diff --git a/.changelog/20669.txt b/.changelog/20669.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8202d5e304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/20669.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+partitions: **(Enterprise only)** Allow disabling of Gossip per Partition
+```
diff --git a/api/partition.go b/api/partition.go
index 8467c31189..8a9bfb482f 100644
--- a/api/partition.go
+++ b/api/partition.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ type Partition struct {
 
 	// ModifyIndex is the latest Raft index at which the Partition was modified.
 	ModifyIndex uint64 `json:"ModifyIndex,omitempty"`
+
+	// DisableGossip will not enable a gossip pool for the partition
+	DisableGossip bool `json:"DisableGossip,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // PartitionDefaultName is the default partition value.
diff --git a/proto-public/pbtenancy/v2beta1/partition.pb.go b/proto-public/pbtenancy/v2beta1/partition.pb.go
index b5e609ea0b..7d89965ab0 100644
--- a/proto-public/pbtenancy/v2beta1/partition.pb.go
+++ b/proto-public/pbtenancy/v2beta1/partition.pb.go
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ type Partition struct {
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 
 	// Optional user provided description. It is not used internally.
-	Description string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=description,proto3" json:"description,omitempty"`
+	Description   string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=description,proto3" json:"description,omitempty"`
+	DisableGossip bool   `protobuf:"varint,2,opt,name=disable_gossip,json=disableGossip,proto3" json:"disable_gossip,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (x *Partition) Reset() {
@@ -75,6 +76,13 @@ func (x *Partition) GetDescription() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (x *Partition) GetDisableGossip() bool {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.DisableGossip
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 var File_pbtenancy_v2beta1_partition_proto protoreflect.FileDescriptor
 
 var file_pbtenancy_v2beta1_partition_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
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diff --git a/proto-public/pbtenancy/v2beta1/partition.proto b/proto-public/pbtenancy/v2beta1/partition.proto
index 6bd7b92e03..f3e092f07e 100644
--- a/proto-public/pbtenancy/v2beta1/partition.proto
+++ b/proto-public/pbtenancy/v2beta1/partition.proto
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@ message Partition {
 
   // Optional user provided description. It is not used internally.
   string description = 1;
+
+  bool disable_gossip = 2;
 }
diff --git a/website/content/api-docs/admin-partitions.mdx b/website/content/api-docs/admin-partitions.mdx
index 4c728e85d3..f71fff1725 100644
--- a/website/content/api-docs/admin-partitions.mdx
+++ b/website/content/api-docs/admin-partitions.mdx
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ This endpoint updates a partition description and has the following characterist
 
 - `Description` `(string: "")` - Free form partition description.
 
+- `DisableGossip` `(bool: false)` - Disable gossip support for this partition. When set to `true` this will save on CPU and network resources on the servers but client agents will be unable to join the partition.
+
 ### Sample Payload
 
 ```json
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ $ curl --header "X-Consul-Token: 0137db51-5895-4c25-b6cd-d9ed992f4a52" \
   {
     "Name": "na-west",
     "Description": "North America West Partition",
+    "DisableGossip": true,
     "CreateIndex": 55,
     "ModifyIndex": 55
   }