diff --git a/cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/constants.h b/cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/constants.h
index 0ac8c01875..6e2a139d23 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/constants.h
+++ b/cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/constants.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #define CUOPT_POSTSOLVE_INFO                        "postsolve_info"
 #define CUOPT_BARRIER_PRESOLVE_BOUND_FREE_VARIABLES "barrier_presolve_bound_free_variables"
 #define CUOPT_BARRIER_ITERATIVE_REFINEMENT          "barrier_iterative_refinement"
+#define CUOPT_BARRIER_ADAPTIVE_REGULARIZATION       "barrier_adaptive_regularization"
 #define CUOPT_BARRIER_STEP_SCALE                    "barrier_step_scale"
 #define CUOPT_ELIMINATE_DENSE_COLUMNS               "eliminate_dense_columns"
 #define CUOPT_CUDSS_DETERMINISTIC                   "cudss_deterministic"
diff --git a/cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/pdlp/solver_settings.hpp b/cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/pdlp/solver_settings.hpp
index 0882f75e0f..66b6eef4f6 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/pdlp/solver_settings.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/pdlp/solver_settings.hpp
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ class pdlp_solver_settings_t {
   bool eliminate_dense_columns{true};
   pdlp_precision_t pdlp_precision{pdlp_precision_t::DefaultPrecision};
   bool barrier_iterative_refinement{true};
+  i_t barrier_adaptive_regularization{-1};  // -1 automatic, 0 disabled, 1 enabled
   i_t barrier_soc_threshold{100};
   f_t barrier_step_scale{0.9};
   bool save_best_primal_so_far{false};
diff --git a/cpp/src/barrier/barrier.cu b/cpp/src/barrier/barrier.cu
index c164296a25..8c6988649c 100644
--- a/cpp/src/barrier/barrier.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/barrier/barrier.cu
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ bool validate_barrier_cone_layout(const lp_problem_t<i_t, f_t>& problem,
   return true;
 }
 
+// -1 automatic: enable for cones, disable otherwise; 0 off; 1 on
+template <typename i_t, typename f_t>
+bool should_use_adaptive_regularization(const simplex_solver_settings_t<i_t, f_t>& settings,
+                                        bool has_cones)
+{
+  return settings.barrier_adaptive_regularization > 0 ||
+         (settings.barrier_adaptive_regularization < 0 && has_cones);
+}
+
 template <typename f_t>
 [[maybe_unused]] static void pairwise_multiply(
   f_t* a, f_t* b, f_t* out, int size, rmm::cuda_stream_view stream)
@@ -479,14 +488,11 @@ class iteration_data_t {
       f_t estimated_nz_AAT = 0.0;
 
       const bool has_soc = has_cones();
-
-      if (has_soc) {
-        primal_perturb = 1e-8;
-        dual_perturb   = 1e-8;
-      } else {
-        primal_perturb = 1e-6;
-        dual_perturb   = 0;
-      }
+      // Apply the adaptive-regularization policy before form_augmented / initial
+      // factorization so an explicit enable/disable is honored from the start.
+      const bool adaptive_reg = should_use_adaptive_regularization(settings, has_soc);
+      primal_perturb          = has_soc ? 1e-8 : 1e-6;
+      dual_perturb            = adaptive_reg ? 1e-8 : 0;
 
       if (has_soc) {
         // SOCP always use the augmented KKT; skip dense-column / ADAT heuristics.
@@ -2914,7 +2920,7 @@ i_t barrier_solver_t<i_t, f_t>::gpu_compute_search_direction(iteration_data_t<i_
 
       // Adaptive regularization: increase/decrease based on IR quality.
       // Only adapt on calls where we actually (re)factorized — the affine step.
-      if (did_factorize && data.has_cones()) {
+      if (did_factorize && should_use_adaptive_regularization(settings, data.has_cones())) {
         constexpr f_t min_perturb = 1e-8;
         constexpr f_t max_perturb = 1e-1;
         if (solve_err > 1e-2) {
@@ -4163,6 +4169,15 @@ lp_status_t barrier_solver_t<i_t, f_t>::solve(f_t start_time, lp_solution_t<i_t,
       return lp_status_t::TIME_LIMIT;
     }
 
