diff --git a/flow/connectors/clickhouse/clickhouse.go b/flow/connectors/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
index 4e89757014..63ccea6937 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func NewClickHouseConnector(
 	config *protos.ClickhouseConfig,
 ) (*ClickHouseConnector, error) {
 	logger := shared.LoggerFromCtx(ctx)
-	database, err := Connect(ctx, config)
+	database, err := Connect(ctx, env, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open connection to ClickHouse peer: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func NewClickHouseConnector(
 	return connector, nil
 }
 
-func Connect(ctx context.Context, config *protos.ClickhouseConfig) (clickhouse.Conn, error) {
+func Connect(ctx context.Context, env map[string]string, config *protos.ClickhouseConfig) (clickhouse.Conn, error) {
 	var tlsSetting *tls.Config
 	if !config.DisableTls {
 		tlsSetting = &tls.Config{MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS13}
@@ -228,6 +228,13 @@ func Connect(ctx context.Context, config *protos.ClickhouseConfig) (clickhouse.C
 		tlsSetting.RootCAs = caPool
 	}
 
+	var settings clickhouse.Settings
+	if maxInsertThreads, err := peerdbenv.PeerDBClickHouseMaxInsertThreads(ctx, env); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to load max_insert_threads config: %w", err)
+	} else if maxInsertThreads != 0 {
+		settings = clickhouse.Settings{"max_insert_threads": maxInsertThreads}
+	}
+
 	conn, err := clickhouse.Open(&clickhouse.Options{
 		Addr: []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", config.Host, config.Port)},
 		Auth: clickhouse.Auth{
@@ -245,6 +252,7 @@ func Connect(ctx context.Context, config *protos.ClickhouseConfig) (clickhouse.C
 				{Name: "peerdb"},
 			},
 		},
+		Settings:    settings,
 		DialTimeout: 3600 * time.Second,
 		ReadTimeout: 3600 * time.Second,
 	})
diff --git a/flow/e2e/clickhouse/clickhouse.go b/flow/e2e/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
index 79ff2aa7bb..9756761520 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (s ClickHouseSuite) Teardown() {
 }
 
 func (s ClickHouseSuite) GetRows(table string, cols string) (*model.QRecordBatch, error) {
-	ch, err := connclickhouse.Connect(context.Background(), s.Peer().GetClickhouseConfig())
+	ch, err := connclickhouse.Connect(context.Background(), nil, s.Peer().GetClickhouseConfig())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func SetupSuite(t *testing.T) ClickHouseSuite {
 		s3Helper: s3Helper,
 	}
 
-	ch, err := connclickhouse.Connect(context.Background(), s.PeerForDatabase("default").GetClickhouseConfig())
+	ch, err := connclickhouse.Connect(context.Background(), nil, s.PeerForDatabase("default").GetClickhouseConfig())
 	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to connect to clickhouse")
 	err = ch.Exec(context.Background(), "CREATE DATABASE e2e_test_"+suffix)
 	require.NoError(t, err, "failed to create clickhouse database")
diff --git a/flow/e2e/clickhouse/peer_flow_ch_test.go b/flow/e2e/clickhouse/peer_flow_ch_test.go
index 8b28573104..9c4fa2a167 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/clickhouse/peer_flow_ch_test.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/clickhouse/peer_flow_ch_test.go
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ func (s ClickHouseSuite) WeirdTable(tableName string) {
 	})
 	e2e.EnvWaitForFinished(s.t, env, 3*time.Minute)
 	// now test weird names with rename based resync
-	ch, err := connclickhouse.Connect(context.Background(), s.Peer().GetClickhouseConfig())
+	ch, err := connclickhouse.Connect(context.Background(), nil, s.Peer().GetClickhouseConfig())
 	require.NoError(s.t, err)
 	require.NoError(s.t, ch.Exec(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf("DROP TABLE `%s`", dstTableName)))
 	require.NoError(s.t, ch.Close())
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ func (s ClickHouseSuite) WeirdTable(tableName string) {
 	})
 	e2e.EnvWaitForFinished(s.t, env, 3*time.Minute)
 	// now test weird names with exchange based resync
-	ch, err = connclickhouse.Connect(context.Background(), s.Peer().GetClickhouseConfig())
+	ch, err = connclickhouse.Connect(context.Background(), nil, s.Peer().GetClickhouseConfig())
 	require.NoError(s.t, err)
 	require.NoError(s.t, ch.Exec(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf("TRUNCATE TABLE `%s`", dstTableName)))
 	require.NoError(s.t, ch.Close())
diff --git a/flow/peerdbenv/dynamicconf.go b/flow/peerdbenv/dynamicconf.go
index 566c8ead11..f3c2de0979 100644
--- a/flow/peerdbenv/dynamicconf.go
+++ b/flow/peerdbenv/dynamicconf.go
@@ -172,6 +172,14 @@ var DynamicSettings = [...]*protos.DynamicSetting{
 		ApplyMode:        protos.DynconfApplyMode_APPLY_MODE_IMMEDIATE,
 		TargetForSetting: protos.DynconfTarget_CLICKHOUSE,
 	},
+	{
+		Name:             "PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_MAX_INSERT_THREADS",
+		Description:      "Configures max_insert_threads setting on clickhouse for inserting into destination table. Setting left unset when 0",
+		DefaultValue:     "0",
+		ValueType:        protos.DynconfValueType_UINT,
+		ApplyMode:        protos.DynconfApplyMode_APPLY_MODE_IMMEDIATE,
+		TargetForSetting: protos.DynconfTarget_CLICKHOUSE,
+	},
 	{
 		Name:             "PEERDB_INTERVAL_SINCE_LAST_NORMALIZE_THRESHOLD_MINUTES",
 		Description:      "Duration in minutes since last normalize to start alerting, 0 disables all alerting entirely",
@@ -362,6 +370,10 @@ func PeerDBEnableClickHousePrimaryUpdate(ctx context.Context, env map[string]str
 	return dynamicConfBool(ctx, env, "PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_ENABLE_PRIMARY_UPDATE")
 }
 
+func PeerDBClickHouseMaxInsertThreads(ctx context.Context, env map[string]string) (int64, error) {
+	return dynamicConfSigned[int64](ctx, env, "PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_MAX_INSERT_THREADS")
+}
+
 func PeerDBSnowflakeMergeParallelism(ctx context.Context, env map[string]string) (int64, error) {
 	return dynamicConfSigned[int64](ctx, env, "PEERDB_SNOWFLAKE_MERGE_PARALLELISM")
 }