diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index bd2b3cb23c..70630c6788 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 			rawdb.WriteDatabaseVersion(chainDb, core.BlockChainVersion)
 		}
 	}
+	trieJournalDirectory := config.TrieJournalDirectory
+	if trieJournalDirectory == "" {
+		trieJournalDirectory = stack.ResolvePath("triedb")
+	}
+
 	var (
 		options = &core.BlockChainConfig{
 			TrieCleanLimit:    config.TrieCleanCache,
@@ -296,7 +301,7 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 			// within the data directory. The corresponding paths will be either:
 			// - DATADIR/triedb/merkle.journal
 			// - DATADIR/triedb/verkle.journal
-			TrieJournalDirectory: stack.ResolvePath("triedb"),
+			TrieJournalDirectory: trieJournalDirectory,
 			StateSizeTracking:    config.EnableStateSizeTracking,
 		}
 	)
diff --git a/eth/ethconfig/config.go b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
index a1d42d7b57..7adb240fcd 100644
--- a/eth/ethconfig/config.go
+++ b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	SnapshotCache  int
 	Preimages      bool
 	TriesInMemory  uint64
+	// Directory path to the journal used for persisting trie data across node restarts.
+	TrieJournalDirectory string
 
 	// This is the number of blocks for which logs will be cached in the filter system.
 	FilterLogCacheSize int
diff --git a/eth/ethconfig/gen_config.go b/eth/ethconfig/gen_config.go
index 02e88bd09f..aa318fb2f6 100644
--- a/eth/ethconfig/gen_config.go
+++ b/eth/ethconfig/gen_config.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func (c Config) MarshalTOML() (interface{}, error) {
 		SnapshotCache                        int
 		Preimages                            bool
 		TriesInMemory                        uint64
+		TrieJournalDirectory                 string
 		FilterLogCacheSize                   int
 		LogQueryLimit                        int
 		AddressCacheSizes                    map[common.Address]int
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ func (c Config) MarshalTOML() (interface{}, error) {
 	enc.SnapshotCache = c.SnapshotCache
 	enc.Preimages = c.Preimages
 	enc.TriesInMemory = c.TriesInMemory
+	enc.TrieJournalDirectory = c.TrieJournalDirectory
 	enc.FilterLogCacheSize = c.FilterLogCacheSize
 	enc.LogQueryLimit = c.LogQueryLimit
 	enc.AddressCacheSizes = c.AddressCacheSizes
@@ -229,6 +231,7 @@ func (c *Config) UnmarshalTOML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 		SnapshotCache                        *int
 		Preimages                            *bool
 		TriesInMemory                        *uint64
+		TrieJournalDirectory                 *string
 		FilterLogCacheSize                   *int
 		LogQueryLimit                        *int
 		AddressCacheSizes                    map[common.Address]int
@@ -381,6 +384,9 @@ func (c *Config) UnmarshalTOML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
 	if dec.TriesInMemory != nil {
 		c.TriesInMemory = *dec.TriesInMemory
 	}
+	if dec.TrieJournalDirectory != nil {
+		c.TrieJournalDirectory = *dec.TrieJournalDirectory
+	}
 	if dec.FilterLogCacheSize != nil {
 		c.FilterLogCacheSize = *dec.FilterLogCacheSize
 	}
diff --git a/internal/cli/server/config.go b/internal/cli/server/config.go
index 16a0a791f3..62cefc7617 100644
--- a/internal/cli/server/config.go
+++ b/internal/cli/server/config.go
@@ -1558,6 +1558,11 @@ func (c *Config) buildEth(stack *node.Node, accountManager *accounts.Manager) (*
 		n.TransactionHistory = c.Cache.TxLookupLimit
 		n.TrieTimeout = c.Cache.TrieTimeout
 		n.TriesInMemory = c.Cache.TriesInMemory
+		trieJournalDirectory := c.Cache.TrieJournalDirectory
+		if trieJournalDirectory == "" {
+			trieJournalDirectory = "triedb"
+		}
+		n.TrieJournalDirectory = stack.ResolvePath(trieJournalDirectory)
 		n.FilterLogCacheSize = c.Cache.FilterLogCacheSize
 
 		// Parse address-specific cache sizes