diff --git a/src/cursor/find_cursor.ts b/src/cursor/find_cursor.ts
index 2bf9cffd2d..ae483ca215 100644
--- a/src/cursor/find_cursor.ts
+++ b/src/cursor/find_cursor.ts
@@ -412,11 +412,19 @@ export class FindCursor<TSchema = any> extends AbstractCursor<TSchema> {
    * @remarks
    * {@link https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/command/find/#find-cmd-allowdiskuse | find command allowDiskUse documentation}
    */
-  allowDiskUse(): this {
+  allowDiskUse(allow = true): this {
     assertUninitialized(this);
+
     if (!this[kBuiltOptions].sort) {
       throw new MongoInvalidArgumentError('Option "allowDiskUse" requires a sort specification');
     }
+
+    // As of 6.0 the default is true. This allows users to get back to the old behaviour.
+    if (!allow) {
+      this[kBuiltOptions].allowDiskUse = false;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     this[kBuiltOptions].allowDiskUse = true;
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/test/integration/crud/find_cursor_methods.test.js b/test/integration/crud/find_cursor_methods.test.js
index abaaf5bbaa..992e40d474 100644
--- a/test/integration/crud/find_cursor_methods.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/crud/find_cursor_methods.test.js
@@ -294,4 +294,58 @@ describe('Find Cursor', function () {
       })
     });
   });
+
+  context('#allowDiskUse', function () {
+    it('should set allowDiskUse to true by default', {
+      metadata: { requires: { mongodb: '>=4.4' } },
+      test: withClientV2(function (client, done) {
+        const commands = [];
+        client.on('commandStarted', filterForCommands(['find'], commands));
+
+        const coll = client.db().collection('abstract_cursor');
+        const cursor = coll.find({}, { sort: 'foo' });
+        cursor.allowDiskUse();
+        this.defer(() => cursor.close());
+
+        cursor.toArray(err => {
+          expect(err).to.not.exist;
+          expect(commands).to.have.length(1);
+          expect(commands[0].command.allowDiskUse).to.equal(true);
+          done();
+        });
+      })
+    });
+
+    it('should set allowDiskUse to false if specified', {
+      metadata: { requires: { mongodb: '>=4.4' } },
+      test: withClientV2(function (client, done) {
+        const commands = [];
+        client.on('commandStarted', filterForCommands(['find'], commands));
+
+        const coll = client.db().collection('abstract_cursor');
+        const cursor = coll.find({}, { sort: 'foo' });
+        cursor.allowDiskUse(false);
+        this.defer(() => cursor.close());
+
+        cursor.toArray(err => {
+          expect(err).to.not.exist;
+          expect(commands).to.have.length(1);
+          expect(commands[0].command.allowDiskUse).to.equal(false);
+          done();
+        });
+      })
+    });
+
+    it('throws if the query does not have sort specified', {
+      metadata: { requires: { mongodb: '>=4.4' } },
+      test: withClientV2(function (client, done) {
+        const coll = client.db().collection('abstract_cursor');
+        const cursor = coll.find({});
+        expect(() => cursor.allowDiskUse(false)).to.throw(
+          'Option "allowDiskUse" requires a sort specification'
+        );
+        done();
+      })
+    });
+  });
 });