diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/batch/TransportBatchIngestionAction.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/batch/TransportBatchIngestionAction.java
index 6fd03b7b52..6df22475e9 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/batch/TransportBatchIngestionAction.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/batch/TransportBatchIngestionAction.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.ml.common.MLTaskState.FAILED;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.plugin.MachineLearningPlugin.INGEST_THREAD_POOL;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.task.MLTaskManager.TASK_SEMAPHORE_TIMEOUT;
+import static org.opensearch.ml.utils.MLExceptionUtils.OFFLINE_BATCH_INGESTION_DISABLED_ERR_MSG;
 
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.ml.common.transport.batch.MLBatchIngestionResponse;
 import org.opensearch.ml.engine.MLEngineClassLoader;
 import org.opensearch.ml.engine.ingest.Ingestable;
+import org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLFeatureEnabledSetting;
 import org.opensearch.ml.task.MLTaskManager;
 import org.opensearch.ml.utils.MLExceptionUtils;
 import org.opensearch.tasks.Task;
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ public class TransportBatchIngestionAction extends HandledTransportAction<Action
     MLTaskManager mlTaskManager;
     private final Client client;
     private ThreadPool threadPool;
+    private MLFeatureEnabledSetting mlFeatureEnabledSetting;
 
     @Inject
     public TransportBatchIngestionAction(
@@ -62,13 +65,15 @@ public TransportBatchIngestionAction(
         ActionFilters actionFilters,
         Client client,
         MLTaskManager mlTaskManager,
-        ThreadPool threadPool
+        ThreadPool threadPool,
+        MLFeatureEnabledSetting mlFeatureEnabledSetting
     ) {
         super(MLBatchIngestionAction.NAME, transportService, actionFilters, MLBatchIngestionRequest::new);
         this.transportService = transportService;
         this.client = client;
         this.mlTaskManager = mlTaskManager;
         this.threadPool = threadPool;
+        this.mlFeatureEnabledSetting = mlFeatureEnabledSetting;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -76,6 +81,9 @@ protected void doExecute(Task task, ActionRequest request, ActionListener<MLBatc
         MLBatchIngestionRequest mlBatchIngestionRequest = MLBatchIngestionRequest.fromActionRequest(request);
         MLBatchIngestionInput mlBatchIngestionInput = mlBatchIngestionRequest.getMlBatchIngestionInput();
         try {
+            if (!mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isOfflineBatchIngestionEnabled()) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(OFFLINE_BATCH_INGESTION_DISABLED_ERR_MSG);
+            }
             validateBatchIngestInput(mlBatchIngestionInput);
             MLTask mlTask = MLTask
                 .builder()
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/plugin/MachineLearningPlugin.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/plugin/MachineLearningPlugin.java
index 5f5d9ef4cf..f0e1fdb4d0 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/plugin/MachineLearningPlugin.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/plugin/MachineLearningPlugin.java
@@ -970,7 +970,8 @@ public List<Setting<?>> getSettings() {
                 MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_REMOTE_JOB_STATUS_CANCELLED_REGEX,
                 MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_REMOTE_JOB_STATUS_CANCELLING_REGEX,
                 MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_REMOTE_JOB_STATUS_EXPIRED_REGEX,
-                MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_CONTROLLER_ENABLED
+                MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_CONTROLLER_ENABLED,
+                MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_OFFLINE_BATCH_INGESTION_ENABLED
             );
         return settings;
     }
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/settings/MLCommonsSettings.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/settings/MLCommonsSettings.java
index 4b034c035a..a8e6a0867d 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/settings/MLCommonsSettings.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/settings/MLCommonsSettings.java
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ private MLCommonsSettings() {}
     public static final Setting<Boolean> ML_COMMONS_CONNECTOR_ACCESS_CONTROL_ENABLED = Setting
         .boolSetting("plugins.ml_commons.connector_access_control_enabled", false, Setting.Property.NodeScope, Setting.Property.Dynamic);
 
+    public static final Setting<Boolean> ML_COMMONS_OFFLINE_BATCH_INGESTION_ENABLED = Setting
+        .boolSetting("plugins.ml_commons.offline_batch_ingestion_enabled", true, Setting.Property.NodeScope, Setting.Property.Dynamic);
+
     public static final Setting<List<String>> ML_COMMONS_TRUSTED_CONNECTOR_ENDPOINTS_REGEX = Setting
         .listSetting(
             "plugins.ml_commons.trusted_connector_endpoints_regex",
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/settings/MLFeatureEnabledSetting.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/settings/MLFeatureEnabledSetting.java
index 0fd11e7c72..b77e8fcf66 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/settings/MLFeatureEnabledSetting.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/settings/MLFeatureEnabledSetting.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_CONNECTOR_PRIVATE_IP_ENABLED;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_CONTROLLER_ENABLED;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_LOCAL_MODEL_ENABLED;
+import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_OFFLINE_BATCH_INGESTION_ENABLED;
 import static org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLCommonsSettings.ML_COMMONS_REMOTE_INFERENCE_ENABLED;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ public class MLFeatureEnabledSetting {
     private volatile AtomicBoolean isConnectorPrivateIpEnabled;
 
     private volatile Boolean isControllerEnabled;
+    private volatile Boolean isBatchIngestionEnabled;
 
