diff --git a/lncfg/protocol_legacy_off.go b/lncfg/protocol_legacy_off.go
index 060569d8..c0a8ef8d 100644
--- a/lncfg/protocol_legacy_off.go
+++ b/lncfg/protocol_legacy_off.go
@@ -20,3 +20,8 @@ func (l *LegacyProtocol) LegacyOnion() bool {
 func (l *LegacyProtocol) NoStaticRemoteKey() bool {
 	return false
 }
+
+// NoGossipThrottle returns true if gossip updates shouldn't be throttled.
+func (l *LegacyProtocol) NoGossipThrottle() bool {
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/lncfg/protocol_legacy_on.go b/lncfg/protocol_legacy_on.go
index 712d5fed..ee0ee3b4 100644
--- a/lncfg/protocol_legacy_on.go
+++ b/lncfg/protocol_legacy_on.go
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ type LegacyProtocol struct {
 	// remote party's output in the commitment. If set to true, then we
 	// won't signal StaticRemoteKeyOptional.
 	CommitmentTweak bool `long:"committweak" description:"force node to not advertise the new commitment format"`
+
+	// NoGossipUpdateThrottle if true, then gossip updates won't be
+	// throttled using the current set of heuristics. This should mainly be
+	// used for integration tests where we want nearly instant propagation
+	// of gossip updates.
+	NoGossipUpdateThrottle bool `long:"no-gossip-throttle" description:"if true, then gossip updates will not be throttled to once per rebroadcast interval for non keep-alive updates"`
 }
 
 // LegacyOnion returns true if the old legacy onion format should be used when
@@ -30,3 +36,8 @@ func (l *LegacyProtocol) LegacyOnion() bool {
 func (l *LegacyProtocol) NoStaticRemoteKey() bool {
 	return l.CommitmentTweak
 }
+
+// NoGossipThrottle returns true if gossip updates shouldn't be throttled.
+func (l *LegacyProtocol) NoGossipThrottle() bool {
+	return l.NoGossipUpdateThrottle
+}