diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index 18ef922e149..3f10a393419 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ var DEFAULTS = {
   logLevel: 'info',
   metricsInterval: '30s',
   metricsLimit: 1000,
-  monitorIncomingHTTPRequests: true,
+  instrumentIncomingHTTPRequests: true,
   centralConfig: true,
   serverTimeout: '30s',
   sourceLinesErrorAppFrames: 5,
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ var ENV_TABLE = {
   globalLabels: 'ELASTIC_APM_GLOBAL_LABELS',
   hostname: 'ELASTIC_APM_HOSTNAME',
   instrument: 'ELASTIC_APM_INSTRUMENT',
+  instrumentIncomingHTTPRequests: 'ELASTIC_APM_INSTRUMENT_INCOMING_HTTP_REQUESTS',
   kubernetesNamespace: ['ELASTIC_APM_KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE', 'KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE'],
   kubernetesNodeName: ['ELASTIC_APM_KUBERNETES_NODE_NAME', 'KUBERNETES_NODE_NAME'],
   kubernetesPodName: ['ELASTIC_APM_KUBERNETES_POD_NAME', 'KUBERNETES_POD_NAME'],
@@ -106,7 +107,6 @@ var ENV_TABLE = {
   logLevel: 'ELASTIC_APM_LOG_LEVEL',
   metricsInterval: 'ELASTIC_APM_METRICS_INTERVAL',
   metricsLimit: 'ELASTIC_APM_METRICS_LIMIT',
-  monitorIncomingHTTPRequests: 'ELASTIC_APM_MONITOR_INCOMING_HTTP_REQUESTS',
   payloadLogFile: 'ELASTIC_APM_PAYLOAD_LOG_FILE',
   centralConfig: 'ELASTIC_APM_CENTRAL_CONFIG',
   secretToken: 'ELASTIC_APM_SECRET_TOKEN',
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ var BOOL_OPTS = [
   'errorOnAbortedRequests',
   'filterHttpHeaders',
   'instrument',
-  'monitorIncomingHTTPRequests',
+  'instrumentIncomingHTTPRequests',
   'usePathAsTransactionName',
   'verifyServerCert'
 ]
diff --git a/lib/instrumentation/modules/http.js b/lib/instrumentation/modules/http.js
index f5f9877d871..344a53f04fe 100644
--- a/lib/instrumentation/modules/http.js
+++ b/lib/instrumentation/modules/http.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var httpShared = require('../http-shared')
 var shimmer = require('../shimmer')
 
 module.exports = function (http, agent, { enabled }) {
-  if (agent._conf.monitorIncomingHTTPRequests) {
+  if (agent._conf.instrumentIncomingHTTPRequests) {
     agent.logger.debug('shimming http.Server.prototype.emit function')
     shimmer.wrap(http && http.Server && http.Server.prototype, 'emit', httpShared.instrumentRequest(agent, 'http'))
 
diff --git a/lib/instrumentation/modules/http2.js b/lib/instrumentation/modules/http2.js
index db2ab458ce7..e12f83ee3a6 100644
--- a/lib/instrumentation/modules/http2.js
+++ b/lib/instrumentation/modules/http2.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ var shimmer = require('../shimmer')
 var symbols = require('../../symbols')
 
 module.exports = function (http2, agent, { enabled }) {
-  if (agent._conf.monitorIncomingHTTPRequests) {
+  if (agent._conf.instrumentIncomingHTTPRequests) {
     agent.logger.debug('shimming http2.createServer function')
     shimmer.wrap(http2, 'createServer', wrapCreateServer)
     shimmer.wrap(http2, 'createSecureServer', wrapCreateServer)
diff --git a/lib/instrumentation/modules/https.js b/lib/instrumentation/modules/https.js
index 4850455edcd..80aa90a4fe9 100644
--- a/lib/instrumentation/modules/https.js
+++ b/lib/instrumentation/modules/https.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var httpShared = require('../http-shared')
 var shimmer = require('../shimmer')
 
 module.exports = function (https, agent, { version, enabled }) {
-  if (agent._conf.monitorIncomingHTTPRequests) {
+  if (agent._conf.instrumentIncomingHTTPRequests) {
     agent.logger.debug('shimming https.Server.prototype.emit function')
     shimmer.wrap(https && https.Server && https.Server.prototype, 'emit', httpShared.instrumentRequest(agent, 'https'))
   }
diff --git a/test/config.js b/test/config.js
index b6604ac6480..a95bbcf26a5 100644
--- a/test/config.js
+++ b/test/config.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ var optionFixtures = [
   ['frameworkVersion', 'FRAMEWORK_VERSION'],
   ['hostname', 'HOSTNAME'],
   ['instrument', 'INSTRUMENT', true],
+  ['instrumentIncomingHTTPRequests', 'INSTRUMENT_INCOMING_HTTP_REQUESTS', true],
   ['kubernetesNamespace', 'KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE'],
   ['kubernetesNodeName', 'KUBERNETES_NODE_NAME'],
   ['kubernetesPodName', 'KUBERNETES_POD_NAME'],