diff --git a/.changeset/tasty-badgers-fry.md b/.changeset/tasty-badgers-fry.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5595d9226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tasty-badgers-fry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@segment/analytics-next': minor
+---
+
+Make keep-alive configurable and default to false
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/__tests__/index.test.ts
index a7cea2f78..590d593dc 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,40 @@ describe('Segment.io', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  describe('configuring a keep alive', () => {
+    it('should accept keepalive configuration', async () => {
+      const analytics = new Analytics({ writeKey: 'foo' })
+
+      await analytics.register(
+        segmentio(analytics, {
+          apiKey: '',
+          deliveryStrategy: {
+            config: {
+              keepalive: true,
+            },
+          },
+        })
+      )
+
+      await analytics.track('foo')
+      const [_, params] = spyMock.mock.lastCall
+      expect(params.keepalive).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('should default to no keepalive', async () => {
+      const analytics = new Analytics({ writeKey: 'foo' })
+
+      const segment = segmentio(analytics, {
+        apiKey: '',
+      })
+      await analytics.register(segment)
+      await analytics.track('foo')
+
+      const [_, params] = spyMock.mock.lastCall
+      expect(params.keepalive).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('#page', () => {
     it('should enqueue section, name and properties', async () => {
       await analytics.page('section', 'name', { property: true }, { opt: true })
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/batched-dispatcher.ts b/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/batched-dispatcher.ts
index 10f2c0032..4a0193642 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/batched-dispatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/batched-dispatcher.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { SegmentEvent } from '../../core/events'
 import { fetch } from '../../lib/fetch'
 import { onPageLeave } from '../../lib/on-page-leave'
 
-type BatchingConfig = {
+export type BatchingDispatchConfig = {
   size?: number
   timeout?: number
 }
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ function chunks(batch: object[]): Array<object[]> {
   return result
 }
 
-export default function batch(apiHost: string, config?: BatchingConfig) {
+export default function batch(
+  apiHost: string,
+  config?: BatchingDispatchConfig
+) {
   let buffer: object[] = []
   let pageUnloaded = false
 
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/fetch-dispatcher.ts b/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/fetch-dispatcher.ts
index bab74de85..d4118680c 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/fetch-dispatcher.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/fetch-dispatcher.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@ import { fetch } from '../../lib/fetch'
 
 export type Dispatcher = (url: string, body: object) => Promise<unknown>
 
-export default function (): { dispatch: Dispatcher } {
+export type StandardDispatcherConfig = {
+  keepalive?: boolean
+}
+
+export default function (config?: StandardDispatcherConfig): {
+  dispatch: Dispatcher
+} {
   function dispatch(url: string, body: object): Promise<unknown> {
     return fetch(url, {
-      keepalive: true,
+      keepalive: config?.keepalive,
       headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' },
       method: 'post',
       body: JSON.stringify(body),
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/index.ts b/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/index.ts
index 2a9714ee1..1e4d8eaaf 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/index.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/plugins/segmentio/index.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,21 @@ import { Plugin } from '../../core/plugin'
 import { PriorityQueue } from '../../lib/priority-queue'
 import { PersistedPriorityQueue } from '../../lib/priority-queue/persisted'
 import { toFacade } from '../../lib/to-facade'
-import batch from './batched-dispatcher'
-import standard from './fetch-dispatcher'
+import batch, { BatchingDispatchConfig } from './batched-dispatcher'
+import standard, { StandardDispatcherConfig } from './fetch-dispatcher'
 import { normalize } from './normalize'
 import { scheduleFlush } from './schedule-flush'
 
+type DeliveryStrategy =
+  | {
+      strategy?: 'standard'
+      config?: StandardDispatcherConfig
+    }
+  | {
+      strategy?: 'batching'
+      config?: BatchingDispatchConfig
+    }
+
 export type SegmentioSettings = {
   apiKey: string
   apiHost?: string
@@ -24,13 +34,7 @@ export type SegmentioSettings = {
 
   maybeBundledConfigIds?: Record<string, string[]>
 
-  deliveryStrategy?: {
-    strategy?: 'standard' | 'batching'
-    config?: {
-      size?: number
-      timeout?: number
-    }
-  }
+  deliveryStrategy?: DeliveryStrategy
 }
 
 type JSON = ReturnType<Facade['json']>
@@ -71,10 +75,11 @@ export function segmentio(
   const protocol = settings?.protocol ?? 'https'
   const remote = `${protocol}://${apiHost}`
 
+  const deliveryStrategy = settings?.deliveryStrategy
   const client =
-    settings?.deliveryStrategy?.strategy === 'batching'
-      ? batch(apiHost, settings?.deliveryStrategy?.config)
-      : standard()
+    deliveryStrategy?.strategy === 'batching'
+      ? batch(apiHost, deliveryStrategy.config)
+      : standard(deliveryStrategy?.config as StandardDispatcherConfig)
 
   async function send(ctx: Context): Promise<Context> {
     if (isOffline()) {