diff --git a/codegen/smithy-aws-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/go/codegen/AwsHttpChecksumGenerator.java b/codegen/smithy-aws-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/go/codegen/AwsHttpChecksumGenerator.java
index 43e5001042a..3df36a00e8c 100644
--- a/codegen/smithy-aws-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/go/codegen/AwsHttpChecksumGenerator.java
+++ b/codegen/smithy-aws-go-codegen/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/aws/go/codegen/AwsHttpChecksumGenerator.java
@@ -103,6 +103,18 @@ public void processFinalizedModel(GoSettings settings, Model model) {
                             .build())
                     .build());
 
+            var inputhecksumConfigs = RuntimeClientPlugin.builder()
+                    .servicePredicate(this::supportsTrailingChecksum)
+                    .addConfigField(
+                            ConfigField.builder()
+                                    .name("DisableTrailingChecksumSupport")
+                                    .type(GoUniverseTypes.Bool)
+                                    .documentation("Allow disabling trailing headers for server implementations not supporting this")
+                                    .build()
+                    )
+                    .build();
+            runtimeClientPlugins.add(inputhecksumConfigs);
+
             // Output helper
             String outputHelperFuncName = getAddOutputMiddlewareFuncName(
                     symbolProvider.toSymbol(operation).getName()
@@ -248,27 +260,12 @@ private void writeInputMiddlewareHelper(
     ) {
         Symbol operationSymbol = symbolProvider.toSymbol(operation);
         String operationName = operationSymbol.getName();
-        StructureShape input = model.expectShape(operation.getInput().get(), StructureShape.class);
 
         HttpChecksumTrait trait = operation.expectTrait(HttpChecksumTrait.class);
         boolean isRequestChecksumRequired = trait.isRequestChecksumRequired();
         boolean hasRequestAlgorithmMember = trait.getRequestAlgorithmMember().isPresent();
 
-        boolean supportsTrailingChecksum = false;
-        for (MemberShape memberShape : input.getAllMembers().values()) {
-            Shape targetShape = model.expectShape(memberShape.getTarget());
-            if (targetShape.hasTrait(StreamingTrait.class) &&
-                    !StreamingTrait.isEventStream(model, memberShape)
-            ) {
-                if (isS3ServiceShape(model, service) || (
-                        AwsSignatureVersion4.hasSigV4AuthScheme(model, service, operation)
-                                && !operation.hasTrait(UnsignedPayloadTrait.class))) {
-                    supportsTrailingChecksum = true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        boolean supportsRequestTrailingChecksum = supportsTrailingChecksum;
+        boolean supportsRequestTrailingChecksum = supportsTrailingChecksum(model, service, operation);
         boolean supportsDecodedContentLengthHeader = isS3ServiceShape(model, service);
 
         // imports
@@ -290,13 +287,41 @@ private void writeInputMiddlewareHelper(
                             hasRequestAlgorithmMember ?
                                     getRequestAlgorithmAccessorFuncName(operationName) : "nil",
                             isRequestChecksumRequired,
-                            supportsRequestTrailingChecksum,
+                            supportsRequestTrailingChecksum ? "!options.DisableTrailingChecksumSupport" : "false",
                             supportsDecodedContentLengthHeader);
                 }
         );
         writer.insertTrailingNewline();
     }
 
+    private boolean supportsTrailingChecksum(Model model, ServiceShape service) {
+        for (OperationShape operation : TopDownIndex.of(model).getContainedOperations(service)) {
+            if (supportsTrailingChecksum(model, service, operation)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private boolean supportsTrailingChecksum(Model model, ServiceShape service, OperationShape operation) {
+        StructureShape input = model.expectShape(operation.getInput().get(), StructureShape.class);
+
+        boolean supportsTrailingChecksum = false;
+        for (MemberShape memberShape : input.getAllMembers().values()) {
+            Shape targetShape = model.expectShape(memberShape.getTarget());
+            if (targetShape.hasTrait(StreamingTrait.class) &&
+                    !StreamingTrait.isEventStream(model, memberShape)
+            ) {
+                if (isS3ServiceShape(model, service) || (
+                        AwsSignatureVersion4.hasSigV4AuthScheme(model, service, operation)
+                                && !operation.hasTrait(UnsignedPayloadTrait.class))) {
+                    supportsTrailingChecksum = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return supportsTrailingChecksum;
+    }
+
     // adapted (service/internal/checksum).AddInputMiddleware to give the service client control over its middleware stack,
     // per #2507
     private void writePackageLevelAddInputChecksumMiddleware(GoWriter writer) {