diff --git a/core/src/snapshot_packager_service.rs b/core/src/snapshot_packager_service.rs
index 09f3139696..8c89d10be2 100644
--- a/core/src/snapshot_packager_service.rs
+++ b/core/src/snapshot_packager_service.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ impl SnapshotPackagerService {
         exit: &Arc<AtomicBool>,
         cluster_info: &Arc<ClusterInfo>,
         snapshot_config: SnapshotConfig,
+        enable_gossip_push: bool,
     ) -> Self {
         let exit = exit.clone();
         let cluster_info = cluster_info.clone();
@@ -47,14 +48,20 @@ impl SnapshotPackagerService {
         let t_snapshot_packager = Builder::new()
             .name("snapshot-packager".to_string())
             .spawn(move || {
-                let mut snapshot_gossip_manager = SnapshotGossipManager {
-                    cluster_info,
-                    max_full_snapshot_hashes,
-                    max_incremental_snapshot_hashes,
-                    full_snapshot_hashes: FullSnapshotHashes::default(),
-                    incremental_snapshot_hashes: IncrementalSnapshotHashes::default(),
+                let mut snapshot_gossip_manager = if enable_gossip_push {
+                    Some(SnapshotGossipManager {
+                        cluster_info,
+                        max_full_snapshot_hashes,
+                        max_incremental_snapshot_hashes,
+                        full_snapshot_hashes: FullSnapshotHashes::default(),
+                        incremental_snapshot_hashes: IncrementalSnapshotHashes::default(),
+                    })
+                } else {
+                    None
                 };
-                snapshot_gossip_manager.push_starting_snapshot_hashes(starting_snapshot_hashes);
+                if let Some(snapshot_gossip_manager) = snapshot_gossip_manager.as_mut() {
+                    snapshot_gossip_manager.push_starting_snapshot_hashes(starting_snapshot_hashes);
+                }
 
                 loop {
                     if exit.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
@@ -78,10 +85,12 @@ impl SnapshotPackagerService {
                     )
                     .expect("failed to archive snapshot package");
 
-                    snapshot_gossip_manager.push_snapshot_hash(
-                        snapshot_package.snapshot_type,
-                        (snapshot_package.slot(), *snapshot_package.hash()),
-                    );
+                    if let Some(snapshot_gossip_manager) = snapshot_gossip_manager.as_mut() {
+                        snapshot_gossip_manager.push_snapshot_hash(
+                            snapshot_package.snapshot_type,
+                            (snapshot_package.slot(), *snapshot_package.hash()),
+                        );
+                    }
                 }
             })
             .unwrap();
diff --git a/core/src/validator.rs b/core/src/validator.rs
index 2ec859a7c0..fd3c1223ff 100644
--- a/core/src/validator.rs
+++ b/core/src/validator.rs
@@ -703,12 +703,22 @@ impl Validator {
                 // Start a snapshot packaging service
                 let pending_snapshot_package = PendingSnapshotPackage::default();
 
+                // filler accounts make snapshots invalid for use
+                // so, do not publish that we have snapshots
+                let enable_gossip_push = config
+                    .accounts_db_config
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .and_then(|config| config.filler_account_count)
+                    .map(|count| count == 0)
+                    .unwrap_or(true);
+
                 let snapshot_packager_service = SnapshotPackagerService::new(
                     pending_snapshot_package.clone(),
                     starting_snapshot_hashes,
                     &exit,
                     &cluster_info,
                     snapshot_config.clone(),
+                    enable_gossip_push,
                 );
                 (
                     Some(snapshot_packager_service),
diff --git a/core/tests/snapshots.rs b/core/tests/snapshots.rs
index c0e22b8feb..97412cea8e 100644
--- a/core/tests/snapshots.rs
+++ b/core/tests/snapshots.rs
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ mod tests {
             &exit,
             &cluster_info,
             snapshot_config.clone(),
+            true,
         );
 
         let _package_receiver = std::thread::Builder::new()
@@ -928,6 +929,7 @@ mod tests {
             &exit,
             &cluster_info,
             snapshot_test_config.snapshot_config.clone(),
+            true,
         );
 
         let tmpdir = TempDir::new().unwrap();