diff --git a/internal/test/exclude_package_go_type/cfg.yaml b/internal/test/exclude_package_go_type/cfg.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96a21af17b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/exclude_package_go_type/cfg.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../configuration-schema.json
+package: exclude_package_go_type
+output: exclude_package_go_type.gen.go
+generate:
+  models: true
+output-options:
+  exclude-package-go-type: true
diff --git a/internal/test/exclude_package_go_type/doc.go b/internal/test/exclude_package_go_type/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a20cdf220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/exclude_package_go_type/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package exclude_package_go_type
+
+//go:generate go run github.com/livesession/oapi-codegen/v2/cmd/oapi-codegen -config cfg.yaml openapi.yaml
diff --git a/internal/test/exclude_package_go_type/exclude_package_go_type.gen.go b/internal/test/exclude_package_go_type/exclude_package_go_type.gen.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b57ecfa5ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/exclude_package_go_type/exclude_package_go_type.gen.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Package exclude_package_go_type provides primitives to interact with the openapi HTTP API.
+//
+// Code generated by github.com/livesession/oapi-codegen/v2 version v2.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 DO NOT EDIT.
+package exclude_package_go_type
+
+// ResponsePlaceholder defines model for response.Placeholder.
+type ResponsePlaceholder struct {
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+}
diff --git a/internal/test/exclude_package_go_type/openapi.yaml b/internal/test/exclude_package_go_type/openapi.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4eaa281da8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/exclude_package_go_type/openapi.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+openapi: "3.0.1"
+info:
+  version: 1.0.0
+  title: Tests exclude package go type option
+paths:
+  /placeholder:
+    get:
+      operationId: placeholder
+      responses:
+        default:
+          description: placeholder
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/response.Placeholder"
+components:
+  schemas:
+    response.Placeholder:
+      x-go-embedding: true
+      x-go-type: Ignored
+      type: object
+      required: [name]
+      properties:
+        name:
+          type: string
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/configuration.go b/pkg/codegen/configuration.go
index 1d9ff3eaea..ca65e5c699 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/configuration.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/configuration.go
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ type OutputOptions struct {
 	IncludeTags []string `yaml:"include-tags,omitempty"`
 	// Exclude operations that have one of these tags. Ignored when empty.
 	ExcludeTags []string `yaml:"exclude-tags,omitempty"`
+	// Exclude package the `x-go-type` extension when generating types from schemas
+	ExcludePackageGoType bool `yaml:"exclude-package-go-type,omitempty"`
 	// Only include operations that have one of these operation-ids. Ignored when empty.
 	IncludeOperationIDs []string `yaml:"include-operation-ids,omitempty"`
 	// Exclude operations that have one of these operation-ids. Ignored when empty.
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/schema.go b/pkg/codegen/schema.go
index 1d03fbdd0e..2e9101825c 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/schema.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/schema.go
@@ -316,10 +316,22 @@ func GenerateGoSchema(sref *openapi3.SchemaRef, path []string) (Schema, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return outSchema, fmt.Errorf("invalid value for %q: %w", extPropGoType, err)
 		}
-		outSchema.GoType = typeName
-		outSchema.DefineViaAlias = true
 
-		return outSchema, nil
+		exludeCurrentPackage := false
+		currentPackage := globalState.options.PackageName
+		if globalState.options.OutputOptions.ExcludePackageGoType {
+			parts := strings.Split(typeName, ".")
+			if parts[0] == currentPackage {
+				exludeCurrentPackage = true
+			}
+		}
+
+		if !exludeCurrentPackage {
+			outSchema.GoType = typeName
+			outSchema.DefineViaAlias = true
+
+			return outSchema, nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Schema type and format, eg. string / binary