diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py b/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py
index d9fb088350..1e8f4d3b25 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             '--noreload', action='store_false', dest='use_reloader',
             help='Tells Django to NOT use the auto-reloader.',
         )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--skip-checks', action='store_true',
+            help='Skip system checks.',
+        )
 
     def execute(self, *args, **options):
         if options['no_color']:
@@ -114,8 +118,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         shutdown_message = options.get('shutdown_message', '')
         quit_command = 'CTRL-BREAK' if sys.platform == 'win32' else 'CONTROL-C'
 
-        self.stdout.write("Performing system checks...\n\n")
-        self.check(display_num_errors=True)
+        if not options['skip_checks']:
+            self.stdout.write('Performing system checks...\n\n')
+            self.check(display_num_errors=True)
         # Need to check migrations here, so can't use the
         # requires_migrations_check attribute.
         self.check_migrations()
diff --git a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
index b7f6e175be..2dcd860400 100644
--- a/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/django-admin.txt
@@ -968,7 +968,8 @@ more robust change detection, and a reduction in power usage. Django supports
 When you start the server, and each time you change Python code while the
 server is running, the system check framework will check your entire Django
 project for some common errors (see the :djadmin:`check` command). If any
-errors are found, they will be printed to standard output.
+errors are found, they will be printed to standard output. You can use the
+``--skip-checks`` option to skip running system checks.
 
 You can run as many concurrent servers as you want, as long as they're on
 separate ports by executing ``django-admin runserver`` more than once.
@@ -1006,6 +1007,10 @@ multithreaded by default.
 Uses IPv6 for the development server. This changes the default IP address from
 ``127.0.0.1`` to ``::1``.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 4.0
+
+    Support for the ``--skip-checks`` option was added.
+
 Examples of using different ports and addresses
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/4.0.txt b/docs/releases/4.0.txt
index 52531c1266..ed991fb672 100644
--- a/docs/releases/4.0.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/4.0.txt
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ Logging
 Management Commands
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* ...
+* The :djadmin:`runserver` management command now supports the
+  :option:`--skip-checks` option.
 
 Migrations
 ~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/tests/admin_scripts/tests.py b/tests/admin_scripts/tests.py
index d9ec07a3e3..fd94d4919f 100644
--- a/tests/admin_scripts/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_scripts/tests.py
@@ -1313,6 +1313,29 @@ class ManageRunserver(SimpleTestCase):
         # You have # ...
         self.assertIn('unapplied migration(s)', self.output.getvalue())
 
+    @mock.patch('django.core.management.commands.runserver.run')
+    @mock.patch('django.core.management.base.BaseCommand.check_migrations')
+    @mock.patch('django.core.management.base.BaseCommand.check')
+    def test_skip_checks(self, mocked_check, *mocked_objects):
+        call_command(
+            'runserver',
+            use_reloader=False,
+            skip_checks=True,
+            stdout=self.output,
+        )
+        self.assertNotIn('Performing system checks...', self.output.getvalue())
+        mocked_check.assert_not_called()
+
+        self.output.truncate(0)
+        call_command(
+            'runserver',
+            use_reloader=False,
+            skip_checks=False,
+            stdout=self.output,
+        )
+        self.assertIn('Performing system checks...', self.output.getvalue())
+        mocked_check.assert_called()
+
 
 class ManageRunserverMigrationWarning(TestCase):