diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 65b573663a..606564f209 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -478,6 +478,7 @@ jobs:
           PAGESERVER_VIRTUAL_FILE_IO_ENGINE: tokio-epoll-uring
           PAGESERVER_GET_VECTORED_IMPL: vectored
           PAGESERVER_GET_IMPL: vectored
+          PAGESERVER_VALIDATE_VEC_GET: true
 
       # Temporary disable this step until we figure out why it's so flaky
       # Ref https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/4540
@@ -557,6 +558,9 @@ jobs:
           PERF_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR: "${{ secrets.PERF_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR }}"
           TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR: "${{ secrets.REGRESS_TEST_RESULT_CONNSTR_NEW }}"
           PAGESERVER_VIRTUAL_FILE_IO_ENGINE: tokio-epoll-uring
+          PAGESERVER_GET_VECTORED_IMPL: vectored
+          PAGESERVER_GET_IMPL: vectored
+          PAGESERVER_VALIDATE_VEC_GET: false
       # XXX: no coverage data handling here, since benchmarks are run on release builds,
       # while coverage is currently collected for the debug ones
 
diff --git a/control_plane/src/local_env.rs b/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
index 2168d4b944..8cbda528a7 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/local_env.rs
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ pub struct PageServerConf {
     pub(crate) virtual_file_io_engine: Option<String>,
     pub(crate) get_vectored_impl: Option<String>,
     pub(crate) get_impl: Option<String>,
+    pub(crate) validate_vectored_get: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 impl Default for PageServerConf {
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ impl Default for PageServerConf {
             virtual_file_io_engine: None,
             get_vectored_impl: None,
             get_impl: None,
+            validate_vectored_get: None,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs b/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
index 0699e47866..52accc5890 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ impl PageServerNode {
             virtual_file_io_engine,
             get_vectored_impl,
             get_impl,
+            validate_vectored_get,
         } = &self.conf;
 
         let id = format!("id={}", id);
@@ -117,6 +118,11 @@ impl PageServerNode {
         } else {
             String::new()
         };
+        let validate_vectored_get = if let Some(validate_vectored_get) = validate_vectored_get {
+            format!("validate_vectored_get={validate_vectored_get}")
+        } else {
+            String::new()
+        };
 
         let broker_endpoint_param = format!("broker_endpoint='{}'", self.env.broker.client_url());
 
@@ -131,6 +137,7 @@ impl PageServerNode {
             virtual_file_io_engine,
             get_vectored_impl,
             get_impl,
+            validate_vectored_get,
         ];
 
         if let Some(control_plane_api) = &self.env.control_plane_api {
diff --git a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
index 07db355d98..abe2718a49 100644
--- a/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
+++ b/test_runner/fixtures/neon_fixtures.py
@@ -512,6 +512,11 @@ class NeonEnvBuilder:
             self.pageserver_get_impl = "vectored"
             log.debug('Overriding pageserver get_impl config to "vectored"')
 
+        self.pageserver_validate_vectored_get: Optional[bool] = None
+        if (validate := os.getenv("PAGESERVER_VALIDATE_VEC_GET")) is not None:
+            self.pageserver_validate_vectored_get = bool(validate)
+            log.debug(f'Overriding pageserver validate_vectored_get config to "{validate}"')
+
         assert test_name.startswith(
             "test_"
         ), "Unexpectedly instantiated from outside a test function"
@@ -1085,6 +1090,8 @@ class NeonEnv:
                 ps_cfg["get_vectored_impl"] = config.pageserver_get_vectored_impl
             if config.pageserver_get_impl is not None:
                 ps_cfg["get_impl"] = config.pageserver_get_impl
+            if config.pageserver_validate_vectored_get is not None:
+                ps_cfg["validate_vectored_get"] = config.pageserver_validate_vectored_get
 
             # Create a corresponding NeonPageserver object
             self.pageservers.append(
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_compatibility.py b/test_runner/regress/test_compatibility.py
index 2a371eae72..e1ccb3e0c6 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_compatibility.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_compatibility.py
@@ -228,8 +228,9 @@ def test_forward_compatibility(
     try:
         # Previous version neon_local and pageserver are not aware
         # of the new config.
-        # TODO: remove this once the code reaches main
+        # TODO: remove these once the previous version of neon local supports them
         neon_env_builder.pageserver_get_impl = None
+        neon_env_builder.pageserver_validate_vectored_get = None
 
         neon_env_builder.num_safekeepers = 3
         neon_local_binpath = neon_env_builder.neon_binpath