
+}
+
+}  // namespace mozilla::ipc
diff --git a/ipc/glue/UtilityProcessSandboxing.h b/ipc/glue/UtilityProcessSandboxing.h
index 7aac77e0e993..656f3c729057 100644
--- a/ipc/glue/UtilityProcessSandboxing.h
+++ b/ipc/glue/UtilityProcessSandboxing.h
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ enum SandboxingKind : uint64_t {
 
 };
 
+bool IsUtilitySandboxEnabled(const char* envVar, SandboxingKind aKind);
+bool IsUtilitySandboxEnabled(SandboxingKind aKind);
+
 }  // namespace ipc
 
 }  // namespace mozilla
diff --git a/ipc/glue/moz.build b/ipc/glue/moz.build
index 88bd9137fead..fe66e077bf61 100644
--- a/ipc/glue/moz.build
+++ b/ipc/glue/moz.build
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ UNIFIED_SOURCES += [
     "UtilityProcessImpl.cpp",
     "UtilityProcessManager.cpp",
     "UtilityProcessParent.cpp",
+    "UtilityProcessSandboxing.cpp",
 ]
 
 SOURCES += [
diff --git a/ipc/glue/test/gtest/TestUtilityProcessSandboxing.cpp b/ipc/glue/test/gtest/TestUtilityProcessSandboxing.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fff17d63ef50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipc/glue/test/gtest/TestUtilityProcessSandboxing.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+#include "mozilla/gtest/MozHelpers.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/UtilityProcessSandboxing.h"
+
+using namespace mozilla;
+using namespace mozilla::ipc;
+
+TEST(UtilityProcessSandboxing, ParseNoEnvVar)
+{ EXPECT_TRUE(IsUtilitySandboxEnabled("", SandboxingKind::COUNT)); }
+
+TEST(UtilityProcessSandboxing, ParseEnvVar_DisableAll)
+{ EXPECT_FALSE(IsUtilitySandboxEnabled("1", SandboxingKind::COUNT)); }
+
+TEST(UtilityProcessSandboxing, ParseEnvVar_DontDisableAll)
+{ EXPECT_TRUE(IsUtilitySandboxEnabled("0", SandboxingKind::COUNT)); }
+
+TEST(UtilityProcessSandboxing, ParseEnvVar_DisableGenericOnly)
+{
+  EXPECT_FALSE(
+      IsUtilitySandboxEnabled("utility:0", SandboxingKind::GENERIC_UTILITY));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(IsUtilitySandboxEnabled("utility:0", SandboxingKind::COUNT));
+}
+
+#if defined(XP_DARWIN)
+TEST(UtilityProcessSandboxing, ParseEnvVar_DisableAppleAudioOnly)
+{
+  EXPECT_FALSE(IsUtilitySandboxEnabled(
+      "utility:1", SandboxingKind::UTILITY_AUDIO_DECODING_APPLE_MEDIA));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+      IsUtilitySandboxEnabled("utility:1", SandboxingKind::GENERIC_UTILITY));
+}
+#endif  // defined(XP_DARWIN)
+
+#if defined(XP_WIN)
+TEST(UtilityProcessSandboxing, ParseEnvVar_DisableWMFOnly)
+{
+  EXPECT_FALSE(IsUtilitySandboxEnabled(
+      "utility:1", SandboxingKind::UTILITY_AUDIO_DECODING_WMF));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(
+      IsUtilitySandboxEnabled("utility:1", SandboxingKind::GENERIC_UTILITY));
+}
+#endif  // defined(XP_WIN)
+
+TEST(UtilityProcessSandboxing, ParseEnvVar_DisableGenericOnly_Multiples)
+{
+  EXPECT_FALSE(IsUtilitySandboxEnabled("utility:1,utility:0,utility:2",
+                                       SandboxingKind::GENERIC_UTILITY));
+#if defined(XP_DARWIN)
+  EXPECT_FALSE(IsUtilitySandboxEnabled(
+      "utility:1,utility:0,utility:2",
+      SandboxingKind::UTILITY_AUDIO_DECODING_APPLE_MEDIA));
+#endif  // XP_DARWIN
+#if defined(XP_WIN)
+  EXPECT_FALSE(
+      IsUtilitySandboxEnabled("utility:1,utility:0,utility:2",
+                              SandboxingKind::UTILITY_AUDIO_DECODING_WMF));
+#endif  // XP_WIN
+  EXPECT_TRUE(IsUtilitySandboxEnabled("utility:8,utility:0,utility:6",
+                                      SandboxingKind::COUNT));
+}
diff --git a/ipc/glue/test/gtest/moz.build b/ipc/glue/test/gtest/moz.build
index 7b72cc7fe19a..b0af6d80cd7b 100644
--- a/ipc/glue/test/gtest/moz.build
+++ b/ipc/glue/test/gtest/moz.build
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Library("ipcgluetest")
 UNIFIED_SOURCES = [
     "TestAsyncBlockers.cpp",
     "TestUtilityProcess.cpp",
+    "TestUtilityProcessSandboxing.cpp",
 ]
 
