diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 0b2ec84fb..53092f1b0 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder(): TreeBuilder
                     ->info('If true, `groups` passed to @Model annotations will be used to limit validation constraints')
                     ->defaultFalse()
                 ->end()
+                ->booleanNode('api_platform_support')
+                    ->info('If false, the service declaration that support ApiPlatform will not be loaded even if ApiPlatform is detected in your installation')
+                    ->defaultTrue()
+                ->end()
                 ->arrayNode('cache')
                     ->validate()
                         ->ifTrue(function ($v) { return null !== $v['item_id'] && null === $v['pool']; })
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtension.php b/src/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtension.php
index 757703632..ff6203618 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtension.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtension.php
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container): void
         }
 
         // ApiPlatform support
-        if (isset($bundles['ApiPlatformBundle']) && class_exists('ApiPlatform\Documentation\Documentation')) {
+        if ($config['api_platform_support'] && isset($bundles['ApiPlatformBundle']) && class_exists('ApiPlatform\Documentation\Documentation')) {
             $loader->load('api_platform.xml');
         }