+    // Handle automatic adaptive regularization (-1: auto, 0: off, 1: on).
+    // Policy is already applied to data.dual_perturb during construction
+    // (before form_augmented / initial_point).
+    const bool adaptive_regularization =
+      should_use_adaptive_regularization(settings, data.has_cones());
+    if (settings.barrier_adaptive_regularization == -1 && adaptive_regularization) {
+      settings.log.printf("Adaptive regularization enabled\n");
+    }
+
     i_t initial_status = initial_point(data);
     if (toc(start_time) > settings.time_limit) {
       settings.log.printf("Barrier time limit exceeded\n");
@@ -4176,6 +4191,7 @@ lp_status_t barrier_solver_t<i_t, f_t>::solve(f_t start_time, lp_solution_t<i_t,
       settings.log.printf("Unable to compute initial point\n");
       return lp_status_t::NUMERICAL_ISSUES;
     }
+
     // Upload initial point to device and compute initial residuals/norms on GPU
     data.d_complementarity_wv_residual_.resize(data.n_upper_bounds, stream_view_);
     data.d_complementarity_wv_rhs_.resize(data.n_upper_bounds, stream_view_);
@@ -4271,7 +4287,7 @@ lp_status_t barrier_solver_t<i_t, f_t>::solve(f_t start_time, lp_solution_t<i_t,
     const i_t iteration_limit = settings.iteration_limit;
 
     // Adaptive regularization for the augmented system.
-    f_t dual_perturb   = data.has_cones() ? 1e-8 : 0;
+    f_t dual_perturb   = adaptive_regularization ? 1e-8 : 0;
     f_t primal_perturb = data.has_cones() ? 1e-8 : 1e-6;
 
