diff --git a/kv/mdbx/kv_mdbx.go b/kv/mdbx/kv_mdbx.go
index 9bee6164c..70279becf 100644
--- a/kv/mdbx/kv_mdbx.go
+++ b/kv/mdbx/kv_mdbx.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/c2h5oh/datasize"
 	stack2 "github.com/go-stack/stack"
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ type MdbxOpts struct {
 	mapSize       datasize.ByteSize
 	flags         uint
 	log           log.Logger
+	syncPeriod    time.Duration
 	augumentLimit uint64
 	pageSize      uint64
 	roTxsLimiter  chan struct{}
@@ -124,6 +126,11 @@ func (opts MdbxOpts) Readonly() MdbxOpts {
 	return opts
 }
 
+func (opts MdbxOpts) SyncPeriod(period time.Duration) MdbxOpts {
+	opts.syncPeriod = period
+	return opts
+}
+
 func (opts MdbxOpts) DBVerbosity(v kv.DBVerbosityLvl) MdbxOpts {
 	opts.verbosity = v
 	return opts
@@ -227,6 +234,15 @@ func (opts MdbxOpts) Open() (kv.RwDB, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w, label: %s, trace: %s", err, opts.label.String(), stack2.Trace().String())
 	}
 
+	if opts.syncPeriod != 0 {
+		// the option value is in 1/65536 of second units
+		optValue := uint64(opts.syncPeriod / (time.Second / 65536))
+		if err = env.SetOption(mdbx.OptSyncPeriod, optValue); err != nil {
+			env.Close()
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
 	if opts.roTxsLimiter == nil {
 
 		opts.roTxsLimiter = make(chan struct{}, runtime.NumCPU())