diff --git a/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.sh b/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.sh
--- a/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.sh
+++ b/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
   export LSAN_OPTIONS="suppressions=${SAN_SUPP_DIR}/lsan:log_path=${SAN_LOG_DIR}/lsan.log"
   export TSAN_OPTIONS="suppressions=${SAN_SUPP_DIR}/tsan:log_path=${SAN_LOG_DIR}/tsan.log"
   export UBSAN_OPTIONS="suppressions=${SAN_SUPP_DIR}/ubsan:print_stacktrace=1:halt_on_error=1:log_path=${SAN_LOG_DIR}/ubsan.log"
+
+  # Allow to specify additional bitcoind arguments when running IBD
+  : "${IBD_BITCOIND_EXTRA_ARGS:=}"
 }
 
 # Facility to print out sanitizer log outputs to the build log console
@@ -112,12 +115,12 @@
 
   build-ibd)
     "${CI_SCRIPTS_DIR}"/build.sh
-    "${CI_SCRIPTS_DIR}"/ibd.sh -disablewallet -debug=net
+    "${CI_SCRIPTS_DIR}"/ibd.sh -disablewallet -debug=net ${IBD_BITCOIND_EXTRA_ARGS}
     ;;
 
   build-ibd-no-assumevalid-checkpoint)
     "${CI_SCRIPTS_DIR}"/build.sh
-    "${CI_SCRIPTS_DIR}"/ibd.sh -disablewallet -assumevalid=0 -checkpoints=0 -debug=net
+    "${CI_SCRIPTS_DIR}"/ibd.sh -disablewallet -assumevalid=0 -checkpoints=0 -debug=net ${IBD_BITCOIND_EXTRA_ARGS}
     ;;
 
   build-werror)