diff --git a/man/integritytab.xml b/man/integritytab.xml
index 44f0a55929..44da039dde 100644
--- a/man/integritytab.xml
+++ b/man/integritytab.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@
         </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>no-journal</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>
+        Disable the journal. Corresponds to the "direct writes" mode documented in
+        <ulink url="https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-integrity.html">the dm-integrity documentation</ulink>.
+        Note that without a journal, if there is a crash, it is possible that the integrity tags and data will not match. If used, the journal-*
+        options below will have no effect if passed.
+        </para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><option>journal-watermark=[0..100]%</option></term>
 
diff --git a/src/integritysetup/integrity-util.c b/src/integritysetup/integrity-util.c
index c2d2f950de..66f93e7d2e 100644
--- a/src/integritysetup/integrity-util.c
+++ b/src/integritysetup/integrity-util.c
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ int parse_integrity_options(
                 else if (streq(word, "allow-discards")) {
                         if (ret_activate_flags)
                                 *ret_activate_flags |= CRYPT_ACTIVATE_ALLOW_DISCARDS;
+                } else if (streq(word, "no-journal")) {
+                        if (ret_activate_flags)
+                                *ret_activate_flags |= CRYPT_ACTIVATE_NO_JOURNAL;
                 } else if ((val = startswith(word, "journal-watermark="))) {
                         r = parse_percent(val);
                         if (r < 0)