diff --git a/flavors/swagger-ui-react/README.md b/flavors/swagger-ui-react/README.md
index e2c33dd2d80..79756c74920 100644
--- a/flavors/swagger-ui-react/README.md
+++ b/flavors/swagger-ui-react/README.md
@@ -125,6 +125,18 @@ Controls whether the "Try it out" section should start enabled. The default is f
 
 ⚠️ This prop is currently only applied once, on mount. Changes to this prop's value will not be propagated to the underlying Swagger UI instance. A future version of this module will remove this limitation, and the change will not be considered a breaking change.
 
+#### `requestSnippetsEnabled`: PropTypes.bool,
+
+Enables the request snippet section. When disabled, the legacy curl snippet will be used. The default is false.
+
+⚠️ This prop is currently only applied once, on mount. Changes to this prop's value will not be propagated to the underlying Swagger UI instance. A future version of this module will remove this limitation, and the change will not be considered a breaking change.
+
+#### `requestSnippets`: PropTypes.object,
+
+Configures the request snippet core plugin. See Swagger UI's [Display Configuration](https://github.com/swagger-api/swagger-ui/blob/master/docs/usage/configuration.md#display) for more details.
+
+⚠️ This prop is currently only applied once, on mount. Changes to this prop's value will not be propagated to the underlying Swagger UI instance. A future version of this module will remove this limitation, and the change will not be considered a breaking change.
+
 ## Limitations
 
 * Not all configuration bindings are available.
diff --git a/flavors/swagger-ui-react/index.jsx b/flavors/swagger-ui-react/index.jsx
index 7f0637991c4..ccdec4f72c6 100644
--- a/flavors/swagger-ui-react/index.jsx
+++ b/flavors/swagger-ui-react/index.jsx
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ export default class SwaggerUI extends React.Component {
       defaultModelExpandDepth: this.props.defaultModelExpandDepth,
       displayOperationId: this.props.displayOperationId,
       tryItOutEnabled: this.props.tryItOutEnabled,
+      requestSnippetsEnabled: this.props.requestSnippetsEnabled,
+      requestSnippets: this.props.requestSnippets,
       showMutatedRequest: typeof this.props.showMutatedRequest === "boolean" ? this.props.showMutatedRequest : true,
       deepLinking: typeof this.props.deepLinking === "boolean" ? this.props.deepLinking : false,
       showExtensions: this.props.showExtensions,
@@ -104,7 +106,9 @@ SwaggerUI.propTypes = {
   presets: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.func),
   deepLinking: PropTypes.bool,
   showExtensions: PropTypes.bool,
-  tryItOutEnabled: PropTypes.bool
+  requestSnippetsEnabled: PropTypes.bool,
+  requestSnippets: PropTypes.object,
+  tryItOutEnabled: PropTypes.bool,
 }
 
 SwaggerUI.defaultProps = {
@@ -115,4 +119,23 @@ SwaggerUI.defaultProps = {
   presets: [],
   deepLinking: false,
   showExtensions: false,
+  requestSnippetsEnabled: false,
+  requestSnippets: {
+    generators: {
+      "curl_bash": {
+        title: "cURL (bash)",
+        syntax: "bash"
+      },
+      "curl_powershell": {
+        title: "cURL (PowerShell)",
+        syntax: "powershell"
+      },
+      "curl_cmd": {
+        title: "cURL (CMD)",
+        syntax: "bash"
+      },
+    },
+    defaultExpanded: true,
+    languages: null, // e.g. only show curl bash = ["curl_bash"]
+  },
 }