diff --git a/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/settings.go b/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/settings.go
index 343883641c79..a7ec05343a75 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/settings.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/settings.go
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ var StreamReplicationMinCheckpointFrequency = settings.RegisterDurationSetting(
 	settings.WithName("physical_replication.producer.min_checkpoint_frequency"),
 )
 
+// StreamProducerMuxRangefeeds controls whether we start event streams using the mux rangefeeds.
+var StreamProducerMuxRangefeeds = settings.RegisterBoolSetting(
+	settings.SystemOnly,
+	"physical_replication.producer.mux_rangefeeds.enabled",
+	"controls whether rangefeeds used for physical replication use mux rangefeeds",
+	true,
+)
+
 // StreamReplicationConsumerHeartbeatFrequency controls frequency the stream replication
 // destination cluster sends heartbeat to the source cluster to keep the stream alive.
 var StreamReplicationConsumerHeartbeatFrequency = settings.RegisterDurationSetting(
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamproducer/event_stream.go b/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamproducer/event_stream.go
index f890afc37ead..d8ad4d93596f 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamproducer/event_stream.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/streamproducer/event_stream.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime/pprof"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/ccl/streamingccl"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/ccl/streamingccl/replicationutils"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/jobs"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/jobs/jobspb"
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ func (s *eventStream) Start(ctx context.Context, txn *kv.Txn) error {
 
 	s.doneChan = make(chan struct{})
 
+	useMux := streamingccl.StreamProducerMuxRangefeeds.Get(&s.execCfg.Settings.SV)
+
 	// Common rangefeed options.
 	opts := []rangefeed.Option{
 		rangefeed.WithPProfLabel("job", fmt.Sprintf("id=%d", s.streamID)),
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ func (s *eventStream) Start(ctx context.Context, txn *kv.Txn) error {
 		rangefeed.WithMemoryMonitor(s.mon),
 
 		rangefeed.WithOnSSTable(s.onSSTable),
-		rangefeed.WithMuxRangefeed(true),
+		rangefeed.WithMuxRangefeed(useMux),
 		rangefeed.WithOnDeleteRange(s.onDeleteRange),
 	}