diff --git a/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/DaVinciBackend.java b/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/DaVinciBackend.java
index 38c4b879a8..27144d6f02 100644
--- a/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/DaVinciBackend.java
+++ b/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/DaVinciBackend.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.linkedin.davinci;
 
+import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.DA_VINCI_SUBSCRIBE_ON_DISK_PARTITIONS_AUTOMATICALLY;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.PUSH_STATUS_INSTANCE_NAME_SUFFIX;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.VALIDATE_VENICE_INTERNAL_SCHEMA_VERSION;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.pushmonitor.ExecutionStatus.DVC_INGESTION_ERROR_DISK_FULL;
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ public DaVinciBackend(
       String pid = Utils.getPid();
       String instanceSuffix =
           configLoader.getCombinedProperties().getString(PUSH_STATUS_INSTANCE_NAME_SUFFIX, (pid == null ? "NA" : pid));
+      // Current instance name.
       String instanceName = Utils.getHostName() + "_" + instanceSuffix;
 
       // Fetch latest update schema's protocol ID for Push Status Store from Router.
@@ -466,16 +468,18 @@ private synchronized void bootstrap() {
             configLoader.getVeniceServerConfig());
     ingestionBackend.addIngestionNotifier(ingestionListener);
 
-    // Subscribe all bootstrap version partitions.
-    storeNameToBootstrapVersionMap.forEach((storeName, version) -> {
-      List<Integer> partitions = storeNameToPartitionListMap.get(storeName);
-      String versionTopic = version.kafkaTopicName();
-      LOGGER.info("Bootstrapping partitions {} for {}", partitions, versionTopic);
-      AbstractStorageEngine storageEngine = storageService.getStorageEngine(versionTopic);
-      aggVersionedStorageEngineStats.setStorageEngine(versionTopic, storageEngine);
-      StoreBackend storeBackend = getStoreOrThrow(storeName);
-      storeBackend.subscribe(ComplementSet.newSet(partitions), Optional.of(version));
-    });
+    if (configLoader.getCombinedProperties().getBoolean(DA_VINCI_SUBSCRIBE_ON_DISK_PARTITIONS_AUTOMATICALLY, true)) {
+      // Subscribe all bootstrap version partitions.
+      storeNameToBootstrapVersionMap.forEach((storeName, version) -> {
+        List<Integer> partitions = storeNameToPartitionListMap.get(storeName);
+        String versionTopic = version.kafkaTopicName();
+        LOGGER.info("Bootstrapping partitions {} for {}", partitions, versionTopic);
+        AbstractStorageEngine storageEngine = storageService.getStorageEngine(versionTopic);
+        aggVersionedStorageEngineStats.setStorageEngine(versionTopic, storageEngine);
+        StoreBackend storeBackend = getStoreOrThrow(storeName);
+        storeBackend.subscribe(ComplementSet.newSet(partitions), Optional.of(version));
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/StoreBackend.java b/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/StoreBackend.java
index d2b9ecbf92..f62c65fedc 100644
--- a/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/StoreBackend.java
+++ b/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/StoreBackend.java
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ public StoreBackendStats getStats() {
     return stats;
   }
 
+  public ComplementSet<Integer> getSubscription() {
+    return subscription;
+  }
+
   public ReferenceCounted<VersionBackend> getDaVinciCurrentVersion() {
     return daVinciCurrentVersionRef.get();
   }
@@ -154,6 +158,7 @@ synchronized CompletableFuture<Void> subscribe(
       // Recreate store config that was potentially deleted by unsubscribe.
       config.store();
     }
+
     subscription.addAll(partitions);
 
