diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_layer.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_layer.cpp
index 131689029..61e45d4b6 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_layer.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_layer.cpp
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ class VulkanHook : LibraryHook
     Process::RegisterEnvironmentModification(
         EnvironmentModification(EnvMod::Set, EnvSep::NoSep, "DISABLE_SAMPLE_LAYER", "1"));
 
+    // buggy overlay gamepp
+    Process::RegisterEnvironmentModification(
+        EnvironmentModification(EnvMod::Set, EnvSep::NoSep, "DISABLE_GAMEPP_LAYER", "1"));
+
     // mesa device select layer crashes when it calls GPDP2 inside vkCreateInstance, which fails on
     // the current loader.
     Process::RegisterEnvironmentModification(
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_replay.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_replay.cpp
index c52198837..dfd1ce858 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_replay.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_replay.cpp
@@ -4619,6 +4619,10 @@ RDResult Vulkan_CreateReplayDevice(RDCFile *rdc, const ReplayOptions &opts, IRep
   Process::RegisterEnvironmentModification(
       EnvironmentModification(EnvMod::Set, EnvSep::NoSep, "DISABLE_SAMPLE_LAYER", "1"));
 
+  // buggy overlay gamepp
+  Process::RegisterEnvironmentModification(
+      EnvironmentModification(EnvMod::Set, EnvSep::NoSep, "DISABLE_GAMEPP_LAYER", "1"));
+
   // mesa device select layer crashes when it calls GPDP2 inside vkCreateInstance, which fails on
   // the current loader.
   Process::RegisterEnvironmentModification(