diff --git a/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs b/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs
index 41835f9843..1345223a43 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs
@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         &[("node_id", &conf.id.to_string())],
     );
 
-    // after setting up logging, log the effective IO engine choice
+    // after setting up logging, log the effective IO engine choice and read path implementations
     info!(?conf.virtual_file_io_engine, "starting with virtual_file IO engine");
+    info!(?conf.get_impl, "starting with get page implementation");
+    info!(?conf.get_vectored_impl, "starting with vectored get page implementation");
 
     let tenants_path = conf.tenants_path();
     if !tenants_path.exists() {
diff --git a/pageserver/src/config.rs b/pageserver/src/config.rs
index e10db2b853..a133f263ff 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/config.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/config.rs
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ use utils::{
     logging::LogFormat,
 };
 
-use crate::tenant::config::TenantConfOpt;
 use crate::tenant::timeline::GetVectoredImpl;
 use crate::tenant::vectored_blob_io::MaxVectoredReadBytes;
+use crate::tenant::{config::TenantConfOpt, timeline::GetImpl};
 use crate::tenant::{
     TENANTS_SEGMENT_NAME, TENANT_DELETED_MARKER_FILE_NAME, TIMELINES_SEGMENT_NAME,
 };
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ pub mod defaults {
 
     pub const DEFAULT_GET_VECTORED_IMPL: &str = "sequential";
 
+    pub const DEFAULT_GET_IMPL: &str = "legacy";
+
     pub const DEFAULT_MAX_VECTORED_READ_BYTES: usize = 128 * 1024; // 128 KiB
 
     pub const DEFAULT_VALIDATE_VECTORED_GET: bool = true;
@@ -138,6 +140,8 @@ pub mod defaults {
 
 #get_vectored_impl = '{DEFAULT_GET_VECTORED_IMPL}'
 
+#get_impl = '{DEFAULT_GET_IMPL}'
+
 #max_vectored_read_bytes = '{DEFAULT_MAX_VECTORED_READ_BYTES}'
 
 #validate_vectored_get = '{DEFAULT_VALIDATE_VECTORED_GET}'
@@ -284,6 +288,8 @@ pub struct PageServerConf {
 
     pub get_vectored_impl: GetVectoredImpl,
 
+    pub get_impl: GetImpl,
+
     pub max_vectored_read_bytes: MaxVectoredReadBytes,
 
     pub validate_vectored_get: bool,
@@ -414,6 +420,8 @@ struct PageServerConfigBuilder {
 
     get_vectored_impl: BuilderValue<GetVectoredImpl>,
 
+    get_impl: BuilderValue<GetImpl>,
+
     max_vectored_read_bytes: BuilderValue<MaxVectoredReadBytes>,
 
     validate_vectored_get: BuilderValue<bool>,
@@ -503,6 +511,7 @@ impl PageServerConfigBuilder {
             virtual_file_io_engine: Set(DEFAULT_VIRTUAL_FILE_IO_ENGINE.parse().unwrap()),
 
             get_vectored_impl: Set(DEFAULT_GET_VECTORED_IMPL.parse().unwrap()),
+            get_impl: Set(DEFAULT_GET_IMPL.parse().unwrap()),
             max_vectored_read_bytes: Set(MaxVectoredReadBytes(
                 NonZeroUsize::new(DEFAULT_MAX_VECTORED_READ_BYTES).unwrap(),
             )),
@@ -681,6 +690,10 @@ impl PageServerConfigBuilder {
         self.get_vectored_impl = BuilderValue::Set(value);
     }
 
+    pub fn get_impl(&mut self, value: GetImpl) {
+        self.get_impl = BuilderValue::Set(value);
+    }
+
     pub fn get_max_vectored_read_bytes(&mut self, value: MaxVectoredReadBytes) {
         self.max_vectored_read_bytes = BuilderValue::Set(value);
     }
@@ -750,6 +763,7 @@ impl PageServerConfigBuilder {
                 secondary_download_concurrency,
                 ingest_batch_size,
                 get_vectored_impl,
+                get_impl,
                 max_vectored_read_bytes,
                 validate_vectored_get,
                 ephemeral_bytes_per_memory_kb,
@@ -1035,6 +1049,9 @@ impl PageServerConf {
                 "get_vectored_impl" => {
                     builder.get_vectored_impl(parse_toml_from_str("get_vectored_impl", item)?)
                 }
+                "get_impl" => {
+                    builder.get_impl(parse_toml_from_str("get_impl", item)?)
+                }
                 "max_vectored_read_bytes" => {
                     let bytes = parse_toml_u64("max_vectored_read_bytes", item)? as usize;
                     builder.get_max_vectored_read_bytes(
@@ -1126,6 +1143,7 @@ impl PageServerConf {
             ingest_batch_size: defaults::DEFAULT_INGEST_BATCH_SIZE,
             virtual_file_io_engine: DEFAULT_VIRTUAL_FILE_IO_ENGINE.parse().unwrap(),
             get_vectored_impl: defaults::DEFAULT_GET_VECTORED_IMPL.parse().unwrap(),
+            get_impl: defaults::DEFAULT_GET_IMPL.parse().unwrap(),
             max_vectored_read_bytes: MaxVectoredReadBytes(
                 NonZeroUsize::new(defaults::DEFAULT_MAX_VECTORED_READ_BYTES)
                     .expect("Invalid default constant"),
@@ -1365,6 +1383,7 @@ background_task_maximum_delay = '334 s'
                 ingest_batch_size: defaults::DEFAULT_INGEST_BATCH_SIZE,
                 virtual_file_io_engine: DEFAULT_VIRTUAL_FILE_IO_ENGINE.parse().unwrap(),
                 get_vectored_impl: defaults::DEFAULT_GET_VECTORED_IMPL.parse().unwrap(),
+                get_impl: defaults::DEFAULT_GET_IMPL.parse().unwrap(),
                 max_vectored_read_bytes: MaxVectoredReadBytes(
                     NonZeroUsize::new(defaults::DEFAULT_MAX_VECTORED_READ_BYTES)
                         .expect("Invalid default constant")
@@ -1438,6 +1457,7 @@ background_task_maximum_delay = '334 s'
                 ingest_batch_size: 100,
                 virtual_file_io_engine: DEFAULT_VIRTUAL_FILE_IO_ENGINE.parse().unwrap(),
                 get_vectored_impl: defaults::DEFAULT_GET_VECTORED_IMPL.parse().unwrap(),
+                get_impl: defaults::DEFAULT_GET_IMPL.parse().unwrap(),
                 max_vectored_read_bytes: MaxVectoredReadBytes(
                     NonZeroUsize::new(defaults::DEFAULT_MAX_VECTORED_READ_BYTES)
                         .expect("Invalid default constant")
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
index deb577c6d2..751fc94082 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
@@ -615,6 +615,23 @@ pub enum GetVectoredImpl {
     Vectored,
 }
 
+#[derive(
+    Eq,
+    PartialEq,
+    Debug,
+    Copy,
+    Clone,
+    strum_macros::EnumString,
+    strum_macros::Display,
+    serde_with::DeserializeFromStr,
+    serde_with::SerializeDisplay,
+)]
+#[strum(serialize_all = "kebab-case")]
+pub enum GetImpl {
+    Legacy,
+    Vectored,
+}
+
 pub(crate) enum WaitLsnWaiter<'a> {
     Timeline(&'a Timeline),
     Tenant,