diff --git a/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/service/recommendationHandler.ts b/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/service/recommendationHandler.ts
index 72e130a5bed..12d19d22571 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/service/recommendationHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/service/recommendationHandler.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,10 @@ export class RecommendationHandler {
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            session.requestContext = await EditorContext.buildGenerateRecommendationRequest(editor as vscode.TextEditor)
+            session.requestContext = await EditorContext.buildGenerateRecommendationRequest(
+                editor as vscode.TextEditor,
+                config.isSuggestionsWithCodeReferencesEnabled
+            )
         }
         const request = session.requestContext.request
         // record preprocessing end time
diff --git a/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/util/editorContext.ts b/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/util/editorContext.ts
index 99a15fd1f02..a1bf8096a30 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/util/editorContext.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/util/editorContext.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@ export async function buildListRecommendationRequest(
     }
 }
 
-export async function buildGenerateRecommendationRequest(editor: vscode.TextEditor): Promise<{
+export async function buildGenerateRecommendationRequest(
+    editor: vscode.TextEditor,
+    allowCodeWithReference: boolean
+): Promise<{
     request: codewhispererClient.GenerateRecommendationsRequest
     supplementalMetadata: CodeWhispererSupplementalContext | undefined
 }> {
@@ -143,6 +146,9 @@ export async function buildGenerateRecommendationRequest(editor: vscode.TextEdit
         request: {
             fileContext: fileContext,
             maxResults: CodeWhispererConstants.maxRecommendations,
+            referenceTrackerConfiguration: {
+                recommendationsWithReferences: allowCodeWithReference ? 'ALLOW' : 'BLOCK',
+            },
             supplementalContexts: supplementalContexts?.supplementalContextItems ?? [],
         },
         supplementalMetadata: supplementalContexts,