diff --git a/aider/args.py b/aider/args.py
index 012383606..6db9dacd9 100644
--- a/aider/args.py
+++ b/aider/args.py
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ def get_parser(default_config_files, git_root):
         default=True,
         help="Only work with models that have meta-data available (default: True)",
     )
+    group.add_argument(
+        "--check-model-accepts-settings",
+        action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
+        default=True,
+        help="Check if model accepts settings like reasoning_effort/thinking_tokens (default: True)",
+    )
     group.add_argument(
         "--max-chat-history-tokens",
         type=int,
diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index b233923d9..af79b5fc2 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ def main(argv=None, input=None, output=None, force_git_root=None, return_coder=F
 
     # Set reasoning effort if specified
     if args.reasoning_effort is not None:
-        if not main_model.accepts_settings or "reasoning_effort" not in main_model.accepts_settings:
+        if args.check_model_accepts_settings and (not main_model.accepts_settings or "reasoning_effort" not in main_model.accepts_settings):
             io.tool_warning(
                 f"Warning: The model {main_model.name} may not support the 'reasoning_effort'"
                 " setting."
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ def main(argv=None, input=None, output=None, force_git_root=None, return_coder=F
 
     # Set thinking tokens if specified
     if args.thinking_tokens is not None:
-        if not main_model.accepts_settings or "thinking_tokens" not in main_model.accepts_settings:
+        if args.check_model_accepts_settings and (not main_model.accepts_settings or "thinking_tokens" not in main_model.accepts_settings):
             io.tool_warning(
                 f"Warning: The model {main_model.name} may not support the 'thinking_tokens'"
                 " setting."