diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ApiPlatformExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ApiPlatformExtension.php
index f2b9da89b29..6092440bc5c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ApiPlatformExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ApiPlatformExtension.php
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ private function registerMetadataConfiguration(ContainerBuilder $container, arra
         $container->getDefinition('api_platform.metadata.resource_extractor.xml')->replaceArgument(0, $xmlResources);
         $container->getDefinition('api_platform.metadata.property_extractor.xml')->replaceArgument(0, $xmlResources);
 
-        if (class_exists(PhpDocParser::class)) {
+        if ($config['enable_phpdoc_parser'] && class_exists(PhpDocParser::class)) {
             $loader->load('metadata/php_doc.php');
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 83cf3330c0f..9cae14f99f6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder(): TreeBuilder
                 ->booleanNode('enable_entrypoint')->defaultTrue()->info('Enable the entrypoint')->end()
                 ->booleanNode('enable_docs')->defaultTrue()->info('Enable the docs')->end()
                 ->booleanNode('enable_profiler')->defaultTrue()->info('Enable the data collector and the WebProfilerBundle integration.')->end()
+                ->booleanNode('enable_phpdoc_parser')->defaultTrue()->info('Enable resource metadata collector using PHPStan PhpDocParser.')->end()
                 ->booleanNode('enable_link_security')->defaultFalse()->info('Enable security for Links (sub resources)')->end()
                 ->arrayNode('collection')
                     ->addDefaultsIfNotSet()