diff --git a/influxdb3/src/commands/write.rs b/influxdb3/src/commands/write.rs
index 36c68e241e9..9128ab7c9f0 100644
--- a/influxdb3/src/commands/write.rs
+++ b/influxdb3/src/commands/write.rs
@@ -53,10 +53,16 @@ pub struct Config {
     #[clap(long = "accept-partial")]
     accept_partial_writes: bool,
 
+    /// Flag to request the server not wait for sync before ACK'ing
+    ///
+    /// This option returns a success before a write is durable.
+    #[clap(long = "no-sync")]
+    no_sync_writes: bool,
+
     /// Give a quoted line protocol line via the command line
     line_protocol: Option<Vec<String>>,
 
-    /// Specify a supported precision (eg: ns, us, ms, s).
+    /// Specify a supported precision (eg: auto, ns, us, ms, s).
     #[clap(short = 'p', long = "precision")]
     precision: Option<Precision>,
 
@@ -99,6 +105,9 @@ pub(crate) async fn command(config: Config) -> Result<()> {
     if config.accept_partial_writes {
         req = req.accept_partial(true);
     }
+    if config.no_sync_writes {
+        req = req.no_sync(true);
+    }
     req.body(writes).send().await?;
 
     println!("success");
diff --git a/influxdb3/tests/server/client.rs b/influxdb3/tests/server/client.rs
index b4801e2ac48..45c7e7329c4 100644
--- a/influxdb3/tests/server/client.rs
+++ b/influxdb3/tests/server/client.rs
@@ -97,3 +97,48 @@ async fn configure_last_caches() {
         .await
         .expect("should delete the cache");
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn write_with_no_sync() {
+    let server = TestServer::spawn().await;
+    let db_name = "foo";
+    let tbl_name = "bar";
+    let client = influxdb3_client::Client::new(
+        server.client_addr(),
+        Some("../testing-certs/rootCA.pem".into()),
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    // Test with no_sync(true) - should succeed without waiting for fsync
+    client
+        .api_v3_write_lp(db_name)
+        .precision(Precision::Nanosecond)
+        .accept_partial(false)
+        .no_sync(true)
+        .body(format!("{tbl_name},t1=a,t2=aa f1=123 1000"))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .expect("write with no_sync(true)");
+
+    // Test with no_sync(false) - default behavior, waits for fsync
+    client
+        .api_v3_write_lp(db_name)
+        .precision(Precision::Nanosecond)
+        .accept_partial(false)
+        .no_sync(false)
+        .body(format!("{tbl_name},t1=b,t2=bb f1=456 2000"))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .expect("write with no_sync(false)");
+
+    // Verify both writes were successful by querying
+    let result = client
+        .api_v3_query_sql(db_name, format!("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {tbl_name}"))
+        .format(Format::Csv)
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .expect("query to verify writes");
+    let s = String::from_utf8(result.as_ref().to_vec()).unwrap();
+    // Both writes should be present
+    assert_eq!(s, "count(*)\n2\n", "Expected query results");
+}
diff --git a/influxdb3/tests/server/write.rs b/influxdb3/tests/server/write.rs
index 5d9efe3fb7b..2cc86b8aeb5 100644
--- a/influxdb3/tests/server/write.rs
+++ b/influxdb3/tests/server/write.rs
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ async fn writes_with_different_schema_should_fail() {
 #[tokio::test]
 /// Check that the no_sync param can be used on any endpoint. However, this only means that serde
 /// will parse it just fine. It is only able to be used in the v3 endpoint and will
-/// default to requiring the WAL to synce before returning.
+/// default to requiring the WAL to sync before returning.
 async fn api_no_sync_param() {
     let server = TestServer::spawn().await;
     let client = server.http_client();
diff --git a/influxdb3_client/src/lib.rs b/influxdb3_client/src/lib.rs
index 2da3a6df8df..2614525fa5a 100644
--- a/influxdb3_client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/influxdb3_client/src/lib.rs
@@ -982,6 +982,12 @@ impl<B> WriteRequestBuilder<'_, B> {
         self.params.accept_partial = Some(set_to);
         self
     }
+
+    /// Set the `no_sync` parameter
+    pub fn no_sync(mut self, set_to: bool) -> Self {
+        self.params.no_sync = Some(set_to);
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'c> WriteRequestBuilder<'c, NoBody> {
diff --git a/influxdb3_types/src/write.rs b/influxdb3_types/src/write.rs
index 57ad3f3b475..bf49d46c072 100644
--- a/influxdb3_types/src/write.rs
+++ b/influxdb3_types/src/write.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ impl std::str::FromStr for Precision {
 
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> std::result::Result<Self, Self::Err> {
         let p = match s {
+            "auto" => Self::Auto,
             "s" => Self::Second,
             "ms" => Self::Millisecond,
             "us" => Self::Microsecond,