diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/config/config.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/config/config.go
index adb2d655bb..95be69699d 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/config/config.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/config/config.go
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ type K8sPluginConfig struct {
 
 	// Extended resources that should be added to the tolerations automatically.
 	AddTolerationsForExtendedResources []string `json:"add-tolerations-for-extended-resources" pflag:",Name of the extended resources for which tolerations should be added."`
+
+	EnableDistributedErrorAggregation bool `json:"enable-distributed-error-aggregation" pflag:",If true, will aggregate errors of different worker pods for distributed tasks."`
 }
 
 // FlyteCoPilotConfig specifies configuration for the Flyte CoPilot system. FlyteCoPilot, allows running flytekit-less containers
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/kfoperators/pytorch/pytorch.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/kfoperators/pytorch/pytorch.go
index 0ee3f3570f..3dc81ce41a 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/kfoperators/pytorch/pytorch.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/kfoperators/pytorch/pytorch.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery"
 	pluginsCore "github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/core"
 	pluginsK8s "github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s"
+	k8sConfig "github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/config"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/k8s"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/utils"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/kfoperators/common"
@@ -30,8 +31,14 @@ type pytorchOperatorResourceHandler struct {
 var _ k8s.Plugin = pytorchOperatorResourceHandler{}
 
 func (pytorchOperatorResourceHandler) GetProperties() k8s.PluginProperties {
-	return k8s.PluginProperties{
-		ErrorAggregationStrategy: k8s.EarliestErrorAggregationStrategy,
+	config := k8sConfig.GetK8sPluginConfig()
+
+	if config.EnableDistributedErrorAggregation {
+		return k8s.PluginProperties{
+			ErrorAggregationStrategy: k8s.EarliestErrorAggregationStrategy,
+		}
+	} else {
+		return k8s.PluginProperties{}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +54,7 @@ func (pytorchOperatorResourceHandler) BuildIdentityResource(ctx context.Context,
 }
 
 // Defines a func to create the full resource object that will be posted to k8s.
-func (pytorchOperatorResourceHandler) BuildResource(ctx context.Context, taskCtx pluginsCore.TaskExecutionContext) (client.Object, error) {
+func (p pytorchOperatorResourceHandler) BuildResource(ctx context.Context, taskCtx pluginsCore.TaskExecutionContext) (client.Object, error) {
 	taskTemplate, err := taskCtx.TaskReader().Read(ctx)
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -115,10 +122,13 @@ func (pytorchOperatorResourceHandler) BuildResource(ctx context.Context, taskCtx
 					},
 				},
 			})
-			container.Env = append(container.Env, apiv1.EnvVar{
-				Name:  pluginsK8s.FlyteInternalDistErrorStrategyEnvVarKey,
-				Value: k8s.EarliestErrorAggregationStrategy.String(),
-			})
+
+			if p.GetProperties().ErrorAggregationStrategy == k8s.EarliestErrorAggregationStrategy {
+				container.Env = append(container.Env, apiv1.EnvVar{
+					Name:  pluginsK8s.FlyteInternalDistErrorStrategyEnvVarKey,
+					Value: k8s.EarliestErrorAggregationStrategy.String(),
+				})
+			}
 		}
 		updateEnvVars(&workerReplicaSpec.Template.Spec.Containers[0])
 
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/kfoperators/pytorch/pytorch_test.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/kfoperators/pytorch/pytorch_test.go
index 0f38bb2851..ab319561cf 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/kfoperators/pytorch/pytorch_test.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/kfoperators/pytorch/pytorch_test.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s"
 	pluginsK8s "github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s"
 	flytek8sConfig "github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/config"
+	k8sConfig "github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/config"
 	pluginIOMocks "github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/io/mocks"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/k8s"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/utils"
@@ -724,8 +725,14 @@ func TestGetLogsElastic(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGetProperties(t *testing.T) {
+	config := k8sConfig.GetK8sPluginConfig()
 	pytorchResourceHandler := pytorchOperatorResourceHandler{}
-	expected := k8s.PluginProperties{
+
+	expected := k8s.PluginProperties{}
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, pytorchResourceHandler.GetProperties())
+
+	config.EnableDistributedErrorAggregation = true
+	expected = k8s.PluginProperties{
 		ErrorAggregationStrategy: k8s.EarliestErrorAggregationStrategy,
 	}
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, pytorchResourceHandler.GetProperties())
@@ -861,6 +868,8 @@ func TestBuildResourcePytorchV1(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 
+		config := k8sConfig.GetK8sPluginConfig()
+		config.EnableDistributedErrorAggregation = true
 		pytorchResourceHandler := pytorchOperatorResourceHandler{}
 
 		taskTemplate := dummyPytorchTaskTemplate("job4", taskConfig)