diff --git a/cache/filecache/filecache_test.go b/cache/filecache/filecache_test.go
index 5a5dac983..00b4e5573 100644
--- a/cache/filecache/filecache_test.go
+++ b/cache/filecache/filecache_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
+
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/langs"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/modules"
 
@@ -314,12 +316,13 @@ func initConfig(fs afero.Fs, cfg config.Provider) error {
 	if !filepath.IsAbs(themesDir) {
 		themesDir = filepath.Join(workingDir, themesDir)
 	}
+	globAll := glob.MustCompile("**", '/')
 	modulesClient := modules.NewClient(modules.ClientConfig{
 		Fs:           fs,
 		WorkingDir:   workingDir,
 		ThemesDir:    themesDir,
 		ModuleConfig: modConfig,
-		IgnoreVendor: true,
+		IgnoreVendor: globAll,
 	})
 
 	moduleConfig, err := modulesClient.Collect()
diff --git a/docs/content/en/hugo-modules/configuration.md b/docs/content/en/hugo-modules/configuration.md
index c97e8d5a2..2fb4ec5e6 100644
--- a/docs/content/en/hugo-modules/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/content/en/hugo-modules/configuration.md
@@ -18,11 +18,16 @@ toc: true
 
 {{< code-toggle file="config">}}
 [module]
+noVendor = ""
 proxy = "direct"
 noProxy = "none"
 private = "*.*"
 {{< /code-toggle >}}
 
+
+noVendor {{< new-in "0.75.0" >}}
+: A optional Glob pattern matching module paths to skip when vendoring, e.g. "github.com/**"
+
 proxy
 : Defines the proxy server to use to download remote modules. Default is `direct`, which means "git clone" and similar.
 
diff --git a/hugolib/filesystems/basefs_test.go b/hugolib/filesystems/basefs_test.go
index e3222af48..633c8fe08 100644
--- a/hugolib/filesystems/basefs_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/filesystems/basefs_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
+
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/langs"
@@ -49,12 +51,13 @@ func initConfig(fs afero.Fs, cfg config.Provider) error {
 	if !filepath.IsAbs(themesDir) {
 		themesDir = filepath.Join(workingDir, themesDir)
 	}
+	globAll := glob.MustCompile("**", '/')
 	modulesClient := modules.NewClient(modules.ClientConfig{
 		Fs:           fs,
 		WorkingDir:   workingDir,
 		ThemesDir:    themesDir,
 		ModuleConfig: modConfig,
-		IgnoreVendor: true,
+		IgnoreVendor: globAll,
 	})
 
 	moduleConfig, err := modulesClient.Collect()
diff --git a/modules/client.go b/modules/client.go
index 86f8a2caa..d71c48f0c 100644
--- a/modules/client.go
+++ b/modules/client.go
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 
-	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
 	hglob "github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs/glob"
 
+	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
+
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs/files"
@@ -100,10 +101,16 @@ func NewClient(cfg ClientConfig) *Client {
 		logger = loggers.NewWarningLogger()
 	}
 
+	var noVendor glob.Glob
+	if cfg.ModuleConfig.NoVendor != "" {
+		noVendor, _ = hglob.GetGlob(hglob.NormalizePath(cfg.ModuleConfig.NoVendor))
+	}
+
 	return &Client{
 		fs:                fs,
 		ccfg:              cfg,
 		logger:            logger,
+		noVendor:          noVendor,
 		moduleConfig:      mcfg,
 		environ:           env,
 		GoModulesFilename: goModFilename}
@@ -114,6 +121,8 @@ type Client struct {
 	fs     afero.Fs
 	logger *loggers.Logger
 
+	noVendor glob.Glob
+
 	ccfg ClientConfig
 
 	// The top level module config
@@ -220,6 +229,10 @@ func (c *Client) Vendor() error {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if !c.shouldVendor(t.Path()) {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if !t.IsGoMod() && !t.Vendor() {
 			// We currently do not vendor components living in the
 			// theme directory, see https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/5993
@@ -596,6 +609,10 @@ func (c *Client) tidy(mods Modules, goModOnly bool) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *Client) shouldVendor(path string) bool {
+	return c.noVendor == nil || !c.noVendor.Match(path)
+}
+
 // ClientConfig configures the module Client.
 type ClientConfig struct {
 	Fs     afero.Fs
diff --git a/modules/client_test.go b/modules/client_test.go
index d5da621d1..41509a9ed 100644
--- a/modules/client_test.go
+++ b/modules/client_test.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs/glob"
 
-	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugo"
-
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/htesting"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugofs"
@@ -29,77 +27,109 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestClient(t *testing.T) {
-	if hugo.GoMinorVersion() < 12 {
-		// https://github.com/golang/go/issues/26794
-		// There were some concurrent issues with Go modules in < Go 12.
-		t.Skip("skip this for Go <= 1.11 due to a bug in Go's stdlib")
-	}
-
-	t.Parallel()
 
 	modName := "hugo-modules-basic-test"
 	modPath := "github.com/gohugoio/tests/" + modName
-	modConfig := DefaultModuleConfig
-	modConfig.Imports = []Import{Import{Path: "github.com/gohugoio/hugoTestModules1_darwin/modh2_2"}}
-
-	c := qt.New(t)
-
-	workingDir, clean, err := htesting.CreateTempDir(hugofs.Os, modName)
-	c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
-	defer clean()
-
-	client := NewClient(ClientConfig{
-		Fs:           hugofs.Os,
-		WorkingDir:   workingDir,
-		ModuleConfig: modConfig,
-	})
-
-	// Test Init
-	c.Assert(client.Init(modPath), qt.IsNil)
-
-	// Test Collect
-	mc, err := client.Collect()
-	c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
-	c.Assert(len(mc.AllModules), qt.Equals, 4)
-	for _, m := range mc.AllModules {
-		c.Assert(m, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
-	}
-
-	// Test Graph
-	var graphb bytes.Buffer
-	c.Assert(client.Graph(&graphb), qt.IsNil)
-
 	expect := `github.com/gohugoio/tests/hugo-modules-basic-test github.com/gohugoio/hugoTestModules1_darwin/modh2_2@v1.4.0
 github.com/gohugoio/hugoTestModules1_darwin/modh2_2@v1.4.0 github.com/gohugoio/hugoTestModules1_darwin/modh2_2_1v@v1.3.0
 github.com/gohugoio/hugoTestModules1_darwin/modh2_2@v1.4.0 github.com/gohugoio/hugoTestModules1_darwin/modh2_2_2@v1.3.0
 `
 