     while (iter < iteration_limit) {
diff --git a/cpp/src/dual_simplex/simplex_solver_settings.hpp b/cpp/src/dual_simplex/simplex_solver_settings.hpp
index c7fe06ed4a..1247bcb460 100644
--- a/cpp/src/dual_simplex/simplex_solver_settings.hpp
+++ b/cpp/src/dual_simplex/simplex_solver_settings.hpp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct simplex_solver_settings_t {
       barrier(false),
       eliminate_dense_columns(true),
       barrier_iterative_refinement(true),
+      barrier_adaptive_regularization(-1),
       barrier_step_scale(0.9),
       barrier_soc_threshold(100),
       num_gpus(1),
@@ -163,10 +164,11 @@ struct simplex_solver_settings_t {
   bool cudss_deterministic;   // true to use cuDSS deterministic mode, false for non-deterministic
   bool barrier;               // true to use barrier method, false to use dual simplex method
   bool deterministic;  // true to use B&B deterministic mode, false to use non-deterministic mode
-  bool eliminate_dense_columns;       // true to eliminate dense columns from A*D*A^T
-  bool barrier_iterative_refinement;  // true to use iterative refinement for barrier method
-  f_t barrier_step_scale;             // step scale for barrier method
-  i_t barrier_soc_threshold;          // SOC dimension above which rank-2 sparse scaling is used
+  bool eliminate_dense_columns;         // true to eliminate dense columns from A*D*A^T
+  bool barrier_iterative_refinement;    // true to use iterative refinement for barrier method
+  int barrier_adaptive_regularization;  // -1 automatic, 0 disabled, 1 enabled
+  f_t barrier_step_scale;               // step scale for barrier method
+  i_t barrier_soc_threshold;            // SOC dimension above which rank-2 sparse scaling is used
   int num_gpus;   // Number of GPUs to use (maximum of 2 gpus are supported at the moment)
   i_t folding;    // -1 automatic, 0 don't fold, 1 fold
   i_t augmented;  // -1 automatic, 0 to solve with ADAT, 1 to solve with augmented system
diff --git a/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/field_registry.yaml b/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/field_registry.yaml
index dbf946b799..77ad3b20d9 100644
--- a/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/field_registry.yaml
+++ b/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/field_registry.yaml
@@ -572,6 +572,10 @@ pdlp_settings:
       field_num: 31
       type: bool
       optional: true
+  - barrier_adaptive_regularization:
+      field_num: 34
+      type: int32
+      optional: true
   - barrier_step_scale:
       # Step scale used by the barrier method primal/dual updates. Local-solve
       # binding restricts the range to [0.5, 0.9999] with default 0.9; see
diff --git a/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/generated/cuopt_remote_data.proto b/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/generated/cuopt_remote_data.proto
index 57b66bb64b..344b0e1392 100644
--- a/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/generated/cuopt_remote_data.proto
+++ b/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/generated/cuopt_remote_data.proto
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ message PDLPSolverSettings {
   optional bool barrier_iterative_refinement = 31;
   optional double barrier_step_scale = 32;
   optional int32 postsolve_info = 33;
+  optional int32 barrier_adaptive_regularization = 34;
   PDLPWarmStartData warm_start_data = 50;
 }
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/generated/generated_pdlp_settings_to_proto.inc b/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/generated/generated_pdlp_settings_to_proto.inc
index eb88b192d9..1043d63fc7 100644
--- a/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/generated/generated_pdlp_settings_to_proto.inc
+++ b/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/generated/generated_pdlp_settings_to_proto.inc
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   pb_settings->set_barrier_dual_initial_point(settings.barrier_dual_initial_point);
   pb_settings->set_eliminate_dense_columns(settings.eliminate_dense_columns);
   pb_settings->set_barrier_iterative_refinement(settings.barrier_iterative_refinement);
+  pb_settings->set_barrier_adaptive_regularization(settings.barrier_adaptive_regularization);
   pb_settings->set_barrier_step_scale(settings.barrier_step_scale);
   pb_settings->set_postsolve_info(settings.postsolve_info);
   pb_settings->set_save_best_primal_so_far(settings.save_best_primal_so_far);
diff --git a/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/generated/generated_proto_to_pdlp_settings.inc b/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/generated/generated_proto_to_pdlp_settings.inc
index 29e6c4cca2..5e910b3c2b 100644
--- a/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/generated/generated_proto_to_pdlp_settings.inc
+++ b/cpp/src/grpc/codegen/generated/generated_proto_to_pdlp_settings.inc
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@
   if (pb_settings.has_barrier_iterative_refinement()) {
     settings.barrier_iterative_refinement = pb_settings.barrier_iterative_refinement();
   }
+  if (pb_settings.has_barrier_adaptive_regularization()) {
+    settings.barrier_adaptive_regularization = pb_settings.barrier_adaptive_regularization();
+  }
   if (pb_settings.has_barrier_step_scale()) {
     settings.barrier_step_scale = pb_settings.barrier_step_scale();
   }
diff --git a/cpp/src/math_optimization/solver_settings.cu b/cpp/src/math_optimization/solver_settings.cu
index 44f8ac8246..db1e0019d6 100644
--- a/cpp/src/math_optimization/solver_settings.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/math_optimization/solver_settings.cu
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ solver_settings_t<i_t, f_t>::solver_settings_t() : pdlp_settings(), mip_settings
     // Recursive sub-MIP (RINS) hyper-parameters (hidden from default --help: name contains "hyper_")
     {CUOPT_MIP_HYPER_SUBMIP_NODE_LIMIT_BASE, &mip_settings.submip_params.node_limit_base, 0, std::numeric_limits<i_t>::max(), 200, "base node limit for the sub-MIP"},
