diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
index 004973e50d43a..ddebe773d4e65 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/common/settings/ClusterSettings.java
@@ -729,7 +729,9 @@ public void apply(Settings value, Settings current, Settings previous) {
 
                 RemoteStoreSettings.CLUSTER_REMOTE_INDEX_SEGMENT_METADATA_RETENTION_MAX_COUNT_SETTING,
                 RemoteStoreSettings.CLUSTER_REMOTE_TRANSLOG_BUFFER_INTERVAL_SETTING,
-                RemoteStoreSettings.CLUSTER_REMOTE_TRANSLOG_TRANSFER_TIMEOUT_SETTING
+                RemoteStoreSettings.CLUSTER_REMOTE_TRANSLOG_TRANSFER_TIMEOUT_SETTING,
+
+                SearchService.FILTER_REWRITE_SETTING
             )
         )
     );
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/DefaultSearchContext.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/DefaultSearchContext.java
index c76ea71c0a094..be20b4dd4f20a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/DefaultSearchContext.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/DefaultSearchContext.java
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 import java.util.function.LongSupplier;
 
 import static org.opensearch.search.SearchService.CLUSTER_CONCURRENT_SEGMENT_SEARCH_SETTING;
+import static org.opensearch.search.SearchService.FILTER_REWRITE_SETTING;
 
 /**
  * The main search context used during search phase
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ final class DefaultSearchContext extends SearchContext {
     private final Function<SearchSourceBuilder, InternalAggregation.ReduceContextBuilder> requestToAggReduceContextBuilder;
     private final boolean concurrentSearchSettingsEnabled;
     private final SetOnce<Boolean> requestShouldUseConcurrentSearch = new SetOnce<>();
+    private boolean filterRewriteEnabled;
 
     DefaultSearchContext(
         ReaderContext readerContext,
@@ -240,6 +242,8 @@ final class DefaultSearchContext extends SearchContext {
         queryBoost = request.indexBoost();
         this.lowLevelCancellation = lowLevelCancellation;
         this.requestToAggReduceContextBuilder = requestToAggReduceContextBuilder;
+
+        this.filterRewriteEnabled = evaluateFilterRewriteSetting();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -994,4 +998,16 @@ public boolean shouldUseTimeSeriesDescSortOptimization() {
             && sort.isSortOnTimeSeriesField()
             && sort.sort.getSort()[0].getReverse() == false;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isFilterRewriteEnabled() {
+        return filterRewriteEnabled;
+    }
+
+    private boolean evaluateFilterRewriteSetting() {
+        if (clusterService != null) {
+            return clusterService.getClusterSettings().get(FILTER_REWRITE_SETTING);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchService.java
index f2328bea65eb1..8387cc53c43ac 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/SearchService.java
@@ -272,6 +272,13 @@ public class SearchService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent implements IndexEv
         Property.NodeScope
     );
 
+    public static final Setting<Boolean> FILTER_REWRITE_SETTING = Setting.boolSetting(
+        "search.filter_rewrite.enabled",
+        true,
+        Property.Dynamic,
+        Property.NodeScope
+    );
+
     public static final int DEFAULT_SIZE = 10;
     public static final int DEFAULT_FROM = 0;
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/bucket/FastFilterRewriteHelper.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/bucket/FastFilterRewriteHelper.java
index e587b7f169e5f..d2c4812f5db4d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/bucket/FastFilterRewriteHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/aggregations/bucket/FastFilterRewriteHelper.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ private FastFilterRewriteHelper() {}
 
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(FastFilterRewriteHelper.class);
 
-    private static final int MAX_NUM_FILTER_BUCKETS = 1024;
+    private static final int MAX_NUM_FILTER_BUCKETS = 24;
     private static final Map<Class<?>, Function<Query, Query>> queryWrappers;
 
     // Initialize the wrapper map for unwrapping the query
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ public void setAggregationType(AggregationType aggregationType) {
         }
 
         public boolean isRewriteable(final Object parent, final int subAggLength) {
+            if (!context.isFilterRewriteEnabled()) return false;
+
             boolean rewriteable = aggregationType.isRewriteable(parent, subAggLength);
             logger.debug("Fast filter rewriteable: {} for shard {}", rewriteable, context.indexShard().shardId());
             this.rewriteable = rewriteable;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/internal/SearchContext.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/internal/SearchContext.java
index 8f6001dc06755..20320e40507bc 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/internal/SearchContext.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/internal/SearchContext.java
@@ -522,4 +522,8 @@ public String toString() {
     public abstract int getTargetMaxSliceCount();
 
     public abstract boolean shouldUseTimeSeriesDescSortOptimization();
+
+    public boolean isFilterRewriteEnabled() {
+        return false;
+    }
 }