diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a4ab195fdb..c4e44e2872 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 ### Chore
 
+- [#8991](https://github.com/blockscout/blockscout/pull/8991) - Manage DB queue target via runtime env var
+
 <details>
   <summary>Dependencies version bumps</summary>
 </details>
diff --git a/config/runtime/dev.exs b/config/runtime/dev.exs
index c10a0b752a..3e4df28fb7 100644
--- a/config/runtime/dev.exs
+++ b/config/runtime/dev.exs
@@ -42,12 +42,15 @@ pool_size =
     do: ConfigHelper.parse_integer_env_var("POOL_SIZE", 30),
     else: ConfigHelper.parse_integer_env_var("POOL_SIZE", 40)
 
+queue_target = ConfigHelper.parse_integer_env_var("DATABASE_QUEUE_TARGET", 50)
+
 # Configure your database
 config :explorer, Explorer.Repo,
   database: database,
   hostname: hostname,
   url: System.get_env("DATABASE_URL"),
-  pool_size: pool_size
+  pool_size: pool_size,
+  queue_target: queue_target
 
 database_api = if System.get_env("DATABASE_READ_ONLY_API_URL"), do: nil, else: database
 hostname_api = if System.get_env("DATABASE_READ_ONLY_API_URL"), do: nil, else: hostname
@@ -57,7 +60,8 @@ config :explorer, Explorer.Repo.Replica1,
   database: database_api,
   hostname: hostname_api,
   url: ExplorerConfigHelper.get_api_db_url(),
-  pool_size: ConfigHelper.parse_integer_env_var("POOL_SIZE_API", 10)
+  pool_size: ConfigHelper.parse_integer_env_var("POOL_SIZE_API", 10),
+  queue_target: queue_target
 
 database_account = if System.get_env("ACCOUNT_DATABASE_URL"), do: nil, else: database
 hostname_account = if System.get_env("ACCOUNT_DATABASE_URL"), do: nil, else: hostname
@@ -67,7 +71,8 @@ config :explorer, Explorer.Repo.Account,
   database: database_account,
   hostname: hostname_account,
   url: ExplorerConfigHelper.get_account_db_url(),
-  pool_size: ConfigHelper.parse_integer_env_var("ACCOUNT_POOL_SIZE", 10)
+  pool_size: ConfigHelper.parse_integer_env_var("ACCOUNT_POOL_SIZE", 10),
+  queue_target: queue_target
 
 # Configure PolygonEdge database
 config :explorer, Explorer.Repo.PolygonEdge,
diff --git a/config/runtime/prod.exs b/config/runtime/prod.exs
index a8692d8c54..ce4602522a 100644
--- a/config/runtime/prod.exs
+++ b/config/runtime/prod.exs
@@ -28,24 +28,28 @@ config :block_scout_web, BlockScoutWeb.Endpoint,
 ################
 
 pool_size = ConfigHelper.parse_integer_env_var("POOL_SIZE", 50)
+queue_target = ConfigHelper.parse_integer_env_var("DATABASE_QUEUE_TARGET", 50)
 
 # Configures the database
 config :explorer, Explorer.Repo,
   url: System.get_env("DATABASE_URL"),
   pool_size: pool_size,
-  ssl: ExplorerConfigHelper.ssl_enabled?()
+  ssl: ExplorerConfigHelper.ssl_enabled?(),
+  queue_target: queue_target
 
 # Configures API the database
 config :explorer, Explorer.Repo.Replica1,
   url: ExplorerConfigHelper.get_api_db_url(),
   pool_size: ConfigHelper.parse_integer_env_var("POOL_SIZE_API", 50),
-  ssl: ExplorerConfigHelper.ssl_enabled?()
+  ssl: ExplorerConfigHelper.ssl_enabled?(),
+  queue_target: queue_target
 
 # Configures Account database
 config :explorer, Explorer.Repo.Account,
   url: ExplorerConfigHelper.get_account_db_url(),
   pool_size: ConfigHelper.parse_integer_env_var("ACCOUNT_POOL_SIZE", 50),
-  ssl: ExplorerConfigHelper.ssl_enabled?()
+  ssl: ExplorerConfigHelper.ssl_enabled?(),
+  queue_target: queue_target
 
 # Configures PolygonEdge database
 config :explorer, Explorer.Repo.PolygonEdge,
diff --git a/docker-compose/envs/common-blockscout.env b/docker-compose/envs/common-blockscout.env
index 8ea2e9265d..f8a1507ac2 100644
--- a/docker-compose/envs/common-blockscout.env
+++ b/docker-compose/envs/common-blockscout.env
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ETHEREUM_JSONRPC_VARIANT=geth
 ETHEREUM_JSONRPC_HTTP_URL=http://host.docker.internal:8545/
 # ETHEREUM_JSONRPC_FALLBACK_HTTP_URL=
 DATABASE_URL=postgresql://blockscout:ceWb1MeLBEeOIfk65gU8EjF8@db:5432/blockscout
+# DATABASE_QUEUE_TARGET
 ETHEREUM_JSONRPC_TRACE_URL=http://host.docker.internal:8545/
 # ETHEREUM_JSONRPC_FALLBACK_TRACE_URL=
 # ETHEREUM_JSONRPC_HTTP_TIMEOUT=