diff --git a/pkg/sql/backfill.go b/pkg/sql/backfill.go
index f0b5e45765d5..0fd374223761 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/backfill.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/backfill.go
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ func (sc *SchemaChanger) distIndexBackfill(
 			true /* distribute */)
 		indexBatchSize := indexBackfillBatchSize.Get(&sc.execCfg.Settings.SV)
 		chunkSize := sc.getChunkSize(indexBatchSize)
-		spec, err := initIndexBackfillerSpec(*tableDesc.TableDesc(), writeAsOf, readAsOf, chunkSize, addedIndexes)
+		spec, err := initIndexBackfillerSpec(*tableDesc.TableDesc(), writeAsOf, readAsOf, false /* writeAtRequestTimestamp */, chunkSize, addedIndexes)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/sql/distsql_plan_backfill.go b/pkg/sql/distsql_plan_backfill.go
index fe75a1297edb..6f559ef4fd99 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/distsql_plan_backfill.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/distsql_plan_backfill.go
@@ -36,16 +36,18 @@ func initColumnBackfillerSpec(
 func initIndexBackfillerSpec(
 	desc descpb.TableDescriptor,
 	writeAsOf, readAsOf hlc.Timestamp,
+	writeAtRequestTimestamp bool,
 	chunkSize int64,
 	indexesToBackfill []descpb.IndexID,
 ) (execinfrapb.BackfillerSpec, error) {
 	return execinfrapb.BackfillerSpec{
-		Table:             desc,
-		WriteAsOf:         writeAsOf,
-		ReadAsOf:          readAsOf,
-		Type:              execinfrapb.BackfillerSpec_Index,
-		ChunkSize:         chunkSize,
-		IndexesToBackfill: indexesToBackfill,
+		Table:                   desc,
+		WriteAsOf:               writeAsOf,
+		WriteAtRequestTimestamp: writeAtRequestTimestamp,
+		ReadAsOf:                readAsOf,
+		Type:                    execinfrapb.BackfillerSpec_Index,
+		ChunkSize:               chunkSize,
+		IndexesToBackfill:       indexesToBackfill,
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/sql/execinfrapb/processors_bulk_io.proto b/pkg/sql/execinfrapb/processors_bulk_io.proto
index e9a8632c9029..1001f6f0d5bc 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/execinfrapb/processors_bulk_io.proto
+++ b/pkg/sql/execinfrapb/processors_bulk_io.proto
@@ -74,6 +74,15 @@ message BackfillerSpec {
   reserved 6;
 
   optional int32 initial_splits = 11 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false];
+
+    // WriteAtRequestTimestamp controls the corresponding AddSSTable request
+  // option which updates all MVCC timestamps in the SST to the request
+  // timestamp, even if the request gets pushed. This ensures the writes
+  // comply with the timestamp cache and closed timestamp.
+  //
+  // Note that older nodes do not respect this flag so callers should
+  // check MVCCAddSSTable before setting this option.
+  optional bool write_at_request_timestamp = 12 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false];
 }
 
 // JobProgress identifies the job to report progress on. This reporting
@@ -161,10 +170,10 @@ message ReadImportDataSpec {
 
 message StreamIngestionDataSpec {
   reserved 1;
-  
+
   // StreamID is the ID of the stream (which is shared across the producer and consumer).
   optional uint64 stream_id = 5 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false, (gogoproto.customname) = "StreamID"];
-  
+
   // PartitionSpecs specify how to subscribe to the i'th partition.
   repeated string partition_ids = 6;
   // PartitionSpecs specify how to subscribe to the i'th partition.
@@ -172,14 +181,14 @@ message StreamIngestionDataSpec {
   // PartitionAddresses locate the partitions that produce events to be
   // ingested. We don't set the casttype to avoid depending on ccl packages.
   repeated string partition_addresses = 8;
-  
+
   // The processor will ingest events from StartTime onwards.
   optional util.hlc.Timestamp start_time = 2 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false];
   // StreamAddress locate the stream so that a stream client can be initialized.
   optional string stream_address = 3 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false];
   // JobID is the job ID of the stream ingestion job.
   optional int64 job_id = 4 [(gogoproto.nullable) = false, (gogoproto.customname) = "JobID"];
-  
+
 }
 
 message StreamIngestionFrontierSpec {
diff --git a/pkg/sql/index_backfiller.go b/pkg/sql/index_backfiller.go
index f2a1ffdfaa4e..ec90367fc2de 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/index_backfiller.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/index_backfiller.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (ib *IndexBackfillPlanner) plan(
 		// TODO(ajwerner): Adopt util.ConstantWithMetamorphicTestRange for the
 		// batch size. Also plumb in a testing knob.
 		chunkSize := indexBackfillBatchSize.Get(&ib.execCfg.Settings.SV)
-		spec, err := initIndexBackfillerSpec(*td.TableDesc(), writeAsOf, readAsOf, chunkSize, indexesToBackfill)
+		spec, err := initIndexBackfillerSpec(*td.TableDesc(), writeAsOf, readAsOf, false /* writeAtRequestTimestamp */, chunkSize, indexesToBackfill)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/sql/rowexec/indexbackfiller.go b/pkg/sql/rowexec/indexbackfiller.go
index 04c00e19be69..c474b9176e3e 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/rowexec/indexbackfiller.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/rowexec/indexbackfiller.go
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ func (ib *indexBackfiller) ingestIndexEntries(
 		SkipDuplicates:           ib.ContainsInvertedIndex(),
 		BatchTimestamp:           ib.spec.ReadAsOf,
 		InitialSplitsIfUnordered: int(ib.spec.InitialSplits),
+		WriteAtRequestTime:       ib.spec.WriteAtRequestTimestamp,
 	}
 	adder, err := ib.flowCtx.Cfg.BulkAdder(ctx, ib.flowCtx.Cfg.DB, ib.spec.WriteAsOf, opts)
 	if err != nil {