diff --git a/lib/ansible/constants.py b/lib/ansible/constants.py
index 8f9c5bf5103..db0cabb10fa 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/constants.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/constants.py
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ DEPRECATION_WARNINGS           = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'deprecation_warnings',
 DEFAULT_CALLABLE_WHITELIST     = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'callable_whitelist', 'ANSIBLE_CALLABLE_WHITELIST', [], islist=True)
 COMMAND_WARNINGS               = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'command_warnings', 'ANSIBLE_COMMAND_WARNINGS', False, boolean=True)
 DEFAULT_LOAD_CALLBACK_PLUGINS  = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'bin_ansible_callbacks', 'ANSIBLE_LOAD_CALLBACK_PLUGINS', False, boolean=True)
+DEFAULT_CALLBACK_WHITELIST     = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'callback_whitelist', 'ANSIBLE_CALLBACK_WHITELIST', None, islist=True)
 RETRY_FILES_ENABLED            = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'retry_files_enabled', 'ANSIBLE_RETRY_FILES_ENABLED', True, boolean=True)
 RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH          = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'retry_files_save_path', 'ANSIBLE_RETRY_FILES_SAVE_PATH', '~/')
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py b/lib/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py
index debcf6873d8..b1d905be7ad 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/task_queue_manager.py
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ class TaskQueueManager:
                     if callback_name != stdout_callback or stdout_callback_loaded:
                         continue
                     stdout_callback_loaded = True
+                elif C.DEFAULT_CALLBACK_WHITELIST is not None and callback_name not in C.DEFAULT_CALLBACK_WHITELIST:
+                    continue
 
                 loaded_plugins.append(callback_plugin(self._display))
             else: