diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts
index 6c58cbd49c3..891c0d3020e 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/ApolloServer.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ export class ApolloServerBase {
       schemaDirectives,
       modules,
       typeDefs,
+      parseOptions,
       introspection,
       mocks,
       mockEntireSchema,
@@ -292,6 +293,14 @@ export class ApolloServerBase {
         typeDefs: augmentedTypeDefs,
         schemaDirectives,
         resolvers,
+        parseOptions: {
+          // Since ApolloServer does not use the location/token information the
+          // graphql/language/parser attaches to the schema, we can save some
+          // memory (and potentially some parsing time) with this default.
+          noLocation: true,
+          // Other options can be passed into the ApolloServerBase constructor.
+          ...parseOptions,
+        },
       });
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts
index 36d050ad487..77f99b9b5bb 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-core/src/types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { GraphQLSchema, DocumentNode } from 'graphql';
-import { SchemaDirectiveVisitor, IResolvers, IMocks } from 'graphql-tools';
+import { SchemaDirectiveVisitor, IResolvers, IMocks, GraphQLParseOptions } from 'graphql-tools';
 import { ConnectionContext } from 'subscriptions-transport-ws';
 import WebSocket from 'ws';
 import { GraphQLExtension } from 'graphql-extensions';
@@ -42,23 +42,25 @@ export interface SubscriptionServerOptions {
   onDisconnect?: (websocket: WebSocket, context: ConnectionContext) => any;
 }
 
+type BaseConfig = Pick<
+  GraphQLOptions<Context<any>>,
+  | 'formatError'
+  | 'debug'
+  | 'rootValue'
+  | 'validationRules'
+  | 'formatResponse'
+  | 'fieldResolver'
+  | 'tracing'
+  | 'dataSources'
+  | 'cache'
+>;
+
 // This configuration is shared between all integrations and should include
 // fields that are not specific to a single integration
-export interface Config
-  extends Pick<
-    GraphQLOptions<Context<any>>,
-    | 'formatError'
-    | 'debug'
-    | 'rootValue'
-    | 'validationRules'
-    | 'formatResponse'
-    | 'fieldResolver'
-    | 'tracing'
-    | 'dataSources'
-    | 'cache'
-  > {
+export interface Config extends BaseConfig {
   modules?: GraphQLSchemaModule[];
   typeDefs?: DocumentNode | Array<DocumentNode>;
+  parseOptions?: GraphQLParseOptions;
   resolvers?: IResolvers;
   schema?: GraphQLSchema;
   schemaDirectives?: Record<string, typeof SchemaDirectiveVisitor>;