diff --git a/rust_snuba/src/runtime_config.rs b/rust_snuba/src/runtime_config.rs
index 33fc73c36e..d5d7b68472 100644
--- a/rust_snuba/src/runtime_config.rs
+++ b/rust_snuba/src/runtime_config.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,24 @@ pub fn get_load_balancing_config(storage_name: &str) -> LoadBalancingConfig {
     }
 }
 
+/// ClickHouse's compiled-in default for `max_insert_block_size`. We refuse to
+/// apply any override below this to avoid silently shrinking blocks below what
+/// the server would already produce on its own.
+pub const CLICKHOUSE_DEFAULT_MAX_INSERT_BLOCK_SIZE: u64 = 1_048_449;
+
+/// Returns Some(n) if `clickhouse_max_insert_block_size:<storage_name>` is set
+/// to an integer >= ClickHouse's default (1_048_449); otherwise None. Values
+/// below the default are rejected, since they wouldn't increase the block size
+/// past what ClickHouse already does by default. Callers should append
+/// `&max_insert_block_size=<n>` to the INSERT URL when Some.
+pub fn get_max_insert_block_size(storage_name: &str) -> Option<u64> {
+    get_str_config(&format!("clickhouse_max_insert_block_size:{storage_name}"))
+        .ok()
+        .flatten()
+        .and_then(|s| s.parse::<u64>().ok())
+        .filter(|&n| n >= CLICKHOUSE_DEFAULT_MAX_INSERT_BLOCK_SIZE)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/rust_snuba/src/strategies/clickhouse/writer_v2.rs b/rust_snuba/src/strategies/clickhouse/writer_v2.rs
index e4730cb869..3f48d4e97c 100644
--- a/rust_snuba/src/strategies/clickhouse/writer_v2.rs
+++ b/rust_snuba/src/strategies/clickhouse/writer_v2.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use sentry_arroyo::types::Message;
 use sentry_arroyo::{counter, timer};
 
 use crate::config::ClickhouseConfig;
-use crate::runtime_config::get_load_balancing_config;
+use crate::runtime_config::{get_load_balancing_config, get_max_insert_block_size};
 use crate::types::{BytesInsertBatch, RowData};
 
 fn clickhouse_task_runner(
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ impl ClickhouseClient {
         if let Some(offset) = lb_config.first_offset {
             url.push_str(&format!("&load_balancing_first_offset={offset}"));
         }
+        if let Some(block_size) = get_max_insert_block_size(&self.storage_name) {
+            url.push_str(&format!("&max_insert_block_size={block_size}"));
+        }
         url
     }
 
@@ -356,6 +359,51 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(url.contains("load_balancing_first_offset=1"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_url_with_max_insert_block_size() {
+        crate::testutils::initialize_python();
+        let config = make_test_config();
+        let client = ClickhouseClient::new(
+            &config,
+            "test_table",
+            "writer_v2_block_size_test".to_string(),
+        );
+
+        // Default (key absent): no suffix.
+        let url = client.build_url();
+        assert!(!url.contains("max_insert_block_size"));
+
+        // Per-storage override at or above the ClickHouse default sets the suffix.
+        crate::runtime_config::patch_str_config_for_test(
+            "clickhouse_max_insert_block_size:writer_v2_block_size_test",
+            Some("2000000"),
+        );
+        let url = client.build_url();
+        assert!(url.contains("&max_insert_block_size=2000000"));
+
+        // A different storage isn't affected.
+        let other_client =
+            ClickhouseClient::new(&config, "test_table", "writer_v2_other_storage".to_string());
+        let url = other_client.build_url();
+        assert!(!url.contains("max_insert_block_size"));
+
+        // Values below the ClickHouse default (1_048_449) are rejected.
+        crate::runtime_config::patch_str_config_for_test(
+            "clickhouse_max_insert_block_size:writer_v2_block_size_test",
+            Some("1000000"),
+        );
+        let url = client.build_url();
+        assert!(!url.contains("max_insert_block_size"));
+
+        // Exactly the default is accepted.
+        crate::runtime_config::patch_str_config_for_test(
+            "clickhouse_max_insert_block_size:writer_v2_block_size_test",
+            Some("1048449"),
+        );
+        let url = client.build_url();
+        assert!(url.contains("&max_insert_block_size=1048449"));
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_retry_with_exponential_backoff() {
         crate::testutils::initialize_python();