diff --git a/fs/config.go b/fs/config.go
index 5eb85ec61..e96be37d0 100644
--- a/fs/config.go
+++ b/fs/config.go
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ type ConfigInfo struct {
 	DisableHTTP2           bool
 	HumanReadable          bool
 	KvLockTime             time.Duration // maximum time to keep key-value database locked by process
+	DisableHTTPKeepAlives  bool
 }
 
 // NewConfig creates a new config with everything set to the default
diff --git a/fs/config/configflags/configflags.go b/fs/config/configflags/configflags.go
index 7c2c8ade9..8e3e8d558 100644
--- a/fs/config/configflags/configflags.go
+++ b/fs/config/configflags/configflags.go
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ func AddFlags(ci *fs.ConfigInfo, flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &ci.DisableHTTP2, "disable-http2", "", ci.DisableHTTP2, "Disable HTTP/2 in the global transport")
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &ci.HumanReadable, "human-readable", "", ci.HumanReadable, "Print numbers in a human-readable format, sizes with suffix Ki|Mi|Gi|Ti|Pi")
 	flags.DurationVarP(flagSet, &ci.KvLockTime, "kv-lock-time", "", ci.KvLockTime, "Maximum time to keep key-value database locked by process")
+	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &ci.DisableHTTPKeepAlives, "disable-http-keep-alives", "", ci.DisableHTTPKeepAlives, "Disable HTTP keep-alives and use each connection once.")
 }
 
 // ParseHeaders converts the strings passed in via the header flags into HTTPOptions
diff --git a/fs/fshttp/http.go b/fs/fshttp/http.go
index ef7cf2851..9384d2fa4 100644
--- a/fs/fshttp/http.go
+++ b/fs/fshttp/http.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func NewTransportCustom(ctx context.Context, customize func(*http.Transport)) ht
 	t.MaxIdleConns = 2 * t.MaxIdleConnsPerHost
 	t.TLSHandshakeTimeout = ci.ConnectTimeout
 	t.ResponseHeaderTimeout = ci.Timeout
+	t.DisableKeepAlives = ci.DisableHTTPKeepAlives
 
 	// TLS Config
 	t.TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{