diff --git a/pkg/server/profiler/cpuprofile_test.go b/pkg/server/profiler/cpuprofile_test.go
index cb74da8b65f2..2f26870ccc23 100644
--- a/pkg/server/profiler/cpuprofile_test.go
+++ b/pkg/server/profiler/cpuprofile_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ func TestCPUProfiler(t *testing.T) {
 	s.Version = clusterversion.MakeVersionHandle(sv)
 	sv.Init(ctx, s.Version)
 	cpuProfileInterval.Override(ctx, sv, time.Hour)
+	cpuProfileEnabled.Override(ctx, sv, true)
 	pastTime := time.Date(2023, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, time.UTC)
 	cases := []struct {
 		name                 string
diff --git a/pkg/server/profiler/cpuprofiler.go b/pkg/server/profiler/cpuprofiler.go
index 75591d590716..44b28c68fff2 100644
--- a/pkg/server/profiler/cpuprofiler.go
+++ b/pkg/server/profiler/cpuprofiler.go
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ var cpuProfileDuration = settings.RegisterDurationSetting(
 	10*time.Second, settings.PositiveDuration,
 )
 
+var cpuProfileEnabled = settings.RegisterBoolSetting(
+	settings.TenantWritable,
+	"server.cpu_profile.enabled",
+	"a bool which indicates whether cpu profiles should be taken by the cpu profiler",
+	false,
+)
+
 const cpuProfFileNamePrefix = "cpuprof"
 
 // CPUProfiler is used to take CPU profiles.
@@ -100,6 +107,9 @@ func NewCPUProfiler(ctx context.Context, dir string, st *cluster.Settings) (*CPU
 
 // MaybeTakeProfile takes a cpu profile if cpu usage is high enough.
 func (cp *CPUProfiler) MaybeTakeProfile(ctx context.Context, currentCpuUsage int64) {
+	if !cpuProfileEnabled.Get(&cp.st.SV) {
+		return
+	}
 	cp.profiler.maybeTakeProfile(ctx, currentCpuUsage, cp.takeCPUProfile)
 }