     if (daVinciFutureVersion == null) {
diff --git a/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/client/AvroGenericDaVinciClient.java b/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/client/AvroGenericDaVinciClient.java
index 348b48128f..2a900a2cc4 100644
--- a/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/client/AvroGenericDaVinciClient.java
+++ b/clients/da-vinci-client/src/main/java/com/linkedin/davinci/client/AvroGenericDaVinciClient.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import static com.linkedin.davinci.store.rocksdb.RocksDBServerConfig.ROCKSDB_LEVEL0_STOPS_WRITES_TRIGGER_WRITE_ONLY_VERSION;
 import static com.linkedin.davinci.store.rocksdb.RocksDBServerConfig.ROCKSDB_PLAIN_TABLE_FORMAT_ENABLED;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.CLUSTER_NAME;
+import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.DA_VINCI_SUBSCRIBE_ON_DISK_PARTITIONS_AUTOMATICALLY;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.INGESTION_MEMORY_LIMIT;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.INGESTION_USE_DA_VINCI_CLIENT;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.KAFKA_ADMIN_CLASS;
@@ -710,6 +711,7 @@ private VeniceConfigLoader buildVeniceConfig() {
         .put(CLUSTER_NAME, clusterName)
         .put(ZOOKEEPER_ADDRESS, zkAddress)
         .put(KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS, kafkaBootstrapServers)
+        .put(DA_VINCI_SUBSCRIBE_ON_DISK_PARTITIONS_AUTOMATICALLY, true)
         .put(ROCKSDB_PLAIN_TABLE_FORMAT_ENABLED, daVinciConfig.getStorageClass() == StorageClass.MEMORY_BACKED_BY_DISK)
         .put(INGESTION_USE_DA_VINCI_CLIENT, true)
         .put(
diff --git a/internal/venice-common/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/ConfigKeys.java b/internal/venice-common/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/ConfigKeys.java
index b6aecf1847..ffa67980c2 100644
--- a/internal/venice-common/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/ConfigKeys.java
+++ b/internal/venice-common/src/main/java/com/linkedin/venice/ConfigKeys.java
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ private ConfigKeys() {
   public static final String DA_VINCI_CURRENT_VERSION_BOOTSTRAPPING_QUOTA_BYTES_PER_SECOND =
       "da.vinci.current.version.bootstrapping.quota.bytes.per.second";
 
+  // On Da Vinci Client, control over automatic partition subscription.
+  public static final String DA_VINCI_SUBSCRIBE_ON_DISK_PARTITIONS_AUTOMATICALLY =
+      "da.vinci.subscribe.on.disk.partitions.automatically";
+
   // Unordered throttlers aren't compatible with Shared Kafka Consumer and have no effect when Shared Consumer is used.
   public static final String KAFKA_FETCH_QUOTA_UNORDERED_BYTES_PER_SECOND =
       "kafka.fetch.quota.unordered.bytes.per.second";
diff --git a/internal/venice-test-common/src/integrationTest/java/com/linkedin/venice/endToEnd/DaVinciClientTest.java b/internal/venice-test-common/src/integrationTest/java/com/linkedin/venice/endToEnd/DaVinciClientTest.java
index 5714633ec9..e6b420f4f9 100644
--- a/internal/venice-test-common/src/integrationTest/java/com/linkedin/venice/endToEnd/DaVinciClientTest.java
+++ b/internal/venice-test-common/src/integrationTest/java/com/linkedin/venice/endToEnd/DaVinciClientTest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.DAVINCI_PUSH_STATUS_CHECK_INTERVAL_IN_MS;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.DAVINCI_PUSH_STATUS_SCAN_INTERVAL_IN_SECONDS;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.DA_VINCI_CURRENT_VERSION_BOOTSTRAPPING_SPEEDUP_ENABLED;
+import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.DA_VINCI_SUBSCRIBE_ON_DISK_PARTITIONS_AUTOMATICALLY;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.KAFKA_FETCH_QUOTA_RECORDS_PER_SECOND;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.PERSISTENCE_TYPE;
 import static com.linkedin.venice.ConfigKeys.PUSH_STATUS_STORE_ENABLED;
@@ -46,7 +47,9 @@
 
