diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 9ca89baf9..1c9570dfd 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - File structure reordering: All plugins are now in `./plugins` folders.
 - New configuration setting: [show_tab_notifications](https://conversejs.org/docs/html/configuration.html#show-tab-notifications)
 - New configuration setting: [muc_clear_messages_on_leave](https://conversejs.org/docs/html/configuration.html#muc-clear-messages-on-leave)
+- New configuration setting: [send_chat_markers](https://conversejs.org/docs/html/configuration.html#send-chat-markers)
 - #1823: New config options [mam_request_all_pages](https://conversejs.org/docs/html/configuration.html#mam-request-all-pages)
 - Use the MUC stanza id when sending XEP-0333 markers
 
diff --git a/docs/source/configuration.rst b/docs/source/configuration.rst
index 899be2746..db4b5c1f1 100644
--- a/docs/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/source/configuration.rst
@@ -1802,6 +1802,7 @@ send_chat_state_notifications
 -----------------------------
 
 * Default: ``true``
+* Allowed values: ``'active', 'composing', 'gone' 'inactive', 'paused'``
 
 Determines whether chat state notifications (see `XEP-0085 <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0085.html>`_) should be sent out or not.
 
@@ -1815,7 +1816,17 @@ For example:
             'send_chat_state_notifications':  ['composing']
         });
 
-Valid values are ``'active', 'composing', 'gone' 'inactive', 'paused'``
+
+send_chat_markers
+-----------------
+
+* Default: ``['received', 'displayed', 'acknowledged']``
+
+Determines which (if any) of the `XEP-0333 <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0333.html>`_ chat markers will be sent out.
+
+It's still up to Converse to decide when to send out the relevant markers, the
+purpose of this setting is merely to turn on or off the sending of the
+individual markers.
 
 
 show_chat_state_notifications
diff --git a/src/headless/plugins/chat/index.js b/src/headless/plugins/chat/index.js
index 6e21def46..e74fa3109 100644
--- a/src/headless/plugins/chat/index.js
+++ b/src/headless/plugins/chat/index.js
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ converse.plugins.add('converse-chat', {
             'auto_join_private_chats': [],
             'clear_messages_on_reconnection': false,
             'filter_by_resource': false,
-            'send_chat_state_notifications': true
+            'send_chat_markers': ["received", "displayed", "acknowledged"],
+            'send_chat_state_notifications': true,
         });
 
         _converse.Message = ModelWithContact.extend(MessageMixin);
diff --git a/src/headless/plugins/chat/model.js b/src/headless/plugins/chat/model.js
index 16d506c49..7f7f14ebd 100644
--- a/src/headless/plugins/chat/model.js
+++ b/src/headless/plugins/chat/model.js
@@ -603,7 +603,9 @@ const ChatBox = ModelWithContact.extend({
      *  message, even if it didn't include a `markable` element.
      */
     sendMarkerForMessage (msg, type='displayed', force=false) {
-        if (!msg) return;
+        if (!msg || !api.settings.get('send_chat_markers').includes(type)) {
+            return;
+        }
         if (msg?.get('is_markable') || force) {
             const from_jid = Strophe.getBareJidFromJid(msg.get('from'));
             sendMarker(from_jid, msg.get('msgid'), type, msg.get('type'));