diff --git a/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs b/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
index 2bc076d205f12..eadbdaad13f29 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
     schedule::{
         apply_state_transition, common_conditions::run_once as run_once_condition,
         run_enter_schedule, BoxedScheduleLabel, IntoSystemConfigs, IntoSystemSetConfigs,
-        ScheduleLabel,
+        ScheduleBuildSettings, ScheduleLabel,
     },
 };
 use bevy_utils::{tracing::debug, HashMap, HashSet};
@@ -850,6 +850,17 @@ impl App {
 
         self
     }
+
+    /// Applies the provided [`ScheduleBuildSettings`] to all schedules.
+    pub fn configure_schedules(
+        &mut self,
+        schedule_build_settings: ScheduleBuildSettings,
+    ) -> &mut Self {
+        self.world
+            .resource_mut::<Schedules>()
+            .configure_schedules(schedule_build_settings);
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 fn run_once(mut app: App) {
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/schedule.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/schedule.rs
index 81bc44f23a7ee..b45504b77998f 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/schedule.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/schedule.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ impl Schedules {
             schedule.check_change_ticks(change_tick);
         }
     }
+
+    /// Applies the provided [`ScheduleBuildSettings`] to all schedules.
+    pub fn configure_schedules(&mut self, schedule_build_settings: ScheduleBuildSettings) {
+        for (_, schedule) in self.inner.iter_mut() {
+            schedule.set_build_settings(schedule_build_settings.clone());
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fn make_executor(kind: ExecutorKind) -> Box<dyn SystemExecutor> {
@@ -200,6 +207,11 @@ impl Schedule {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Returns the schedule's current `ScheduleBuildSettings`.
+    pub fn get_build_settings(&self) -> ScheduleBuildSettings {
+        self.graph.settings.clone()
+    }
+
     /// Returns the schedule's current execution strategy.
     pub fn get_executor_kind(&self) -> ExecutorKind {
         self.executor.kind()