diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/AccordSpec.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/AccordSpec.java
index e76745a233..ab80ec4b32 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/AccordSpec.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/AccordSpec.java
@@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ public class AccordSpec
      * default transactional mode for tables created by this node when no transactional mode has been specified in the DDL
      */
     public TransactionalMode default_transactional_mode = TransactionalMode.off;
+    public boolean ephemeralReadEnabled = false;
 }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
index a75e6cb88c..e32496a172 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
@@ -5810,4 +5810,9 @@ public class DatabaseDescriptor
     {
         conf.paxos_repair_race_wait = paxosRepairRaceWait;
     }
+
+    public static boolean getAccordEphemeralReadEnabledEnabled()
+    {
+        return conf.accord.ephemeralReadEnabled;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/TransactionStatement.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/TransactionStatement.java
index 208b9590f4..46e94293b0 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/TransactionStatement.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/TransactionStatement.java
@@ -332,8 +332,10 @@ public class TransactionStatement implements CQLStatement.CompositeCQLStatement,
             List<TxnNamedRead> reads = createNamedReads(options, state, ImmutableMap.of(), keySet::add);
             Keys txnKeys = toKeys(keySet);
             TxnRead read = createTxnRead(reads, txnKeys, null);
-            Txn.Kind kind = txnKeys.size() == 1 && transactionalModeForSingleKey(txnKeys) == TransactionalMode.full
-                            ? EphemeralRead : Read;
+            Txn.Kind kind = txnKeys.size() == 1
+                    && transactionalModeForSingleKey(txnKeys) == TransactionalMode.full
+                    && DatabaseDescriptor.getAccordEphemeralReadEnabledEnabled()
+                    ? EphemeralRead : Read;
             return new Txn.InMemory(kind, txnKeys, read, TxnQuery.ALL, null);
         }
         else
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageProxy.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageProxy.java
index dc78f99531..59b39f5ee3 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageProxy.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageProxy.java
@@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ public class StorageProxy implements StorageProxyMBean
         consistencyLevel = transactionalMode.readCLForStrategy(consistencyLevel);
         TxnRead read = TxnRead.createSerialRead(readCommand, consistencyLevel);
         Invariants.checkState(read.keys().size() == 1, "Ephemeral reads are only strict-serializable for single partition reads");
-        Txn txn = new Txn.InMemory(transactionalMode == TransactionalMode.full ? EphemeralRead : Read, read.keys(), read, TxnQuery.ALL, null);
+        Txn txn = new Txn.InMemory(transactionalMode == TransactionalMode.full && DatabaseDescriptor.getAccordEphemeralReadEnabledEnabled() ? EphemeralRead : Read, read.keys(), read, TxnQuery.ALL, null);
         IAccordService accordService = AccordService.instance();
         TxnResult txnResult = accordService.coordinate(txn, consistencyLevel, requestTime);
         if (txnResult.kind() == retry_new_protocol)