diff --git a/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/DependencyUtils.kt b/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/DependencyUtils.kt
index ca6e2c6ceb0..0f71d0c2b53 100644
--- a/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/DependencyUtils.kt
+++ b/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/DependencyUtils.kt
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@
 package com.facebook.react.utils
 
 import com.facebook.react.utils.PropertyUtils.DEFAULT_INTERNAL_PUBLISHING_GROUP
+import com.facebook.react.utils.PropertyUtils.INCLUDE_JITPACK_REPOSITORY
+import com.facebook.react.utils.PropertyUtils.INCLUDE_JITPACK_REPOSITORY_DEFAULT
 import com.facebook.react.utils.PropertyUtils.INTERNAL_PUBLISHING_GROUP
 import com.facebook.react.utils.PropertyUtils.INTERNAL_REACT_NATIVE_MAVEN_LOCAL_REPO
 import com.facebook.react.utils.PropertyUtils.INTERNAL_USE_HERMES_NIGHTLY
 import com.facebook.react.utils.PropertyUtils.INTERNAL_VERSION_NAME
+import com.facebook.react.utils.PropertyUtils.SCOPED_INCLUDE_JITPACK_REPOSITORY
 import java.io.File
 import java.net.URI
 import java.util.*
@@ -55,12 +58,14 @@ internal object DependencyUtils {
             it.excludeGroup("com.facebook.react")
           }
         }
-        mavenRepoFromUrl("https://www.jitpack.io") { repo ->
-          repo.content {
-            // We don't want to fetch JSC or React from JitPack
-            it.excludeGroup("org.webkit")
-            it.excludeGroup("io.github.react-native-community")
-            it.excludeGroup("com.facebook.react")
+        if (shouldAddJitPack()) {
+          mavenRepoFromUrl("https://www.jitpack.io") { repo ->
+            repo.content { content ->
+              // We don't want to fetch JSC or React from JitPack
+              content.excludeGroup("org.webkit")
+              content.excludeGroup("io.github.react-native-community")
+              content.excludeGroup("com.facebook.react")
+            }
           }
         }
       }
@@ -167,4 +172,13 @@ internal object DependencyUtils {
         it.url = uri
         action(it)
       }
+
+  internal fun Project.shouldAddJitPack() =
+      when {
+        hasProperty(SCOPED_INCLUDE_JITPACK_REPOSITORY) ->
+            property(SCOPED_INCLUDE_JITPACK_REPOSITORY).toString().toBoolean()
+        hasProperty(INCLUDE_JITPACK_REPOSITORY) ->
+            property(INCLUDE_JITPACK_REPOSITORY).toString().toBoolean()
+        else -> INCLUDE_JITPACK_REPOSITORY_DEFAULT
+      }
 }
diff --git a/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/PropertyUtils.kt b/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/PropertyUtils.kt
index 61cd0f5107d..8a0308bd843 100644
--- a/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/PropertyUtils.kt
+++ b/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/PropertyUtils.kt
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ object PropertyUtils {
   const val REACT_NATIVE_ARCHITECTURES = "reactNativeArchitectures"
   const val SCOPED_REACT_NATIVE_ARCHITECTURES = "react.nativeArchitectures"
 
+  /** Public property that allows to control whether the JitPack repository is included or not */
+  const val INCLUDE_JITPACK_REPOSITORY = "includeJitpackRepository"
+  const val SCOPED_INCLUDE_JITPACK_REPOSITORY = "react.includeJitpackRepository"
+
+  /** By default we include JitPack till React Native 0.80 where this is going to become false */
+  internal const val INCLUDE_JITPACK_REPOSITORY_DEFAULT = true
+
   /**
    * Internal Property that acts as a killswitch to configure the JDK version and align it for app
    * and all the libraries.
diff --git a/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/DependencyUtilsTest.kt b/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/DependencyUtilsTest.kt
index 9cd9323d2c3..a75eb412072 100644
--- a/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/DependencyUtilsTest.kt
+++ b/packages/gradle-plugin/react-native-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/facebook/react/utils/DependencyUtilsTest.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.utils.DependencyUtils.getDependencySubstitutions
 import com.facebook.react.utils.DependencyUtils.mavenRepoFromURI
 import com.facebook.react.utils.DependencyUtils.mavenRepoFromUrl
 import com.facebook.react.utils.DependencyUtils.readVersionAndGroupStrings
+import com.facebook.react.utils.DependencyUtils.shouldAddJitPack
 import java.net.URI
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.repositories.MavenArtifactRepository
@@ -98,6 +99,60 @@ class DependencyUtilsTest {
         .isNotNull()
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun configureRepositories_withIncludeJitpackRepositoryFalse_doesNotContainJitPack() {
+    val repositoryURI = URI.create("https://www.jitpack.io")
+    var project = createProject()
+    project.extensions.extraProperties.set("includeJitpackRepository", "false")
+
+    configureRepositories(project, tempFolder.root)
+
+    assertThat(
+            project.repositories.firstOrNull {
+              it is MavenArtifactRepository && it.url == repositoryURI
+            })
+        .isNull()
+
+    // We test both with scoped and unscoped property
+    project = createProject()
+    project.extensions.extraProperties.set("react.includeJitpackRepository", "false")
+
+    configureRepositories(project, tempFolder.root)
+
+    assertThat(
+            project.repositories.firstOrNull {
+              it is MavenArtifactRepository && it.url == repositoryURI
+            })
+        .isNull()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun configureRepositories_withincludeJitpackRepositoryTrue_containJitPack() {
+    val repositoryURI = URI.create("https://www.jitpack.io")
+    var project = createProject()
+    project.extensions.extraProperties.set("includeJitpackRepository", "true")
+
+    configureRepositories(project, tempFolder.root)
+
+    assertThat(
+            project.repositories.firstOrNull {
+              it is MavenArtifactRepository && it.url == repositoryURI
+            })
+        .isNotNull()
+
+    // We test both with scoped and unscoped property
+    project = createProject()
+    project.extensions.extraProperties.set("react.includeJitpackRepository", "true")
+
+    configureRepositories(project, tempFolder.root)
+
+    assertThat(
+            project.repositories.firstOrNull {
+              it is MavenArtifactRepository && it.url == repositoryURI
+            })
+        .isNotNull()
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun configureRepositories_withProjectPropertySet_hasHigherPriorityThanMavenCentral() {
     val localMaven = tempFolder.newFolder("m2")
@@ -404,4 +459,24 @@ class DependencyUtilsTest {
 
     assertThat(mavenRepo.url).isEqualTo(repoFolder.toURI())
   }
+
+  @Test
+  fun shouldAddJitPack_withScopedProperty() {
+    val project = createProject(tempFolder.root)
+    project.extensions.extraProperties.set("react.includeJitpackRepository", "false")
+    assertThat(project.shouldAddJitPack()).isFalse()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun shouldAddJitPack_withUnscopedProperty() {
+    val project = createProject(tempFolder.root)
+    project.extensions.extraProperties.set("react.includeJitpackRepository", "false")
+    assertThat(project.shouldAddJitPack()).isFalse()
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun shouldAddJitPack_defaultIsTrue() {
+    val project = createProject(tempFolder.root)
+    assertThat(project.shouldAddJitPack()).isTrue()
+  }
 }