diff --git a/classes/WpMatomo/Admin/AdvancedSettings.php b/classes/WpMatomo/Admin/AdvancedSettings.php
index 7f9c9e35f..77c9c93d2 100644
--- a/classes/WpMatomo/Admin/AdvancedSettings.php
+++ b/classes/WpMatomo/Admin/AdvancedSettings.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace WpMatomo\Admin;
 
+use Piwik\CliMulti\Process;
 use Piwik\IP;
 use WpMatomo\Bootstrap;
 use WpMatomo\Capabilities;
@@ -68,8 +69,10 @@ public function show_settings() {
 		}
 
 		Bootstrap::do_bootstrap();
-		$matomo_detected_ip     = IP::getIpFromHeader();
-		$matomo_delete_all_data = $this->settings->should_delete_all_data_on_uninstall();
+		$matomo_detected_ip               = IP::getIpFromHeader();
+		$matomo_delete_all_data           = $this->settings->should_delete_all_data_on_uninstall();
+		$matomo_disable_async_archiving   = $this->settings->is_async_archiving_disabled_by_option();
+		$matomo_async_archiving_supported = $this->settings->is_async_archiving_supported();
 
 		include dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/views/advanced_settings.php';
 	}
@@ -93,14 +96,16 @@ public function can_user_manage() {
 	}
 
 	private function apply_settings() {
+		$changes = [
+			Settings::DISABLE_ASYNC_ARCHIVING_OPTION_NAME => ! empty( $_POST['matomo']['disable_async_archiving'] ),
+		];
+
 		if ( ! defined( 'MATOMO_REMOVE_ALL_DATA' ) ) {
-			$this->settings->apply_changes(
-				[
-					Settings::DELETE_ALL_DATA_ON_UNINSTALL => ! empty( $_POST['matomo']['delete_all_data'] ),
-				]
-			);
+			$changes[ Settings::DELETE_ALL_DATA_ON_UNINSTALL ] = ! empty( $_POST['matomo']['delete_all_data'] );
 		}
 
+		$this->settings->apply_changes( $changes );
+
 		$client_headers = [];
 		if ( ! empty( $_POST[ self::FORM_NAME ]['proxy_client_header'] ) ) {
 			$client_header = sanitize_text_field( wp_unslash( $_POST[ self::FORM_NAME ]['proxy_client_header'] ) );
diff --git a/classes/WpMatomo/Admin/SystemReport.php b/classes/WpMatomo/Admin/SystemReport.php
index f8276061e..6d89872ad 100644
--- a/classes/WpMatomo/Admin/SystemReport.php
+++ b/classes/WpMatomo/Admin/SystemReport.php
@@ -673,6 +673,12 @@ private function get_matomo_info() {
 				'comment' => '',
 			];
 
+			$rows[] = [
+				'name'    => 'Async Archiving Disabled in Setting',
+				'value'   => $this->settings->is_async_archiving_disabled_by_option(),
+				'comment' => '',
+			];
+
 			$location_provider = LocationProvider::getCurrentProvider();
 			if ( $location_provider ) {
 				$rows[] = [
@@ -1069,7 +1075,6 @@ private function get_wordpress_info() {
 			'WP_CRON_LOCK_TIMEOUT',
 			'WP_DISABLE_FATAL_ERROR_HANDLER',
 			'MATOMO_SUPPORT_ASYNC_ARCHIVING',
-			'MATOMO_TRIGGER_BROWSER_ARCHIVING',
 			'MATOMO_ENABLE_TAG_MANAGER',
 			'MATOMO_SUPPRESS_DB_ERRORS',
 			'MATOMO_ENABLE_AUTO_UPGRADE',
diff --git a/classes/WpMatomo/Admin/views/advanced_settings.php b/classes/WpMatomo/Admin/views/advanced_settings.php
index 0be7fc568..e87a52d54 100644
--- a/classes/WpMatomo/Admin/views/advanced_settings.php
+++ b/classes/WpMatomo/Admin/views/advanced_settings.php
@@ -74,6 +74,25 @@
 				</td>
 			</tr>
 		<?php } ?>
+		<tr>
+			<th width="20%" scope="row">
+				<label for="matomo[disable_async_archiving]"><?php esc_html_e( 'Enable archiving via HTTP requests', 'matomo' ); ?>:</label>
+			</th>
+			<td>
+				<span style="white-space:nowrap;display: inline-block;">
+					<input type="checkbox" <?php echo ! empty( $matomo_disable_async_archiving ) || empty( $matomo_async_archiving_supported ) ? 'checked="checked" ' : ''; ?> value="1" name="matomo[disable_async_archiving]"
+						   id="matomo[disable_async_archiving]" <?php echo ! empty( $matomo_async_archiving_supported ) ? '' : 'disabled="disabled"'; ?>
+					/>
+				</span>
+			</td>
+			<td width="50%">
+				<?php
+				echo ! empty( $matomo_async_archiving_supported )
+					? esc_html_e( 'If you are experiencing trouble with archiving (as in, report generation), enabling this option may solve the issue.', 'matomo' )
+					: esc_html_e( 'CLI archiving (aka async archiving) is not supported for your server, so archiving via HTTP requests is always enabled.', 'matomo' );
+				?>
+			</td>
+		</tr>
 		<tr>
 			<td colspan="3"><p class="submit"><input name="Submit" type="submit" class="button-primary"
 													 value="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Save Changes', 'matomo' ); ?>"/></p></td>
diff --git a/classes/WpMatomo/Settings.php b/classes/WpMatomo/Settings.php
index 0b90f390b..f8da17e57 100644
--- a/classes/WpMatomo/Settings.php
+++ b/classes/WpMatomo/Settings.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 namespace WpMatomo;
 
