diff --git a/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-api/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/kotest/core/internal/KotestEngineSystemProperties.kt b/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-api/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/kotest/core/internal/KotestEngineSystemProperties.kt
index 5612f546286..7dd26fa64f8 100644
--- a/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-api/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/kotest/core/internal/KotestEngineSystemProperties.kt
+++ b/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-api/src/commonMain/kotlin/io/kotest/core/internal/KotestEngineSystemProperties.kt
@@ -63,4 +63,9 @@ object KotestEngineSystemProperties {
    *  If set -> filter testCases by this severity level and higher, else running all
    */
    const val severityPrefix = "kotest.framework.test.severity"
+
+   /**
+    * Enable assert softly globally.
+    * */
+   const val globalAssertSoftly = "kotest.framework.assertion.globalassertsoftly"
 }
diff --git a/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-engine/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/kotest/engine/config/loadConfigFromSystemProperties.kt b/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-engine/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/kotest/engine/config/loadConfigFromSystemProperties.kt
index db5e29dfcdd..64c19836c49 100644
--- a/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-engine/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/kotest/engine/config/loadConfigFromSystemProperties.kt
+++ b/kotest-framework/kotest-framework-engine/src/jvmMain/kotlin/io/kotest/engine/config/loadConfigFromSystemProperties.kt
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ internal fun allowMultilineTestName(): Option<Boolean> =
 internal fun concurrencyMode(): Option<ConcurrencyMode> =
    sysprop(KotestEngineSystemProperties.concurrencyMode).toOption().map { ConcurrencyMode.valueOf(it) }
 
+internal fun globalAssertSoftly(): Option<Boolean> =
+   sysprop(KotestEngineSystemProperties.globalAssertSoftly).toOption().map { it.toUpperCase() == "TRUE" }
+
 /**
  * Returns a [DetectedProjectConfig] which is built from system properties where supported.
  */
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ internal fun loadConfigFromSystemProperties(): DetectedProjectConfig {
       concurrencyMode = concurrencyMode(),
       timeout = timeout(),
       invocationTimeout = invocationTimeout(),
-      testNameRemoveWhitespace = allowMultilineTestName()
+      testNameRemoveWhitespace = allowMultilineTestName(),
+      globalAssertSoftly = globalAssertSoftly()
    )
 }