diff --git a/src/v/kafka/server/handlers/configs/config_response_utils.cc b/src/v/kafka/server/handlers/configs/config_response_utils.cc
index dadf54560768e..f05cb11949abc 100644
--- a/src/v/kafka/server/handlers/configs/config_response_utils.cc
+++ b/src/v/kafka/server/handlers/configs/config_response_utils.cc
@@ -992,6 +992,19 @@ config_response_container_t make_topic_configs(
         "topic."),
       &describe_as_string<bool>);
 
+    add_topic_config_if_requested(
+      config_keys,
+      result,
+      topic_property_remote_allow_gaps,
+      false,
+      topic_property_remote_allow_gaps,
+      topic_properties.remote_topic_allow_gaps,
+      include_synonyms,
+      maybe_make_documentation(
+        include_documentation,
+        "Allow offset gaps if the Tiered-Storage is paused."),
+      &describe_as_string<bool>);
+
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/describe_topics_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/describe_topics_test.py
index 2ce2b80f2d7e1..bb6bdeb6dece5 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/describe_topics_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/describe_topics_test.py
@@ -301,6 +301,12 @@ def test_describe_topics_with_documentation_and_types(self):
                 doc_string=
                 "If true, delete the corresponding Iceberg table when deleting the topic."
             ),
+            "redpanda.remote.allow_gaps":
+            ConfigProperty(
+                config_type="BOOLEAN",
+                value="false",
+                doc_string="Allow offset gaps if the Tiered-Storage is paused."
+            ),
         }
 
         tp_spec = TopicSpec()