diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/SkylarkSemanticsOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/SkylarkSemanticsOptions.java
index 223285b7990ba8..c1c91a854eba06 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/SkylarkSemanticsOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/SkylarkSemanticsOptions.java
@@ -354,6 +354,18 @@ public class SkylarkSemanticsOptions extends OptionsBase implements Serializable
   )
   public boolean incompatibleNewActionsApi;
 
+  @Option(
+      name = "incompatible_no_attr_license",
+      defaultValue = "false",
+      documentationCategory = OptionDocumentationCategory.SKYLARK_SEMANTICS,
+      effectTags = {OptionEffectTag.BUILD_FILE_SEMANTICS},
+      metadataTags = {
+        OptionMetadataTag.INCOMPATIBLE_CHANGE,
+        OptionMetadataTag.TRIGGERED_BY_ALL_INCOMPATIBLE_CHANGES
+      },
+      help = "If set to true, disables the function `attr.license`.")
+  public boolean incompatibleNoAttrLicense;
+
   @Option(
       name = "incompatible_no_output_attr_default",
       defaultValue = "false",
@@ -531,6 +543,7 @@ public SkylarkSemantics toSkylarkSemantics() {
         .incompatibleExpandDirectories(incompatibleExpandDirectories)
         .incompatibleGenerateJavaCommonSourceJar(incompatibleGenerateJavaCommonSourceJar)
         .incompatibleNewActionsApi(incompatibleNewActionsApi)
+        .incompatibleNoAttrLicense(incompatibleNoAttrLicense)
         .incompatibleNoOutputAttrDefault(incompatibleNoOutputAttrDefault)
         .incompatibleNoSupportToolsInActionInputs(incompatibleNoSupportToolsInActionInputs)
         .incompatibleNoTargetOutputGroup(incompatibleNoTargetOutputGroup)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skylarkbuildapi/SkylarkAttrApi.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skylarkbuildapi/SkylarkAttrApi.java
index b688d70c1bf63d..8b44f65e27e58f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skylarkbuildapi/SkylarkAttrApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skylarkbuildapi/SkylarkAttrApi.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.syntax.FuncallExpression;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.syntax.SkylarkDict;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.syntax.SkylarkList;
+import com.google.devtools.build.lib.syntax.SkylarkSemantics.FlagIdentifier;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.syntax.UserDefinedFunction;
 
 /**
@@ -979,6 +980,7 @@ public Descriptor stringListDictAttribute(
             positional = false,
             doc = MANDATORY_DOC)
       },
+      disableWithFlag = FlagIdentifier.INCOMPATIBLE_NO_ATTR_LICENSE,
       useAst = true,
       useEnvironment = true)
   public Descriptor licenseAttribute(
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/syntax/SkylarkSemantics.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/syntax/SkylarkSemantics.java
index f09875c1687ddb..5af8f655af92c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/syntax/SkylarkSemantics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/syntax/SkylarkSemantics.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public enum FlagIdentifier {
         SkylarkSemantics::incompatibleDisableObjcProviderResources),
     INCOMPATIBLE_NO_TARGET_OUTPUT_GROUP(
         SkylarkSemantics::incompatibleNoTargetOutputGroup),
+    INCOMPATIBLE_NO_ATTR_LICENSE(SkylarkSemantics::incompatibleNoAttrLicense),
     NONE(null);
 
     // Using a Function here makes the enum definitions far cleaner, and, since this is
@@ -152,6 +153,8 @@ public boolean isFeatureEnabledBasedOnTogglingFlags(
 
   public abstract boolean incompatibleNewActionsApi();
 
+  public abstract boolean incompatibleNoAttrLicense();
+
   public abstract boolean incompatibleNoOutputAttrDefault();
 
   public abstract boolean incompatibleNoSupportToolsInActionInputs();
@@ -212,6 +215,7 @@ public static Builder builderWithDefaults() {
           .incompatibleExpandDirectories(false)
           .incompatibleGenerateJavaCommonSourceJar(false)
           .incompatibleNewActionsApi(false)
+          .incompatibleNoAttrLicense(false)
           .incompatibleNoOutputAttrDefault(false)
           .incompatibleNoSupportToolsInActionInputs(false)
           .incompatibleNoTargetOutputGroup(false)
@@ -276,6 +280,8 @@ public abstract static class Builder {
 
     public abstract Builder incompatibleNewActionsApi(boolean value);
 
+    public abstract Builder incompatibleNoAttrLicense(boolean value);
+
     public abstract Builder incompatibleNoOutputAttrDefault(boolean value);
 
     public abstract Builder incompatibleNoSupportToolsInActionInputs(boolean value);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/SkylarkSemanticsConsistencyTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/SkylarkSemanticsConsistencyTest.java
index 9360d9425cf546..7fcda270ed7b5d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/SkylarkSemanticsConsistencyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/SkylarkSemanticsConsistencyTest.java
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ private static SkylarkSemanticsOptions buildRandomOptions(Random rand) throws Ex
         "--incompatible_expand_directories=" + rand.nextBoolean(),
         "--incompatible_generate_javacommon_source_jar=" + rand.nextBoolean(),
         "--incompatible_new_actions_api=" + rand.nextBoolean(),
+        "--incompatible_no_attr_license=" + rand.nextBoolean(),
         "--incompatible_no_output_attr_default=" + rand.nextBoolean(),
         "--incompatible_no_support_tools_in_action_inputs=" + rand.nextBoolean(),
         "--incompatible_no_target_output_group=" + rand.nextBoolean(),
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ private static SkylarkSemantics buildRandomSemantics(Random rand) {
         .incompatibleExpandDirectories(rand.nextBoolean())
         .incompatibleGenerateJavaCommonSourceJar(rand.nextBoolean())
         .incompatibleNewActionsApi(rand.nextBoolean())
+        .incompatibleNoAttrLicense(rand.nextBoolean())
         .incompatibleNoOutputAttrDefault(rand.nextBoolean())
         .incompatibleNoSupportToolsInActionInputs(rand.nextBoolean())
         .incompatibleNoTargetOutputGroup(rand.nextBoolean())
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skylark/SkylarkRuleClassFunctionsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skylark/SkylarkRuleClassFunctionsTest.java
index 3337f0746f32c0..69511a06d91ba4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skylark/SkylarkRuleClassFunctionsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/skylark/SkylarkRuleClassFunctionsTest.java
@@ -643,6 +643,19 @@ public void testAttrDoc() throws Exception {
     buildAttribute("a13", "attr.string_list_dict(doc='foo')");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testNoAttrLicense() throws Exception {
+    ev =
+        createEvaluationTestCase(
+            SkylarkSemantics.DEFAULT_SEMANTICS.toBuilder().incompatibleNoAttrLicense(true).build());
+    ev.initialize();
+
+    EvalException expected = assertThrows(EvalException.class, () -> eval("attr.license()"));
+    assertThat(expected)
+        .hasMessageThat()
+        .contains("type 'attr (a language module)' has no method license()");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testAttrDocValueBadType() throws Exception {
     checkErrorContains(