diff --git a/.changeset/wet-crabs-send.md b/.changeset/wet-crabs-send.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edac0562fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wet-crabs-send.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': patch
+---
+
+Add support to disable catalog providers and processors via configuration
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/config.d.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/config.d.ts
index a506476dbf..659cf82280 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/config.d.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/config.d.ts
@@ -221,5 +221,37 @@ export interface Config {
      * housing catalog-info files.
      */
     processingInterval?: HumanDuration | false;
+
+    /**
+     * Catalog provide specific configuration.
+     * Additional configuration for providers are specified in the catalog
+     * modules.
+     */
+    providers?: {
+      /**
+       * Name is the provider ID, e.g. "bitbucketServer"
+       */
+      [name: string]: {
+        /**
+         * Whether the provider is enabled or not. Defaults to true.
+         */
+        enabled?: boolean;
+      };
+    };
+    /**
+     * Configuration for entity processors. Additional configuration for
+     * processors are specified in the catalog modules.
+     */
+    processors?: {
+      /**
+       * Name is the processor ID, e.g. "catalog-processor"
+       */
+      [name: string]: {
+        /**
+         * Whether the processor is enabled or not. Defaults to true.
+         */
+        enabled?: boolean;
+      };
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
index e697c6e77f..aab2efd1cb 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogBuilder.ts
@@ -568,9 +568,11 @@ export class CatalogBuilder {
 
     const locationStore = new DefaultLocationStore(dbClient);
     const configLocationProvider = new ConfigLocationEntityProvider(config);
-    const entityProviders = lodash.uniqBy(
-      [...this.entityProviders, locationStore, configLocationProvider],
-      provider => provider.getProviderName(),
+    const entityProviders = this.filterProviders(
+      lodash.uniqBy(
+        [...this.entityProviders, locationStore, configLocationProvider],
+        provider => provider.getProviderName(),
+      ),
     );
 
     const processingEngine = new DefaultCatalogProcessingEngine({
@@ -725,7 +727,30 @@ export class CatalogBuilder {
 
     this.checkMissingExternalProcessors(processors);
 
-    return processors;
+    return this.filterProcessors(processors);
+  }
+
+  private filterProcessors(processors: CatalogProcessor[]) {
+    const { config } = this.env;
+    const processorsConfig = config.getOptionalConfig('catalog.processors');
+    if (!processorsConfig) {
+      return processors;
+    }
+    const keys = Object.keys(processorsConfig);
+    for (const key of keys) {
+      if (!processors.find(p => p.getProcessorName() === key)) {
+        this.env.logger.warn(
+          `Invalid catalog processor configuration catalog.processors.${key}: no such processor`,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    return processors.filter(p => {
+      const processorConfig = processorsConfig.getOptionalConfig(
+        p.getProcessorName(),
+      );
+      return processorConfig?.getOptionalBoolean('enabled') ?? true;
+    });
   }
 
   // TODO(Rugvip): These old processors are removed, for a while we'll be throwing
@@ -838,6 +863,30 @@ export class CatalogBuilder {
     );
   }
 
+  private filterProviders(providers: EntityProvider[]) {
+    const { config, logger } = this.env;
+    const providersConfig = config.getOptionalConfig('catalog.providers');
+    if (!providersConfig) {
+      return providers;
+    }
+
+    const keys = Object.keys(providersConfig);
+    for (const key of keys) {
+      if (!providers.find(p => p.getProviderName() === key)) {
+        logger.warn(
+          `Invalid catalog provider configuration catalog.providers.${key}: no such provider`,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    return providers.filter(p => {
+      const providerConfig = providersConfig.getOptionalConfig(
+        p.getProviderName(),
+      );
+      return providerConfig?.getOptionalBoolean('enabled') ?? true;
+    });
+  }
+
   private static getDefaultProcessingInterval(
     config: Config,
   ): ProcessingIntervalFunction {