diff --git a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/DependencyInjection/ConfigureSchemaGeneratorOptions.cs b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/DependencyInjection/ConfigureSchemaGeneratorOptions.cs
index 565811584f..8cfeee9f42 100644
--- a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/DependencyInjection/ConfigureSchemaGeneratorOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/DependencyInjection/ConfigureSchemaGeneratorOptions.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ private void DeepCopy(SchemaGeneratorOptions source, SchemaGeneratorOptions targ
         {
             target.CustomTypeMappings = new Dictionary<Type, Func<OpenApiSchema>>(source.CustomTypeMappings);
             target.UseInlineDefinitionsForEnums = source.UseInlineDefinitionsForEnums;
+            target.UseInlineDefinitionsForObjects = source.UseInlineDefinitionsForObjects;
             target.SchemaIdSelector = source.SchemaIdSelector;
             target.IgnoreObsoleteProperties = source.IgnoreObsoleteProperties;
             target.UseAllOfForInheritance = source.UseAllOfForInheritance;
diff --git a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/DependencyInjection/SwaggerGenOptionsExtensions.cs b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/DependencyInjection/SwaggerGenOptionsExtensions.cs
index 2239084555..1113c370fe 100644
--- a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/DependencyInjection/SwaggerGenOptionsExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/DependencyInjection/SwaggerGenOptionsExtensions.cs
@@ -204,6 +204,14 @@ public static void UseInlineDefinitionsForEnums(this SwaggerGenOptions swaggerGe
             swaggerGenOptions.SchemaGeneratorOptions.UseInlineDefinitionsForEnums = true;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Generate inline schema definitions (as opposed to referencing a shared definition) for complex objects
+        /// </summary>
+        public static void UseInlineDefinitionsForObjects(this SwaggerGenOptions swaggerGenOptions)
+        {
+            swaggerGenOptions.SchemaGeneratorOptions.UseInlineDefinitionsForObjects = true;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Provide a custom strategy for generating the unique Id's that are used to reference object Schema's
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/SchemaGenerator/SchemaGenerator.cs b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/SchemaGenerator/SchemaGenerator.cs
index 455a3d2947..c5560531a6 100644
--- a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/SchemaGenerator/SchemaGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/SchemaGenerator/SchemaGenerator.cs
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ private OpenApiSchema GenerateConcreteSchema(DataContract dataContract, SchemaRe
                 case DataType.Object:
                     {
                         schemaFactory = () => CreateObjectSchema(dataContract, schemaRepository);
-                        returnAsReference = true;
+                        returnAsReference = !_generatorOptions.UseInlineDefinitionsForObjects;
                         break;
                     }
 
diff --git a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/SchemaGenerator/SchemaGeneratorOptions.cs b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/SchemaGenerator/SchemaGeneratorOptions.cs
index 1fccd6ec84..e2548fdf47 100644
--- a/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/SchemaGenerator/SchemaGeneratorOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen/SchemaGenerator/SchemaGeneratorOptions.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ public SchemaGeneratorOptions()
 
         public bool UseInlineDefinitionsForEnums { get; set; }
 
+        public bool UseInlineDefinitionsForObjects { get; set; }
+
         public Func<Type, string> SchemaIdSelector { get; set; }
 
         public bool IgnoreObsoleteProperties { get; set; }
diff --git a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Newtonsoft.Test/SchemaGenerator/NewtonsoftSchemaGeneratorTests.cs b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Newtonsoft.Test/SchemaGenerator/NewtonsoftSchemaGeneratorTests.cs
index 1ef837d221..96d5f40327 100644
--- a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Newtonsoft.Test/SchemaGenerator/NewtonsoftSchemaGeneratorTests.cs
+++ b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.Newtonsoft.Test/SchemaGenerator/NewtonsoftSchemaGeneratorTests.cs
@@ -533,6 +533,19 @@ public void GenerateSchema_SupportsOption_UseInlineDefinitionsForEnums()
             Assert.NotNull(schema.Enum);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void GenerateSchema_SupportsOption_UseInlineDefinitionsForObjects()
+        {
+            var subject = Subject(
+                configureGenerator: c => c.UseInlineDefinitionsForObjects = true
+            );
+
+            var schema = subject.GenerateSchema(typeof(ComplexType), new SchemaRepository());
+
+            Assert.Null(schema.Reference);
+            Assert.Equal("object", schema.Type);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void GenerateSchema_HandlesTypesWithNestedTypes()
         {
diff --git a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/SchemaGenerator/JsonSerializerSchemaGeneratorTests.cs b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/SchemaGenerator/JsonSerializerSchemaGeneratorTests.cs
index 6f2d1e7227..589d7ce169 100644
--- a/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/SchemaGenerator/JsonSerializerSchemaGeneratorTests.cs
+++ b/test/Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen.Test/SchemaGenerator/JsonSerializerSchemaGeneratorTests.cs
@@ -564,6 +564,19 @@ public void GenerateSchema_SupportsOption_UseInlineDefinitionsForEnums()
             Assert.NotNull(schema.Enum);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void GenerateSchema_SupportsOption_UseInlineDefinitionsForObjects()
+        {
+            var subject = Subject(
+                configureGenerator: c => c.UseInlineDefinitionsForObjects = true
+            );
+
+            var schema = subject.GenerateSchema(typeof(ComplexType), new SchemaRepository());
+
+            Assert.Null(schema.Reference);
+            Assert.Equal("object", schema.Type);
+        }
+
         [Theory]
         [InlineData(typeof(TypeWithNullableContext), nameof(TypeWithNullableContext.NullableInt), true)]
         [InlineData(typeof(TypeWithNullableContext), nameof(TypeWithNullableContext.NonNullableInt), false)]