diff --git a/Extension/package.json b/Extension/package.json
index 6e68a19f0..dd373defc 100644
--- a/Extension/package.json
+++ b/Extension/package.json
@@ -466,6 +466,12 @@
           "default": "Default",
           "description": "Set to \"Insiders\" to automatically download and install the latest Insiders builds of the extension, which include upcoming features and bug fixes.",
           "scope": "resource"
+        },
+        "C_Cpp.suggestSnippets": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": true,
+            "description": "If true, snippets are provided by the language server.",
+            "scope": "resource"
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/Extension/src/LanguageServer/client.ts b/Extension/src/LanguageServer/client.ts
index a4ba37098..e7fa65e3f 100644
--- a/Extension/src/LanguageServer/client.ts
+++ b/Extension/src/LanguageServer/client.ts
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ class DefaultClient implements Client {
                 autocomplete: settings.autoComplete,
                 errorSquiggles: settings.errorSquiggles,
                 dimInactiveRegions: settings.dimInactiveRegions,
+                suggestSnippets: settings.suggestSnippets,
                 loggingLevel: settings.loggingLevel,
                 workspaceParsingPriority: settings.workspaceParsingPriority,
                 workspaceSymbols: settings.workspaceSymbols,
diff --git a/Extension/src/LanguageServer/settings.ts b/Extension/src/LanguageServer/settings.ts
index 50becfb8f..cc21c6bed 100644
--- a/Extension/src/LanguageServer/settings.ts
+++ b/Extension/src/LanguageServer/settings.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export class CppSettings extends Settings {
     public get clangFormatSortIncludes(): string { return super.Section.get<string>("clang_format_sortIncludes"); }
     public get clangFormatOnSave(): string { return super.Section.get<string>("clang_format_formatOnSave"); }
     public get formatting(): string { return super.Section.get<string>("formatting"); }
+    public get suggestSnippets(): boolean { return super.Section.get<boolean>("suggestSnippets"); }
     public get intelliSenseEngine(): string { return super.Section.get<string>("intelliSenseEngine"); }
     public get intelliSenseEngineFallback(): string { return super.Section.get<string>("intelliSenseEngineFallback"); }
     public get errorSquiggles(): string { return super.Section.get<string>("errorSquiggles"); }