diff --git a/extension.json b/extension.json
index 38d485c..b985bc7 100644
--- a/extension.json
+++ b/extension.json
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 		"TemplateStylesExtenderEnablePrefersColorScheme": {
 			"description": "Enable the prefers-color-scheme media query. WARNING this can break things if TemplateStyles was updated upstream",
 			"value": true
+		},
+		"TemplateStylesExtenderEnableCssVars": {
+			"description": "Enable the matcher for css variables",
+			"value": true
 		}
 	},
 	"MessagesDirs": {
diff --git a/includes/Hooks/StylesheetSanitizerHook.php b/includes/Hooks/StylesheetSanitizerHook.php
index d272208..f90b19a 100644
--- a/includes/Hooks/StylesheetSanitizerHook.php
+++ b/includes/Hooks/StylesheetSanitizerHook.php
@@ -56,10 +56,15 @@ class StylesheetSanitizerHook {
 
 		$extender = new StylePropertySanitizerExtender( $matcherFactory );
 
-		$extended->addVarSelector( $propertySanitizer, $matcherFactory );
+		if ( TemplateStylesExtender::getConfigValue(
+				'TemplateStylesExtenderEnableCssVars',
+				true ) === true ) {
+			$extended->addVarSelector( $propertySanitizer, $matcherFactory );
+		}
 
 		$extended->addImageRendering( $extender );
 		$extended->addRuby( $extender );
+		$extended->addPointerEvents( $extender );
 		$extended->addScrollMarginProperties( $extender, $matcherFactory );
 
 		$propertySanitizer->setKnownProperties( $extender->getKnownProperties() );