diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5a313b0d3..79ae68847 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -186,3 +186,5 @@ heaptrack.*
 *-t
 test/tap/tests/galera_1_timeout_count
 test/tap/tests/galera_2_timeout_no_count
+
+test/cluster/node??/*
diff --git a/include/proxysql_glovars.hpp b/include/proxysql_glovars.hpp
index d45f318c5..ae849d730 100644
--- a/include/proxysql_glovars.hpp
+++ b/include/proxysql_glovars.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef __CLASS_PROXYSQL_GLOVARS_H
 #define __CLASS_PROXYSQL_GLOVARS_H
 
+#define CLUSTER_SYNC_INTERFACES_ADMIN "('admin-mysql_ifaces','admin-restapi_port','admin-telnet_admin_ifaces','admin-telnet_stats_ifaces','admin-web_port')"
+#define CLUSTER_SYNC_INTERFACES_MYSQL "('mysql-interfaces')"
+
 #include <memory>
 #include <prometheus/registry.h>
 
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ class ProxySQL_GlobalVariables {
 	int __cmd_proxysql_gdbg;
 	bool __cmd_proxysql_initial;
 	bool __cmd_proxysql_reload;
+	bool cluster_sync_interfaces; // If true, also mysql-interfaces and admin-mysql_ifaces are synced. false by default
 	char *__cmd_proxysql_admin_socket;
 	char *config_file;
 	char *datadir;
diff --git a/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp b/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
index 65d0830d1..c02641920 100644
--- a/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
+++ b/lib/ProxySQL_Admin.cpp
@@ -6079,8 +6079,13 @@ void ProxySQL_Admin::flush_admin_variables___database_to_runtime(SQLite3DB *db,
 			int cols=0;
 			int affected_rows=0;
 			SQLite3_result *resultset=NULL;
-			char *q=(char *)"SELECT variable_name, variable_value FROM runtime_global_variables WHERE variable_name LIKE 'admin-\%' ORDER BY variable_name";
-			admindb->execute_statement(q, &error , &cols , &affected_rows , &resultset);
+			std::string q;
+			if (GloVars.cluster_sync_interfaces) {
+				q="SELECT variable_name, variable_value FROM runtime_global_variables WHERE variable_name LIKE 'admin-\%' ORDER BY variable_name";
+			} else {
+				q="SELECT variable_name, variable_value FROM runtime_global_variables WHERE variable_name LIKE 'admin-\%' AND variable_name NOT IN " + string(CLUSTER_SYNC_INTERFACES_ADMIN) + " ORDER BY variable_name";
+			}
+			admindb->execute_statement(q.c_str(), &error , &cols , &affected_rows , &resultset);
 			uint64_t hash1 = resultset->raw_checksum();
 			uint32_t d32[2];
 			char buf[20];
@@ -6434,8 +6439,13 @@ void ProxySQL_Admin::flush_mysql_variables___database_to_runtime(SQLite3DB *db,
 			int cols=0;
 			int affected_rows=0;
 			SQLite3_result *resultset=NULL;
-			char *q=(char *)"SELECT variable_name, variable_value FROM runtime_global_variables WHERE variable_name LIKE 'mysql-%' ORDER BY variable_name";
-			admindb->execute_statement(q, &error , &cols , &affected_rows , &resultset);
+			std::string q;
+			if (GloVars.cluster_sync_interfaces) {
+				q = "SELECT variable_name, variable_value FROM runtime_global_variables WHERE variable_name LIKE 'mysql-\%' ORDER BY variable_name";
+			} else {
+				q = "SELECT variable_name, variable_value FROM runtime_global_variables WHERE variable_name LIKE 'mysql-\%' AND variable_name NOT IN " + string(CLUSTER_SYNC_INTERFACES_MYSQL) + " ORDER BY variable_name";
+			}
+			admindb->execute_statement(q.c_str(), &error , &cols , &affected_rows , &resultset);
 			uint64_t hash1 = resultset->raw_checksum();
 			uint32_t d32[2];
 			char buf[20];
diff --git a/lib/ProxySQL_Cluster.cpp b/lib/ProxySQL_Cluster.cpp
index 76bfe08a5..f1bad58e4 100644
--- a/lib/ProxySQL_Cluster.cpp
+++ b/lib/ProxySQL_Cluster.cpp
@@ -1411,12 +1411,27 @@ void ProxySQL_Cluster::pull_global_variables_from_peer(const std::string& var_ty
 			if (rc_conn) {
 				std::string s_query = "";
 				string_format("SELECT * FROM runtime_global_variables WHERE variable_name LIKE '%s-%%'", s_query, var_type.c_str());
+				if (GloVars.cluster_sync_interfaces == false) {
+					if (var_type == "admin") {
+						s_query += " AND variable_name NOT IN " + string(CLUSTER_SYNC_INTERFACES_ADMIN);
+					} else if (var_type == "mysql") {
+						s_query += " AND variable_name NOT IN " + string(CLUSTER_SYNC_INTERFACES_MYSQL);
+					}
+				}
 				mysql_query(conn, s_query.c_str());
 
