diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb23b60027af..15046e02b0b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 * (server) [#21941](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/21941) Regenerate addrbook.json for in place testnet.
 * (store) [#923](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cosmos-sdk/pull/923) Enable iavl async pruning.
+* (store) [#934](https://github.com/crypto-org-chain/cosmos-sdk/pull/934) Add pause pruning.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/store/iavl/store.go b/store/iavl/store.go
index 8e091260fe40..7066891cda19 100644
--- a/store/iavl/store.go
+++ b/store/iavl/store.go
@@ -145,6 +145,15 @@ func (st *Store) LastCommitID() types.CommitID {
 	}
 }
 
+// PausePruning implements CommitKVStore interface.
+func (st *Store) PausePruning(pause bool) {
+	if pause {
+		st.tree.SetCommitting()
+	} else {
+		st.tree.UnsetCommitting()
+	}
+}
+
 // SetPruning panics as pruning options should be provided at initialization
 // since IAVl accepts pruning options directly.
 func (st *Store) SetPruning(_ pruningtypes.PruningOptions) {
diff --git a/store/iavl/tree.go b/store/iavl/tree.go
index 889fc1d5a07f..f6a2db1ffc79 100644
--- a/store/iavl/tree.go
+++ b/store/iavl/tree.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ type (
 		Get(key []byte) ([]byte, error)
 		Set(key, value []byte) (bool, error)
 		Remove(key []byte) ([]byte, bool, error)
+		SetCommitting()
+		UnsetCommitting()
 		SaveVersion() ([]byte, int64, error)
 		Version() int64
 		Hash() []byte
@@ -53,6 +55,14 @@ func (it *immutableTree) Remove(_ []byte) ([]byte, bool, error) {
 	panic("cannot call 'Remove' on an immutable IAVL tree")
 }
 
+func (it *immutableTree) SetCommitting() {
+	panic("cannot call 'SetCommitting' on an immutable IAVL tree")
+}
+
+func (it *immutableTree) UnsetCommitting() {
+	panic("cannot call 'UnsetCommitting' on an immutable IAVL tree")
+}
+
 func (it *immutableTree) SaveVersion() ([]byte, int64, error) {
 	panic("cannot call 'SaveVersion' on an immutable IAVL tree")
 }
diff --git a/store/rootmulti/store.go b/store/rootmulti/store.go
index bb3bc04ac4f2..540814b51415 100644
--- a/store/rootmulti/store.go
+++ b/store/rootmulti/store.go
@@ -464,6 +464,16 @@ func (rs *Store) LastCommitID() types.CommitID {
 	return rs.lastCommitInfo.CommitID()
 }
 
+// PausePruning temporarily pauses the pruning of all individual stores which implement
+// the PausablePruner interface.
+func (rs *Store) PausePruning(pause bool) {
+	for _, store := range rs.stores {
+		if pauseable, ok := store.(types.PausablePruner); ok {
+			pauseable.PausePruning(pause)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Commit implements Committer/CommitStore.
 func (rs *Store) Commit() types.CommitID {
 	var previousHeight, version int64
@@ -485,7 +495,14 @@ func (rs *Store) Commit() types.CommitID {
 		rs.logger.Debug("commit header and version mismatch", "header_height", rs.commitHeader.Height, "version", version)
 	}
 
-	rs.lastCommitInfo = commitStores(version, rs.stores, rs.removalMap)
+	func() { // ensure unpause
+		// set the committing flag on all stores to block the pruning
+		rs.PausePruning(true)
+		// unset the committing flag on all stores to continue the pruning
+		defer rs.PausePruning(false)
+		rs.lastCommitInfo = commitStores(version, rs.stores, rs.removalMap)
+	}()
+
 	rs.lastCommitInfo.Timestamp = rs.commitHeader.Time
 	defer rs.flushMetadata(rs.db, version, rs.lastCommitInfo)
 
diff --git a/store/rootmulti/store_test.go b/store/rootmulti/store_test.go
index dcb5d8482af7..23669c82a9a0 100644
--- a/store/rootmulti/store_test.go
+++ b/store/rootmulti/store_test.go
@@ -637,6 +637,30 @@ func TestMultiStore_PruningRestart(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Eventually(t, isPruned, 1*time.Second, 10*time.Millisecond, "expected error when loading pruned heights")
 }
 
+var _ types.PausablePruner = &pauseableCommitKVStoreStub{}
+
+type pauseableCommitKVStoreStub struct {
+	types.CommitKVStore
+	pauseCalled []bool
+}
+
+func (p *pauseableCommitKVStoreStub) PausePruning(b bool) {
+	p.pauseCalled = append(p.pauseCalled, b)
+}
+
+func TestPausePruningOnCommit(t *testing.T) {
+	store := NewStore(dbm.NewMemDB(), log.NewNopLogger(), metrics.NewNoOpMetrics())
+	store.SetPruning(pruningtypes.NewCustomPruningOptions(2, 11))
+	store.MountStoreWithDB(testStoreKey1, types.StoreTypeIAVL, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, store.LoadLatestVersion())
+	myStub := &pauseableCommitKVStoreStub{CommitKVStore: store.stores[testStoreKey1].(types.CommitKVStore)}
+	store.stores[testStoreKey1] = myStub
+	// when
+	store.Commit()
+	// then
+	require.Equal(t, []bool{true, false}, myStub.pauseCalled)
+}
+
 // TestUnevenStoresHeightCheck tests if loading root store correctly errors when
 // there's any module store with the wrong height
 func TestUnevenStoresHeightCheck(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/store/types/store.go b/store/types/store.go
index 67bd140f5e75..cd92fbd0ca07 100644
--- a/store/types/store.go
+++ b/store/types/store.go
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ type Committer interface {
 	GetPruning() pruningtypes.PruningOptions
 }
 
+type PausablePruner interface {
+	// PausePruning let the pruning handler know that the store is being committed
+	// or not, so the handler can decide to prune or not the store.
+	//
+	// NOTE: PausePruning(true) should be called before Commit() and PausePruning(false)
+	PausePruning(bool)
+}
+
 // Stores of MultiStore must implement CommitStore.
 type CommitStore interface {
 	Committer