diff --git a/implementations/micrometer-registry-elastic/src/main/java/io/micrometer/elastic/ElasticConfig.java b/implementations/micrometer-registry-elastic/src/main/java/io/micrometer/elastic/ElasticConfig.java
index ba201fba7c..486a839a99 100644
--- a/implementations/micrometer-registry-elastic/src/main/java/io/micrometer/elastic/ElasticConfig.java
+++ b/implementations/micrometer-registry-elastic/src/main/java/io/micrometer/elastic/ElasticConfig.java
@@ -181,6 +181,17 @@ default String apiKeyCredentials() {
         return getSecret(this, "apiKeyCredentials").orElse(null);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Enable {@literal _source} in the index template.
+     * Default is: {@code false}
+     *
+     * @return whether {@literal _source} will be enabled in the index template
+     * @since 2.0.0
+     */
+    default boolean enableSource() {
+        return getBoolean(this, "enableSource").orElse(false);
+    }
+
     @Override
     default Validated<?> validate() {
         return checkAll(this,
diff --git a/implementations/micrometer-registry-elastic/src/main/java/io/micrometer/elastic/ElasticMeterRegistry.java b/implementations/micrometer-registry-elastic/src/main/java/io/micrometer/elastic/ElasticMeterRegistry.java
index d030042ec7..9670923914 100644
--- a/implementations/micrometer-registry-elastic/src/main/java/io/micrometer/elastic/ElasticMeterRegistry.java
+++ b/implementations/micrometer-registry-elastic/src/main/java/io/micrometer/elastic/ElasticMeterRegistry.java
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
-import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ public class ElasticMeterRegistry extends StepMeterRegistry {
             "    \"index\": false\n" +
             "  }\n" +
             "}";
-    private static final Function<String, String> TEMPLATE_BODY_AFTER_VERSION_7 = (indexPrefix) -> "{\n" +
+    private static final BiFunction<String, Boolean, String> TEMPLATE_BODY_AFTER_VERSION_7 = (indexPrefix, enableSource) -> "{\n" +
             "  \"index_patterns\": [\"" + indexPrefix + "*\"],\n" +
             "  \"mappings\": {\n" +
             "    \"_source\": {\n" +
-            "      \"enabled\": false\n" +
+            "      \"enabled\": " + enableSource + "\n" +
             "    },\n" + TEMPLATE_PROPERTIES +
             "  }\n" +
             "}";
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ private void createIndexTemplateIfNeeded() {
     }
 
     private String getTemplateBody() {
-        return TEMPLATE_BODY_AFTER_VERSION_7.apply(config.index() + config.indexDateSeparator());
+        return TEMPLATE_BODY_AFTER_VERSION_7.apply(config.index() + config.indexDateSeparator(), config.enableSource());
     }
 
     private HttpSender.Request.Builder connect(HttpSender.Method method, String uri) {
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ private HttpSender.Request.Builder authentication(HttpSender.Request.Builder req
     protected void publish() {
         createIndexTemplateIfNeeded();
 
+        if (config.enableSource()) {
+            logger.warn("'_source' field is enabled. Disable '_source' field to save space and reduce I/O.");
+        }
+
         String uri = config.host() + "/" + indexName() + "/_bulk";
         for (List<Meter> batch : MeterPartition.partition(this, config.batchSize())) {
             try {