 LOCAL_INCLUDES += [
diff --git a/security/sandbox/linux/Sandbox.cpp b/security/sandbox/linux/Sandbox.cpp
index a57f6739f9ad..e56cb47b9cf9 100644
--- a/security/sandbox/linux/Sandbox.cpp
+++ b/security/sandbox/linux/Sandbox.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "mozilla/Span.h"
 #include "mozilla/UniquePtr.h"
 #include "mozilla/Unused.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/UtilityProcessSandboxing.h"
 #include "prenv.h"
 #include "base/posix/eintr_wrapper.h"
 #include "sandbox/linux/bpf_dsl/bpf_dsl.h"
@@ -733,7 +734,7 @@ void SetSocketProcessSandbox(int aBroker) {
 
 void SetUtilitySandbox(int aBroker, ipc::SandboxingKind aKind) {
   if (!SandboxInfo::Get().Test(SandboxInfo::kHasSeccompBPF) ||
-      PR_GetEnv("MOZ_DISABLE_UTILITY_SANDBOX")) {
+      !IsUtilitySandboxEnabled(aKind)) {
     if (aBroker >= 0) {
       close(aBroker);
     }
diff --git a/security/sandbox/linux/launch/SandboxLaunch.cpp b/security/sandbox/linux/launch/SandboxLaunch.cpp
index d6f3ec9c778f..4165bb3f15cc 100644
--- a/security/sandbox/linux/launch/SandboxLaunch.cpp
+++ b/security/sandbox/linux/launch/SandboxLaunch.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "mozilla/StaticPrefs_media.h"
 #include "mozilla/StaticPrefs_security.h"
 #include "mozilla/Unused.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/UtilityProcessSandboxing.h"
 #include "nsCOMPtr.h"
 #include "nsDebug.h"
 #include "nsIGfxInfo.h"
@@ -238,7 +239,8 @@ class SandboxFork : public base::LaunchOptions::ForkDelegate {
   SandboxFork& operator=(const SandboxFork&) = delete;
 };
 
-static int GetEffectiveSandboxLevel(GeckoProcessType aType) {
+static int GetEffectiveSandboxLevel(GeckoProcessType aType,
+                                    ipc::SandboxingKind aKind) {
   auto info = SandboxInfo::Get();
   switch (aType) {
     case GeckoProcessType_GMPlugin:
@@ -266,14 +268,14 @@ static int GetEffectiveSandboxLevel(GeckoProcessType aType) {
       MOZ_ASSERT(NS_IsMainThread());
       return GetEffectiveSocketProcessSandboxLevel();
     case GeckoProcessType_Utility:
-      return PR_GetEnv("MOZ_DISABLE_UTILITY_SANDBOX") == nullptr ? 1 : 0;
+      return IsUtilitySandboxEnabled(aKind);
     default:
       return 0;
   }
 }
 
-void SandboxLaunchPrepare(GeckoProcessType aType,
-                          base::LaunchOptions* aOptions) {
+void SandboxLaunchPrepare(GeckoProcessType aType, base::LaunchOptions* aOptions,
+                          ipc::SandboxingKind aKind) {
   auto info = SandboxInfo::Get();
 
   // We won't try any kind of sandboxing without seccomp-bpf.
@@ -282,7 +284,7 @@ void SandboxLaunchPrepare(GeckoProcessType aType,
   }
 
   // Check prefs (and env vars) controlling sandbox use.
-  int level = GetEffectiveSandboxLevel(aType);
+  int level = GetEffectiveSandboxLevel(aType, aKind);
   if (level == 0) {
     return;
   }
diff --git a/security/sandbox/linux/launch/SandboxLaunch.h b/security/sandbox/linux/launch/SandboxLaunch.h
index 2d7d05e8a122..bbe52f070236 100644
--- a/security/sandbox/linux/launch/SandboxLaunch.h
+++ b/security/sandbox/linux/launch/SandboxLaunch.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #define mozilla_SandboxLaunch_h
 
 #include "base/process_util.h"
+#include "mozilla/ipc/UtilityProcessSandboxing.h"
 #include "nsXULAppAPI.h"
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -16,8 +17,8 @@ namespace mozilla {
 // Called in the parent process to set up launch-time aspects of
 // sandboxing.  If aType is GeckoProcessType_Content, this must be
 // called on the main thread in order to access prefs.
-void SandboxLaunchPrepare(GeckoProcessType aType,
-                          base::LaunchOptions* aOptions);
+void SandboxLaunchPrepare(GeckoProcessType aType, base::LaunchOptions* aOptions,
+                          ipc::SandboxingKind aKind);
 #if defined(MOZ_ENABLE_FORKSERVER)
 void SandboxLaunchForkServerPrepare(const std::vector<std::string>& aArgv,
                                     base::LaunchOptions& aOptions);
diff --git a/security/sandbox/linux/moz.build b/security/sandbox/linux/moz.build
index 0723f0660b05..c56daf62a6c3 100644
--- a/security/sandbox/linux/moz.build
+++ b/security/sandbox/linux/moz.build
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ UNIFIED_SOURCES += [
     "../chromium/sandbox/linux/bpf_dsl/syscall_set.cc",
     "../chromium/sandbox/linux/seccomp-bpf/die.cc",
     "../chromium/sandbox/linux/seccomp-bpf/syscall.cc",
+    "/ipc/glue/UtilityProcessSandboxing.cpp",
     "broker/SandboxBrokerCommon.cpp",
     "Sandbox.cpp",
     "SandboxBrokerClient.cpp",