diff --git a/store/storage/pebbledb/batch.go b/store/storage/pebbledb/batch.go
index 88a7ec99c3e3..5e9548d97c25 100644
--- a/store/storage/pebbledb/batch.go
+++ b/store/storage/pebbledb/batch.go
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ type Batch struct {
 	storage *pebble.DB
 	batch   *pebble.Batch
 	version uint64
+	sync    bool
 }
 
-func NewBatch(storage *pebble.DB, version uint64) (*Batch, error) {
+func NewBatch(storage *pebble.DB, version uint64, sync bool) (*Batch, error) {
 	var versionBz [VersionSize]byte
 	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(versionBz[:], version)
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ func NewBatch(storage *pebble.DB, version uint64) (*Batch, error) {
 		storage: storage,
 		batch:   batch,
 		version: version,
+		sync:    sync,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -67,5 +69,5 @@ func (b *Batch) Write() (err error) {
 		err = errors.Join(err, b.batch.Close())
 	}()
 
-	return b.batch.Commit(defaultWriteOpts)
+	return b.batch.Commit(&pebble.WriteOptions{Sync: b.sync})
 }
diff --git a/store/storage/pebbledb/db.go b/store/storage/pebbledb/db.go
index 9203d81c5839..2f3902c09f90 100644
--- a/store/storage/pebbledb/db.go
+++ b/store/storage/pebbledb/db.go
@@ -21,14 +21,21 @@ const (
 	tombstoneVal     = "TOMBSTONE"
 )
 
-var (
-	_ store.VersionedDatabase = (*Database)(nil)
-
-	defaultWriteOpts = pebble.Sync
-)
+var _ store.VersionedDatabase = (*Database)(nil)
 
 type Database struct {
 	storage *pebble.DB
+
+	// Sync is whether to sync writes through the OS buffer cache and down onto
+	// the actual disk, if applicable. Setting Sync is required for durability of
+	// individual write operations but can result in slower writes.
+	//
+	// If false, and the process or machine crashes, then a recent write may be
+	// lost. This is due to the recently written data being buffered inside the
+	// process running Pebble. This differs from the semantics of a write system
+	// call in which the data is buffered in the OS buffer cache and would thus
+	// survive a process crash.
+	sync bool
 }
 
 func New(dataDir string) (*Database, error) {
@@ -44,12 +51,14 @@ func New(dataDir string) (*Database, error) {
 
 	return &Database{
 		storage: db,
+		sync:    true,
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func NewWithDB(storage *pebble.DB) *Database {
+func NewWithDB(storage *pebble.DB, sync bool) *Database {
 	return &Database{
 		storage: storage,
+		sync:    sync,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +71,7 @@ func (db *Database) Close() error {
 func (db *Database) SetLatestVersion(version uint64) error {
 	var ts [VersionSize]byte
 	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(ts[:], version)
-	return db.storage.Set([]byte(latestVersionKey), ts[:], defaultWriteOpts)
+	return db.storage.Set([]byte(latestVersionKey), ts[:], &pebble.WriteOptions{Sync: db.sync})
 }
 
 func (db *Database) GetLatestVersion() (uint64, error) {
@@ -132,7 +141,7 @@ func (db *Database) Get(storeKey string, targetVersion uint64, key []byte) ([]by
 }
 
 func (db *Database) ApplyChangeset(version uint64, cs *store.Changeset) error {
-	b, err := NewBatch(db.storage, version)
+	b, err := NewBatch(db.storage, version, db.sync)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/store/storage/pebbledb/db_test.go b/store/storage/pebbledb/db_test.go
index 9465ad55f48f..dde316bf7f12 100644
--- a/store/storage/pebbledb/db_test.go
+++ b/store/storage/pebbledb/db_test.go
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ func TestStorageTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
 			"TestStorageTestSuite/TestDatabase_Prune",
 		},
 	}
+
 	suite.Run(t, s)
 }