 import com.linkedin.d2.balancer.D2Client;
 import com.linkedin.d2.balancer.D2ClientBuilder;
+import com.linkedin.davinci.DaVinciBackend;
 import com.linkedin.davinci.DaVinciUserApp;
+import com.linkedin.davinci.StoreBackend;
 import com.linkedin.davinci.client.AvroGenericDaVinciClient;
 import com.linkedin.davinci.client.DaVinciClient;
 import com.linkedin.davinci.client.DaVinciConfig;
@@ -83,15 +86,7 @@
 import com.linkedin.venice.serialization.avro.AvroProtocolDefinition;
 import com.linkedin.venice.serialization.avro.VeniceAvroKafkaSerializer;
 import com.linkedin.venice.store.rocksdb.RocksDBUtils;
-import com.linkedin.venice.utils.DataProviderUtils;
-import com.linkedin.venice.utils.ForkedJavaProcess;
-import com.linkedin.venice.utils.IntegrationTestPushUtils;
-import com.linkedin.venice.utils.Pair;
-import com.linkedin.venice.utils.PropertyBuilder;
-import com.linkedin.venice.utils.TestUtils;
-import com.linkedin.venice.utils.TestWriteUtils;
-import com.linkedin.venice.utils.Utils;
-import com.linkedin.venice.utils.VeniceProperties;
+import com.linkedin.venice.utils.*;
 import com.linkedin.venice.utils.metrics.MetricsRepositoryUtils;
 import com.linkedin.venice.writer.VeniceWriter;
 import com.linkedin.venice.writer.VeniceWriterFactory;
@@ -1283,6 +1278,88 @@ public void testBootstrap(DaVinciConfig daVinciConfig) throws Exception {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test(timeOut = TEST_TIMEOUT, dataProvider = "dv-client-config-provider", dataProviderClass = DataProviderUtils.class)
+  public void testBootstrapSubscription(DaVinciConfig daVinciConfig) throws Exception {
+    String storeName1 = createStoreWithMetaSystemStoreAndPushStatusSystemStore(KEY_COUNT);
+    String baseDataPath = Utils.getTempDataDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
+    VeniceProperties backendConfig = new PropertyBuilder().put(CLIENT_USE_SYSTEM_STORE_REPOSITORY, true)
+        .put(CLIENT_SYSTEM_STORE_REPOSITORY_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SECONDS, 1)
+        .put(DATA_BASE_PATH, baseDataPath)
+        .put(PERSISTENCE_TYPE, ROCKS_DB)
+        .put(DA_VINCI_CURRENT_VERSION_BOOTSTRAPPING_SPEEDUP_ENABLED, true)
+        .put(PUSH_STATUS_STORE_ENABLED, true)
+        .put(DAVINCI_PUSH_STATUS_CHECK_INTERVAL_IN_MS, 1000)
+        .put(DA_VINCI_SUBSCRIBE_ON_DISK_PARTITIONS_AUTOMATICALLY, false)
+        .build();
+
+    MetricsRepository metricsRepository = new MetricsRepository();
+
+    // Test multiple clients sharing the same ClientConfig/MetricsRepository & base data path
+    try (CachingDaVinciClientFactory factory = new CachingDaVinciClientFactory(
+        d2Client,
+        VeniceRouterWrapper.CLUSTER_DISCOVERY_D2_SERVICE_NAME,
+        metricsRepository,
+        backendConfig)) {
+      DaVinciClient<Integer, Object> client1 = factory.getAndStartGenericAvroClient(storeName1, daVinciConfig);
+
+      // Test non-existent key access
+      client1.subscribeAll().get();
+      assertNull(client1.get(KEY_COUNT + 1).get());
+
+      // Test single-get access
+      Map<Integer, Integer> keyValueMap = new HashMap<>();
+      for (int k = 0; k < KEY_COUNT; ++k) {
+        assertEquals(client1.get(k).get(), 1);
+        keyValueMap.put(k, 1);
+      }
+
+      // Test batch-get access
+      assertEquals(client1.batchGet(keyValueMap.keySet()).get(), keyValueMap);
+
+      // Test automatic new version ingestion
+      for (int i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
+        // Test per-version partitioning parameters
+        int partitionCount = i + 1;
+        String iString = String.valueOf(i);
+        cluster.useControllerClient(controllerClient -> {
+          ControllerResponse response = controllerClient.updateStore(
+              storeName1,
+              new UpdateStoreQueryParams().setPartitionerClass(ConstantVenicePartitioner.class.getName())
+                  .setPartitionCount(partitionCount)
+                  .setPartitionerParams(
+                      Collections.singletonMap(ConstantVenicePartitioner.CONSTANT_PARTITION, iString)));
+          assertFalse(response.isError(), response.getError());
+        });
+
+        Integer expectedValue = cluster.createVersion(storeName1, KEY_COUNT);
+        TestUtils.waitForNonDeterministicAssertion(TEST_TIMEOUT, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, () -> {
+          for (int k = 0; k < KEY_COUNT; ++k) {
+            Object readValue = client1.get(k).get();
+            assertEquals(readValue, expectedValue);
+          }
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Test managed clients & data cleanup
+    try (CachingDaVinciClientFactory factory = new CachingDaVinciClientFactory(
+        d2Client,
+        VeniceRouterWrapper.CLUSTER_DISCOVERY_D2_SERVICE_NAME,
+        metricsRepository,
+        backendConfig,
+        Optional.of(Collections.singleton(storeName1)))) {
+
+      DaVinciClient<Integer, Object> client1 = factory.getAndStartGenericAvroClient(storeName1, daVinciConfig);
+
+      DaVinciBackend daVinciBackend = AvroGenericDaVinciClient.getBackend();
+      if (daVinciBackend != null) {
+        StoreBackend storeBackend = daVinciBackend.getStoreOrThrow(storeName1);
+        ComplementSet<Integer> subscription = storeBackend.getSubscription();
+        assertTrue(subscription.isEmpty());
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test(timeOut = TEST_TIMEOUT, dataProvider = "dv-client-config-provider", dataProviderClass = DataProviderUtils.class)
   public void testPartialSubscription(DaVinciConfig daVinciConfig) throws Exception {
     String storeName = createStoreWithMetaSystemStoreAndPushStatusSystemStore(KEY_COUNT);