diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/config.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ff968a51679e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. 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.
+ */
+
+import { schema, TypeOf } from '@kbn/config-schema';
+
+export const configSchema = schema.object({
+  allowByValueEmbeddables: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
+});
+
+export type ConfigSchema = TypeOf<typeof configSchema>;
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/plugin.tsx b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/plugin.tsx
index 8db518bdb92714..4b1e6a307a5b4f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/public/plugin.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/public/plugin.tsx
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ declare module '../../share/public' {
 
 export type DashboardUrlGenerator = UrlGeneratorContract<typeof DASHBOARD_APP_URL_GENERATOR>;
 
+interface DashboardFeatureFlagConfig {
+  allowByValueEmbeddables: boolean;
+}
+
 interface SetupDependencies {
   data: DataPublicPluginSetup;
   embeddable: EmbeddableSetup;
@@ -125,6 +129,7 @@ export interface DashboardStart {
     embeddableType: string;
   }) => void | undefined;
   dashboardUrlGenerator?: DashboardUrlGenerator;
+  dashboardFeatureFlagConfig: DashboardFeatureFlagConfig;
   DashboardContainerByValueRenderer: ReturnType<typeof createDashboardContainerByValueRenderer>;
 }
 
@@ -411,6 +416,7 @@ export class DashboardPlugin
       getSavedDashboardLoader: () => savedDashboardLoader,
       addEmbeddableToDashboard: this.addEmbeddableToDashboard.bind(this, core),
       dashboardUrlGenerator: this.dashboardUrlGenerator,
+      dashboardFeatureFlagConfig: this.initializerContext.config.get<DashboardFeatureFlagConfig>(),
       DashboardContainerByValueRenderer: createDashboardContainerByValueRenderer({
         factory: dashboardContainerFactory,
       }),
diff --git a/src/plugins/dashboard/server/index.ts b/src/plugins/dashboard/server/index.ts
index 9719586001c59c..3ef7abba5776b0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/dashboard/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/dashboard/server/index.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,16 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import { PluginInitializerContext } from '../../../core/server';
+import { PluginInitializerContext, PluginConfigDescriptor } from '../../../core/server';
 import { DashboardPlugin } from './plugin';
+import { configSchema, ConfigSchema } from '../config';
+
+export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor<ConfigSchema> = {
+  exposeToBrowser: {
+    allowByValueEmbeddables: true,
+  },
+  schema: configSchema,
+};
 
 //  This exports static code and TypeScript types,
 //  as well as, Kibana Platform `plugin()` initializer.