-	c.Assert(graphb.String(), qt.Equals, expect)
+	c := qt.New(t)
 
-	// Test Vendor
-	c.Assert(client.Vendor(), qt.IsNil)
-	graphb.Reset()
-	c.Assert(client.Graph(&graphb), qt.IsNil)
-	expectVendored := `project github.com/gohugoio/hugoTestModules1_darwin/modh2_2@v1.4.0+vendor
+	newClient := func(c *qt.C, withConfig func(cfg *ClientConfig)) (*Client, func()) {
+
+		workingDir, clean, err := htesting.CreateTempDir(hugofs.Os, modName)
+		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+
+		ccfg := ClientConfig{
+			Fs:         hugofs.Os,
+			WorkingDir: workingDir,
+		}
+
+		withConfig(&ccfg)
+		ccfg.ModuleConfig.Imports = []Import{Import{Path: "github.com/gohugoio/hugoTestModules1_darwin/modh2_2"}}
+		client := NewClient(ccfg)
+
+		return client, clean
+	}
+
+	c.Run("All", func(c *qt.C) {
+		client, clean := newClient(c, func(cfg *ClientConfig) {
+			cfg.ModuleConfig = DefaultModuleConfig
+		})
+		defer clean()
+
+		// Test Init
+		c.Assert(client.Init(modPath), qt.IsNil)
+
+		// Test Collect
+		mc, err := client.Collect()
+		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+		c.Assert(len(mc.AllModules), qt.Equals, 4)
+		for _, m := range mc.AllModules {
+			c.Assert(m, qt.Not(qt.IsNil))
+		}
+
+		// Test Graph
+		var graphb bytes.Buffer
+		c.Assert(client.Graph(&graphb), qt.IsNil)
+
+		c.Assert(graphb.String(), qt.Equals, expect)
+
+		// Test Vendor
+		c.Assert(client.Vendor(), qt.IsNil)
+		graphb.Reset()
+		c.Assert(client.Graph(&graphb), qt.IsNil)
+
+		expectVendored := `project github.com/gohugoio/hugoTestModules1_darwin/modh2_2@v1.4.0+vendor
 project github.com/gohugoio/hugoTestModules1_darwin/modh2_2_1v@v1.3.0+vendor
 project github.com/gohugoio/hugoTestModules1_darwin/modh2_2_2@v1.3.0+vendor
 `
-	c.Assert(graphb.String(), qt.Equals, expectVendored)
 
-	// Test the ignoreVendor setting
-	clientIgnoreVendor := NewClient(ClientConfig{
-		Fs:           hugofs.Os,
-		WorkingDir:   workingDir,
-		ModuleConfig: modConfig,
-		IgnoreVendor: globAll,
+		c.Assert(graphb.String(), qt.Equals, expectVendored)
+
+		// Test Tidy
+		c.Assert(client.Tidy(), qt.IsNil)
+
 	})
 
-	graphb.Reset()
-	c.Assert(clientIgnoreVendor.Graph(&graphb), qt.IsNil)
-	c.Assert(graphb.String(), qt.Equals, expect)
+	c.Run("IgnoreVendor", func(c *qt.C) {
+		client, clean := newClient(
+			c, func(cfg *ClientConfig) {
+				cfg.ModuleConfig = DefaultModuleConfig
+				cfg.IgnoreVendor = globAll
+			})
+		defer clean()
 
-	// Test Tidy
-	c.Assert(client.Tidy(), qt.IsNil)
+		c.Assert(client.Init(modPath), qt.IsNil)
+		_, err := client.Collect()
+		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+		c.Assert(client.Vendor(), qt.IsNil)
+
+		var graphb bytes.Buffer
+		c.Assert(client.Graph(&graphb), qt.IsNil)
+		c.Assert(graphb.String(), qt.Equals, expect)
+	})
+
+	c.Run("NoVendor", func(c *qt.C) {
+		mcfg := DefaultModuleConfig
+		mcfg.NoVendor = "**"
+		client, clean := newClient(
+			c, func(cfg *ClientConfig) {
+				cfg.ModuleConfig = mcfg
+			})
+		defer clean()
+
+		c.Assert(client.Init(modPath), qt.IsNil)
+		_, err := client.Collect()
+		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+		c.Assert(client.Vendor(), qt.IsNil)
+
+		var graphb bytes.Buffer
+		c.Assert(client.Graph(&graphb), qt.IsNil)
+		c.Assert(graphb.String(), qt.Equals, expect)
+	})
 
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/config.go b/modules/config.go
index 5e95f0ac1..1964479f4 100644
--- a/modules/config.go
+++ b/modules/config.go
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Will be validated against the running Hugo version.
 	HugoVersion HugoVersion
 
+	// A optional Glob pattern matching module paths to skip when vendoring, e.g.
+	// "github.com/**".
+	NoVendor string
+
 	// Configures GOPROXY.
 	Proxy string
 	// Configures GONOPROXY.