diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/config.go b/services/horizon/internal/config.go
index 3414b1aaea..b0e1ecb9df 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/config.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/config.go
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	// If ReapFrequency is set to 2 history is reaped after ingesting every two ledgers.
 	// etc...
 	ReapFrequency uint
+	// ReapLookupTables enables the reaping of history lookup tables
+	ReapLookupTables bool
 	// StaleThreshold represents the number of ledgers a history database may be
 	// out-of-date by before horizon begins to respond with an error to history
 	// requests.
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/flags.go b/services/horizon/internal/flags.go
index 7321d07fb2..9930fee69f 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/flags.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/flags.go
@@ -687,6 +687,14 @@ func Flags() (*Config, support.ConfigOptions) {
 				return nil
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			Name:           "reap-lookup-tables",
+			ConfigKey:      &config.ReapLookupTables,
+			OptType:        types.Bool,
+			FlagDefault:    true,
+			Usage:          "enables the reaping of history lookup tables.",
+			UsedInCommands: IngestionCommands,
+		},
 		&support.ConfigOption{
 			Name:           "history-stale-threshold",
 			ConfigKey:      &config.StaleThreshold,
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/ingest/main.go b/services/horizon/internal/ingest/main.go
index 5bff414ac3..650a08b426 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/ingest/main.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/ingest/main.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	HistoryArchiveCaching bool
 
 	DisableStateVerification     bool
-	EnableReapLookupTables       bool
+	ReapLookupTables             bool
 	EnableExtendedLogLedgerStats bool
 
 	MaxReingestRetries          int
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ func (s *system) maybeVerifyState(lastIngestedLedger uint32, expectedBucketListH
 }
 
 func (s *system) maybeReapLookupTables(lastIngestedLedger uint32) {
-	if !s.config.EnableReapLookupTables {
+	if !s.config.ReapLookupTables {
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/ingest/resume_state_test.go b/services/horizon/internal/ingest/resume_state_test.go
index 5167eb195a..feb5e13bb0 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/ingest/resume_state_test.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/ingest/resume_state_test.go
@@ -402,9 +402,9 @@ func (s *ResumeTestTestSuite) TestReapingObjectsDisabled() {
 }
 
 func (s *ResumeTestTestSuite) TestErrorReapingObjectsIgnored() {
-	s.system.config.EnableReapLookupTables = true
+	s.system.config.ReapLookupTables = true
 	defer func() {
-		s.system.config.EnableReapLookupTables = false
+		s.system.config.ReapLookupTables = false
 	}()
 	s.historyQ.On("Begin", s.ctx).Return(nil).Once()
 	s.historyQ.On("GetLastLedgerIngest", s.ctx).Return(uint32(100), nil).Once()
diff --git a/services/horizon/internal/init.go b/services/horizon/internal/init.go
index 137ff26aff..c245970117 100644
--- a/services/horizon/internal/init.go
+++ b/services/horizon/internal/init.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func initIngester(app *App) {
 		DisableStateVerification:             app.config.IngestDisableStateVerification,
 		StateVerificationCheckpointFrequency: uint32(app.config.IngestStateVerificationCheckpointFrequency),
 		StateVerificationTimeout:             app.config.IngestStateVerificationTimeout,
-		EnableReapLookupTables:               app.config.HistoryRetentionCount > 0,
+		ReapLookupTables:                     app.config.ReapLookupTables && app.config.HistoryRetentionCount > 0,
 		EnableExtendedLogLedgerStats:         app.config.IngestEnableExtendedLogLedgerStats,
 		RoundingSlippageFilter:               app.config.RoundingSlippageFilter,
 		SkipTxmeta:                           app.config.SkipTxmeta,