diff --git a/GPU/GPUTracking/Definitions/GPUSettingsList.h b/GPU/GPUTracking/Definitions/GPUSettingsList.h
index 2d8c2184e3b02..4c32c3e46e3a7 100644
--- a/GPU/GPUTracking/Definitions/GPUSettingsList.h
+++ b/GPU/GPUTracking/Definitions/GPUSettingsList.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ AddOptionRTC(forceEarlyTransform, int8_t, -1, "", 0, "Force early TPC transforma
 AddOptionRTC(dropLoopers, uint8_t, 0, "", 0, "Drop looping tracks starting from second loop")
 AddOptionRTC(mergerCovSource, uint8_t, 2, "", 0, "Method to obtain covariance in track merger: 0 = simple filterErrors method, 1 = use cov from track following, 2 = refit (default)")
 AddOptionRTC(mergerInterpolateErrors, uint8_t, 1, "", 0, "Use interpolation instead of extrapolation for chi2 based cluster rejection")
+AddOptionRTC(mergerInterpolateRejectAlsoOnCurrentPosition, uint8_t, 1, "", 0, "When using mergerInterpolateErrors, reject based on chi2 twice computed with interpolated and current track position")
 AddOptionRTC(mergeCE, uint8_t, 1, "", 0, "Merge tracks accross the central electrode")
 AddOptionRTC(retryRefit, int8_t, 1, "", 0, "Retry refit with seeding errors and without cluster rejection when fit fails (=2 means retry in same kernel, =1 for separate kernel")
 AddOptionRTC(looperInterpolationInExtraPass, int8_t, -1, "", 0, "Perform looper interpolation in an extra pass")
diff --git a/GPU/GPUTracking/Merger/GPUTPCGMPropagator.cxx b/GPU/GPUTracking/Merger/GPUTPCGMPropagator.cxx
index 9e23f9af3cf43..90612fc98f836 100644
--- a/GPU/GPUTracking/Merger/GPUTPCGMPropagator.cxx
+++ b/GPU/GPUTracking/Merger/GPUTPCGMPropagator.cxx
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ GPUd() int32_t GPUTPCGMPropagator::Update(float posY, float posZ, int32_t iRow,
     return 0;
   }
 
-  return Update(posY, posZ, clusterState, rejectChi2 == rejectDirect || rejectChi2 == rejectInterReject, err2Y, err2Z, &param);
+  return Update(posY, posZ, clusterState, rejectChi2 == rejectDirect || (param.rec.tpc.mergerInterpolateRejectAlsoOnCurrentPosition && rejectChi2 == rejectInterReject), err2Y, err2Z, &param);
 }
 
 GPUd() int32_t GPUTPCGMPropagator::InterpolateReject(const GPUParam& GPUrestrict() param, float posY, float posZ, int16_t clusterState, int8_t rejectChi2, gputpcgmmergertypes::InterpolationErrorHit* inter, float err2Y, float err2Z)