diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CustomerGraphQl/Model/Resolver/CreateCustomer.php b/app/code/Magento/CustomerGraphQl/Model/Resolver/CreateCustomer.php
index 1f730f2a5c7e..6d33dea35835 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CustomerGraphQl/Model/Resolver/CreateCustomer.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CustomerGraphQl/Model/Resolver/CreateCustomer.php
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 use Magento\Framework\GraphQl\Exception\GraphQlInputException;
 use Magento\Framework\GraphQl\Query\ResolverInterface;
 use Magento\Framework\GraphQl\Schema\Type\ResolveInfo;
+use Magento\Newsletter\Model\Config;
+use Magento\Store\Model\ScopeInterface;
 
 /**
  * Create customer account resolver
@@ -30,13 +32,23 @@ class CreateCustomer implements ResolverInterface
     private $createCustomerAccount;
 
     /**
+     * @var Config
+     */
+    private $newsLetterConfig;
+
+    /**
+     * CreateCustomer constructor.
+     *
      * @param ExtractCustomerData $extractCustomerData
      * @param CreateCustomerAccount $createCustomerAccount
+     * @param Config $newsLetterConfig
      */
     public function __construct(
         ExtractCustomerData $extractCustomerData,
-        CreateCustomerAccount $createCustomerAccount
+        CreateCustomerAccount $createCustomerAccount,
+        Config $newsLetterConfig
     ) {
+        $this->newsLetterConfig = $newsLetterConfig;
         $this->extractCustomerData = $extractCustomerData;
         $this->createCustomerAccount = $createCustomerAccount;
     }
@@ -55,6 +67,10 @@ public function resolve(
             throw new GraphQlInputException(__('"input" value should be specified'));
         }
 
+        if (!$this->newsLetterConfig->isActive(ScopeInterface::SCOPE_STORE)) {
+            $args['input']['is_subscribed'] = false;
+        }
+      
         $customer = $this->createCustomerAccount->execute(
             $args['input'],
             $context->getExtensionAttributes()->getStore()
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Newsletter/Test/Unit/Observer/PredispatchNewsletterObserverTest.php b/app/code/Magento/Newsletter/Test/Unit/Observer/PredispatchNewsletterObserverTest.php
index 9b02f60765fb..6846231319d6 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Newsletter/Test/Unit/Observer/PredispatchNewsletterObserverTest.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Newsletter/Test/Unit/Observer/PredispatchNewsletterObserverTest.php
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ public function testNewsletterDisabled() : void
             ->willReturn(false);
 
         $expectedRedirectUrl = 'https://test.com/index';
-
         $this->configMock->expects($this->once())
             ->method('getValue')
             ->with('web/default/no_route', ScopeInterface::SCOPE_STORE)
diff --git a/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Customer/CreateCustomerTest.php b/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Customer/CreateCustomerTest.php
index 67c21a3798a5..c5714012f38c 100644
--- a/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Customer/CreateCustomerTest.php
+++ b/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Customer/CreateCustomerTest.php
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ public function testCreateCustomerIfNameEmpty()
         $newFirstname = '';
         $newLastname = 'Rowe';
         $currentPassword = 'test123#';
-
         $query = <<<QUERY
 mutation {
     createCustomer(
@@ -275,6 +274,38 @@ public function testCreateCustomerIfNameEmpty()
 QUERY;
         $this->graphQlMutation($query);
     }
+ 
+    /**
+     * @magentoConfigFixture default_store newsletter/general/active 0
+     */
+    public function testCreateCustomerSubscribed()
+    {
+        $newFirstname = 'Richard';
+        $newLastname = 'Rowe';
+        $newEmail = 'new_customer@example.com';
+
+        $query = <<<QUERY
+mutation {
+    createCustomer(
+        input: {
+            firstname: "{$newFirstname}"
+            lastname: "{$newLastname}"
+            email: "{$newEmail}"
+            is_subscribed: true
+        }
+    ) {
+        customer {
+            email
+            is_subscribed
+        }
+    }
+}
+QUERY;
+
+        $response = $this->graphQlMutation($query);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(false, $response['createCustomer']['customer']['is_subscribed']);
+    }
 
     public function tearDown()
     {