diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_support/cache/events/cache.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_support/cache/events/cache.rb
index 0b8820c8fec..851b7e8b0c4 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_support/cache/events/cache.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_support/cache/events/cache.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def on_start(span, event, _id, payload)
 
                 span.set_tag('EVENT', event)
 
-                set_cache_key(span, key, mapping[:multi_key])
+                set_cache_key(span, key, mapping[:multi_key]) if Datadog.configuration.tracing[:active_support][:cache_key_enabled]
               rescue StandardError => e
                 Datadog.logger.error(e.message)
                 Datadog::Core::Telemetry::Logger.report(e)
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_support/cache/instrumentation.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_support/cache/instrumentation.rb
index 13c92a08418..9feeb0295dd 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_support/cache/instrumentation.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_support/cache/instrumentation.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ def trace(action, store, key: nil, multi_key: nil)
                 end
 
                 span.set_tag(Ext::TAG_CACHE_BACKEND, store) if store
-                set_cache_key(span, key, multi_key)
+
+                set_cache_key(span, key, multi_key) if Datadog.configuration.tracing[:active_support][:cache_key_enabled]
 
                 yield
               end
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_support/configuration/settings.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_support/configuration/settings.rb
index 9f1b016ba7f..ac3e7b1189e 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_support/configuration/settings.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_support/configuration/settings.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ class Settings < Contrib::Configuration::Settings
                 )
               end
             end
+
+            option :cache_key_enabled do |o|
+              o.type :bool
+              o.default true
+            end
           end
         end
       end