+use Piwik\CliMulti\Process;
 use WpMatomo\Admin\CookieConsent;
 use WpMatomo\Admin\TrackingSettings;
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ class Settings {
 	const DELETE_ALL_DATA_ON_UNINSTALL         = 'delete_all_data_uninstall';
 	const SITE_CURRENCY                        = 'site_currency';
 	const NETWORK_CONFIG_OPTIONS               = 'config_options';
+	const DISABLE_ASYNC_ARCHIVING_OPTION_NAME  = 'matomo_disable_async_archiving';
 
 	public static $is_doing_action_tracking_related = false;
 	/**
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ class Settings {
 		'force_protocol'                           => 'disabled',
 		'maxmind_license_key'                      => '',
 		self::SHOW_GET_STARTED_PAGE                => 1,
+		self::DISABLE_ASYNC_ARCHIVING_OPTION_NAME  => false,
 	];
 
 	/**
@@ -486,4 +489,12 @@ public function track_search_enabled() {
 	public function set_assume_is_network_enabled_in_tests( $network_enabled = true ) {
 		$this->assume_is_network_enabled_in_tests = $network_enabled;
 	}
+
+	public function is_async_archiving_supported() {
+		return Process::isSupported() && ( ! defined( 'MATOMO_SUPPORT_ASYNC_ARCHIVING' ) || MATOMO_SUPPORT_ASYNC_ARCHIVING );
+	}
+
+	public function is_async_archiving_disabled_by_option() {
+		return (bool) $this->get_global_option( self::DISABLE_ASYNC_ARCHIVING_OPTION_NAME );
+	}
 }
diff --git a/plugins/WordPress/WordPress.php b/plugins/WordPress/WordPress.php
index 13c5a470c..8af6d31b2 100644
--- a/plugins/WordPress/WordPress.php
+++ b/plugins/WordPress/WordPress.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Piwik\API\Request;
 use Piwik\Common;
 use Piwik\FrontController;
+use Piwik\Option;
 use Piwik\Piwik;
 use Piwik\Plugin;
 use Piwik\Plugin\Manager;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 use Piwik\Url;
 use Piwik\Widget\WidgetsList;
 use WpMatomo\Bootstrap;
+use WpMatomo\Settings;
 
 if (!defined( 'ABSPATH')) {
     exit; // if accessed directly
@@ -158,7 +160,8 @@ public function supportsAsync(&$supportsAsync)
             || (defined('WP_DEBUG') && WP_DEBUG)
             || !empty($_SERVER['MATOMO_WP_ROOT_PATH'])
             || !matomo_has_compatible_content_dir()
-	        || (defined( 'MATOMO_SUPPORT_ASYNC_ARCHIVING') && !MATOMO_SUPPORT_ASYNC_ARCHIVING)
+            || (defined( 'MATOMO_SUPPORT_ASYNC_ARCHIVING') && !MATOMO_SUPPORT_ASYNC_ARCHIVING)
+            || $this->isAsyncArchivingDisabledBySetting()
         ) {
             // console wouldn't really work in multi site mode... therefore we prefer to archive in the same request
             // WP_DEBUG also breaks things since it's logging things to stdout and then safe unserialise doesn't work
@@ -168,6 +171,12 @@ public function supportsAsync(&$supportsAsync)
         }
     }
 
+    private function isAsyncArchivingDisabledBySetting()
+    {
+        $settings = \WpMatomo::$settings;
+        return $settings->is_async_archiving_disabled_by_option();
+    }
+
     public function onHeader(&$out)
     {
         $out .= '<style type="text/css">#header_message {display:none !important; }</style>';