diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/adxl345_core.c b/drivers/iio/accel/adxl345_core.c
index fd935e2bacd6..2e5fdd479e8d 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/adxl345_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/adxl345_core.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #define ADXL345_INT2			1
 
 #define ADXL345_REG_TAP_AXIS_MSK	GENMASK(2, 0)
+#define ADXL345_REG_TAP_SUPPRESS_MSK	BIT(3)
+#define ADXL345_REG_TAP_SUPPRESS	BIT(3)
 
 #define ADXL345_TAP_Z_EN		BIT(0)
 #define ADXL345_TAP_Y_EN		BIT(1)
@@ -295,6 +297,18 @@ static int adxl345_set_singletap_en(struct adxl345_state *st,
 
 static int adxl345_set_doubletap_en(struct adxl345_state *st, bool en)
 {
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * Generally suppress detection of spikes during the latency period as
+	 * double taps here, this is fully optional for double tap detection
+	 */
+	ret = regmap_update_bits(st->regmap, ADXL345_REG_TAP_AXIS,
+				 ADXL345_REG_TAP_SUPPRESS_MSK,
+				 en ? ADXL345_REG_TAP_SUPPRESS : 0x00);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	return _adxl345_set_tap_int(st, ADXL345_DOUBLE_TAP, en);
 }