diff --git a/distribution/src/config/jvm.options b/distribution/src/config/jvm.options
index a523c3ec85ba1..f55d90933ed61 100644
--- a/distribution/src/config/jvm.options
+++ b/distribution/src/config/jvm.options
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
 23:-XX:CompileCommand=dontinline,java/lang/invoke/MethodHandle.setAsTypeCache
 23:-XX:CompileCommand=dontinline,java/lang/invoke/MethodHandle.asTypeUncached
 
+# Lucene 10: apply MADV_NORMAL advice to enable more aggressive readahead
+-Dorg.apache.lucene.store.defaultReadAdvice=normal
+
 ## heap dumps
 
 # generate a heap dump when an allocation from the Java heap fails; heap dumps