diff --git a/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs b/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
index adac7d7bb5..0699e47866 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/pageserver.rs
@@ -441,6 +441,11 @@ impl PageServerNode {
                 .map(serde_json::from_str)
                 .transpose()
                 .context("parse `timeline_get_throttle` from json")?,
+            switch_to_aux_file_v2: settings
+                .remove("switch_to_aux_file_v2")
+                .map(|x| x.parse::<bool>())
+                .transpose()
+                .context("Failed to parse 'switch_to_aux_file_v2' as bool")?,
         };
         if !settings.is_empty() {
             bail!("Unrecognized tenant settings: {settings:?}")
@@ -559,6 +564,11 @@ impl PageServerNode {
                     .map(serde_json::from_str)
                     .transpose()
                     .context("parse `timeline_get_throttle` from json")?,
+                switch_to_aux_file_v2: settings
+                    .remove("switch_to_aux_file_v2")
+                    .map(|x| x.parse::<bool>())
+                    .transpose()
+                    .context("Failed to parse 'switch_to_aux_file_v2' as bool")?,
             }
         };
 
diff --git a/libs/pageserver_api/src/models.rs b/libs/pageserver_api/src/models.rs
index 4ce1ecde26..e2acde6139 100644
--- a/libs/pageserver_api/src/models.rs
+++ b/libs/pageserver_api/src/models.rs
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ pub struct TenantConfig {
     pub lazy_slru_download: Option<bool>,
     pub timeline_get_throttle: Option<ThrottleConfig>,
     pub image_layer_creation_check_threshold: Option<u8>,
+    pub switch_to_aux_file_v2: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
index ff6194ab00..32c0606fc2 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant.rs
@@ -3664,6 +3664,7 @@ pub(crate) mod harness {
                 image_layer_creation_check_threshold: Some(
                     tenant_conf.image_layer_creation_check_threshold,
                 ),
+                switch_to_aux_file_v2: Some(tenant_conf.switch_to_aux_file_v2),
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/config.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/config.rs
index a2bb479f63..9975c9edbc 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/config.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/config.rs
@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@ pub struct TenantConf {
     // How much WAL must be ingested before checking again whether a new image layer is required.
     // Expresed in multiples of checkpoint distance.
     pub image_layer_creation_check_threshold: u8,
+
+    /// Switch to aux file v2. Switching this flag requires the user has not written any aux file into
+    /// the storage before, and this flag cannot be switched back. Otherwise there will be data corruptions.
+    pub switch_to_aux_file_v2: bool,
 }
 
 /// Same as TenantConf, but this struct preserves the information about
@@ -464,6 +468,10 @@ pub struct TenantConfOpt {
 
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub image_layer_creation_check_threshold: Option<u8>,
+
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub switch_to_aux_file_v2: Option<bool>,
 }
 
 impl TenantConfOpt {
@@ -521,6 +529,9 @@ impl TenantConfOpt {
             image_layer_creation_check_threshold: self
                 .image_layer_creation_check_threshold
                 .unwrap_or(global_conf.image_layer_creation_check_threshold),
+            switch_to_aux_file_v2: self
+                .switch_to_aux_file_v2
+                .unwrap_or(global_conf.switch_to_aux_file_v2),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -562,6 +573,7 @@ impl Default for TenantConf {
             lazy_slru_download: false,
             timeline_get_throttle: crate::tenant::throttle::Config::disabled(),
             image_layer_creation_check_threshold: DEFAULT_IMAGE_LAYER_CREATION_CHECK_THRESHOLD,
+            switch_to_aux_file_v2: false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -636,6 +648,7 @@ impl From<TenantConfOpt> for models::TenantConfig {
             lazy_slru_download: value.lazy_slru_download,
             timeline_get_throttle: value.timeline_get_throttle.map(ThrottleConfig::from),
             image_layer_creation_check_threshold: value.image_layer_creation_check_threshold,
+            switch_to_aux_file_v2: value.switch_to_aux_file_v2,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
index eb72ce9629..a05e0da260 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
@@ -1871,6 +1871,15 @@ const REPARTITION_FREQ_IN_CHECKPOINT_DISTANCE: u64 = 10;
 
 // Private functions
 impl Timeline {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub(crate) fn get_switch_to_aux_file_v2(&self) -> bool {
+        let tenant_conf = self.tenant_conf.load();
+        tenant_conf
+            .tenant_conf
+            .switch_to_aux_file_v2
+            .unwrap_or(self.conf.default_tenant_conf.switch_to_aux_file_v2)
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn get_lazy_slru_download(&self) -> bool {
         let tenant_conf = self.tenant_conf.load();
         tenant_conf
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_attach_tenant_config.py b/test_runner/regress/test_attach_tenant_config.py
index 909d25980b..59461cc095 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_attach_tenant_config.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_attach_tenant_config.py
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ def test_fully_custom_config(positive_env: NeonEnv):
         "trace_read_requests": True,
         "walreceiver_connect_timeout": "13m",
         "image_layer_creation_check_threshold": 1,
+        "switch_to_aux_file_v2": True,
     }
 
     ps_http = env.pageserver.http_client()