diff --git a/Extension/package.json b/Extension/package.json
index 07a106a3b..8ea9e875a 100644
--- a/Extension/package.json
+++ b/Extension/package.json
@@ -973,6 +973,12 @@
                             ]
                         },
                         "scope": "resource"
+                    },
+                    "C_Cpp.reduceRecursiveIncludes": {
+                        "type": "boolean",
+                        "default": true,
+                        "markdownDescription": "%c_cpp.configuration.reduceRecursiveIncludes.markdownDescription%",
+                        "scope": "window"
                     }
                 }
             },
diff --git a/Extension/package.nls.json b/Extension/package.nls.json
index 67a3bcb3d..0f48c5151 100644
--- a/Extension/package.nls.json
+++ b/Extension/package.nls.json
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@
             "Markdown text between `` should not be translated or localized (they represent literal text) and the capitalization, spacing, and punctuation (including the ``) should not be altered."
         ]
     },
+    "c_cpp.configuration.reduceRecursiveIncludes.markdownDescription": "Indicates whether recursive include paths should be reduced to only those currently referenced by the translation unit. If enabled, performance is impacted if the database needs to be populated to determine headers used. If disabled, performance may be impacted due to passing a large number of include paths to the IntelliSense process.",
     "c_cpp.configuration.debugger.useBacktickCommandSubstitution.markdownDescription": {
         "message": "If `true`, debugger shell command substitution will use obsolete backtick ``(`)``.",
         "comment": [
diff --git a/Extension/src/LanguageServer/client.ts b/Extension/src/LanguageServer/client.ts
index 46a359c95..9c30eb811 100644
--- a/Extension/src/LanguageServer/client.ts
+++ b/Extension/src/LanguageServer/client.ts
@@ -1575,6 +1575,7 @@ export class DefaultClient implements Client {
             enhancedColorization: workspaceSettings.isEnhancedColorizationEnabled,
             intellisenseMaxCachedProcesses: workspaceSettings.intelliSenseMaxCachedProcesses,
             intellisenseMaxMemory: workspaceSettings.intelliSenseMaxMemory,
+            reduceRecursiveIncludes: workspaceSettings.reduceRecursiveIncludes,
             referencesMaxConcurrentThreads: workspaceSettings.referencesMaxConcurrentThreads,
             referencesMaxCachedProcesses: workspaceSettings.referencesMaxCachedProcesses,
             referencesMaxMemory: workspaceSettings.referencesMaxMemory,
diff --git a/Extension/src/LanguageServer/settings.ts b/Extension/src/LanguageServer/settings.ts
index 9a164bda0..fec4d6d8d 100644
--- a/Extension/src/LanguageServer/settings.ts
+++ b/Extension/src/LanguageServer/settings.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ export interface SettingsParams {
     enhancedColorization: boolean;
     intellisenseMaxCachedProcesses: number | null;
     intellisenseMaxMemory: number | null;
+    reduceRecursiveIncludes: boolean;
     referencesMaxConcurrentThreads: number | null;
     referencesMaxCachedProcesses: number | null;
     referencesMaxMemory: number | null;
@@ -481,6 +482,7 @@ export class CppSettings extends Settings {
         return super.Section.get<string>("cppCodeSnippetsFeatureNames");
     }
     public get formattingEngine(): string { return this.getAsString("formatting"); }
+    public get reduceRecursiveIncludes(): boolean { return this.getAsBoolean("reduceRecursiveIncludes"); }
     public get vcFormatIndentBraces(): boolean { return this.getAsBoolean("vcFormat.indent.braces"); }
     public get vcFormatIndentMultiLineRelativeTo(): string { return this.getAsString("vcFormat.indent.multiLineRelativeTo"); }
     public get vcFormatIndentWithinParentheses(): string { return this.getAsString("vcFormat.indent.withinParentheses"); }