diff --git a/service/storage_service.cc b/service/storage_service.cc
index 4116809530..88af2ba710 100644
--- a/service/storage_service.cc
+++ b/service/storage_service.cc
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ static const sstring DIGEST_MULTIPARTITION_READ_FEATURE = "DIGEST_MULTIPARTITION
 static const sstring CORRECT_COUNTER_ORDER_FEATURE = "CORRECT_COUNTER_ORDER";
 static const sstring SCHEMA_TABLES_V3 = "SCHEMA_TABLES_V3";
 static const sstring CORRECT_NON_COMPOUND_RANGE_TOMBSTONES = "CORRECT_NON_COMPOUND_RANGE_TOMBSTONES";
+static const sstring WRITE_FAILURE_REPLY_FEATURE = "WRITE_FAILURE_REPLY";
 
 distributed<storage_service> _the_storage_service;
 
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ sstring storage_service::get_config_supported_features() {
         CORRECT_COUNTER_ORDER_FEATURE,
         SCHEMA_TABLES_V3,
         CORRECT_NON_COMPOUND_RANGE_TOMBSTONES,
+        WRITE_FAILURE_REPLY_FEATURE,
     };
     if (service::get_local_storage_service()._db.local().get_config().experimental()) {
         features.push_back(MATERIALIZED_VIEWS_FEATURE);
@@ -347,6 +349,7 @@ void storage_service::register_features() {
     _correct_counter_order_feature = gms::feature(CORRECT_COUNTER_ORDER_FEATURE);
     _schema_tables_v3 = gms::feature(SCHEMA_TABLES_V3);
     _correct_non_compound_range_tombstones = gms::feature(CORRECT_NON_COMPOUND_RANGE_TOMBSTONES);
+    _write_failure_reply_feature = gms::feature(WRITE_FAILURE_REPLY_FEATURE);
 
     if (_db.local().get_config().experimental()) {
         _materialized_views_feature = gms::feature(MATERIALIZED_VIEWS_FEATURE);
diff --git a/service/storage_service.hh b/service/storage_service.hh
index 4ddfa485cc..c5d85edcdd 100644
--- a/service/storage_service.hh
+++ b/service/storage_service.hh
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ private:
     gms::feature _correct_counter_order_feature;
     gms::feature _schema_tables_v3;
     gms::feature _correct_non_compound_range_tombstones;
+    gms::feature _write_failure_reply_feature;
 public:
     void enable_all_features() {
         _range_tombstones_feature.enable();
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ public:
         _correct_counter_order_feature.enable();
         _schema_tables_v3.enable();
         _correct_non_compound_range_tombstones.enable();
+        _write_failure_reply_feature.enable();
     }
 
     void finish_bootstrapping() {
@@ -2249,6 +2251,10 @@ public:
     bool cluster_supports_reading_correctly_serialized_range_tombstones() const {
         return bool(_correct_non_compound_range_tombstones);
     }
+
+    bool node_supports_write_failure_reply(gms::inet_address ep) const {
+        return gms::get_local_gossiper().node_has_feature(ep, _write_failure_reply_feature);
+    }
 };
 
 inline future<> init_storage_service(distributed<database>& db, sharded<auth::service>& auth_service) {