diff --git a/lib/fluent/command/fluentd.rb b/lib/fluent/command/fluentd.rb
index c5c4684089..a2039988f0 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/command/fluentd.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/command/fluentd.rb
@@ -155,7 +155,11 @@
   cmd_opts[:strict_config_value] = b
 }
 
-op.on('--enable-input-metrics', "Enable input plugin metrics on fluentd", TrueClass) {|b|
+op.on('--enable-input-metrics', "[DEPRECATED] Enable input plugin metrics on fluentd", TrueClass) {|b|
+  cmd_opts[:enable_input_metrics] = b
+}
+
+op.on('--disable-input-metrics', "Disable input plugin metrics on fluentd", FalseClass) {|b|
   cmd_opts[:enable_input_metrics] = b
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/fluent/root_agent.rb b/lib/fluent/root_agent.rb
index 6cb60916f5..6c19e9af59 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/root_agent.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/root_agent.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def initialize(log:, system_config: SystemConfig.new, start_in_parallel: false)
       @without_source = system_config.without_source || false
       @source_only_mode = SourceOnlyMode.new(system_config.with_source_only, start_in_parallel)
       @source_only_buffer_agent = nil
-      @enable_input_metrics = system_config.enable_input_metrics || false
+      @enable_input_metrics = system_config.enable_input_metrics
 
       suppress_interval(system_config.emit_error_log_interval) unless system_config.emit_error_log_interval.nil?
     end
diff --git a/lib/fluent/supervisor.rb b/lib/fluent/supervisor.rb
index 34d9dadceb..528b984687 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/supervisor.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/supervisor.rb
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ def self.default_options
         ignore_repeated_log_interval: nil,
         without_source: nil,
         with_source_only: nil,
-        enable_input_metrics: nil,
+        enable_input_metrics: true,
         enable_size_metrics: nil,
         use_v1_config: true,
         strict_config_value: nil,
diff --git a/lib/fluent/system_config.rb b/lib/fluent/system_config.rb
index 630a8ae28f..9a83fd1e3e 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/system_config.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/system_config.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class SystemConfig
     config_param :strict_config_value, :bool, default: nil
     config_param :enable_msgpack_time_support, :bool, default: nil
     config_param :disable_shared_socket, :bool, default: nil
-    config_param :enable_input_metrics, :bool, default: nil
+    config_param :enable_input_metrics, :bool, default: true
     config_param :enable_size_metrics, :bool, default: nil
     config_param :enable_jit, :bool, default: false
     config_param :file_permission, default: nil do |v|
diff --git a/test/command/test_fluentd.rb b/test/command/test_fluentd.rb
index ec280e7253..d02c27ca29 100644
--- a/test/command/test_fluentd.rb
+++ b/test/command/test_fluentd.rb
@@ -1608,4 +1608,12 @@ def create_config_include_dir_configuration(config_path, config_dir, yaml_format
                          "[info]: loading additional configuration file path=\"#{conf_dir}/child.yml\"")
     end
   end
+
+  test "allow --disable-input-metrics option" do
+    conf_path = create_conf_file('empty.conf', '')
+    assert_log_matches(
+      create_cmdline(conf_path, '--disable-input-metrics'),
+      "#0 fluentd worker is now running worker=0"
+    )
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/config/test_system_config.rb b/test/config/test_system_config.rb
index 9a37a3d272..16a93788be 100644
--- a/test/config/test_system_config.rb
+++ b/test/config/test_system_config.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def parse_text(text)
       assert_nil(sc.suppress_config_dump)
       assert_nil(sc.without_source)
       assert_nil(sc.with_source_only)
-      assert_nil(sc.enable_input_metrics)
+      assert_true(sc.enable_input_metrics)
       assert_nil(sc.enable_size_metrics)
       assert_nil(sc.enable_msgpack_time_support)
       assert(!sc.enable_jit)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def parse_text(text)
       'with_source_only' => ['with_source_only', true],
       'strict_config_value' => ['strict_config_value', true],
       'enable_msgpack_time_support' => ['enable_msgpack_time_support', true],
-      'enable_input_metrics' => ['enable_input_metrics', true],
+      'enable_input_metrics' => ['enable_input_metrics', false],
       'enable_size_metrics' => ['enable_size_metrics', true],
       'enable_jit' => ['enable_jit', true],
     )
diff --git a/test/test_root_agent.rb b/test/test_root_agent.rb
index 8b44b68699..7e2a07f7cd 100644
--- a/test/test_root_agent.rb
+++ b/test/test_root_agent.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def test_initialize
     'suppress interval' => [{'emit_error_log_interval' => 30}, {:@suppress_emit_error_log_interval => 30}],
     'without source' => [{'without_source' => true}, {:@without_source => true}],
     'enable input metrics' => [{'enable_input_metrics' => true}, {:@enable_input_metrics => true}],
+    'disable input metrics' => [{'enable_input_metrics' => false}, {:@enable_input_metrics => false}],
     )
   def test_initialize_with_opt(data)
     opt, expected = data
diff --git a/test/test_supervisor.rb b/test/test_supervisor.rb
index fd89ca8ce4..dea35df33b 100644
--- a/test/test_supervisor.rb
+++ b/test/test_supervisor.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def test_system_config
   without_source true
   with_source_only true
   enable_get_dump true
+  enable_input_metrics false
   process_name "process_name"
   log_level info
   root_dir #{@tmp_root_dir}
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ def test_system_config
     assert_equal true, sys_conf.without_source
     assert_equal true, sys_conf.with_source_only
     assert_equal true, sys_conf.enable_get_dump
+    assert_equal false, sys_conf.enable_input_metrics
     assert_equal "process_name", sys_conf.process_name
     assert_equal 2, sys_conf.log_level
     assert_equal @tmp_root_dir, sys_conf.root_dir