diff --git a/src/blockstore_flush.cpp b/src/blockstore_flush.cpp
index 50f4f4c6..1a2322bb 100644
--- a/src/blockstore_flush.cpp
+++ b/src/blockstore_flush.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ journal_flusher_t::journal_flusher_t(blockstore_impl_t *bs)
     syncing_flushers = 0;
     // FIXME: allow to configure flusher_start_threshold and journal_trim_interval
     flusher_start_threshold = bs->dsk.journal_block_size / sizeof(journal_entry_stable);
-    journal_trim_interval = 512;
     journal_trim_counter = bs->journal.flush_journal ? 1 : 0;
     trim_wanted = bs->journal.flush_journal ? 1 : 0;
     journal_superblock = bs->journal.inmemory ? bs->journal.buffer : memalign_or_die(MEM_ALIGNMENT, bs->dsk.journal_block_size);
@@ -584,7 +583,8 @@ resume_2:
         flusher->sync_to_repeat.erase(repeat_it);
     trim_journal:
         // Clear unused part of the journal every <journal_trim_interval> flushes
-        if (!((++flusher->journal_trim_counter) % flusher->journal_trim_interval) || flusher->trim_wanted > 0)
+        if (bs->journal_trim_interval && !((++flusher->journal_trim_counter) % bs->journal_trim_interval) ||
+            flusher->trim_wanted > 0)
         {
     resume_26:
     resume_27:
diff --git a/src/blockstore_flush.h b/src/blockstore_flush.h
index 819c3326..14f5c67c 100644
--- a/src/blockstore_flush.h
+++ b/src/blockstore_flush.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class journal_flusher_t
     blockstore_impl_t *bs;
     friend class journal_flusher_co;
 
-    int journal_trim_counter, journal_trim_interval;
+    int journal_trim_counter;
     bool trimming;
     void* journal_superblock;
 
diff --git a/src/blockstore_impl.h b/src/blockstore_impl.h
index c1b88638..ca7998a9 100644
--- a/src/blockstore_impl.h
+++ b/src/blockstore_impl.h
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ class blockstore_impl_t
     bool inmemory_meta = false;
     // Maximum and minimum flusher count
     unsigned max_flusher_count, min_flusher_count;
+    unsigned journal_trim_interval;
     // Maximum queue depth
     unsigned max_write_iodepth = 128;
     // Enable small (journaled) write throttling, useful for the SSD+HDD case
diff --git a/src/blockstore_open.cpp b/src/blockstore_open.cpp
index 1bfbd064..7980f11e 100644
--- a/src/blockstore_open.cpp
+++ b/src/blockstore_open.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ void blockstore_impl_t::parse_config(blockstore_config_t & config, bool init)
         max_flusher_count = strtoull(config["flusher_count"].c_str(), NULL, 10);
     }
     min_flusher_count = strtoull(config["min_flusher_count"].c_str(), NULL, 10);
+    journal_trim_interval = strtoull(config["journal_trim_interval"].c_str(), NULL, 10);
     max_write_iodepth = strtoull(config["max_write_iodepth"].c_str(), NULL, 10);
     throttle_small_writes = config["throttle_small_writes"] == "true" || config["throttle_small_writes"] == "1" || config["throttle_small_writes"] == "yes";
     throttle_target_iops = strtoull(config["throttle_target_iops"].c_str(), NULL, 10);
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ void blockstore_impl_t::parse_config(blockstore_config_t & config, bool init)
     {
         min_flusher_count = 1;
     }
+    if (!journal_trim_interval)
+    {
+        journal_trim_interval = 512;
+    }
     if (!max_write_iodepth)
     {
         max_write_iodepth = 128;