diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 9ae88369d2..1bd6dbd790 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ void SetupServerArgs(ArgsManager& argsman)
     argsman.AddArg("-bytespersigop", strprintf("Equivalent bytes per sigop in transactions for relay and mining (default: %u)", DEFAULT_BYTES_PER_SIGOP), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
     argsman.AddArg("-bytespersigopstrict", strprintf("Minimum bytes per sigop in transactions we relay and mine (default: %u)", DEFAULT_BYTES_PER_SIGOP_STRICT), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
     argsman.AddArg("-datacarrier", strprintf("Relay and mine data carrier transactions (default: %u)", DEFAULT_ACCEPT_DATACARRIER), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
+    argsman.AddArg("-datacarrierfullcount", strprintf("Apply datacarriersize limit to all known datacarrier methods (default: %u)", DEFAULT_DATACARRIER_FULLCOUNT), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | (DEFAULT_DATACARRIER_FULLCOUNT ? uint32_t{ArgsManager::DEBUG_ONLY} : 0), OptionsCategory::NODE_RELAY);
     argsman.AddArg("-datacarriersize",
                    strprintf("Relay and mine transactions whose data-carrying raw scriptPubKey "
                              "is of this size or less (default: %u)",
diff --git a/src/kernel/mempool_options.h b/src/kernel/mempool_options.h
index a548b82070..0a50c58f74 100644
--- a/src/kernel/mempool_options.h
+++ b/src/kernel/mempool_options.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct MemPoolOptions {
      * If nullopt, any size is nonstandard.
      */
     std::optional<unsigned> max_datacarrier_bytes{DEFAULT_ACCEPT_DATACARRIER ? std::optional{MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY} : std::nullopt};
+    bool datacarrier_fullcount{DEFAULT_DATACARRIER_FULLCOUNT};
     bool permit_bare_pubkey{DEFAULT_PERMIT_BAREPUBKEY};
     bool permit_bare_multisig{DEFAULT_PERMIT_BAREMULTISIG};
     bool require_standard{true};
diff --git a/src/node/mempool_args.cpp b/src/node/mempool_args.cpp
index ff0b1a794f..9c1b1cc9e3 100644
--- a/src/node/mempool_args.cpp
+++ b/src/node/mempool_args.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ util::Result<void> ApplyArgsManOptions(const ArgsManager& argsman, const CChainP
     } else {
         mempool_opts.max_datacarrier_bytes = std::nullopt;
     }
+    mempool_opts.datacarrier_fullcount = argsman.GetBoolArg("-datacarrierfullcount", DEFAULT_DATACARRIER_FULLCOUNT);
 
     mempool_opts.require_standard = !argsman.GetBoolArg("-acceptnonstdtxn", DEFAULT_ACCEPT_NON_STD_TXN);
     if (!chainparams.IsTestChain() && !mempool_opts.require_standard) {
diff --git a/src/policy/policy.h b/src/policy/policy.h
index 9657df93c8..7cf0f07c67 100644
--- a/src/policy/policy.h
+++ b/src/policy/policy.h
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ static const bool DEFAULT_ACCEPT_DATACARRIER = true;
  * +2 for the pushdata opcodes.
  */
 static const unsigned int MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY = 83;
+/** Default for -datacarrierfullcount */
+static constexpr bool DEFAULT_DATACARRIER_FULLCOUNT{false};
 /**
  * An extra transaction can be added to a package, as long as it only has one
  * ancestor and is no larger than this. Not really any reason to make this
diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 317c1a2fc3..82e7eaee5b 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ bool MemPoolAccept::PreChecks(ATMPArgs& args, Workspace& ws)
         return state.Invalid(TxValidationResult::TX_INPUTS_NOT_STANDARD, reason);
     }
 
-    if ((!ignore_rejects.count("txn-datacarrier-exceeded")) && DatacarrierBytes(tx, m_view) > m_pool.m_max_datacarrier_bytes.value_or(0)) {
+    if (m_pool.m_opts.datacarrier_fullcount && (!ignore_rejects.count("txn-datacarrier-exceeded")) && DatacarrierBytes(tx, m_view) > m_pool.m_opts.max_datacarrier_bytes.value_or(0)) {
         return state.Invalid(TxValidationResult::TX_INPUTS_NOT_STANDARD, "txn-datacarrier-exceeded");
     }
 
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_taproot.py b/test/functional/feature_taproot.py
index 873797487e..e2267cdd4c 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_taproot.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_taproot.py
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ class TaprootTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def set_test_params(self):
         self.num_nodes = 1
         self.setup_clean_chain = True
-        self.extra_args = [["-par=1"]]
+        self.extra_args = [["-par=1", "-datacarrierfullcount"]]
 
     def block_submit(self, node, txs, msg, err_msg, cb_pubkey=None, fees=0, sigops_weight=0, witness=False, accept=False):