diff --git a/test/src/unit-capi-config.cc b/test/src/unit-capi-config.cc
index 4e6ae8a6f7f..72f08912c69 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-capi-config.cc
+++ b/test/src/unit-capi-config.cc
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ void check_save_to_file() {
   ss << "rest.curl.buffer_size 524288\n";
   ss << "rest.curl.verbose false\n";
   ss << "rest.http_compressor any\n";
+  ss << "rest.load_enumerations_on_array_open true\n";
   ss << "rest.load_metadata_on_array_open true\n";
   ss << "rest.load_non_empty_domain_on_array_open true\n";
   ss << "rest.retry_count 25\n";
@@ -566,6 +567,10 @@ TEST_CASE("C API: Test config iter", "[capi][config]") {
       config, "rest.load_non_empty_domain_on_array_open", "false", &error);
   CHECK(rc == TILEDB_OK);
   CHECK(error == nullptr);
+  rc = tiledb_config_set(
+      config, "rest.load_enumerations_on_array_open", "false", &error);
+  CHECK(rc == TILEDB_OK);
+  CHECK(error == nullptr);
   rc = tiledb_config_set(
       config, "rest.use_refactored_array_open", "true", &error);
   CHECK(rc == TILEDB_OK);
@@ -600,6 +605,7 @@ TEST_CASE("C API: Test config iter", "[capi][config]") {
   all_param_values["rest.curl.verbose"] = "false";
   all_param_values["rest.load_metadata_on_array_open"] = "false";
   all_param_values["rest.load_non_empty_domain_on_array_open"] = "false";
+  all_param_values["rest.load_enumerations_on_array_open"] = "false";
   all_param_values["rest.use_refactored_array_open"] = "true";
   all_param_values["rest.use_refactored_array_open_and_query_submit"] = "true";
   all_param_values["sm.allow_separate_attribute_writes"] = "false";
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/config/config.cc b/tiledb/sm/config/config.cc
index fe4f81edcde..31c731dc50d 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/config/config.cc
+++ b/tiledb/sm/config/config.cc
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ const std::string Config::REST_RETRY_DELAY_FACTOR = "1.25";
 const std::string Config::REST_CURL_BUFFER_SIZE = "524288";
 const std::string Config::REST_CAPNP_TRAVERSAL_LIMIT = "536870912";
 const std::string Config::REST_CURL_VERBOSE = "false";
+const std::string Config::REST_LOAD_ENUMERATIONS_ON_ARRAY_OPEN = "true";
 const std::string Config::REST_LOAD_METADATA_ON_ARRAY_OPEN = "true";
 const std::string Config::REST_LOAD_NON_EMPTY_DOMAIN_ON_ARRAY_OPEN = "true";
 const std::string Config::REST_USE_REFACTORED_ARRAY_OPEN = "false";
@@ -243,6 +244,9 @@ const std::map<std::string, std::string> default_config_values = {
     std::make_pair(
         "rest.capnp_traversal_limit", Config::REST_CAPNP_TRAVERSAL_LIMIT),
     std::make_pair("rest.curl.verbose", Config::REST_CURL_VERBOSE),
+    std::make_pair(
+        "rest.load_enumerations_on_array_open",
+        Config::REST_LOAD_ENUMERATIONS_ON_ARRAY_OPEN),
     std::make_pair(
         "rest.load_metadata_on_array_open",
         Config::REST_LOAD_METADATA_ON_ARRAY_OPEN),
diff --git a/tiledb/sm/config/config.h b/tiledb/sm/config/config.h
index 0baf67a622f..4981fa1b39f 100644
--- a/tiledb/sm/config/config.h
+++ b/tiledb/sm/config/config.h
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ class Config {
   /** The default for Curl's verbose mode used by REST. */
   static const std::string REST_CURL_VERBOSE;
 
+  /** If the array enumerations should be loaded on array open */
+  static const std::string REST_LOAD_ENUMERATIONS_ON_ARRAY_OPEN;
+
   /** If the array metadata should be loaded on array open */
   static const std::string REST_LOAD_METADATA_ON_ARRAY_OPEN;