diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c23bf33da67a..f8f366fab94b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1204,6 +1204,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "glean-preview 0.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "nserror 0.1.0",
  "nsstring 0.1.0",
+ "static_prefs 0.1.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml b/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
index 1018c55d2de4..127aa9b58ee7 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
+++ b/modules/libpref/init/StaticPrefList.yaml
@@ -1190,6 +1190,16 @@
   value: 0
   mirror: always
 
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Prefs starting with "datareporting."
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+- name: datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled
+  type: RelaxedAtomicBool
+  value: false
+  mirror: always
+  rust: true
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Prefs starting with "device."
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/modules/libpref/moz.build b/modules/libpref/moz.build
index d278138ea751..330b64a5b121 100644
--- a/modules/libpref/moz.build
+++ b/modules/libpref/moz.build
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ pref_groups = [
     'channelclassifier',
     'clipboard',
     'content',
+    'datareporting',
     'device',
     'devtools',
     'docshell',
diff --git a/toolkit/components/telemetry/core/Telemetry.cpp b/toolkit/components/telemetry/core/Telemetry.cpp
index 6358e43667f4..d07c061f2e47 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/telemetry/core/Telemetry.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/core/Telemetry.cpp
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ TelemetryImpl::GetIsOfficialTelemetry(bool* ret) {
 // C functions with the "fog_" prefix.
 // See toolkit/components/telemetry/fog/*.
 extern "C" {
-nsresult fog_init(bool useTelemetry, const nsAString* dataDir);
+nsresult fog_init(const nsAString* dataDir);
 }
 
 static void internal_initFogotype(bool aUseTelemetry) {
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ static void internal_initFogotype(bool aUseTelemetry) {
     NS_WARNING("Couldn't get data path. Bailing on FOGotype.");
     return;
   }
-  NS_WARN_IF(NS_FAILED(fog_init(aUseTelemetry, &path)));
+  NS_WARN_IF(NS_FAILED(fog_init(&path)));
 }
 #endif  // defined(MOZ_FOGOTYPE)
 
diff --git a/toolkit/components/telemetry/fog/Cargo.toml b/toolkit/components/telemetry/fog/Cargo.toml
index b2a4f38e2fc3..f3ed6995587f 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/telemetry/fog/Cargo.toml
+++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/fog/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ license = "MPL-2.0"
 glean-preview = "0.0.2"
 nserror = { path = "../../../../xpcom/rust/nserror" }
 nsstring = { path = "../../../../xpcom/rust/nsstring" }
+static_prefs = { path = "../../../../modules/libpref/init/static_prefs" }
diff --git a/toolkit/components/telemetry/fog/src/lib.rs b/toolkit/components/telemetry/fog/src/lib.rs
index 57fdea5c158a..16baf6862955 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/telemetry/fog/src/lib.rs
+++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/fog/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ use std::io::Error;
 use std::thread::JoinHandle;
 
 #[no_mangle]
-pub unsafe extern "C" fn fog_init(upload_enabled: bool, data_dir: &nsAString) -> nsresult {
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn fog_init(data_dir: &nsAString) -> nsresult {
+
+  let upload_enabled = static_prefs::pref!("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled");
+
   let cfg = Configuration {
     data_path: data_dir.to_string(),
     application_id: "org.mozilla.fogotype".into(),
@@ -41,6 +44,8 @@ fn prototype_ping_init() -> Result<JoinHandle<()>, Error> {
     let an_hour = time::Duration::from_secs(60 * 60);
     loop {
       thread::sleep(an_hour);
+      let upload_enabled = static_prefs::pref!("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled");
+      glean_preview::set_upload_enabled(upload_enabled);
       prototype_ping.send();
     }
   })