diff --git a/esrally/track/params.py b/esrally/track/params.py
index 141cf2977..55894fbd5 100644
--- a/esrally/track/params.py
+++ b/esrally/track/params.py
@@ -594,6 +594,8 @@ def __init__(self, track, params, **kwargs):
             self.on_conflict = None
             self.recency = None
 
+        self.use_create = params.get("use-create", False)
+
         self.corpora = self.used_corpora(track, params)
 
         if len(self.corpora) == 0:
@@ -644,6 +646,7 @@ def __init__(self, track, params, **kwargs):
             self.on_conflict,
             self.recency,
             self.pipeline,
+            self.use_create,
             self._params,
         )
 
@@ -705,6 +708,7 @@ def __init__(
         on_conflict,
         recency,
         pipeline=None,
+        use_create=False,
         original_params=None,
     ):
         """
@@ -719,6 +723,8 @@ def __init__(
         :param recency: A number between [0.0, 1.0] indicating whether to bias generation of conflicting ids towards more recent ones.
                         May be None.
         :param pipeline: The name of the ingest pipeline to run.
+        :param use_create: Should generated bulk operations "create" so that duplicate `_id`s fail (True) or use "index" so that duplicate
+                        `_id`s overwrite (False).
         :param original_params: The original dict passed to the parent parameter source.
         """
         self.corpora = corpora
@@ -732,6 +738,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.on_conflict = on_conflict
         self.recency = recency
         self.pipeline = pipeline
+        self.use_create = use_create
         self.original_params = original_params
         # this is only intended for unit-testing
         self.create_reader = original_params.pop("__create_reader", create_default_reader)
@@ -778,6 +785,7 @@ def _init_internal_params(self):
             self.recency,
             self.pipeline,
             self.original_params,
+            self.use_create,
             self.create_reader,
         )
 
@@ -912,11 +920,10 @@ def chain(*iterables):
 
 
 def create_default_reader(
-    docs, offset, num_lines, num_docs, batch_size, bulk_size, id_conflicts, conflict_probability, on_conflict, recency
+    docs, offset, num_lines, num_docs, batch_size, bulk_size, id_conflicts, conflict_probability, on_conflict, recency, use_create
 ):
     source = Slice(io.MmapSource, offset, num_lines)
     target = None
-    use_create = False
     if docs.target_index:
         target = docs.target_index
     elif docs.target_data_stream:
@@ -952,6 +959,7 @@ def create_readers(
     conflict_probability: float,
     on_conflict: str,
     recency: str,
+    use_create: bool,
     create_reader: Callable[..., IndexDataReader],
 ) -> list[IndexDataReader]:
     """
@@ -982,7 +990,7 @@ def create_readers(
             )
             if num_docs > 0:
                 reader: IndexDataReader = create_reader(
-                    docs, offset, num_lines, num_docs, batch_size, bulk_size, id_conflicts, conflict_probability, on_conflict, recency
+                    docs, offset, num_lines, num_docs, batch_size, bulk_size, id_conflicts, conflict_probability, on_conflict, recency, use_create
                 )
                 reader_queue.append(reader)
                 total_readers += 1
@@ -1065,6 +1073,7 @@ def bulk_data_based(
     recency,
     pipeline,
     original_params,
+    use_create,
     create_reader=create_default_reader,
 ):
     """
@@ -1098,6 +1107,7 @@ def bulk_data_based(
         conflict_probability,
         on_conflict,
         recency,
+        use_create,
         create_reader,
     )
     return bulk_generator(chain(*readers), pipeline, original_params)
diff --git a/tests/track/params_test.py b/tests/track/params_test.py
index 2ca5d21cc..d3d9e1bab 100644
--- a/tests/track/params_test.py
+++ b/tests/track/params_test.py
@@ -1355,6 +1355,7 @@ def test_generate_two_bulks(self):
             on_conflict=None,
             recency=None,
             pipeline=None,
+            use_create=False,
             original_params={"my-custom-parameter": "foo", "my-custom-parameter-2": True},
             create_reader=self.create_test_reader([["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"], ["6", "7", "8"]]),
         )
@@ -1431,6 +1432,7 @@ def test_generate_bulks_from_multiple_corpora(self):
             on_conflict=None,
             recency=None,
             pipeline=None,
+            use_create=False,
             original_params={"my-custom-parameter": "foo", "my-custom-parameter-2": True},
             create_reader=self.create_test_reader([["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"]]),
         )
@@ -1553,6 +1555,7 @@ def test_internal_params_take_precedence(self):
             on_conflict=None,
             recency=None,
             pipeline=None,
+            use_create=False,
             original_params={"body": "foo", "custom-param": "bar"},
             create_reader=self.create_test_reader([["1", "2", "3"]]),
         )