diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.cc b/src/libstore/globals.cc
index ca2e75603..ff6082aac 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.cc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Settings::Settings()
 {
     buildUsersGroup = getuid() == 0 ? "nixbld" : "";
     lockCPU = getEnv("NIX_AFFINITY_HACK") == "1";
-    ignoreSymlinkStore = getEnv("NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE") == "1";
+    allowSymlinkedStore = getEnv("NIX_IGNORE_SYMLINK_STORE") == "1";
 
     caFile = getEnv("NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE").value_or(getEnv("SSL_CERT_FILE").value_or(""));
     if (caFile == "") {
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index fcb9b0f63..fd0c6cbcc 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ public:
     Setting<std::string> flakeRegistry{this, "https://github.com/NixOS/flake-registry/raw/master/flake-registry.json", "flake-registry",
         "Path or URI of the global flake registry."};
 
-    Setting<bool> ignoreSymlinkStore{
+    Setting<bool> allowSymlinkedStore{
         this, false, "allow-symlinked-store",
         R"(
           If set to `true`, Nix will stop complaining if the store directory
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
index 24b9ea7bd..cc9fcfe6e 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-store.cc
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ LocalStore::LocalStore(const Params & params)
     }
 
     /* Ensure that the store and its parents are not symlinks. */
-    if (!settings.ignoreSymlinkStore) {
+    if (!settings.allowSymlinkedStore) {
         Path path = realStoreDir;
         struct stat st;
         while (path != "/") {