diff --git a/common/ruletypes.h b/common/ruletypes.h
index 7837834f9..2731c1a26 100644
--- a/common/ruletypes.h
+++ b/common/ruletypes.h
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ RULE_INT(Zone, WeatherTimer, 600) // Weather timer when no duration is available
 RULE_BOOL(Zone, EnableLoggedOffReplenishments, true)
 RULE_INT(Zone, MinOfflineTimeToReplenishments, 21600) // 21600 seconds is 6 Hours
 RULE_BOOL(Zone, UseZoneController, true) // Enables the ability to use persistent quest based zone controllers (zone_controller.pl/lua)
+RULE_BOOL(Zone, EnableZoneControllerGlobals, false) // Enables the ability to use quest globals with the zone controller NPC
 RULE_CATEGORY_END()
 
 RULE_CATEGORY(Map)
diff --git a/zone/npc.cpp b/zone/npc.cpp
index 1fc27dc5a..ecc3bf101 100644
--- a/zone/npc.cpp
+++ b/zone/npc.cpp
@@ -872,6 +872,10 @@ bool NPC::SpawnZoneController(){
 	npc_type->merchanttype = 0;
 	npc_type->bodytype = 11;
 
+	if (RuleB(Zone, EnableZoneControllerGlobals)) {
+		npc_type->qglobal = true;
+	}
+
 	npc_type->prim_melee_type = 28;
 	npc_type->sec_melee_type = 28;