diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/code/index.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/code/index.ts
index 0c16c7e28602e..fe205175245b4 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/code/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/code/index.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import { resolve } from 'path';
 
 import { CoreSetup, PluginInitializerContext } from 'src/core/server';
 import { APP_TITLE } from './common/constants';
-import { LanguageServers, LanguageServersDeveloping } from './server/lsp/language_servers';
 import { codePlugin } from './server';
 import { DEFAULT_WATERMARK_LOW_PERCENTAGE } from './server/disk_watermark';
+import { LanguageServers, LanguageServersDeveloping } from './server/lsp/language_servers';
 
 export type RequestFacade = Legacy.Request;
 export type RequestQueryFacade = RequestQuery;
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export const code = (kibana: any) =>
         security: Joi.object({
           enableMavenImport: Joi.boolean().default(true),
           enableGradleImport: Joi.boolean().default(false),
+          installGoDependency: Joi.boolean().default(false),
           installNodeDependency: Joi.boolean().default(true),
           gitHostWhitelist: Joi.array()
             .items(Joi.string())
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/code/server/lsp/go_launcher.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/code/server/lsp/go_launcher.ts
index 0b4e2991f28a4..c5333185a200b 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/code/server/lsp/go_launcher.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/code/server/lsp/go_launcher.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ export class GoServerLauncher extends AbstractLauncher {
       maxWorkspace,
       this.options,
       {
+        initialOptions: {
+          installGoDependency: this.options.security.installGoDependency,
+        },
         clientCapabilities: {
           textDocument: {
             hover: {
@@ -94,6 +97,14 @@ export class GoServerLauncher extends AbstractLauncher {
     if (!fs.existsSync(goPath)) {
       fs.mkdirSync(goPath);
     }
+    let go111MODULE = 'off';
+    if (this.options.security.installGoDependency) {
+      // There are no proper approaches to disable downloading go dependencies except creating inconsistencies of the
+      // running environments of go-langserver. Given that go language server will do its best to convert the repos
+      // into modules, one of the doable approaches is setting 'GO111MODULE' to false to be incompatible with the
+      // moduled repos.
+      go111MODULE = 'on';
+    }
 
     const params: string[] = ['-port=' + port.toString()];
     const golsp = path.resolve(installationPath, launchersFound[0]);
@@ -107,7 +118,7 @@ export class GoServerLauncher extends AbstractLauncher {
         GOROOT: goRoot,
         GOPATH: goPath,
         PATH: envPath,
-        GO111MODULE: 'on',
+        GO111MODULE: go111MODULE,
         CGO_ENABLED: '0',
       },
     });
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/code/server/server_options.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/code/server/server_options.ts
index 1aa966d9d8d23..c64a9e73c4103 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/code/server/server_options.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/code/server/server_options.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export interface LspOptions {
 export interface SecurityOptions {
   enableMavenImport: boolean;
   enableGradleImport: boolean;
+  installGoDependency: boolean;
   installNodeDependency: boolean;
   gitHostWhitelist: string[];
   gitProtocolWhitelist: string[];