diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index 2db880976c3a..71426cd1f13d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging {
 
     // The metrics system for Driver need to be set spark.app.id to app ID.
     // So it should start after we get app ID from the task scheduler and set spark.app.id.
-    _env.metricsSystem.start()
+    _env.metricsSystem.start(_conf.get(METRICS_STATIC_SOURCES_ENABLED))
     // Attach the driver metrics servlet handler to the web ui after the metrics system is started.
     _env.metricsSystem.getServletHandlers.foreach(handler => ui.foreach(_.attachHandler(handler)))
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkEnv.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkEnv.scala
index 78ac00909ea1..9232938464e0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkEnv.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkEnv.scala
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ object SparkEnv extends Logging {
       conf.set(EXECUTOR_ID, executorId)
       val ms = MetricsSystem.createMetricsSystem(MetricsSystemInstances.EXECUTOR, conf,
         securityManager)
-      ms.start()
+      ms.start(conf.get(METRICS_STATIC_SOURCES_ENABLED))
       ms
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
index 444a1544777a..c7c3c8f2cdcd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
@@ -615,6 +615,12 @@ package object config {
     .stringConf
     .createOptional
 
+  private[spark] val METRICS_STATIC_SOURCES_ENABLED =
+    ConfigBuilder("spark.metrics.static.sources.enabled")
+      .doc("Whether to register static sources with the metrics system.")
+      .booleanConf
+      .createWithDefault(true)
+
   private[spark] val PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON = ConfigBuilder("spark.pyspark.driver.python")
     .stringConf
     .createOptional
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/metrics/source/SourceConfigSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/metrics/source/SourceConfigSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76c568056aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/metrics/source/SourceConfigSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.metrics.source
+
+import org.apache.spark.{LocalSparkContext, SparkConf, SparkContext, SparkFunSuite}
+import org.apache.spark.internal.config.METRICS_STATIC_SOURCES_ENABLED
+
+class SourceConfigSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext {
+
+  test("Test configuration for adding static sources registration") {
+    val conf = new SparkConf()
+    conf.set(METRICS_STATIC_SOURCES_ENABLED, true)
+    val sc = new SparkContext("local", "test", conf)
+    try {
+      val metricsSystem = sc.env.metricsSystem
+
+      // Static sources should be registered
+      assert (metricsSystem.getSourcesByName("CodeGenerator").nonEmpty)
+      assert (metricsSystem.getSourcesByName("HiveExternalCatalog").nonEmpty)
+    } finally {
+      sc.stop()
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Test configuration for skipping static sources registration") {
+    val conf = new SparkConf()
+    conf.set(METRICS_STATIC_SOURCES_ENABLED, false)
+    val sc = new SparkContext("local", "test", conf)
+    try {
+      val metricsSystem = sc.env.metricsSystem
+
+      // Static sources should not be registered
+      assert (metricsSystem.getSourcesByName("CodeGenerator").isEmpty)
+      assert (metricsSystem.getSourcesByName("HiveExternalCatalog").isEmpty)
+    } finally {
+      sc.stop()
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/docs/monitoring.md b/docs/monitoring.md
index 8cb237df0ba7..f284d3be9b58 100644
--- a/docs/monitoring.md
+++ b/docs/monitoring.md
@@ -923,6 +923,8 @@ This is the component with the largest amount of instrumented metrics
   - memory.remainingOnHeapMem_MB
 
 - namespace=HiveExternalCatalog
+  - **note:**: these metrics are conditional to a configuration parameter:
+    `spark.metrics.static.sources.enabled` (default is true) 
   - fileCacheHits.count
   - filesDiscovered.count
   - hiveClientCalls.count
@@ -930,6 +932,8 @@ This is the component with the largest amount of instrumented metrics
   - partitionsFetched.count
 
 - namespace=CodeGenerator
+  - **note:**: these metrics are conditional to a configuration parameter:
+    `spark.metrics.static.sources.enabled` (default is true) 
   - compilationTime (histogram)
   - generatedClassSize (histogram)
   - generatedMethodSize (histogram)
@@ -1047,6 +1051,8 @@ when running in local mode.
   - shuffle-server.usedHeapMemory
 
 - namespace=HiveExternalCatalog
+  - **note:**: these metrics are conditional to a configuration parameter:
+    `spark.metrics.static.sources.enabled` (default is true) 
   - fileCacheHits.count
   - filesDiscovered.count
   - hiveClientCalls.count
@@ -1054,6 +1060,8 @@ when running in local mode.
   - partitionsFetched.count
 
 - namespace=CodeGenerator
+  - **note:**: these metrics are conditional to a configuration parameter:
+    `spark.metrics.static.sources.enabled` (default is true) 
   - compilationTime (histogram)
   - generatedClassSize (histogram)
   - generatedMethodSize (histogram)