diff --git a/BaseHandler.php b/BaseHandler.php
index d74e59bf57df35c722c14e8bcfca47b2f5b89603..d490a5967dd965c27b92a52c47aaf076835f60db 100644
--- a/BaseHandler.php
+++ b/BaseHandler.php
@@ -106,12 +106,20 @@ abstract class BaseHandler implements BaseHandlerInterface {
     return FALSE;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function isLocalDevMode() {
+    $local_dev_mode = getenv('LAKEDROPS_DEV_ENV');
+    return !empty($local_dev_mode);
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function isCiContext() {
     $ci_project_dir = getenv('CI_PROJECT_DIR');
-    return !empty($ci_project_dir );
+    return !empty($ci_project_dir);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/BaseHandlerInterface.php b/BaseHandlerInterface.php
index 372847b9487dbcb97ab58d3d073a531e58e2ae74..7f485bb80af08f5d24e330dc701e0d1bcb00cb22 100644
--- a/BaseHandlerInterface.php
+++ b/BaseHandlerInterface.php
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ interface BaseHandlerInterface {
    */
   public function isDevMode();
 
+  /**
+   * @return bool
+   */
+  public function isLocalDevMode();
+
   /**
    * Determine if the current process runs in a CI/CD context.
    *