 				if (rc_query == 0) {
 					MYSQL_RES *result = mysql_store_result(conn);
 					std::string d_query = "";
-					string_format("DELETE FROM runtime_global_variables WHERE variable_name LIKE '%s-%%'", d_query, var_type.c_str());
+					// remember that we read from runtime_global_variables but write into global_variables
+					string_format("DELETE FROM global_variables WHERE variable_name LIKE '%s-%%'", d_query, var_type.c_str());
+					if (GloVars.cluster_sync_interfaces == false) {
+						if (var_type == "admin") {
+							d_query += " AND variable_name NOT IN " + string(CLUSTER_SYNC_INTERFACES_ADMIN);
+						} else if (var_type == "mysql") {
+							d_query += " AND variable_name NOT IN " + string(CLUSTER_SYNC_INTERFACES_MYSQL);
+						}
+					}
 					GloAdmin->admindb->execute(d_query.c_str());
 
 					MYSQL_ROW row;
diff --git a/lib/ProxySQL_GloVars.cpp b/lib/ProxySQL_GloVars.cpp
index 091f23a6d..88dc70d6e 100644
--- a/lib/ProxySQL_GloVars.cpp
+++ b/lib/ProxySQL_GloVars.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ ProxySQL_GlobalVariables::ProxySQL_GlobalVariables() :
 
 	__cmd_proxysql_initial=false;
 	__cmd_proxysql_reload=false;
+	cluster_sync_interfaces=false;
 
 	statuses.stack_memory_mysql_threads = 0;
 	statuses.stack_memory_admin_threads = 0;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index dad1450b6..309e36de2 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -876,6 +876,17 @@ void ProxySQL_Main_process_global_variables(int argc, const char **argv) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		// if cluster_sync_interfaces is true, interfaces variables are synced too
+		if (root.exists("cluster_sync_interfaces")==true) {
+			bool value_bool;
+			bool rc;
+			rc=root.lookupValue("cluster_sync_interfaces", value_bool);
+			if (rc==true) {
+				GloVars.cluster_sync_interfaces=value_bool;
+			} else {
+				proxy_error("The config file is configured with an invalid cluster_sync_interfaces\n");
+			}
+		}
 		if (root.exists("sqlite3_plugin")==true) {
 			string sqlite3_plugin;
 			bool rc;
diff --git a/src/proxysql.cfg b/src/proxysql.cfg
index e521ccd13..2f936344b 100644
--- a/src/proxysql.cfg
+++ b/src/proxysql.cfg
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # Grammar is also copied at the end of this file
 
 uuid="9588556d-fc2d-48ac-9c48-201abab06768"
+cluster_sync_interfaces=true
 restart_on_missing_heartbeats=10
 datadir="/var/lib/proxysql"
 //execute_on_exit_failure="/path/to/script"