diff --git a/rpc/src/rpc.rs b/rpc/src/rpc.rs
index 9c979ab1f5a6b2..f0856aeae4b1a2 100644
--- a/rpc/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/rpc.rs
@@ -213,6 +213,15 @@ pub struct JsonRpcRequestProcessor {
 }
 impl Metadata for JsonRpcRequestProcessor {}
 
+impl JsonRpcRequestProcessor {
+    pub fn clone_without_bigtable(&self) -> JsonRpcRequestProcessor {
+        Self {
+            bigtable_ledger_storage: None, // Disable BigTable
+            ..self.clone()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl JsonRpcRequestProcessor {
     fn get_bank_with_config(&self, config: RpcContextConfig) -> Result<Arc<Bank>> {
         let RpcContextConfig {
diff --git a/rpc/src/rpc_service.rs b/rpc/src/rpc_service.rs
index d8791ab6c3bf6b..303a1e94b223b2 100644
--- a/rpc/src/rpc_service.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/rpc_service.rs
@@ -525,7 +525,14 @@ impl JsonRpcService {
                 );
                 let server = ServerBuilder::with_meta_extractor(
                     io,
-                    move |_req: &hyper::Request<hyper::Body>| request_processor.clone(),
+                    move |req: &hyper::Request<hyper::Body>| {
+                        let xbigtable = req.headers().get("x-bigtable");
+                        if xbigtable.is_some_and(|v| v == "disabled") {
+                            request_processor.clone_without_bigtable()
+                        } else {
+                            request_processor.clone()
+                        }
+                    },
                 )
                 .event_loop_executor(runtime.handle().clone())
                 .threads(1)