diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/netbox.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/netbox.py
index 394eb64698..b6aae06dba 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/netbox.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/netbox.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
     author:
         - Remy Leone (@sieben)
         - Anthony Ruhier (@Anthony25)
+        - Nikhil Singh Baliyan (@nikkytub)
     short_description: NetBox inventory source
     description:
         - Get inventory hosts from NetBox
@@ -31,6 +32,13 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
                 - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to C(false) when certificates are not trusted.
             default: True
             type: boolean
+        config_context:
+            description:
+                - If True, it adds config-context in host vars.
+                - Config-context enables the association of arbitrary data to devices and virtual machines grouped by
+                  region, site, role, platform, and/or tenant. Please check official netbox docs for more info.
+            default: False
+            type: boolean
         token:
             required: True
             description: NetBox token.
@@ -72,6 +80,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
 plugin: netbox
 api_endpoint: http://localhost:8000
 validate_certs: True
+config_context: False
 group_by:
   - device_roles
 query_filters:
@@ -249,9 +258,10 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
 
     def extract_config_context(self, host):
         try:
-            url = urljoin(self.api_endpoint, "/api/dcim/devices/" + str(host["id"]))
-            device_lookup = self._fetch_information(url)
-            return [device_lookup["config_context"]]
+            if self.config_context:
+                url = urljoin(self.api_endpoint, "/api/dcim/devices/" + str(host["id"]))
+                device_lookup = self._fetch_information(url)
+                return [device_lookup["config_context"]]
         except Exception:
             return
 
@@ -438,6 +448,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         self.api_endpoint = self.get_option("api_endpoint")
         self.timeout = self.get_option("timeout")
         self.validate_certs = self.get_option("validate_certs")
+        self.config_context = self.get_option("config_context")
         self.headers = {
             'Authorization': "Token %s" % token,
             'User-Agent': "ansible %s Python %s" % (ansible_version, python_version.split(' ')[0]),