diff --git a/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/smbdsearchasksharemode.xml b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/smbdsearchasksharemode.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de78818c5f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-xml/smbdotconf/misc/smbdsearchasksharemode.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<samba:parameter name="smbd search ask sharemode"
+                 context="S"
+                 type="boolean"
+                 xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
+<description>
+	<para>
+	  This parameter allows disabling fetching file write time from the open
+	  file handle database locking.tdb. It's a performance optimisation at
+	  the expense of protocol correctness.
+	</para>
+</description>
+<value type="default">yes</value>
+</samba:parameter>
diff --git a/lib/param/loadparm.c b/lib/param/loadparm.c
index a7dbc6f8f0b..886f0b06b43 100644
--- a/lib/param/loadparm.c
+++ b/lib/param/loadparm.c
@@ -2592,6 +2592,7 @@ struct loadparm_context *loadparm_init(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx)
 	lp_ctx->sDefault->force_directory_mode = 0000;
 	lp_ctx->sDefault->aio_read_size = 1;
 	lp_ctx->sDefault->aio_write_size = 1;
+	lp_ctx->sDefault->smbd_search_ask_sharemode = true;
 
 	DEBUG(3, ("Initialising global parameters\n"));
 
diff --git a/source3/param/loadparm.c b/source3/param/loadparm.c
index d8be520dc51..cdd06c0a2c7 100644
--- a/source3/param/loadparm.c
+++ b/source3/param/loadparm.c
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ static const struct loadparm_service _sDefault =
 	.durable_handles = true,
 	.check_parent_directory_delete_on_close = false,
 	.param_opt = NULL,
+	.smbd_search_ask_sharemode = true,
 	.dummy = ""
 };