diff --git a/app/services/work_items/export_csv_service.rb b/app/services/work_items/export_csv_service.rb
index e0a1b90b597a02cd0755889a4f6197bb21f4adc0..9bef75e2c40091f37d4c6c71b94b3cf4feb8f3f4 100644
--- a/app/services/work_items/export_csv_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/work_items/export_csv_service.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 module WorkItems
   class ExportCsvService < ExportCsv::BaseService
+    NotAvailableError = StandardError.new('This feature is currently behind a feature flag and it is not available.')
+
+    def csv_data
+      raise NotAvailableError unless Feature.enabled?(:import_export_work_items_csv, resource_parent)
+
+      super
+    end
+
     def email(mail_to_user)
       # TODO - will be implemented as part of https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/379082
     end
diff --git a/config/feature_flags/development/import_export_work_items_csv.yml b/config/feature_flags/development/import_export_work_items_csv.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..344af8659ca52e2b8960659059fdbac9bb4e9db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/feature_flags/development/import_export_work_items_csv.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: import_export_work_items_csv
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/111935
+rollout_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/390330
+milestone: '15.9'
+type: development
+group: group::certify
+default_enabled: false
diff --git a/spec/services/work_items/export_csv_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/work_items/export_csv_service_spec.rb
index fdf195fa9fd1bf0d79afc8da5a36f4dd27c8648a..0718d3b686a556141f784f8dc9d0d8333d651d2a 100644
--- a/spec/services/work_items/export_csv_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/work_items/export_csv_service_spec.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ def csv
     CSV.parse(subject.csv_data, headers: true)
   end
 
+  context 'when import_export_work_items_csv flag is not enabled' do
+    before do
+      stub_feature_flags(import_export_work_items_csv: false)
+    end
+
+    it 'renders an error' do
+      expect { subject.csv_data }.to raise_error(described_class::NotAvailableError)
+    end
+  end
+
   it 'renders csv to string' do
     expect(subject.csv_data).to be_a String
   end