diff --git a/executor/ddl_test.go b/executor/ddl_test.go
index d4e9ed4c1b425..9128d52bedca9 100644
--- a/executor/ddl_test.go
+++ b/executor/ddl_test.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/kv"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/meta"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/meta/autoid"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/model"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/mysql"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/terror"
@@ -1524,6 +1525,8 @@ func TestRenameMultiTables(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCreateTableWithTTL(t *testing.T) {
+	parser.TTLFeatureGate = true
+
 	store := testkit.CreateMockStore(t)
 	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(t, store)
 	tk.MustExec("use test")
@@ -1543,6 +1546,8 @@ func TestCreateTableWithTTL(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAlterTTLInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	parser.TTLFeatureGate = true
+
 	store := testkit.CreateMockStore(t)
 	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(t, store)
 	tk.MustExec("use test")
diff --git a/executor/showtest/BUILD.bazel b/executor/showtest/BUILD.bazel
index 807e00c8e88ec..aa61ad5bacd3b 100644
--- a/executor/showtest/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/executor/showtest/BUILD.bazel
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ go_test(
         "//executor",
         "//infoschema",
         "//meta/autoid",
+        "//parser",
         "//parser/auth",
         "//parser/model",
         "//parser/mysql",
diff --git a/executor/showtest/show_test.go b/executor/showtest/show_test.go
index 4f7157b190488..27ac4138e57ec 100644
--- a/executor/showtest/show_test.go
+++ b/executor/showtest/show_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/failpoint"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/executor"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/infoschema"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/auth"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/model"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/mysql"
@@ -1991,6 +1992,8 @@ func TestShowLimitReturnRow(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestShowTTLOption(t *testing.T) {
+	parser.TTLFeatureGate = true
+
 	store := testkit.CreateMockStore(t)
 
 	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(t, store)
diff --git a/parser/BUILD.bazel b/parser/BUILD.bazel
index f52b1fc9ac4f3..e6b5bed7c4075 100644
--- a/parser/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/parser/BUILD.bazel
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ go_library(
         "lexer.go",
         "misc.go",
         "parser.go",
+        "ttlfeaturegate.go",
         "yy_parser.go",
     ],
     importpath = "github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser",
diff --git a/parser/ast/ddl_test.go b/parser/ast/ddl_test.go
index e6107f34513ec..fed5c1c759fbf 100644
--- a/parser/ast/ddl_test.go
+++ b/parser/ast/ddl_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package ast_test
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser"
 	. "github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/ast"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/format"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -842,6 +843,8 @@ func TestFlashBackDatabaseRestore(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTableOptionTTLRestore(t *testing.T) {
+	parser.TTLFeatureGate = true
+
 	sourceSQL1 := "create table t (created_at datetime) ttl = created_at + INTERVAL 1 YEAR"
 	sourceSQL2 := "alter table t ttl_enable = 'OFF'"
 	sourceSQL3 := "alter table t remove ttl"
diff --git a/parser/parser.go b/parser/parser.go
index 57a5f94d6ed3c..59c1caac4992f 100644
--- a/parser/parser.go
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -11924,6 +11924,10 @@ yynewstate:
 		}
 	case 38:
 		{
+			if !TTLFeatureGate {
+				yylex.AppendError(ErrSyntax)
+				return 1
+			}
 			parser.yyVAL.item = &ast.AlterTableSpec{
 				Tp: ast.AlterTableRemoveTTL,
 			}
@@ -20038,6 +20042,10 @@ yynewstate:
 		}
 	case 2153:
 		{
+			if !TTLFeatureGate {
+				yylex.AppendError(ErrSyntax)
+				return 1
+			}
 			parser.yyVAL.item = &ast.TableOption{
 				Tp:            ast.TableOptionTTL,
 				ColumnName:    &ast.ColumnName{Name: model.NewCIStr(yyS[yypt-4].ident)},
@@ -20047,6 +20055,10 @@ yynewstate:
 		}
 	case 2154:
 		{
