diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MultiplexedSessionDatabaseClient.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MultiplexedSessionDatabaseClient.java
index 01f41a2dfd..89371a21c5 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MultiplexedSessionDatabaseClient.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MultiplexedSessionDatabaseClient.java
@@ -253,10 +253,15 @@ public void onSessionReady(SessionImpl session) {
             // initiate a begin transaction request to verify if read-write transactions are
             // supported using multiplexed sessions.
             if (sessionClient
-                .getSpanner()
-                .getOptions()
-                .getSessionPoolOptions()
-                .getUseMultiplexedSessionForRW()) {
+                    .getSpanner()
+                    .getOptions()
+                    .getSessionPoolOptions()
+                    .getUseMultiplexedSessionForRW()
+                && !sessionClient
+                    .getSpanner()
+                    .getOptions()
+                    .getSessionPoolOptions()
+                    .getSkipVerifyBeginTransactionForMuxRW()) {
               verifyBeginTransactionWithRWOnMultiplexedSessionAsync(session.getName());
             }
           }
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolOptions.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolOptions.java
index ad76d64fb0..0ac799a084 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolOptions.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolOptions.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public class SessionPoolOptions {
 
   // TODO: Change to use java.time.Duration.
   private final Duration multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration;
+  private final boolean skipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW;
 
   private SessionPoolOptions(Builder builder) {
     // minSessions > maxSessions is only possible if the user has only set a value for maxSessions.
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ private SessionPoolOptions(Builder builder) {
             ? useMultiplexedSessionFromEnvVariablePartitionedOps
             : builder.useMultiplexedSessionPartitionedOps;
     this.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration = builder.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration;
+    this.skipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW = builder.skipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -169,8 +171,10 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
         && Objects.equals(this.useMultiplexedSession, other.useMultiplexedSession)
         && Objects.equals(this.useMultiplexedSessionForRW, other.useMultiplexedSessionForRW)
         && Objects.equals(
-            this.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration,
-            other.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration);
+            this.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration, other.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration)
+        && Objects.equals(
+            this.skipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW,
+            other.skipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -199,7 +203,8 @@ public int hashCode() {
         this.poolMaintainerClock,
         this.useMultiplexedSession,
         this.useMultiplexedSessionForRW,
-        this.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration);
+        this.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration,
+        this.skipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW);
   }
 
   public Builder toBuilder() {
@@ -390,6 +395,12 @@ Duration getMultiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration() {
     return multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration;
   }
 
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  @InternalApi
+  boolean getSkipVerifyBeginTransactionForMuxRW() {
+    return skipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW;
+  }
+
   public static Builder newBuilder() {
     return new Builder();
   }
@@ -605,6 +616,7 @@ public static class Builder {
 
     private Duration multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration = Duration.ofDays(7);
     private Clock poolMaintainerClock = Clock.INSTANCE;
+    private boolean skipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW = false;
 
     private static Position getReleaseToPositionFromSystemProperty() {
       // NOTE: This System property is a beta feature. Support for it can be removed in the future.
@@ -648,6 +660,7 @@ private Builder(SessionPoolOptions options) {
       this.useMultiplexedSessionPartitionedOps = options.useMultiplexedSessionForPartitionedOps;
       this.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration = options.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration;
       this.poolMaintainerClock = options.poolMaintainerClock;
+      this.skipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW = options.skipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -870,6 +883,13 @@ Builder setMultiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration(
       return this;
     }
 
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    Builder setSkipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW(
+        boolean skipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW) {
+      this.skipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW = skipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets whether the client should automatically execute a background query to detect the dialect
      * that is used by the database or not. Set this option to true if you do not know what the
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/TransactionChannelHintTest.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/TransactionChannelHintTest.java
index bd346c4f18..14658210f4 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/TransactionChannelHintTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/TransactionChannelHintTest.java
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ private SpannerOptions createSpannerOptions() {
         .setCompressorName("gzip")
         .setHost("http://" + endpoint)
         .setCredentials(NoCredentials.getInstance())
+        .setSessionPoolOption(
+            SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder().setSkipVerifyingBeginTransactionForMuxRW(true).build())
         .build();
   }