diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
index 7724db1d..9b5f8f09 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config.go
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ func initShardOptions(c *cfg) {
 
 		opts = append(opts, []shard.Option{
 			shard.WithLogger(c.log),
+			shard.WithRefillMetabase(sc.RefillMetabase()),
 			shard.WithBlobStorOptions(
 				blobstor.WithRootPath(blobStorCfg.Path()),
 				blobstor.WithCompressObjects(blobStorCfg.Compress(), c.log),
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-node/config/engine/shard/config.go b/cmd/neofs-node/config/engine/shard/config.go
index d34f1760..243ddd6f 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-node/config/engine/shard/config.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-node/config/engine/shard/config.go
@@ -58,3 +58,13 @@ func (x *Config) GC() *gcconfig.Config {
 			Sub("gc"),
 	)
 }
+
+// RefillMetabase returns value of "refill_metabase" config parameter.
+//
+// Returns false if value is not a valid bool.
+func (x *Config) RefillMetabase() bool {
+	return config.BoolSafe(
+		(*config.Config)(x),
+		"refill_metabase",
+	)
+}