     {CUOPT_MIP_HYPER_SUBMIP_MAX_LEVEL, &mip_settings.submip_params.max_level, 0, std::numeric_limits<i_t>::max(), 10, "maximum sub-MIP recursion level"},
-    {CUOPT_BARRIER_PRESOLVE_BOUND_FREE_VARIABLES, &pdlp_settings.barrier_presolve_bound_free_variables, -1, 1, -1, "Bound free variables during barrier presolve: -1 automatic (current default behavior), 0 disabled, 1 enabled"},
+    {CUOPT_BARRIER_PRESOLVE_BOUND_FREE_VARIABLES, &pdlp_settings.barrier_presolve_bound_free_variables, -1, 1, -1, "Bound free variables during barrier presolve: -1 automatic (default behavior), 0 disabled, 1 enabled"},
+    {CUOPT_BARRIER_ADAPTIVE_REGULARIZATION, &pdlp_settings.barrier_adaptive_regularization, -1, 1, -1, "Adaptive regularization for barrier method: -1 automatic (default behavior), 0 disabled, 1 enabled"},
     // QCQP (barrier) scaling hyper-parameter
     {CUOPT_QCQP_HYPER_RUIZ_EQUILIBRATION, &pdlp_settings.qcqp_ruiz_equilibration, -1, 1, -1, "Ruiz equilibration for QCQP barrier scaling: -1 automatic (row/column imbalance heuristic), 0 disabled, 1 enabled"},
   };
diff --git a/cpp/src/pdlp/solve.cu b/cpp/src/pdlp/solve.cu
index b8cb4aead8..5f49efdf0e 100644
--- a/cpp/src/pdlp/solve.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/pdlp/solve.cu
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ std::tuple<simplex::lp_solution_t<i_t, f_t>, simplex::lp_status_t, f_t, f_t, f_t
   barrier_settings.crossover                       = settings.crossover;
   barrier_settings.eliminate_dense_columns         = settings.eliminate_dense_columns;
   barrier_settings.barrier_iterative_refinement    = settings.barrier_iterative_refinement;
+  barrier_settings.barrier_adaptive_regularization = settings.barrier_adaptive_regularization;
   barrier_settings.barrier_soc_threshold           = settings.barrier_soc_threshold;
   barrier_settings.barrier_step_scale              = settings.barrier_step_scale;
   barrier_settings.qcqp_ruiz_equilibration         = settings.qcqp_ruiz_equilibration;
@@ -690,27 +691,28 @@ static optimization_problem_solution_t<i_t, double> run_pdlp_solver_in_fp32(
     static_cast<float>(settings.tolerances.primal_infeasible_tolerance);
   fs.tolerances.dual_infeasible_tolerance =
     static_cast<float>(settings.tolerances.dual_infeasible_tolerance);
-  fs.detect_infeasibility         = settings.detect_infeasibility;
-  fs.strict_infeasibility         = settings.strict_infeasibility;
-  fs.iteration_limit              = settings.iteration_limit;
-  fs.time_limit                   = static_cast<float>(settings.time_limit);
-  fs.pdlp_solver_mode             = settings.pdlp_solver_mode;
-  fs.log_to_console               = settings.log_to_console;
-  fs.log_file                     = settings.log_file;
-  fs.per_constraint_residual      = settings.per_constraint_residual;
-  fs.save_best_primal_so_far      = settings.save_best_primal_so_far;
-  fs.first_primal_feasible        = settings.first_primal_feasible;
-  fs.all_primal_feasible          = settings.all_primal_feasible;
-  fs.eliminate_dense_columns      = settings.eliminate_dense_columns;
-  fs.barrier_iterative_refinement = settings.barrier_iterative_refinement;
-  fs.barrier_step_scale           = settings.barrier_step_scale;
-  fs.pdlp_precision               = pdlp_precision_t::DefaultPrecision;
-  fs.method                       = method_t::PDLP;
-  fs.inside_mip                   = settings.inside_mip;
-  fs.hyper_params                 = settings.hyper_params;
-  fs.presolver                    = settings.presolver;
-  fs.num_gpus                     = settings.num_gpus;
-  fs.concurrent_halt              = settings.concurrent_halt;
+  fs.detect_infeasibility            = settings.detect_infeasibility;
+  fs.strict_infeasibility            = settings.strict_infeasibility;
+  fs.iteration_limit                 = settings.iteration_limit;
+  fs.time_limit                      = static_cast<float>(settings.time_limit);
+  fs.pdlp_solver_mode                = settings.pdlp_solver_mode;
+  fs.log_to_console                  = settings.log_to_console;
+  fs.log_file                        = settings.log_file;
+  fs.per_constraint_residual         = settings.per_constraint_residual;
+  fs.save_best_primal_so_far         = settings.save_best_primal_so_far;
+  fs.first_primal_feasible           = settings.first_primal_feasible;
+  fs.all_primal_feasible             = settings.all_primal_feasible;
+  fs.eliminate_dense_columns         = settings.eliminate_dense_columns;
+  fs.barrier_iterative_refinement    = settings.barrier_iterative_refinement;
+  fs.barrier_adaptive_regularization = settings.barrier_adaptive_regularization;
+  fs.barrier_step_scale              = settings.barrier_step_scale;
+  fs.pdlp_precision                  = pdlp_precision_t::DefaultPrecision;
+  fs.method                          = method_t::PDLP;
+  fs.inside_mip                      = settings.inside_mip;
+  fs.hyper_params                    = settings.hyper_params;
+  fs.presolver                       = settings.presolver;
+  fs.num_gpus                        = settings.num_gpus;
+  fs.concurrent_halt                 = settings.concurrent_halt;
 
   pdlp::pdlp_solver_t<i_t, float> solver(float_problem, fs, is_batch_mode);
   if (settings.inside_mip) { solver.set_inside_mip(true); }
diff --git a/docs/cuopt/source/convex-settings.rst b/docs/cuopt/source/convex-settings.rst
index 7bff025e5d..ee2253d669 100644
--- a/docs/cuopt/source/convex-settings.rst
+++ b/docs/cuopt/source/convex-settings.rst
@@ -387,3 +387,15 @@ Barrier Step Scale
 The step scale must be strictly less than 1. A value like 0.9 is conservative, while a value like 0.999 is aggressive.
 
 .. note:: By default cuOpt selects the step scale automatically.
+
+
+Barrier Adaptive Regularization
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+``CUOPT_BARRIER_ADAPTIVE_REGULARIZATION`` controls whether adaptive regularization is enabled in the barrier method.
+
+* ``-1``: Automatic (default) - cuOpt decides whether to enable adaptive regularization based on problem characteristics
+* ``0``: Disable adaptive regularization
+* ``1``: Enable adaptive regularization
+
+.. note:: The default value is ``-1`` (automatic).