diff --git a/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.server/rest.server.open-api-spec.unit.ts b/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.server/rest.server.open-api-spec.unit.ts
index bae31899799d..b86bc5fcace9 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.server/rest.server.open-api-spec.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/__tests__/unit/rest.server/rest.server.open-api-spec.unit.ts
@@ -12,11 +12,16 @@ import {
   requestBody,
 } from '@loopback/openapi-v3';
 import {model, property} from '@loopback/repository';
-import {expect, validateApiSpec} from '@loopback/testlab';
+import {
+  expect,
+  givenHttpServerConfig,
+  validateApiSpec,
+} from '@loopback/testlab';
 import {
   createControllerFactoryForClass,
   RestComponent,
   RestServer,
+  RestServerConfig,
 } from '../../..';
 import {RestTags} from '../../../keys';
 import {TestInfoSpecEnhancer} from './fixtures/info.spec.extension';
@@ -387,6 +392,26 @@ describe('RestServer.getApiSpec()', () => {
     expect(spec.info).to.eql(EXPECTED_SPEC_INFO);
   });
 
+  context('options', () => {
+    it('disables consolidator if disableOASConsolidator is set to true', async () => {
+      const options: {rest: RestServerConfig} = {
+        rest: {openApiSpec: {disableOASConsolidator: true}},
+      };
+      options.rest = givenHttpServerConfig(options.rest);
+      app = new Application(options);
+      app.component(RestComponent);
+      server = await app.getServer(RestServer);
+      await server.start();
+
+      // consolidation enhancer to be unset
+      const enhancer = await server.OASEnhancer.getEnhancerByName(
+        'loopback.consolidate.schemas',
+      );
+      expect(enhancer).to.be.undefined();
+      await server.stop();
+    });
+  });
+
   async function givenApplication() {
     app = new Application();
     app.component(RestComponent);
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts b/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts
index 6772a08ed0c7..8085d5e651fe 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts
@@ -254,7 +254,9 @@ export class RestServer extends Context implements Server, HttpServerLike {
    * Register core built in OAS Enhancers
    */
   registerCoreEnhancers() {
-    this.add(createBindingFromClass(ConsolidationEnhancer));
+    if (!this.config.openApiSpec.disableOASConsolidator) {
+      this.add(createBindingFromClass(ConsolidationEnhancer));
+    }
   }
 
   protected _setupRequestHandlerIfNeeded() {
@@ -1075,6 +1077,12 @@ export interface OpenApiSpecOptions {
    * Set this flag to disable the endpoint for OpenAPI spec
    */
   disabled?: true;
+
+  /**
+   * Set this flag to `true` to disable OAS schema consolidation. If not set,
+   * the value defaults to `false`.
+   */
+  disableOASConsolidator?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ApiExplorerOptions {