diff --git a/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/config.yaml b/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7753605da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../../../configuration-schema.json
+package: allowlowercasefields
+generate:
+  models: true
+output: types.gen.go
+output-options:
+  skip-prune: true
+  allow-unexported-fields: true
+  # TODO: SchemaNameToTypeName
diff --git a/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/generate.go b/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/generate.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1d54f40f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/generate.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package allowlowercasefields
+
+//go:generate go run github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen/v2/cmd/oapi-codegen --config=config.yaml spec.yaml
diff --git a/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/spec.yaml b/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/spec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41fee4079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/spec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+components:
+  schemas:
+    my_item:
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        name:
+          type: string
+        age:
+          type: integer
+          # NOTE that this is an unexported field
+          x-go-name: age
diff --git a/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/types.gen.go b/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/types.gen.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64d8b95cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/types.gen.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Package allowlowercasefields provides primitives to interact with the openapi HTTP API.
+//
+// Code generated by github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen/v2 version v2.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 DO NOT EDIT.
+package allowlowercasefields
+
+// MyItem defines model for my_item.
+type MyItem struct {
+	Age  *int    `json:"age,omitempty"`
+	Name *string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+}
diff --git a/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/types_test.go b/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/types_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..409501fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/outputoptions/allow_lowercase_fields/types_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package allowlowercasefields
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestMyItemCompiles(t *testing.T) {
+	_ = MyItem{
+		Name: "a string",
+		age:  1_000,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/configuration.go b/pkg/codegen/configuration.go
index 0ada42f0a..df6117225 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/configuration.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/configuration.go
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ type OutputOptions struct {
 
 	// NameNormalizer is the method used to normalize Go names and types, for instance converting the text `MyApi` to `MyAPI`. Corresponds with the constants defined for `codegen.NameNormalizerFunction`
 	NameNormalizer string `yaml:"name-normalizer,omitempty"`
+
+	AllowUnexportedFields bool `yaml:"allow-unexported-fields"`
 }
 
 // UpdateDefaults sets reasonable default values for unset fields in Configuration
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/schema.go b/pkg/codegen/schema.go
index f734517a9..8cd7f57e2 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/schema.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/schema.go
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ func (p Property) GoFieldName() string {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// return goFieldName
+
 	return SchemaNameToTypeName(goFieldName)
 }
 
@@ -664,6 +666,7 @@ func GenFieldsFromProperties(props []Property) []string {
 
 		goFieldName := p.GoFieldName()
 
+		fmt.Printf("goFieldName: %v\n", goFieldName)
 		// Add a comment to a field in case we have one, otherwise skip.
 		if p.Description != "" {
 			// Separate the comment from a previous-defined, unrelated field.
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/utils.go b/pkg/codegen/utils.go
index b955e5290..1990d6115 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/utils.go
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ func ToCamelCase(str string) string {
 
 	n := ""
 	capNext := true
+	// if globalState.options.OutputOptions.AllowUnexportedFields {
+	// 	capNext = false
+	// }
+
 	for _, v := range s {
 		if unicode.IsUpper(v) {
 			n += string(v)