diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index ffaeeaa61e..f3bcf42bbe 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 5.0-beta2
+ * Disable chronicle analytics (CASSANDRA-19656)
  * Replace Stream iteration with for-loop for StorageProxy::updateCoordinatorWriteLatencyTableMetric (CASSANDRA-19676)
  * Enforce metric naming contract if scope is used in a metric name (CASSANDRA-19619)
  * Avoid reading of the same IndexInfo from disk many times for a large partition (CASSANDRA-19557)
diff --git a/conf/jvm-server.options b/conf/jvm-server.options
index c9a9336683..343da4f543 100644
--- a/conf/jvm-server.options
+++ b/conf/jvm-server.options
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@
 # comment out this entry to enable IPv6 support).
 -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
 
+# Disable chronicle analytics. See CASSANDRA-19656
+-Dchronicle.analytics.disable=true
+
 ### Debug options
 
 # uncomment to enable flight recorder
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/CassandraRelevantProperties.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/CassandraRelevantProperties.java
index 336f68838f..968feae396 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/CassandraRelevantProperties.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/CassandraRelevantProperties.java
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ public enum CassandraRelevantProperties
     CASSANDRA_VERSION("cassandra.version"),
     /** default heartbeating period is 1 minute */
     CHECK_DATA_RESURRECTION_HEARTBEAT_PERIOD("check_data_resurrection_heartbeat_period_milli", "60000"),
+    CHRONICLE_ANALYTICS_DISABLE("chronicle.analytics.disable"),
     CHRONICLE_ANNOUNCER_DISABLE("chronicle.announcer.disable"),
     CLOCK_GLOBAL("cassandra.clock"),
     CLOCK_MONOTONIC_APPROX("cassandra.monotonic_clock.approx"),
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
index 95eb7aa3c7..af54d32905 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/DatabaseDescriptor.java
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ import static org.apache.cassandra.config.CassandraRelevantProperties.ALLOCATE_T
 import static org.apache.cassandra.config.CassandraRelevantProperties.ALLOW_UNLIMITED_CONCURRENT_VALIDATIONS;
 import static org.apache.cassandra.config.CassandraRelevantProperties.AUTO_BOOTSTRAP;
 import static org.apache.cassandra.config.CassandraRelevantProperties.CONFIG_LOADER;
+import static org.apache.cassandra.config.CassandraRelevantProperties.CHRONICLE_ANALYTICS_DISABLE;
 import static org.apache.cassandra.config.CassandraRelevantProperties.DISABLE_STCS_IN_L0;
 import static org.apache.cassandra.config.CassandraRelevantProperties.INITIAL_TOKEN;
 import static org.apache.cassandra.config.CassandraRelevantProperties.IO_NETTY_TRANSPORT_ESTIMATE_SIZE_ON_SUBMIT;
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ public class DatabaseDescriptor
 {
     static
     {
+        CHRONICLE_ANALYTICS_DISABLE.setBoolean(true);
         // This static block covers most usages
         FBUtilities.preventIllegalAccessWarnings();
         IO_NETTY_TRANSPORT_ESTIMATE_SIZE_ON_SUBMIT.setBoolean(false);