diff --git a/pkg/setting/setting_feature_toggles.go b/pkg/setting/setting_feature_toggles.go
index e09b45e9edb..9290f0d6127 100644
--- a/pkg/setting/setting_feature_toggles.go
+++ b/pkg/setting/setting_feature_toggles.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package setting
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"gopkg.in/ini.v1"
@@ -8,6 +10,20 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/util"
 )
 
+type FeatureToggleType string
+
+const Structure FeatureToggleType = "structure"
+const Integer FeatureToggleType = "integer"
+const Float FeatureToggleType = "float"
+const Boolean FeatureToggleType = "boolean"
+const String FeatureToggleType = "string"
+
+type FeatureToggle struct {
+	Type  FeatureToggleType `json:"type"`
+	Name  string            `json:"name"`
+	Value any               `json:"value"`
+}
+
 // Deprecated: should use `featuremgmt.FeatureToggles`
 func (cfg *Cfg) readFeatureToggles(iniFile *ini.File) error {
 	section := iniFile.Section("feature_toggles")
@@ -15,18 +31,31 @@ func (cfg *Cfg) readFeatureToggles(iniFile *ini.File) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	// TODO IsFeatureToggleEnabled has been deprecated for 2 years now, we should remove this function completely
 	// nolint:staticcheck
-	cfg.IsFeatureToggleEnabled = func(key string) bool { return toggles[key] }
+	cfg.IsFeatureToggleEnabled = func(key string) bool {
+
+		toggle, ok := toggles[key]
+		if !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		return toggle.Type == Boolean && toggle.Value == true
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func ReadFeatureTogglesFromInitFile(featureTogglesSection *ini.Section) (map[string]bool, error) {
-	featureToggles := make(map[string]bool, 10)
+func ReadFeatureTogglesFromInitFile(featureTogglesSection *ini.Section) (map[string]FeatureToggle, error) {
+	featureToggles := make(map[string]FeatureToggle, 10)
 
 	// parse the comma separated list in `enable`.
 	featuresTogglesStr := valueAsString(featureTogglesSection, "enable", "")
 	for _, feature := range util.SplitString(featuresTogglesStr) {
-		featureToggles[feature] = true
+		featureToggles[feature] = FeatureToggle{
+			Type:  Boolean,
+			Name:  feature,
+			Value: true,
+		}
 	}
 
 	// read all other settings under [feature_toggles]. If a toggle is
@@ -36,12 +65,35 @@ func ReadFeatureTogglesFromInitFile(featureTogglesSection *ini.Section) (map[str
 			continue
 		}
 
-		b, err := strconv.ParseBool(v.Value())
+		b, err := ParseFlag(v.Name(), v.Value())
 		if err != nil {
 			return featureToggles, err
 		}
 
+		flag, exists := featureToggles[v.Name()]
+		if exists && flag.Type != b.Type {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("type mismatch during flag declaration '%s': %s, %s", v.Name(), flag.Type, b.Type)
+		}
+
 		featureToggles[v.Name()] = b
 	}
 	return featureToggles, nil
 }
+
+func ParseFlag(name, value string) (FeatureToggle, error) {
+	var structure any
+
+	if boolean, err := strconv.ParseBool(value); err == nil {
+		return FeatureToggle{Type: Boolean, Name: name, Value: boolean}, nil
+	}
+	if integer, err := strconv.Atoi(value); err == nil {
+		return FeatureToggle{Type: Integer, Name: name, Value: integer}, nil
+	}
+	if float, err := strconv.ParseFloat(value, 64); err == nil {
+		return FeatureToggle{Type: Float, Name: name, Value: float}, nil
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(value), &structure); err == nil {
+		return FeatureToggle{Type: Structure, Name: name, Value: structure}, nil
+	}
+	return FeatureToggle{Type: String, Name: name, Value: value}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/setting/setting_feature_toggles_test.go b/pkg/setting/setting_feature_toggles_test.go
index b0c3730bcad..81e77dc4ea7 100644
--- a/pkg/setting/setting_feature_toggles_test.go
+++ b/pkg/setting/setting_feature_toggles_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package setting
 
 import (
-	"strconv"
+	"errors"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ func TestFeatureToggles(t *testing.T) {
 		name            string
 		conf            map[string]string
 		err             error
-		expectedToggles map[string]bool
+		expectedToggles map[string]FeatureToggle
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "can parse feature toggles passed in the `enable` array",
 			conf: map[string]string{
 				"enable": "feature1,feature2",
 			},
-			expectedToggles: map[string]bool{
-				"feature1": true,
-				"feature2": true,
+			expectedToggles: map[string]FeatureToggle{
+				"feature1": {Name: "feature1", Type: Boolean, Value: true},
+				"feature2": {Name: "feature2", Type: Boolean, Value: true},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ func TestFeatureToggles(t *testing.T) {
 				"enable":   "feature1,feature2",
 				"feature3": "true",
 			},
-			expectedToggles: map[string]bool{
-				"feature1": true,
-				"feature2": true,
-				"feature3": true,
+			expectedToggles: map[string]FeatureToggle{
+				"feature1": {Name: "feature1", Type: Boolean, Value: true},
+				"feature2": {Name: "feature2", Type: Boolean, Value: true},
+				"feature3": {Name: "feature3", Type: Boolean, Value: true},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ func TestFeatureToggles(t *testing.T) {
 				"enable":   "feature1,feature2",
 				"feature2": "false",
 			},
-			expectedToggles: map[string]bool{
-				"feature1": true,
-				"feature2": false,
+			expectedToggles: map[string]FeatureToggle{
+				"feature1": {Name: "feature1", Type: Boolean, Value: true},
+				"feature2": {Name: "feature2", Type: Boolean, Value: false},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ func TestFeatureToggles(t *testing.T) {
 				"enable":   "feature1,feature2",
 				"feature2": "invalid",
 			},
-			expectedToggles: map[string]bool{},
-			err:             strconv.ErrSyntax,
+			expectedToggles: map[string]FeatureToggle{},
+			err:             errors.New("type mismatch during flag declaration 'feature2': boolean, string"),
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -69,11 +69,14 @@ func TestFeatureToggles(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		featureToggles, err := ReadFeatureTogglesFromInitFile(toggles)
-		require.ErrorIs(t, err, tc.err)
+		if tc.err != nil {
+			require.EqualError(t, err, tc.err.Error())
+		}
 
 		if err == nil {
 			for k, v := range featureToggles {
-				require.Equal(t, tc.expectedToggles[k], v, tc.name)
+				toggle, _ := tc.expectedToggles[k]
+				require.Equal(t, toggle, v, tc.name)
 			}
 		}
 	}