diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Config.h b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Config.h
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Config.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/Config.h
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@
     /// Whether this TU should be indexed.
     BackgroundPolicy Background = BackgroundPolicy::Build;
   } Index;
+
+  /// Style of the codebase.
+  struct {
+    std::vector<std::string> FullyQualifiedNamespaces;
+  } Style;
 };
 
 } // namespace clangd
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ConfigCompile.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ConfigCompile.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ConfigCompile.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ConfigCompile.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,20 @@
     }
   }
 
+  void compile(Fragment::StyleBlock &&F) {
+    if (!F.FullyQualifiedNamespaces.empty()) {
+      std::vector<std::string> FullyQualifiedNamespaces;
+      for (auto &N : F.FullyQualifiedNamespaces)
+        FullyQualifiedNamespaces.push_back(std::move(*N));
+      Out.Apply.push_back([FullyQualifiedNamespaces(
+                              std::move(FullyQualifiedNamespaces))](Config &C) {
+        C.Style.FullyQualifiedNamespaces.insert(
+            C.Style.FullyQualifiedNamespaces.begin(),
+            FullyQualifiedNamespaces.begin(), FullyQualifiedNamespaces.end());
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
   constexpr static llvm::SourceMgr::DiagKind Error = llvm::SourceMgr::DK_Error;
   constexpr static llvm::SourceMgr::DiagKind Warning =
       llvm::SourceMgr::DK_Warning;
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ConfigFragment.h b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ConfigFragment.h
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ConfigFragment.h
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ConfigFragment.h
@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@
     llvm::Optional<Located<std::string>> Background;
   };
   IndexBlock Index;
+
+  // Describes the style of the codebase, beyond formatting.
+  struct StyleBlock {
+    // List of namespaces that should not appear in "using" declarations.
+    std::vector<Located<std::string>> FullyQualifiedNamespaces;
+  };
+  StyleBlock Style;
 };
 
 } // namespace config
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ConfigYAML.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ConfigYAML.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ConfigYAML.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/ConfigYAML.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     DictParser Dict("Config", this);
     Dict.handle("If", [&](Node &N) { parse(F.If, N); });
     Dict.handle("CompileFlags", [&](Node &N) { parse(F.CompileFlags, N); });
+    Dict.handle("Style", [&](Node &N) { parse(F.Style, N); });
     Dict.parse(N);
     return !(N.failed() || HadError);
   }
@@ -71,6 +72,15 @@
     Dict.parse(N);
   }
 
+  void parse(Fragment::StyleBlock &F, Node &N) {
+    DictParser Dict("Style", this);
+    Dict.handle("FullyQualifiedNamespaces", [&](Node &N) {
+      if (auto Values = scalarValues(N))
+        F.FullyQualifiedNamespaces = std::move(*Values);
+    });
+    Dict.parse(N);
+  }
+
   void parse(Fragment::IndexBlock &F, Node &N) {
     DictParser Dict("Index", this);
     Dict.handle("Background",
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/refactor/tweaks/AddUsing.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/refactor/tweaks/AddUsing.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/refactor/tweaks/AddUsing.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/refactor/tweaks/AddUsing.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 #include "AST.h"
+#include "Config.h"
 #include "FindTarget.h"
 #include "refactor/Tweak.h"
 #include "support/Logger.h"
@@ -190,6 +191,29 @@
   return Out;
 }
 
+bool isNamespaceForbidden(const Tweak::Selection &Inputs,
+                          const NestedNameSpecifier &Namespace) {
+  std::string Buf;
+  llvm::raw_string_ostream NamespaceStream(Buf);
+  Namespace.print(NamespaceStream,
+                  Inputs.AST->getASTContext().getPrintingPolicy());
+  NamespaceStream << "::";
+  StringRef NamespaceStr = NamespaceStream.str();
+  NamespaceStr.consume_front("::");
+
+  for (StringRef Banned : Config::current().Style.FullyQualifiedNamespaces) {
+    // We want to match regardless of leading ::, so we remove it from both
+    // NamespaceStr and Banned. We append it at the end of both to make sure
+    // that we do not prefix-match ::foo to ::foobar.
+    Banned.consume_front("::");
+    Banned.consume_back("::");
+    if (NamespaceStr.startswith(Banned.str() + "::"))
+      return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 bool AddUsing::prepare(const Selection &Inputs) {
   auto &SM = Inputs.AST->getSourceManager();
 
@@ -248,6 +272,9 @@
     return false;
   }
 
+  if (isNamespaceForbidden(Inputs, *QualifierToRemove.getNestedNameSpecifier()))
+    return false;
+
   // Macros are difficult. We only want to offer code action when what's spelled
   // under the cursor is a namespace qualifier. If it's a macro that expands to
   // a qualifier, user would not know what code action will actually change.
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/TweakTests.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/TweakTests.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/TweakTests.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/unittests/TweakTests.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 #include "Annotations.h"
+#include "Config.h"
 #include "SourceCode.h"
 #include "TestFS.h"
 #include "TestTU.h"
@@ -2471,8 +2472,14 @@
 
 TWEAK_TEST(AddUsing);
 TEST_F(AddUsingTest, Prepare) {
+  Config Cfg;
+  Cfg.Style.FullyQualifiedNamespaces.push_back("ban");
+  WithContextValue WithConfig(Config::Key, std::move(Cfg));
+
   const std::string Header = R"cpp(
 #define NS(name) one::two::name
+namespace ban { void foo() {} }
+namespace banana { void foo() {} }
 namespace one {
 void oo() {}
 template<typename TT> class tt {};
@@ -2506,6 +2513,10 @@
   // Test that we don't crash or misbehave on unnamed DeclRefExpr.
   EXPECT_UNAVAILABLE(Header +
                      "void fun() { one::two::cc() ^| one::two::cc(); }");
+  // Do not offer code action when operating on a banned namespace.
+  EXPECT_UNAVAILABLE(Header + "void fun() { ban::fo^o(); }");
+  EXPECT_UNAVAILABLE(Header + "void fun() { ::ban::fo^o(); }");
+  EXPECT_AVAILABLE(Header + "void fun() { banana::fo^o(); }");
 
   // Check that we do not trigger in header files.
   FileName = "test.h";