diff --git a/app/models/application_setting.rb b/app/models/application_setting.rb
index 3861501479f2dd3d5f48682ecdb8b0ea56a92241..5a25489e9e81b76806ac9af0d1ec53f5ddfe6ea9 100644
--- a/app/models/application_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/application_setting.rb
@@ -752,7 +752,8 @@ def self.ci_cd_settings_definition
     silent_admin_exports_enabled: [:boolean, { default: false }],
     allow_contribution_mapping_to_admins: [:boolean, { default: false }],
     allow_bypass_placeholder_confirmation: [:boolean, { default: false }],
-    relation_export_batch_size: [:integer, { default: 50 }]
+    relation_export_batch_size: [:integer, { default: 50 }],
+    allow_minio_for_offline_transfer: [:boolean, { default: false }]
 
   jsonb_accessor :sign_in_restrictions,
     disable_password_authentication_for_users_with_sso_identities: [:boolean, { default: false }],
diff --git a/app/models/import/offline/configuration.rb b/app/models/import/offline/configuration.rb
index 0bfd4c0441d178d7b48a3669934d74f2080b3826..85fb76ee42ddb866dd960a58e01860f56969fbcb 100644
--- a/app/models/import/offline/configuration.rb
+++ b/app/models/import/offline/configuration.rb
@@ -43,10 +43,8 @@ def endpoint
       end
 
       def supported_providers
-        # MinIO will eventually be enabled by an application setting disabled by default:
-        # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/579705
         providers = self.class.providers
-        providers = providers.except(:minio) unless Rails.env.development?
+        providers = providers.except(:minio) unless Gitlab::CurrentSettings.allow_minio_for_offline_transfer?
         providers.keys.map(&:to_s)
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/validators/json_schemas/application_setting_importers.json b/app/validators/json_schemas/application_setting_importers.json
index 0969f91e77a0f4836794ee2fe033805d723e7cc1..ffa8c709941be838884f1258f651914a94c7cd58 100644
--- a/app/validators/json_schemas/application_setting_importers.json
+++ b/app/validators/json_schemas/application_setting_importers.json
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
     },
     "relation_export_batch_size": {
       "type": "integer"
+    },
+    "allow_minio_for_offline_transfer": {
+      "type": "boolean"
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
diff --git a/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb b/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb
index b56b5582a84e08a41771b4fbba60bd3573933d71..cefbe1b4ba4a5d1027d89c48affde3e4abc4a714 100644
--- a/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/application_setting_spec.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         allow_contribution_mapping_to_admins: false,
         allow_local_requests_from_system_hooks: true,
         allow_local_requests_from_web_hooks_and_services: false,
+        allow_minio_for_offline_transfer: false,
         allow_possible_spam: false,
         allow_project_creation_for_guest_and_below: true,
         allow_runner_registration_token: true,
diff --git a/spec/models/import/offline/configuration_spec.rb b/spec/models/import/offline/configuration_spec.rb
index 900e3908a4a83ef7bf08866f97c31706254e3143..28697ffa726ea687a832b9a0fa0ffc2d43d9d818 100644
--- a/spec/models/import/offline/configuration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/import/offline/configuration_spec.rb
@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@
     it { is_expected.not_to allow_value('special.characters/\?<>@&=_ ').for(:bucket) }
 
     describe '#provider' do
-      context 'when in development environment' do
+      context 'when MinIO is allowed for offline transfer' do
         before do
-          allow(Rails.env).to receive(:development?).and_return(true)
+          stub_application_setting(allow_minio_for_offline_transfer: true)
         end
 
         it { is_expected.to allow_values('minio', 'aws').for(:provider) }
       end
 
-      context 'when not in development environment' do
+      context 'when MinIO is not allowed for offline transfer' do
         before do
-          allow(Rails.env).to receive(:development?).and_return(false)
+          stub_application_setting(allow_minio_for_offline_transfer: false)
         end
 
         it { is_expected.to allow_value('aws').for(:provider) }
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
         end
 
         before do
-          allow(Rails.env).to receive(:development?).and_return(true)
+          stub_application_setting(allow_minio_for_offline_transfer: true)
         end
 
         context 'with valid credentials' do