diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/models.py b/backend/btrixcloud/models.py
index cb5ec49216..29262b880f 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/models.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/models.py
@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ class RawCrawlConfig(BaseModel):
     selectLinks: List[str] = ["a[href]->href"]
     clickSelector: str = "a"
 
+    ignoreScopeForBehaviorLinks: bool | None = False
+
     saveStorage: Optional[bool] = False
 
 
diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/operator/crawls.py b/backend/btrixcloud/operator/crawls.py
index a4fac6ee96..6df1c24163 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/operator/crawls.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/operator/crawls.py
@@ -531,11 +531,29 @@ async def _load_crawl_configmap(
 
         self.crawl_config_ops.ensure_quota_page_limit(crawlconfig, crawl.org)
 
+        crawler_image = params["crawler_image"]
+
+        configmap_logger = logger.bind(crawl_id=crawl.id)
+
         raw_config = crawlconfig.get_raw_config()
         raw_config["behaviors"] = self._filter_autoclick_behavior(
-            raw_config["behaviors"], params["crawler_image"]
+            raw_config["behaviors"], crawler_image
         )
 
+        if raw_config.get("ignoreScopeForBehaviorLinks") is True:
+            min_behavior_links_image = os.environ.get(
+                "MIN_BEHAVIOR_LINKS_CRAWLER_IMAGE"
+            )
+            if min_behavior_links_image and crawler_image_below_minimum(
+                crawler_image, min_behavior_links_image
+            ):
+                raw_config.pop("ignoreScopeForBehaviorLinks", None)
+                configmap_logger.warning(
+                    "crawl_configmap_ignore_scope_behavior_links_ignored",
+                    crawler_image=crawler_image,
+                    min_behavior_links_image=min_behavior_links_image,
+                )
+
         if crawl.seed_file_url:
             raw_config["seedFile"] = crawl.seed_file_url
         raw_config.pop("seedFileId", None)
@@ -543,9 +561,8 @@ async def _load_crawl_configmap(
         params["config"] = json.dumps(raw_config)
 
         if config_update_needed:
-            logger.debug(
+            configmap_logger.debug(
                 "crawl_configmap_updated",
-                crawl_id=crawl.id,
                 unstructured_message=f"Updating config for {crawl.id}",
             )
 
diff --git a/backend/test/test_crawlconfigs.py b/backend/test/test_crawlconfigs.py
index 532f835551..953e78a1ba 100644
--- a/backend/test/test_crawlconfigs.py
+++ b/backend/test/test_crawlconfigs.py
@@ -317,6 +317,17 @@ def test_verify_default_click_selector(
     assert r.json()["config"]["clickSelector"] == "a"
 
 
+def test_verify_default_ignore_scope_behavior_links(
+    crawler_auth_headers, default_org_id, sample_crawl_data
+):
+    r = requests.get(
+        f"{API_PREFIX}/orgs/{default_org_id}/crawlconfigs/{cid}/",
+        headers=crawler_auth_headers,
+    )
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert r.json()["config"]["ignoreScopeForBehaviorLinks"] is False
+
+
 def test_update_config_data(crawler_auth_headers, default_org_id, sample_crawl_data):
     r = requests.patch(
         f"{API_PREFIX}/orgs/{default_org_id}/crawlconfigs/{cid}/",
@@ -327,6 +338,7 @@ def test_update_config_data(crawler_auth_headers, default_org_id, sample_crawl_d
                 "scopeType": "domain",
                 "selectLinks": ["a[href]->href", "script[src]->src"],
                 "clickSelector": "button",
+                "ignoreScopeForBehaviorLinks": True,
             }
         },
     )
@@ -344,6 +356,7 @@ def test_update_config_data(crawler_auth_headers, default_org_id, sample_crawl_d
     assert config["scopeType"] == "domain"
     assert config["selectLinks"] == ["a[href]->href", "script[src]->src"]
     assert config["clickSelector"] == "button"
+    assert config["ignoreScopeForBehaviorLinks"] is True
 
     # Verify fields set in config originally are unchanged
     assert config["lang"] == "en"
@@ -363,6 +376,7 @@ def test_update_config_no_changes(
                 "scopeType": "domain",
                 "selectLinks": ["a[href]->href", "script[src]->src"],
                 "clickSelector": "button",
+                "ignoreScopeForBehaviorLinks": True,
             }
         },
     )
diff --git a/chart/templates/configmap.yaml b/chart/templates/configmap.yaml
index 0e8370c420..588c96ecc9 100644
--- a/chart/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ data:
 
   MIN_SEED_FILE_CRAWLER_IMAGE: "{{ .Values.min_seed_file_crawler_image }}"
 
+  MIN_BEHAVIOR_LINKS_CRAWLER_IMAGE: "{{ .Values.min_behavior_links_crawler_image }}"
+
   NUM_BROWSERS: "{{ .Values.crawler_browser_instances }}"
 
   MAX_CRAWLER_MEMORY: "{{ .Values.max_crawler_memory }}"
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 46bd6d80fa..4f2d52a482 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ min_autoclick_crawler_image: "docker.io/webrecorder/browsertrix-crawler:1.5.0"
 # if set, will restrict seed files to image names that are >= this value
 min_seed_file_crawler_image: "docker.io/webrecorder/browsertrix-crawler:1.7.0"
 
+# if set, will restrict ignoring scope for behaviors to image names that are >= this value
+min_behavior_links_crawler_image: "docker.io/webrecorder/browsertrix-crawler:1.14.0"
+
 # optional: enable to use a persist volume claim for all crawls
 # can be enabled to use a multi-write shared filesystem
 # crawler_pv_claim: "nfs-shared-crawls"