     public MLFeatureEnabledSetting(ClusterService clusterService, Settings settings) {
         isRemoteInferenceEnabled = ML_COMMONS_REMOTE_INFERENCE_ENABLED.get(settings);
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ public MLFeatureEnabledSetting(ClusterService clusterService, Settings settings)
         isLocalModelEnabled = ML_COMMONS_LOCAL_MODEL_ENABLED.get(settings);
         isConnectorPrivateIpEnabled = new AtomicBoolean(ML_COMMONS_CONNECTOR_PRIVATE_IP_ENABLED.get(settings));
         isControllerEnabled = ML_COMMONS_CONTROLLER_ENABLED.get(settings);
+        isBatchIngestionEnabled = ML_COMMONS_OFFLINE_BATCH_INGESTION_ENABLED.get(settings);
 
         clusterService
             .getClusterSettings()
@@ -46,6 +49,9 @@ public MLFeatureEnabledSetting(ClusterService clusterService, Settings settings)
             .getClusterSettings()
             .addSettingsUpdateConsumer(ML_COMMONS_CONNECTOR_PRIVATE_IP_ENABLED, it -> isConnectorPrivateIpEnabled.set(it));
         clusterService.getClusterSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(ML_COMMONS_CONTROLLER_ENABLED, it -> isControllerEnabled = it);
+        clusterService
+            .getClusterSettings()
+            .addSettingsUpdateConsumer(ML_COMMONS_OFFLINE_BATCH_INGESTION_ENABLED, it -> isBatchIngestionEnabled = it);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -84,4 +90,12 @@ public Boolean isControllerEnabled() {
         return isControllerEnabled;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Whether the offline batch ingestion is enabled. If disabled, APIs in ml-commons will block offline batch ingestion.
+     * @return whether the feature is enabled.
+     */
+    public Boolean isOfflineBatchIngestionEnabled() {
+        return isBatchIngestionEnabled;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/MLExceptionUtils.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/MLExceptionUtils.java
index 5340edba0f..2d8ed1084c 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/MLExceptionUtils.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/opensearch/ml/utils/MLExceptionUtils.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ public class MLExceptionUtils {
         "Agent Framework is currently disabled. To enable it, update the setting \"plugins.ml_commons.agent_framework_enabled\" to true.";
     public static final String CONTROLLER_DISABLED_ERR_MSG =
         "Controller is currently disabled. To enable it, update the setting \"plugins.ml_commons.controller_enabled\" to true.";
+    public static final String OFFLINE_BATCH_INGESTION_DISABLED_ERR_MSG =
+        "Offline batch ingestion is currently disabled. To enable it, update the setting \"plugins.ml_commons.offline_batch_ingestion_enabled\" to true.";
 
     public static String getRootCauseMessage(final Throwable throwable) {
         String message = ExceptionUtils.getRootCauseMessage(throwable);
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/batch/TransportBatchIngestionActionTests.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/batch/TransportBatchIngestionActionTests.java
index 092edfe951..f1ab6715f6 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/batch/TransportBatchIngestionActionTests.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/opensearch/ml/action/batch/TransportBatchIngestionActionTests.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.ml.common.transport.batch.MLBatchIngestionInput;
 import org.opensearch.ml.common.transport.batch.MLBatchIngestionRequest;
 import org.opensearch.ml.common.transport.batch.MLBatchIngestionResponse;
+import org.opensearch.ml.settings.MLFeatureEnabledSetting;
 import org.opensearch.ml.task.MLTaskManager;
 import org.opensearch.tasks.Task;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase;
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ public class TransportBatchIngestionActionTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
     ThreadPool threadPool;
     @Mock
     ExecutorService executorService;
+    @Mock
+    private MLFeatureEnabledSetting mlFeatureEnabledSetting;
 
     private TransportBatchIngestionAction batchAction;
     private MLBatchIngestionInput batchInput;
@@ -81,7 +84,14 @@ public class TransportBatchIngestionActionTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
     @Before
     public void setup() {
         MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
-        batchAction = new TransportBatchIngestionAction(transportService, actionFilters, client, mlTaskManager, threadPool);
+        batchAction = new TransportBatchIngestionAction(
+            transportService,
+            actionFilters,
+            client,
+            mlTaskManager,
+            threadPool,
+            mlFeatureEnabledSetting
+        );
 
         Map<String, Object> fieldMap = new HashMap<>();
         fieldMap.put("chapter", "$.content[0]");
@@ -106,6 +116,8 @@ public void setup() {
             .dataSources(dataSource)
             .build();
         when(mlBatchIngestionRequest.getMlBatchIngestionInput()).thenReturn(batchInput);
+
+        when(mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isOfflineBatchIngestionEnabled()).thenReturn(true);
     }
 
     public void test_doExecute_success() {
@@ -181,6 +193,18 @@ public void test_doExecute_handleSuccessRate0() {
             );
     }
 
+    public void test_doExecute_batchIngestionDisabled() {
+        when(mlFeatureEnabledSetting.isOfflineBatchIngestionEnabled()).thenReturn(false);
+        batchAction.doExecute(task, mlBatchIngestionRequest, actionListener);
+
+        ArgumentCaptor<IllegalStateException> argumentCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(IllegalStateException.class);
+        verify(actionListener).onFailure(argumentCaptor.capture());
+        assertEquals(
+                "Offline batch ingestion is currently disabled. To enable it, update the setting \"plugins.ml_commons.offline_batch_ingestion_enabled\" to true.",
+                argumentCaptor.getValue().getMessage()
+        );
+    }
+
     public void test_doExecute_noDataSource() {
         MLBatchIngestionInput batchInput = MLBatchIngestionInput
             .builder()