diff --git a/command/agent/agent.go b/command/agent/agent.go
index 04f0955a4f0b..e9cde06a82ae 100644
--- a/command/agent/agent.go
+++ b/command/agent/agent.go
@@ -438,7 +438,9 @@ func convertServerConfig(agentConfig *Config) (*nomad.Config, error) {
 
 	// Set plan rejection tracker configuration.
 	if planRejectConf := agentConfig.Server.PlanRejectionTracker; planRejectConf != nil {
-		conf.NodePlanRejectionEnabled = planRejectConf.Enabled
+		if planRejectConf.Enabled != nil {
+			conf.NodePlanRejectionEnabled = *planRejectConf.Enabled
+		}
 		conf.NodePlanRejectionThreshold = planRejectConf.NodeThreshold
 
 		if planRejectConf.NodeWindow == 0 {
diff --git a/command/agent/agent_test.go b/command/agent/agent_test.go
index 7b75766ab80d..d04ffeffd02c 100644
--- a/command/agent/agent_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/agent_test.go
@@ -386,12 +386,12 @@ func TestAgent_ServerConfig_PlanRejectionTracker(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "valid config",
 			trackerConfig: &PlanRejectionTracker{
-				Enabled:       true,
+				Enabled:       helper.BoolToPtr(true),
 				NodeThreshold: 123,
 				NodeWindow:    17 * time.Minute,
 			},
 			expectedConfig: &PlanRejectionTracker{
-				Enabled:       true,
+				Enabled:       helper.BoolToPtr(true),
 				NodeThreshold: 123,
 				NodeWindow:    17 * time.Minute,
 			},
diff --git a/command/agent/config.go b/command/agent/config.go
index 816f0ab4bde6..e84472bf7096 100644
--- a/command/agent/config.go
+++ b/command/agent/config.go
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ type RaftBoltConfig struct {
 // tracker.
 type PlanRejectionTracker struct {
 	// Enabled controls if the plan rejection tracker is active or not.
-	Enabled bool `hcl:"enabled"`
+	Enabled *bool `hcl:"enabled"`
 
 	// NodeThreshold is the number of times a node can have plan rejections
 	// before it is marked as ineligible.
@@ -582,8 +582,8 @@ func (p *PlanRejectionTracker) Merge(b *PlanRejectionTracker) *PlanRejectionTrac
 		return &result
 	}
 
-	if b.Enabled {
-		result.Enabled = true
+	if b.Enabled != nil {
+		result.Enabled = b.Enabled
 	}
 
 	if b.NodeThreshold != 0 {
@@ -1037,6 +1037,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 			RaftProtocol:      3,
 			StartJoin:         []string{},
 			PlanRejectionTracker: &PlanRejectionTracker{
+				Enabled:       helper.BoolToPtr(false),
 				NodeThreshold: 100,
 				NodeWindow:    5 * time.Minute,
 			},
diff --git a/command/agent/config_parse_test.go b/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
index c203178a49c9..5000aef76b21 100644
--- a/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ var basicConfig = &Config{
 		EnableEventBroker:         helper.BoolToPtr(false),
 		EventBufferSize:           helper.IntToPtr(200),
 		PlanRejectionTracker: &PlanRejectionTracker{
-			Enabled:       true,
+			Enabled:       helper.BoolToPtr(true),
 			NodeThreshold: 100,
 			NodeWindow:    41 * time.Minute,
 			NodeWindowHCL: "41m",
diff --git a/command/agent/config_test.go b/command/agent/config_test.go
index 6710ac5c03f4..2e98438f382a 100644
--- a/command/agent/config_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/config_test.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func TestConfig_Merge(t *testing.T) {
 			EnableEventBroker:      helper.BoolToPtr(false),
 			EventBufferSize:        helper.IntToPtr(0),
 			PlanRejectionTracker: &PlanRejectionTracker{
-				Enabled:       true,
+				Enabled:       helper.BoolToPtr(true),
 				NodeThreshold: 100,
 				NodeWindow:    11 * time.Minute,
 			},
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ func TestConfig_Merge(t *testing.T) {
 			EnableEventBroker:      helper.BoolToPtr(true),
 			EventBufferSize:        helper.IntToPtr(100),
 			PlanRejectionTracker: &PlanRejectionTracker{
-				Enabled:       true,
+				Enabled:       helper.BoolToPtr(true),
 				NodeThreshold: 100,
 				NodeWindow:    11 * time.Minute,
 			},