diff --git a/agent/agent.go b/agent/agent.go
index e048b33aab..4b4689eb02 100644
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -1263,6 +1263,7 @@ func newConsulConfig(runtimeCfg *config.RuntimeConfig, logger hclog.Logger) (*co
 	}
 
 	cfg.ConfigEntryBootstrap = runtimeCfg.ConfigEntryBootstrap
+	cfg.RaftBoltDBConfig = runtimeCfg.RaftBoltDBConfig
 
 	// Duplicate our own serf config once to make sure that the duplication
 	// function does not drift.
diff --git a/agent/config/builder.go b/agent/config/builder.go
index 012229ae34..55c9382126 100644
--- a/agent/config/builder.go
+++ b/agent/config/builder.go
@@ -1094,6 +1094,10 @@ func (b *builder) build() (rt RuntimeConfig, err error) {
 
 	rt.UseStreamingBackend = boolValWithDefault(c.UseStreamingBackend, true)
 
+	if c.RaftBoltDBConfig != nil {
+		rt.RaftBoltDBConfig = *c.RaftBoltDBConfig
+	}
+
 	if rt.Cache.EntryFetchMaxBurst <= 0 {
 		return RuntimeConfig{}, fmt.Errorf("cache.entry_fetch_max_burst must be strictly positive, was: %v", rt.Cache.EntryFetchMaxBurst)
 	}
diff --git a/agent/config/config.go b/agent/config/config.go
index 61161b7b58..7d8ecadbb2 100644
--- a/agent/config/config.go
+++ b/agent/config/config.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 
@@ -256,6 +258,8 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	RPC RPC `mapstructure:"rpc"`
 
+	RaftBoltDBConfig *consul.RaftBoltDBConfig `mapstructure:"raft_boltdb"`
+
 	// UseStreamingBackend instead of blocking queries for service health and
 	// any other endpoints which support streaming.
 	UseStreamingBackend *bool `mapstructure:"use_streaming_backend"`
diff --git a/agent/config/runtime.go b/agent/config/runtime.go
index 2e7d7cf972..e2393363f3 100644
--- a/agent/config/runtime.go
+++ b/agent/config/runtime.go
@@ -943,6 +943,8 @@ type RuntimeConfig struct {
 	// hcl: raft_trailing_logs = int
 	RaftTrailingLogs int
 
+	RaftBoltDBConfig consul.RaftBoltDBConfig
+
 	// ReconnectTimeoutLAN specifies the amount of time to wait to reconnect with
 	// another agent before deciding it's permanently gone. This can be used to
 	// control the time it takes to reap failed nodes from the cluster.
diff --git a/agent/config/runtime_test.go b/agent/config/runtime_test.go
index 390305902c..8abbcc4033 100644
--- a/agent/config/runtime_test.go
+++ b/agent/config/runtime_test.go
@@ -6015,6 +6015,7 @@ func TestLoad_FullConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"args":       []interface{}{"dltjDJ2a", "flEa7C2d"},
 			},
 		},
+		RaftBoltDBConfig: consul.RaftBoltDBConfig{NoFreelistSync: true},
 	}
 	entFullRuntimeConfig(expected)
 
diff --git a/agent/config/testdata/TestRuntimeConfig_Sanitize.golden b/agent/config/testdata/TestRuntimeConfig_Sanitize.golden
index 2d1093d1eb..84c303c761 100644
--- a/agent/config/testdata/TestRuntimeConfig_Sanitize.golden
+++ b/agent/config/testdata/TestRuntimeConfig_Sanitize.golden
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@
     "RPCMaxConnsPerClient": 0,
     "RPCProtocol": 0,
     "RPCRateLimit": 0,
+    "RaftBoltDBConfig": {
+        "NoFreelistSync": false
+    },
     "RaftProtocol": 3,
     "RaftSnapshotInterval": "0s",
     "RaftSnapshotThreshold": 0,
diff --git a/agent/config/testdata/full-config.hcl b/agent/config/testdata/full-config.hcl
index 939745c9b9..869f672528 100644
--- a/agent/config/testdata/full-config.hcl
+++ b/agent/config/testdata/full-config.hcl
@@ -328,6 +328,9 @@ raft_protocol = 3
 raft_snapshot_threshold = 16384
 raft_snapshot_interval = "30s"
 raft_trailing_logs = 83749
+raft_boltdb {
+    NoFreelistSync = true
+}
 read_replica = true
 reconnect_timeout = "23739s"
 reconnect_timeout_wan = "26694s"
diff --git a/agent/config/testdata/full-config.json b/agent/config/testdata/full-config.json
index 4649c86bf7..017651d88f 100644
--- a/agent/config/testdata/full-config.json
+++ b/agent/config/testdata/full-config.json
@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@
   "raft_snapshot_threshold": 16384,
   "raft_snapshot_interval": "30s",
   "raft_trailing_logs": 83749,
+  "raft_boltdb": {
+    "NoFreelistSync": true
+  },
   "read_replica": true,
   "reconnect_timeout": "23739s",
   "reconnect_timeout_wan": "26694s",
diff --git a/agent/consul/config.go b/agent/consul/config.go
index 86c87f5d74..9c343494ac 100644
--- a/agent/consul/config.go
+++ b/agent/consul/config.go
@@ -391,6 +391,8 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	RPCConfig RPCConfig
 
+	RaftBoltDBConfig RaftBoltDBConfig
+
 	// Embedded Consul Enterprise specific configuration
 	*EnterpriseConfig
 }
@@ -603,3 +605,7 @@ type ReloadableConfig struct {
 	RaftSnapshotInterval  time.Duration
 	RaftTrailingLogs      int
 }
+
+type RaftBoltDBConfig struct {
+	NoFreelistSync bool
+}
diff --git a/agent/consul/server.go b/agent/consul/server.go
index f52e43cacf..45acf95351 100644
--- a/agent/consul/server.go
+++ b/agent/consul/server.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
+	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
 
 	"github.com/armon/go-metrics"
 	connlimit "github.com/hashicorp/go-connlimit"
@@ -729,7 +730,12 @@ func (s *Server) setupRaft() error {
 		}
 
 		// Create the backend raft store for logs and stable storage.
-		store, err := raftboltdb.NewBoltStore(filepath.Join(path, "raft.db"))
+		store, err := raftboltdb.New(raftboltdb.Options{
+			BoltOptions: &bbolt.Options{
+				NoFreelistSync: s.config.RaftBoltDBConfig.NoFreelistSync,
+			},
+			Path: filepath.Join(path, "raft.db"),
+		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}