diff --git a/packages/create-rstack/template-nx/.env b/packages/create-rstack/template-nx/.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dc00cae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-rstack/template-nx/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Let Rstack load environment files for the current command.
+NX_LOAD_DOT_ENV_FILES=false
diff --git a/packages/create-rstack/template-nx/README.md b/packages/create-rstack/template-nx/README.md
index d27364a1..275fbff0 100644
--- a/packages/create-rstack/template-nx/README.md
+++ b/packages/create-rstack/template-nx/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Run from the repository root:
 
 Nx discovers projects and tasks from workspace package manifests. Build and test tasks are cached, and dependencies are built first.
 
+The root `.env` disables Nx's environment-file loading so Rstack can load each project's environment files with the correct mode and priority.
+
 Run `pnpm run build` before `pnpm run check`.
 
 Use `pnpm exec nx graph` to explore the project graph.