diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/tools/mcp/McpToolset.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/tools/mcp/McpToolset.java
index 5ced6c774..7bf0a7ced 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/tools/mcp/McpToolset.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/adk/tools/mcp/McpToolset.java
@@ -61,6 +61,22 @@ public class McpToolset implements BaseToolset {
   private static final long RETRY_DELAY_MILLIS = 100;
   protected static final Class<? extends McpToolsetConfig> CONFIG_TYPE = McpToolsetConfig.class;
 
+  /**
+   * System property that lets an operator forbid agent configs from declaring local (stdio) MCP
+   * servers without modifying the embedding application. Setting it to {@code false} turns the
+   * rejection on; any other value leaves the historical behaviour in place.
+   */
+  private static final String ALLOW_CONFIG_STDIO_PROPERTY = "adk.mcp.allowConfigStdioServers";
+
+  /**
+   * Whether an agent config may declare a local (stdio) MCP server. Defaults to {@code true}, the
+   * behaviour restored in #1360, so existing configs keep working unchanged. It can be turned off
+   * at launch with {@code -Dadk.mcp.allowConfigStdioServers=false}, or at runtime with {@link
+   * #setAllowConfigStdioServers}.
+   */
+  private static volatile boolean allowConfigStdioServers =
+      !"false".equalsIgnoreCase(System.getProperty(ALLOW_CONFIG_STDIO_PROPERTY));
+
   /**
    * Initializes the McpToolset with SSE server parameters.
    *
@@ -416,6 +432,19 @@ public static McpToolset fromConfig(BaseTool.ToolConfig config, String configAbs
                 + " for McpToolset");
       }
 
+      if ((mcpToolsetConfig.stdioServerParams() != null
+              || mcpToolsetConfig.stdioConnectionParams() != null)
+          && !allowConfigStdioServers) {
+        throw new ConfigurationException(
+            "Refusing to start a local MCP server declared in an agent config."
+                + " stdioServerParams and stdioConnectionParams launch the config-supplied command"
+                + " as a local process while tools are resolved, before the model is contacted."
+                + " This rejection is disabled by default; it is active because"
+                + " McpToolset.setAllowConfigStdioServers(false) was called or -D"
+                + ALLOW_CONFIG_STDIO_PROPERTY
+                + "=false was set. Remote transports (sseServerParams) are unaffected.");
+      }
+
       List<String> toolNames = mcpToolsetConfig.toolFilter();
       Object connectionParameters = resolveConnectionParameters(mcpToolsetConfig);
 
@@ -430,6 +459,16 @@ public static McpToolset fromConfig(BaseTool.ToolConfig config, String configAbs
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Allows or forbids agent configs to declare local (stdio) MCP servers. The default is {@code
+   * true}, matching the behaviour of previous releases. Applications that load agent configs they
+   * did not author call this with {@code false} at startup, so a config cannot launch a local
+   * process during tool resolution.
+   */
+  public static void setAllowConfigStdioServers(boolean allow) {
+    allowConfigStdioServers = allow;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Resolves the single connection-parameters object from an already-validated config. {@code
    * stdioServerParams} is converted to the MCP SDK {@link ServerParameters}, the type {@link
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/adk/tools/mcp/McpToolsetTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/adk/tools/mcp/McpToolsetTest.java
index b0ca6a002..7cc1eff5c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/adk/tools/mcp/McpToolsetTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/adk/tools/mcp/McpToolsetTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import io.modelcontextprotocol.json.McpJsonMapper;
 import io.modelcontextprotocol.spec.McpSchema;
 import java.util.List;
+import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -52,6 +53,11 @@ public class McpToolsetTest {
   @Mock private McpSyncClient mockMcpSyncClient;
   @Mock private ReadonlyContext mockReadonlyContext;
 
+  @After
+  public void restoreConfigStdioDefault() {
+    McpToolset.setAllowConfigStdioServers(true);
+  }
+
   private static final McpJsonMapper jsonMapper = McpJsonDefaults.getMapper();
 
   private static final ImmutableMap<String, Object> STDIO_SERVER_PARAMS =
@@ -211,6 +217,69 @@ public void testFromConfig_validStdioConnectionParams_createsToolset()
     assertThat(toolset).isNotNull();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testFromConfig_stdioServerParams_rejectedWhenDisallowed() {
+    McpToolset.setAllowConfigStdioServers(false);
+    BaseTool.ToolArgsConfig args = new BaseTool.ToolArgsConfig();
+    args.put("stdioServerParams", STDIO_SERVER_PARAMS);
+
+    BaseTool.ToolConfig config = new BaseTool.ToolConfig("mcp_toolset", args);
+    String configPath = "/path/to/config.yaml";
+
+    ConfigurationException exception =
+        assertThrows(ConfigurationException.class, () -> McpToolset.fromConfig(config, configPath));
+
+    assertThat(exception)
+        .hasMessageThat()
+        .contains("Refusing to start a local MCP server declared in an agent config");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFromConfig_stdioConnectionParams_rejectedWhenDisallowed() {
+    McpToolset.setAllowConfigStdioServers(false);
+    BaseTool.ToolArgsConfig args = new BaseTool.ToolArgsConfig();
+    args.put(
+        "stdioConnectionParams",
+        ImmutableMap.of("timeout", 10f, "serverParams", STDIO_SERVER_PARAMS));
+
+    BaseTool.ToolConfig config = new BaseTool.ToolConfig("mcp_toolset", args);
+    String configPath = "/path/to/config.yaml";
+
+    ConfigurationException exception =
+        assertThrows(ConfigurationException.class, () -> McpToolset.fromConfig(config, configPath));
+
+    assertThat(exception)
+        .hasMessageThat()
+        .contains("Refusing to start a local MCP server declared in an agent config");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFromConfig_stdioServerParams_allowedByDefault() throws ConfigurationException {
+    BaseTool.ToolArgsConfig args = new BaseTool.ToolArgsConfig();
+    args.put("stdioServerParams", STDIO_SERVER_PARAMS);
+
+    BaseTool.ToolConfig config = new BaseTool.ToolConfig("mcp_toolset", args);
+    String configPath = "/path/to/config.yaml";
+
+    McpToolset toolset = McpToolset.fromConfig(config, configPath);
+
+    assertThat(toolset).isNotNull();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFromConfig_sseParams_unaffectedByStdioRejection() throws ConfigurationException {
+    McpToolset.setAllowConfigStdioServers(false);
+    BaseTool.ToolArgsConfig args = new BaseTool.ToolArgsConfig();
+    args.put("sseServerParams", ImmutableMap.of("url", "http://localhost:8080"));
+
+    BaseTool.ToolConfig config = new BaseTool.ToolConfig("mcp_toolset", args);
+    String configPath = "/path/to/config.yaml";
+
+    McpToolset toolset = McpToolset.fromConfig(config, configPath);
+
+    assertThat(toolset).isNotNull();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testFromConfig_onlySseParams_doesNotUseStdioBranch() throws ConfigurationException {
     // This test ensures that when only SSE params are provided, the SSE branch is taken