diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 19f1808..f33c975 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -6174,9 +6174,10 @@
   Performs normalization of the request's URI.
 
   URI normalization in HAProxy 2.4 is currently available as an experimental
-  technical preview. You should be prepared that the behavior of normalizers
-  might change to fix possible issues, possibly breaking proper request
-  processing in your infrastructure.
+  technical preview. As such, it requires the global directive
+  'expose-experimental-directives' first to be able to invoke it. You should be
+  prepared that the behavior of normalizers might change to fix possible
+  issues, possibly breaking proper request processing in your infrastructure.
 
   Each normalizer handles a single type of normalization to allow for a
   fine-grained selection of the level of normalization that is appropriate for
diff --git a/reg-tests/http-rules/normalize_uri.vtc b/reg-tests/http-rules/normalize_uri.vtc
index cc88060..47032d9 100644
--- a/reg-tests/http-rules/normalize_uri.vtc
+++ b/reg-tests/http-rules/normalize_uri.vtc
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 } -repeat 63 -start
 
 haproxy h1 -conf {
+    global
+        expose-experimental-directives
+
     defaults
         mode http
         timeout connect 1s
diff --git a/src/http_act.c b/src/http_act.c
index 2fe235e..b8413f3 100644
--- a/src/http_act.c
+++ b/src/http_act.c
@@ -2449,7 +2449,7 @@
 		{ "deny",             parse_http_deny,                 0 },
 		{ "disable-l7-retry", parse_http_req_disable_l7_retry, 0 },
 		{ "early-hint",       parse_http_set_header,           0 },
-		{ "normalize-uri",    parse_http_normalize_uri,        0 },
+		{ "normalize-uri",    parse_http_normalize_uri,        KWF_EXPERIMENTAL },
 		{ "redirect",         parse_http_redirect,             0 },
 		{ "reject",           parse_http_action_reject,        0 },
 		{ "replace-header",   parse_http_replace_header,       0 },