diff --git a/src/os/linux/src/tsystem.c b/src/os/linux/src/tsystem.c
index b01f0b7926993cf8eccee5390d5ccf5d87b6e1c1..70b970e2a81b6f81209e3f9352a5621e008e14d0 100644
--- a/src/os/linux/src/tsystem.c
+++ b/src/os/linux/src/tsystem.c
@@ -586,9 +586,13 @@ void taosKillSystem() {
   kill(tsProcId, 2);
 }
 
-
+extern int   tsEnableCoreFile;
 int _sysctl(struct __sysctl_args *args );
 void taosSetCoreDump() {
+  if (0 == tsEnableCoreFile) {
+    return;
+  }
+  
   // 1. set ulimit -c unlimited
   struct rlimit rlim;
   struct rlimit rlim_new;
diff --git a/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c b/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c
index 286983b0b291c47f214c03b4acf55a226a82f8c6..e9cfbbc718e4470b2cb4219b3ee132fd20fc318b 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tglobalcfg.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ int tsTelegrafUseFieldNum = 0;
 int tsAdminRowLimit = 10240;
 
 int   tsTscEnableRecordSql = 0;
+int   tsEnableCoreFile = 0;
 
 int tsRpcTimer = 300;
 int tsRpcMaxTime = 600;      // seconds;
@@ -772,6 +773,11 @@ static void doInitGlobalConfig() {
   tsInitConfigOption(cfg++, "tscEnableRecordSql", &tsTscEnableRecordSql, TSDB_CFG_VTYPE_INT,
                      TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_CONFIG,
                      1, 100000, 0, TSDB_CFG_UTYPE_NONE);
+
+  tsInitConfigOption(cfg++, "enableCoreFile", &tsEnableCoreFile, TSDB_CFG_VTYPE_INT,
+                     TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_CONFIG,
+                     1, 100000, 0, TSDB_CFG_UTYPE_NONE);
+                     
   // version info
   tsInitConfigOption(cfg++, "gitinfo", gitinfo, TSDB_CFG_VTYPE_STRING,
                      TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_SHOW | TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_CLIENT,
@@ -1161,4 +1167,4 @@ void tsPrintGlobalConfigSpec() {
   pPrint(" dataDir:                %s", dataDir);
 }
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif