diff --git a/agent/config/runtime.go b/agent/config/runtime.go
index dca9abe0e7f95..1ec0c7ac01cad 100644
--- a/agent/config/runtime.go
+++ b/agent/config/runtime.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid"
@@ -651,7 +652,7 @@ type RuntimeConfig struct {
 	// EnableDebug is used to enable various debugging features.
 	//
 	// hcl: enable_debug = (true|false)
-	EnableDebug bool
+	EnableDebug atomic.Value
 
 	// EnableLocalScriptChecks controls whether health checks declared from the local
 	// config file which execute scripts are enabled. This includes regular script