diff --git a/src/mongo/db/storage/oplog_truncate_marker_parameters.idl b/src/mongo/db/storage/oplog_truncate_marker_parameters.idl
index 0d6d3ef9f81..9412b931f09 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/storage/oplog_truncate_marker_parameters.idl
+++ b/src/mongo/db/storage/oplog_truncate_marker_parameters.idl
@@ -73,3 +73,11 @@ server_parameters:
         default: 300
         validator: {gt: 300}
         redact: false
+
+    oplogSamplingAsyncEnabled:
+        description: "Whether or not oplog sampling is running asynchronously to startup."
+        set_at: [startup]
+        cpp_vartype: "bool"
+        cpp_varname: gOplogSamplingAsyncEnabled
+        default: true
+        redact: false
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/storage/oplog_truncate_markers.cpp b/src/mongo/db/storage/oplog_truncate_markers.cpp
index f97045097c1..e5f6aa493a3 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/storage/oplog_truncate_markers.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/storage/oplog_truncate_markers.cpp
@@ -117,7 +117,12 @@ std::shared_ptr<OplogTruncateMarkers> OplogTruncateMarkers::sampleAndUpdate(Oper
 
 std::shared_ptr<OplogTruncateMarkers> OplogTruncateMarkers::createOplogTruncateMarkers(
     OperationContext* opCtx, RecordStore& rs) {
-    if (!feature_flags::gOplogSamplingAsyncEnabled.isEnabled()) {
+    bool samplingAsynchronously =
+        feature_flags::gOplogSamplingAsyncEnabled.isEnabled() && gOplogSamplingAsyncEnabled;
+    LOGV2(10621000,
+          "Creating oplog markers",
+          "sampling asynchronously"_attr = samplingAsynchronously);
+    if (!samplingAsynchronously) {
         return sampleAndUpdate(opCtx, rs);
     }
     return createEmptyOplogTruncateMarkers(rs);