diff --git a/lib/src/client/builder.rs b/lib/src/client/builder.rs
index e802f15c1..d0d8f71f4 100644
--- a/lib/src/client/builder.rs
+++ b/lib/src/client/builder.rs
@@ -208,6 +208,13 @@ impl ClientBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Sets whether the client should transfer (or recreate if transfers are
+    /// not supported) subscriptions to the new session when reconnecting.
+    pub fn transfer_on_reconnect(mut self, transfer_on_reconnect: bool) -> Self {
+        self.config.transfer_on_reconnect = transfer_on_reconnect;
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Initial time between retries when backing off on session reconnects.
     pub fn session_retry_initial(mut self, session_retry_initial: Duration) -> Self {
         self.config.session_retry_initial = session_retry_initial;
diff --git a/lib/src/client/config.rs b/lib/src/client/config.rs
index 33dccc03f..ab1bdb34d 100644
--- a/lib/src/client/config.rs
+++ b/lib/src/client/config.rs
@@ -82,17 +82,18 @@ impl ClientUserToken {
                 );
                 valid = false;
             }
-        } else {
-            if self.cert_path.is_none() && self.private_key_path.is_none() {
-                error!(
-                    "User token {} fails to provide a password or certificate info.",
-                    self.user
-                );
-                valid = false;
-            } else if self.cert_path.is_none() || self.private_key_path.is_none() {
-                error!("User token {} fails to provide both a certificate path and a private key path.", self.user);
-                valid = false;
-            }
+        } else if self.cert_path.is_none() && self.private_key_path.is_none() {
+            error!(
+                "User token {} fails to provide a password or certificate info.",
+                self.user
+            );
+            valid = false;
+        } else if self.cert_path.is_none() || self.private_key_path.is_none() {
+            error!(
+                "User token {} fails to provide both a certificate path and a private key path.",
+                self.user
+            );
+            valid = false;
         }
         valid
     }
@@ -202,6 +203,9 @@ pub struct ClientConfig {
     /// Maximum number of times to attempt to reconnect to the server before giving up.
     /// -1 retries forever
     pub(crate) session_retry_limit: i32,
+    /// Transfer (or recreate if transfers are not supported) subscriptions to
+    /// the new session when reconnecting.
+    pub(crate) transfer_on_reconnect: bool,
 
     /// Initial delay for exponential backoff when reconnecting to the server.
     pub(crate) session_retry_initial: Duration,
@@ -215,8 +219,9 @@ pub struct ClientConfig {
     /// Timeout for publish requests, separate from normal timeout since
     /// subscriptions are often more time sensitive.
     pub(crate) publish_timeout: Duration,
-    /// Minimum publish interval. Setting this higher will make sure that subscriptions
-    /// publish together, which may reduce the number of publish requests if you have a lot of subscriptions.
+    /// Minimum publish interval. Setting this higher will make sure that
+    /// subscriptions publish together, which may reduce the number of publish
+    /// requests if you have a lot of subscriptions.
     pub(crate) min_publish_interval: Duration,
     /// Maximum number of inflight publish requests before further requests are skipped.
     pub(crate) max_inflight_publish: usize,
@@ -354,6 +359,7 @@ impl ClientConfig {
             session_retry_limit: SessionRetryPolicy::DEFAULT_RETRY_LIMIT as i32,
             session_retry_initial: Duration::from_secs(1),
             session_retry_max: Duration::from_secs(30),
+            transfer_on_reconnect: true,
             keep_alive_interval: Duration::from_secs(10),
             request_timeout: Duration::from_secs(60),
             min_publish_interval: Duration::from_secs(1),
diff --git a/lib/src/client/session/connect.rs b/lib/src/client/session/connect.rs
index 1ea509840..b23b49ba9 100644
--- a/lib/src/client/session/connect.rs
+++ b/lib/src/client/session/connect.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ impl SessionConnector {
             }
         };
 
-        self.inner.transfer_subscriptions_from_old_session().await;
+        if self.inner.transfer_on_reconnect {
+            self.inner.transfer_subscriptions_from_old_session().await;
+        }
 
         Ok(reconnect)
     }
diff --git a/lib/src/client/session/session.rs b/lib/src/client/session/session.rs
index 9402ac5aa..d83f01c9b 100644
--- a/lib/src/client/session/session.rs
+++ b/lib/src/client/session/session.rs
@@ -51,10 +51,11 @@ pub struct Session {
     pub(super) application_description: ApplicationDescription,
     pub(super) request_timeout: Duration,
     pub(super) publish_timeout: Duration,
-    pub(super) recreate_monitored_items_chunk: usize,
     pub(super) session_timeout: f64,
     pub(super) max_inflight_publish: usize,
+    pub(super) recreate_monitored_items_chunk: usize,
     pub subscription_state: Mutex<SubscriptionState>,
+    pub(super) transfer_on_reconnect: bool,
     pub(super) monitored_item_handle: AtomicHandle,
     pub(super) trigger_publish_tx: tokio::sync::watch::Sender<Instant>,
 }
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ impl Session {
             max_inflight_publish: config.max_inflight_publish,
             recreate_monitored_items_chunk: config.performance.recreate_monitored_items_chunk,
             subscription_state: Mutex::new(SubscriptionState::new(config.min_publish_interval)),
+            transfer_on_reconnect: config.transfer_on_reconnect,
             monitored_item_handle: AtomicHandle::new(1000),
             trigger_publish_tx,
         });
diff --git a/samples/client.conf b/samples/client.conf
index 8fb8f9b07..597f457b4 100644
--- a/samples/client.conf
+++ b/samples/client.conf
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ decoding_options:
   max_byte_string_length: 65535
   max_array_length: 1000
 session_retry_limit: 10
+transfer_on_reconnect: true
 session_retry_initial:
   secs: 1
   nanos: 0