diff --git a/src/v/config/convert.h b/src/v/config/convert.h
index 291ae54d78a4b..460ffc63291f5 100644
--- a/src/v/config/convert.h
+++ b/src/v/config/convert.h
@@ -574,4 +574,34 @@ struct convert<model::recovery_validation_mode> {
     }
 };
 
+template<>
+struct convert<config::fips_mode_flag> {
+    using type = config::fips_mode_flag;
+
+    static constexpr auto acceptable_values = std::to_array(
+      {to_string_view(type::disabled),
+       to_string_view(type::enabled),
+       to_string_view(type::permissive)});
+
+    static Node encode(const type& rhs) {
+        Node node;
+        return node = fmt::format("{}", rhs);
+    }
+    static bool decode(const Node& node, type& rhs) {
+        auto value = node.as<std::string>();
+        if (
+          std::find(acceptable_values.begin(), acceptable_values.end(), value)
+          == acceptable_values.end()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        rhs = string_switch<type>(std::string_view{value})
+                .match(to_string_view(type::disabled), type::disabled)
+                .match(to_string_view(type::enabled), type::enabled)
+                .match(to_string_view(type::permissive), type::disabled);
+
+        return true;
+    }
+};
+
 } // namespace YAML
diff --git a/src/v/config/property.h b/src/v/config/property.h
index 25ea581b4e5f8..46c999f0b9f95 100644
--- a/src/v/config/property.h
+++ b/src/v/config/property.h
@@ -651,6 +651,8 @@ consteval std::string_view property_type_name() {
     } else if constexpr (std::
                            is_same_v<type, model::recovery_validation_mode>) {
         return "recovery_validation_mode";
+    } else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<type, config::fips_mode_flag>) {
+        return "string";
     } else {
         static_assert(
           base::unsupported_type<T>::value, "Type name not defined");
diff --git a/src/v/config/rjson_serialization.cc b/src/v/config/rjson_serialization.cc
index 537503c2b91e0..c005d3220f157 100644
--- a/src/v/config/rjson_serialization.cc
+++ b/src/v/config/rjson_serialization.cc
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 #include "config/rjson_serialization.h"
 
+#include "config/types.h"
+
 namespace json {
 
 void rjson_serialize(
@@ -210,4 +212,9 @@ void rjson_serialize(
     w.EndObject();
 }
 
+void rjson_serialize(
+  json::Writer<json::StringBuffer>& w, const config::fips_mode_flag& f) {
+    stringize(w, f);
+}
+
 } // namespace json
diff --git a/src/v/config/rjson_serialization.h b/src/v/config/rjson_serialization.h
index 46ed6a2c7d612..d500e43b52924 100644
--- a/src/v/config/rjson_serialization.h
+++ b/src/v/config/rjson_serialization.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "config/endpoint_tls_config.h"
 #include "config/seed_server.h"
 #include "config/tls_config.h"
+#include "config/types.h"
 #include "json/json.h"
 #include "json/stringbuffer.h"
 #include "json/writer.h"
@@ -114,4 +115,8 @@ void rjson_serialize(
 
 void rjson_serialize(
   json::Writer<json::StringBuffer>&, const model::recovery_validation_mode&);
+
+void rjson_serialize(
+  json::Writer<json::StringBuffer>&, const config::fips_mode_flag& f);
+
 } // namespace json