+			if !TTLFeatureGate {
+				yylex.AppendError(ErrSyntax)
+				return 1
+			}
 			onOrOff := strings.ToLower(yyS[yypt-0].ident)
 			if onOrOff == "on" {
 				parser.yyVAL.item = &ast.TableOption{Tp: ast.TableOptionTTLEnable, BoolValue: true}
diff --git a/parser/parser.y b/parser/parser.y
index 350372ffa1c61..3c27a8498b7fe 100644
--- a/parser/parser.y
+++ b/parser/parser.y
@@ -1741,6 +1741,10 @@ AlterTableSpecSingleOpt:
 	}
 |	"REMOVE" "TTL"
 	{
+		if !TTLFeatureGate {
+			yylex.AppendError(ErrSyntax)
+			return 1
+		}
 		$$ = &ast.AlterTableSpec{
 			Tp: ast.AlterTableRemoveTTL,
 		}
@@ -11779,6 +11783,10 @@ TableOption:
 	}
 |	"TTL" EqOpt Identifier '+' "INTERVAL" Literal TimeUnit
 	{
+		if !TTLFeatureGate {
+			yylex.AppendError(ErrSyntax)
+			return 1
+		}
 		$$ = &ast.TableOption{
 			Tp:            ast.TableOptionTTL,
 			ColumnName:    &ast.ColumnName{Name: model.NewCIStr($3)},
@@ -11788,6 +11796,10 @@ TableOption:
 	}
 |	"TTL_ENABLE" EqOpt stringLit
 	{
+		if !TTLFeatureGate {
+			yylex.AppendError(ErrSyntax)
+			return 1
+		}
 		onOrOff := strings.ToLower($3)
 		if onOrOff == "on" {
 			$$ = &ast.TableOption{Tp: ast.TableOptionTTLEnable, BoolValue: true}
diff --git a/parser/parser_test.go b/parser/parser_test.go
index a881cfd15d5ad..99c2d49710e0e 100644
--- a/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -7014,6 +7014,8 @@ func TestIntervalPartition(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestTTLTableOption(t *testing.T) {
+	parser.TTLFeatureGate = true
+
 	table := []testCase{
 		// create table with various temporal interval
 		{"create table t (created_at datetime) TTL = created_at + INTERVAL 3.1415 YEAR", true, "CREATE TABLE `t` (`created_at` DATETIME) TTL = `created_at` + INTERVAL 3.1415 YEAR"},
@@ -7041,3 +7043,21 @@ func TestTTLTableOption(t *testing.T) {
 
 	RunTest(t, table, false)
 }
+
+func TestTTLFeatureGate(t *testing.T) {
+	parser.TTLFeatureGate = false
+
+	table := []testCase{
+		{"create table t (created_at datetime) TTL = created_at + INTERVAL 3.1415 YEAR", false, ""},
+		{"create table t (created_at datetime) TTL_ENABLE = 'OFF'", false, ""},
+		{"create table t (created_at datetime) TTL created_at + INTERVAL 1 YEAR TTL_ENABLE 'OFF'", false, ""},
+		{"create table t (created_at datetime) /*T![ttl] ttl=created_at + INTERVAL 1 YEAR ttl_enable='ON'*/", false, ""},
+		{"alter table t TTL = created_at + INTERVAL 1 MONTH", false, ""},
+		{"alter table t TTL_ENABLE = 'ON'", false, ""},
+		{"alter table t TTL = created_at + INTERVAL 1 MONTH TTL_ENABLE 'OFF'", false, ""},
+		{"alter table t /*T![ttl] ttl=created_at + INTERVAL 1 YEAR ttl_enable='ON'*/", false, ""},
+		{"alter table t remove ttl", false, ""},
+	}
+
+	RunTest(t, table, false)
+}
diff --git a/parser/ttlfeaturegate.go b/parser/ttlfeaturegate.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d18633f137afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/ttlfeaturegate.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright 2019 PingCAP, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package parser
+
+// TTLFeatureGate determines whether to enable the ttl related syntax in parser
+var TTLFeatureGate = false
diff --git a/ttl/cache/BUILD.bazel b/ttl/cache/BUILD.bazel
index a1c84de044dbf..5ca508152da7b 100644
--- a/ttl/cache/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/ttl/cache/BUILD.bazel
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ go_test(
     flaky = True,
     deps = [
         ":cache",
+        "//parser",
         "//parser/model",
         "//testkit",
         "//testkit/testsetup",
diff --git a/ttl/cache/table_test.go b/ttl/cache/table_test.go
index fb450bd768f54..5c2ecdef89d84 100644
--- a/ttl/cache/table_test.go
+++ b/ttl/cache/table_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/parser/model"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/testkit"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/ttl/cache"
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestNewTTLTable(t *testing.T) {
+	parser.TTLFeatureGate = true
+
 	cases := []struct {
 		db      string
 		tbl     string
@@ -161,6 +164,8 @@ func TestNewTTLTable(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestEvalTTLExpireTime(t *testing.T) {
+	parser.TTLFeatureGate = true
+
 	store, do := testkit.CreateMockStoreAndDomain(t)
 	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(t, store)
 	tk.MustExec("create table test.t(a int, t datetime) ttl = `t` + interval 1 day")