diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index a0752054b0..16744c8193 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -883,6 +883,11 @@ var (
 		Usage:    "Disable transaction pool gossip.",
 		Category: flags.RollupCategory,
 	}
+	RollupEnableTxPoolAdmissionFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:     "rollup.enabletxpooladmission",
+		Usage:    "Add RPC-submitted transactions to the txpool (on by default if --rollup.sequencerhttp is not set).",
+		Category: flags.RollupCategory,
+	}
 	RollupComputePendingBlock = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "rollup.computependingblock",
 		Usage:    "By default the pending block equals the latest block to save resources and not leak txs from the tx-pool, this flag enables computing of the pending block from the tx-pool instead.",
@@ -1838,6 +1843,7 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 		cfg.RollupHistoricalRPCTimeout = ctx.Duration(RollupHistoricalRPCTimeoutFlag.Name)
 	}
 	cfg.RollupDisableTxPoolGossip = ctx.Bool(RollupDisableTxPoolGossipFlag.Name)
+	cfg.RollupDisableTxPoolAdmission = cfg.RollupSequencerHTTP != "" && !ctx.Bool(RollupEnableTxPoolAdmissionFlag.Name)
 	cfg.RollupAllowPendingTxFilters = ctx.Bool(RollupAllowPendingTxFilters.Name)
 	// Override any default configs for hard coded networks.
 	switch {
diff --git a/eth/api_backend.go b/eth/api_backend.go
index 500ff7d95d..1351c009ff 100644
--- a/eth/api_backend.go
+++ b/eth/api_backend.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import (
 type EthAPIBackend struct {
 	extRPCEnabled       bool
 	allowUnprotectedTxs bool
+	disableTxPool       bool
 	eth                 *Ethereum
 	gpo                 *gasprice.Oracle
 }
@@ -300,12 +301,18 @@ func (b *EthAPIBackend) SendTx(ctx context.Context, tx *types.Transaction) error
 		if err := b.eth.seqRPCService.CallContext(ctx, nil, "eth_sendRawTransaction", hexutil.Encode(data)); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		if b.disableTxPool {
+			return nil
+		}
 		// Retain tx in local tx pool after forwarding, for local RPC usage.
 		if err := b.eth.txPool.AddLocal(tx); err != nil {
 			log.Warn("successfully sent tx to sequencer, but failed to persist in local tx pool", "err", err, "tx", tx.Hash())
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
+	if b.disableTxPool {
+		return nil
+	}
 	return b.eth.txPool.AddLocal(tx)
 }
 
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index f5c3995bd1..294fb4e12e 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 	eth.miner = miner.New(eth, &config.Miner, eth.blockchain.Config(), eth.EventMux(), eth.engine, eth.isLocalBlock)
 	eth.miner.SetExtra(makeExtraData(config.Miner.ExtraData))
 
-	eth.APIBackend = &EthAPIBackend{stack.Config().ExtRPCEnabled(), stack.Config().AllowUnprotectedTxs, eth, nil}
+	eth.APIBackend = &EthAPIBackend{stack.Config().ExtRPCEnabled(), stack.Config().AllowUnprotectedTxs, config.RollupDisableTxPoolAdmission, eth, nil}
 	if eth.APIBackend.allowUnprotectedTxs {
 		log.Info("Unprotected transactions allowed")
 	}
diff --git a/eth/ethconfig/config.go b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
index 6becf71d1f..c1b0e2ec56 100644
--- a/eth/ethconfig/config.go
+++ b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
@@ -168,11 +168,12 @@ type Config struct {
 	OverrideOptimismRegolith *uint64 `toml:",omitempty"`
 	OverrideOptimism         *bool
 
-	RollupSequencerHTTP         string
-	RollupHistoricalRPC         string
-	RollupHistoricalRPCTimeout  time.Duration
-	RollupDisableTxPoolGossip   bool
-	RollupAllowPendingTxFilters bool
+	RollupSequencerHTTP          string
+	RollupHistoricalRPC          string
+	RollupHistoricalRPCTimeout   time.Duration
+	RollupDisableTxPoolGossip    bool
+	RollupDisableTxPoolAdmission bool
+	RollupAllowPendingTxFilters  bool
 }
 
 // CreateConsensusEngine creates a consensus engine for the given chain config.