diff --git a/lib/tlitest/config.py b/lib/tlitest/config.py
index 5176cbbe..5d3c3636 100644
--- a/lib/tlitest/config.py
+++ b/lib/tlitest/config.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 DEFAULT_TLOG_REC_SESSION_SHELL = "/bin/bash"
 DEFAULT_TLOG_REC_SESSION_NOTICE = "ATTENTION: Your session is being recorded!"
 DEFAULT_TLOG_REC_SESSION_WRITER = "journal"
+DEFAULT_TLOG_REC_SESSION_SESSION_LOCKING = True
 
 DEFAULT_TLOG_PLAY_READER = "file"
 DEFAULT_TLOG_PLAY_PERSIST = False
@@ -184,7 +185,8 @@ def generate_config(self, filename):
 
 class TlogRecSessionConfig(TlogRecConfig):
     """TlogPlaySession configuration class, child of TlogRecConfig"""
-    def __init__(self, shell=DEFAULT_TLOG_REC_SESSION_SHELL,
+    def __init__(self, session_locking = DEFAULT_TLOG_REC_SESSION_SESSION_LOCKING,
+                 shell=DEFAULT_TLOG_REC_SESSION_SHELL,
                  notice=DEFAULT_TLOG_REC_SESSION_NOTICE,
                  latency=DEFAULT_TLOG_REC_LATENCY,
                  payload=DEFAULT_TLOG_REC_PAYLOAD,
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ def __init__(self, shell=DEFAULT_TLOG_REC_SESSION_SHELL,
                  syslog_priority=DEFAULT_TLOG_REC_SYSLOG_PRIORITY):
         self.shell = shell
         self.notice = notice
+        self.session_locking = session_locking
         super().__init__(latency, payload, log_input, log_output, log_window,
                          limit_rate, limit_burst, limit_action,
                          writer, file_writer_path, journal_priority,
@@ -212,6 +215,7 @@ def _setup_base_session_config(self):
         tlog_rec_session_config = {
             "shell": self.shell,
             "notice": self.notice,
+            "session_locking": self.session_locking
         }
 
         return tlog_rec_session_config
diff --git a/lib/tlitest/test_tlog_rec_session.py b/lib/tlitest/test_tlog_rec_session.py
index eba34d83..8f89ca6e 100644
--- a/lib/tlitest/test_tlog_rec_session.py
+++ b/lib/tlitest/test_tlog_rec_session.py
@@ -29,6 +29,42 @@ class TestTlogRecSession:
     os.chmod(tempdir, stat.S_IRWXU + stat.S_IRWXG + stat.S_IRWXO +
              stat.S_ISUID + stat.S_ISGID + stat.S_ISVTX)
 
+    @pytest.mark.tier1
+    def test_session_record_to_file_locking_enabled(self):
+        """
+        Check multiple recordings in a session only records one at a time (default)
+        """
+        myname = inspect.stack()[0][3]
+        logfile = mklogfile(self.tempdir)
+        sessionclass = TlogRecSessionConfig(writer="file", file_writer_path=logfile)
+        sessionclass.generate_config(SYSTEM_TLOG_REC_SESSION_CONF)
+        shell = ssh_pexpect(self.user, 'Secret123', 'localhost')
+        shell.sendline('echo {}_shell0'.format(myname))
+        shell.sendline('stty -echo')
+        shell.sendline("tlog-rec-session -c 'echo {}_nested_session' >/dev/null".format(myname))
+        shell.sendline('exit')
+        check_recording(shell, "{}_shell0".format(myname), logfile)
+        check_recording_missing(shell, "{}_nested_session".format(myname), logfile)
+        shell.close()
+
+    @pytest.mark.tier1
+    def test_session_record_to_file_locking_disabled(self):
+        """
+        Check multiple recordings in a session works in tlog-rec-session with locking-enabled setting
+        """
+        myname = inspect.stack()[0][3]
+        logfile = mklogfile(self.tempdir)
+        sessionclass = TlogRecSessionConfig(writer="file", file_writer_path=logfile, session_locking=False)
+        sessionclass.generate_config(SYSTEM_TLOG_REC_SESSION_CONF)
+        shell = ssh_pexpect(self.user, 'Secret123', 'localhost')
+        shell.sendline('echo {}_shell0'.format(myname))
+        shell.sendline('stty -echo')
+        shell.sendline("tlog-rec-session -c 'echo {}_nested_session' >/dev/null".format(myname))
+        shell.sendline('exit')
+        check_recording(shell, "{}_shell0".format(myname))
+        check_recording(shell, "{}_nested_session".format(myname))
+        shell.close()
+
     @pytest.mark.tier1
     def test_session_record_to_file(self):
         """
diff --git a/lib/tlog/rec.c b/lib/tlog/rec.c
index b23e565d..88e40cc9 100644
--- a/lib/tlog/rec.c
+++ b/lib/tlog/rec.c
@@ -1126,6 +1126,7 @@ tlog_rec(struct tlog_errs **perrs, uid_t euid, gid_t egid,
     clockid_t clock_id;
     unsigned int session_id;
     bool lock_acquired = false;
+    bool session_locking = true;
     struct json_object *obj;
     int64_t num;
     unsigned int latency;
@@ -1144,6 +1145,11 @@ tlog_rec(struct tlog_errs **perrs, uid_t euid, gid_t egid,
         }
     }
 
+    /* Check for the session_locking flag */
+    if (json_object_object_get_ex(conf, "session_locking", &obj)) {
+        session_locking = json_object_get_boolean(obj);
+    }
+
     /* Check for the version flag */
     if (json_object_object_get_ex(conf, "version", &obj)) {
         if (json_object_get_boolean(obj)) {
@@ -1198,7 +1204,7 @@ tlog_rec(struct tlog_errs **perrs, uid_t euid, gid_t egid,
         TLOG_ERRS_RAISECS(grc, "Failed retrieving session ID");
     }
 
-    if (opts & TLOG_REC_OPT_LOCK_SESS) {
+    if (opts & TLOG_REC_OPT_LOCK_SESS && session_locking) {
         /* Attempt to lock the session */
         grc = tlog_session_lock(perrs, session_id, euid, egid, &lock_acquired);
         if (grc != TLOG_RC_OK) {
diff --git a/m4/tlog/rec_session_conf_schema.m4 b/m4/tlog/rec_session_conf_schema.m4
index b7bcd3af..d51fbcc5 100644
--- a/m4/tlog/rec_session_conf_schema.m4
+++ b/m4/tlog/rec_session_conf_schema.m4
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ M4_PARAM(`', `shell', `file-env',
          `SHELL is the ', `The ',
          `M4_LINES(`path to the shell executable which should be spawned.')')m4_dnl
 m4_dnl
+M4_PARAM(`', `session_locking', `file-env',
+         `M4_TYPE_BOOL(true)', true,
+         `n', `true', `Enable locking by session ID',
+         `If specified, ', `If true ',
+         `M4_LINES(`locking by session ID is enabled.')')m4_dnl
+m4_dnl
 M4_PARAM(`', `login', `name-',
          `M4_TYPE_BOOL()', false,
          `l', `', `Make the shell a login shell',