diff --git a/packages/nuqs/src/adapters/react.ts b/packages/nuqs/src/adapters/react.ts
index 33351b49..6dfaf267 100644
--- a/packages/nuqs/src/adapters/react.ts
+++ b/packages/nuqs/src/adapters/react.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 import mitt from 'mitt'
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import {
+  createContext,
+  createElement,
+  useContext,
+  useEffect,
+  useMemo,
+  useState,
+  type ReactNode
+} from 'react'
 import { renderQueryString } from '../url-encoding'
 import { createAdapterProvider } from './lib/context'
 import type { AdapterOptions } from './lib/defs'
@@ -7,16 +15,31 @@ import { patchHistory, type SearchParamsSyncEmitter } from './lib/patch-history'
 
 const emitter: SearchParamsSyncEmitter = mitt()
 
-function updateUrl(search: URLSearchParams, options: AdapterOptions) {
-  const url = new URL(location.href)
-  url.search = renderQueryString(search)
-  const method =
-    options.history === 'push' ? history.pushState : history.replaceState
-  method.call(history, history.state, '', url)
-  emitter.emit('update', search)
+function generateUpdateUrlFn(reloadPageOnShallowFalseUpdates: boolean) {
+  return function updateUrl(search: URLSearchParams, options: AdapterOptions) {
+    const url = new URL(location.href)
+    url.search = renderQueryString(search)
+    if (reloadPageOnShallowFalseUpdates && options.shallow === false) {
+      const method =
+        options.history === 'push' ? location.assign : location.replace
+      method.call(location, url)
+    } else {
+      const method =
+        options.history === 'push' ? history.pushState : history.replaceState
+      method.call(history, history.state, '', url)
+    }
+    emitter.emit('update', search)
+  }
 }
 
+const NuqsReactAdapterContext = createContext({
+  reloadPageOnShallowFalseUpdates: false
+})
+
 function useNuqsReactAdapter() {
+  const { reloadPageOnShallowFalseUpdates } = useContext(
+    NuqsReactAdapterContext
+  )
   const [searchParams, setSearchParams] = useState(() => {
     if (typeof location === 'undefined') {
       return new URLSearchParams()
@@ -36,13 +59,31 @@ function useNuqsReactAdapter() {
       window.removeEventListener('popstate', onPopState)
     }
   }, [])
+  const updateUrl = useMemo(
+    () => generateUpdateUrlFn(reloadPageOnShallowFalseUpdates),
+    [reloadPageOnShallowFalseUpdates]
+  )
   return {
     searchParams,
     updateUrl
   }
 }
 
-export const NuqsAdapter = createAdapterProvider(useNuqsReactAdapter)
+const NuqsReactAdapter = createAdapterProvider(useNuqsReactAdapter)
+
+export function NuqsAdapter({
+  children,
+  reloadPageOnShallowFalseUpdates = false
+}: {
+  children: ReactNode
+  reloadPageOnShallowFalseUpdates?: boolean
+}) {
+  return createElement(
+    NuqsReactAdapterContext.Provider,
+    { value: { reloadPageOnShallowFalseUpdates } },
+    createElement(NuqsReactAdapter, null, children)
+  )
+}
 
 /**
  * Opt-in to syncing shallow updates of the URL with the useOptimisticSearchParams hook.