diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index 030762daf..fe1d5cd41 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -2237,6 +2237,7 @@ standardConfig configs[] = {
     createBoolConfig("cluster-allow-reads-when-down", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->cluster_allow_reads_when_down, 0, NULL, NULL),
     createBoolConfig("multi-master-no-forward", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, cserver.multimaster_no_forward, 0, validateMultiMasterNoForward, NULL),
     createBoolConfig("allow-write-during-load", NULL, MODIFIABLE_CONFIG, g_pserver->fWriteDuringActiveLoad, 0, NULL, NULL),
+    createBoolConfig("io-threads-do-reads", NULL, IMMUTABLE_CONFIG, fDummy, 0, NULL, NULL),
 
     /* String Configs */
     createStringConfig("aclfile", NULL, IMMUTABLE_CONFIG, ALLOW_EMPTY_STRING, g_pserver->acl_filename, "", NULL, NULL),