diff --git a/json/src/com/jetbrains/jsonSchema/extension/JsonWidgetSuppressor.java b/json/src/com/jetbrains/jsonSchema/extension/JsonWidgetSuppressor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e21331f7aee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json/src/com/jetbrains/jsonSchema/extension/JsonWidgetSuppressor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+package com.jetbrains.jsonSchema.extension;
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName;
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+public interface JsonWidgetSuppressor {
+  ExtensionPointName<JsonWidgetSuppressor> EXTENSION_POINT_NAME = ExtensionPointName.create("Json.Widget.Suppressor");
+
+  /**
+   * Allows to suppress JSON widget for particular files
+   * This method can access indexes and PSI
+   */
+  boolean suppressSwitcherWidget(@NotNull VirtualFile file, @NotNull Project project);
+}
diff --git a/json/src/com/jetbrains/jsonSchema/widget/JsonSchemaStatusWidget.java b/json/src/com/jetbrains/jsonSchema/widget/JsonSchemaStatusWidget.java
index 477090170fc3..343d109069a2 100644
--- a/json/src/com/jetbrains/jsonSchema/widget/JsonSchemaStatusWidget.java
+++ b/json/src/com/jetbrains/jsonSchema/widget/JsonSchemaStatusWidget.java
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.impl.http.HttpVirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.impl.http.RemoteFileInfo;
 import com.intellij.openapi.wm.StatusBarWidget;
 import com.intellij.openapi.wm.impl.status.EditorBasedStatusBarPopup;
-import com.jetbrains.jsonSchema.extension.JsonSchemaEnabler;
-import com.jetbrains.jsonSchema.extension.JsonSchemaFileProvider;
-import com.jetbrains.jsonSchema.extension.JsonSchemaInfo;
-import com.jetbrains.jsonSchema.extension.SchemaType;
+import com.jetbrains.jsonSchema.extension.*;
 import com.jetbrains.jsonSchema.ide.JsonSchemaService;
 import com.jetbrains.jsonSchema.impl.JsonSchemaConflictNotificationProvider;
 import com.jetbrains.jsonSchema.impl.JsonSchemaServiceImpl;
@@ -82,8 +79,17 @@ class JsonSchemaStatusWidget extends EditorBasedStatusBarPopup {
       return WidgetState.HIDDEN;
     }
 
+    FileType fileType = file.getFileType();
+    Language language = fileType instanceof LanguageFileType ? ((LanguageFileType)fileType).getLanguage() : null;
+    boolean isJsonFile = language instanceof JsonLanguage;
+
     if (!hasAccessToSymbols()) {
-      return WidgetState.getDumbModeState("JSON schema service", "JSON: ");
+      return WidgetState.getDumbModeState("JSON schema service", isJsonFile ? JSON_SCHEMA_BAR : JSON_SCHEMA_BAR_OTHER_FILES);
+    }
+
+    JsonWidgetSuppressor[] suppressors = JsonWidgetSuppressor.EXTENSION_POINT_NAME.getExtensions();
+    if (Arrays.stream(suppressors).anyMatch(s -> s.suppressSwitcherWidget(file, myProject))) {
+      return WidgetState.HIDDEN;
     }
 
     Collection<VirtualFile> schemaFiles = myService.getSchemaFilesForFile(file);
@@ -149,10 +155,6 @@ class JsonSchemaStatusWidget extends EditorBasedStatusBarPopup {
       return state;
     }
 
-    FileType fileType = file.getFileType();
-    Language language = fileType instanceof LanguageFileType ? ((LanguageFileType)fileType).getLanguage() : null;
-    boolean isJsonFile = language instanceof JsonLanguage;
-
     String tooltip = isJsonFile ? JSON_SCHEMA_TOOLTIP : JSON_SCHEMA_TOOLTIP_OTHER_FILES;
     String bar = isJsonFile ? JSON_SCHEMA_BAR : JSON_SCHEMA_BAR_OTHER_FILES;
 
diff --git a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/JsonPlugin.xml b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/JsonPlugin.xml
index 15ec3415c901..e0dc004a44e1 100644
--- a/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/JsonPlugin.xml
+++ b/platform/platform-resources/src/META-INF/JsonPlugin.xml
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="JavaScript.JsonSchema.ProviderFactory" interface="com.jetbrains.jsonSchema.extension.JsonSchemaProviderFactory"/>
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Json.Like.Psi.Walker.Factory" interface="com.jetbrains.jsonSchema.extension.JsonLikePsiWalkerFactory"/>
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Json.Schema.Enabler" interface="com.jetbrains.jsonSchema.extension.JsonSchemaEnabler"/>
+    <extensionPoint qualifiedName="Json.Widget.Suppressor" interface="com.jetbrains.jsonSchema.extension.JsonWidgetSuppressor"/>
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="com.intellij.json.jsonLiteralChecker" interface="com.intellij.json.codeinsight.JsonLiteralChecker"/>
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="com.intellij.json.catalog.exclusion" interface="com.jetbrains.jsonSchema.remote.JsonSchemaCatalogExclusion"/>
   </extensionPoints>