diff --git a/etc/WMAgentConfig.py b/etc/WMAgentConfig.py
index a9ef638296..52d495b2c3 100644
--- a/etc/WMAgentConfig.py
+++ b/etc/WMAgentConfig.py
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@
 config.RucioInjector.RSEPostfix = False  # enable it to append _Test to the RSE names
 config.RucioInjector.metaDIDProject = "Production"
 config.RucioInjector.containerDiskRuleParams = {"weight": "ddm_quota", "copies": 2, "grouping": "DATASET"}
+config.RucioInjector.blockRuleParams = {}
 # this RSEExpr below might be updated by wmagent-mod-config script
 config.RucioInjector.containerDiskRuleRSEExpr = "(tier=2|tier=1)&cms_type=real&rse_type=DISK"
 config.RucioInjector.rucioAccount = "OVER_WRITE_BY_SECRETS"
diff --git a/src/python/WMComponent/RucioInjector/RucioInjectorPoller.py b/src/python/WMComponent/RucioInjector/RucioInjectorPoller.py
index 07dc5665a7..70e035dd6b 100644
--- a/src/python/WMComponent/RucioInjector/RucioInjectorPoller.py
+++ b/src/python/WMComponent/RucioInjector/RucioInjectorPoller.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def __init__(self, config):
         self.lastRulesExecTime = 0
         self.createBlockRules = config.RucioInjector.createBlockRules
         self.containerDiskRuleParams = config.RucioInjector.containerDiskRuleParams
+        self.blockRuleParams = config.RucioInjector.blockRuleParams
         self.containerDiskRuleRSEExpr = config.RucioInjector.containerDiskRuleRSEExpr
         if config.RucioInjector.metaDIDProject not in RUCIO_VALID_PROJECT:
             msg = "Component configured with an invalid 'project' DID: %s"
@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@ def insertBlockRules(self):
                           ignore_availability=True, meta=self.metaData)
             rseName = "%s_Test" % item['pnn'] if self.testRSEs else item['pnn']
             # DATASET = replicates all files in the same block to the same RSE
+            kwargs.update(self.blockRuleParams)
             resp = self.rucio.createReplicationRule(item['blockname'],
                                                     rseExpression=rseName, **kwargs)
             if resp:
diff --git a/test/python/WMComponent_t/RucioInjector_t/RucioInjectorPoller_t.py b/test/python/WMComponent_t/RucioInjector_t/RucioInjectorPoller_t.py
index a9cd7d2b89..450dc5d8c9 100644
--- a/test/python/WMComponent_t/RucioInjector_t/RucioInjectorPoller_t.py
+++ b/test/python/WMComponent_t/RucioInjector_t/RucioInjectorPoller_t.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ def createConfig(self):
         config.RucioInjector.RSEPostfix = False  # enable it to append _Test to the RSE names
         config.RucioInjector.metaDIDProject = "Production"
         config.RucioInjector.containerDiskRuleParams = {"weight": "ddm_quota", "copies": 2, "grouping": "DATASET"}
+        config.RucioInjector.blockRuleParams = {}
         config.RucioInjector.containerDiskRuleRSEExpr = "(tier=2|tier=1)&cms_type=real&rse_type=DISK"
         config.RucioInjector.rucioAccount = "wma_test"
         config.RucioInjector.rucioUrl = "http://cms-rucio-int.cern.ch"