diff --git a/ethdb/pebble/extraoptions.go b/ethdb/pebble/extraoptions.go
index 787167c1c..811be7e0c 100644
--- a/ethdb/pebble/extraoptions.go
+++ b/ethdb/pebble/extraoptions.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package pebble
 import "time"
 
 type ExtraOptions struct {
+	SyncMode                    bool
 	BytesPerSync                int
 	L0CompactionFileThreshold   int
 	L0CompactionThreshold       int
diff --git a/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go b/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go
index ec343c88a..03715cdd5 100644
--- a/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go
+++ b/ethdb/pebble/pebble.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func New(file string, cache int, handles int, namespace string, readonly bool, e
 		fn:           file,
 		log:          logger,
 		quitChan:     make(chan chan error),
-		writeOptions: &pebble.WriteOptions{Sync: !ephemeral},
+		writeOptions: &pebble.WriteOptions{Sync: !ephemeral && extraOptions.SyncMode},
 	}
 	opt := &pebble.Options{
 		// Pebble has a single combined cache area and the write