diff --git a/docs/api/options.rst b/docs/api/options.rst
index 3f8bc7cf77205f620bef17f33a81f3a7a56139a2..5866cd0f39350de704cfba957c4d76e078f463a9 100644
--- a/docs/api/options.rst
+++ b/docs/api/options.rst
@@ -617,6 +617,14 @@ Options object
         | *Type:* ``int``
         | *Default:* ``0``
 
+    .. py:attribute:: verify_checksums_in_compaction
+
+        If ``True``, compaction will verify checksum on every read that
+        happens as part of compaction.
+
+        | *Type:* ``bool``
+        | *Default:* ``True``
+
     .. py:attribute:: filter_deletes
 
         Use KeyMayExist API to filter deletes when this is true.
diff --git a/rocksdb/_rocksdb.pyx b/rocksdb/_rocksdb.pyx
index 41aafc44b75c04c5090eb8527f970d0f2df4792f..b98340e2c63a1cbe3df2573b40ed2c77e3f79b66 100644
--- a/rocksdb/_rocksdb.pyx
+++ b/rocksdb/_rocksdb.pyx
@@ -951,6 +951,12 @@ cdef class Options(object):
         def __set__(self, value):
             self.opts.bytes_per_sync = value
 
+    property verify_checksums_in_compaction:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.opts.verify_checksums_in_compaction
+        def __set__(self, value):
+            self.opts.verify_checksums_in_compaction = value
+
     property filter_deletes:
         def __get__(self):
             return self.opts.filter_deletes
diff --git a/rocksdb/options.pxd b/rocksdb/options.pxd
index 92eae21a891fc97790c9bbeb68db0187c5b04143..f7f3b4e68efbd2ee12ae9ce0675801b5c9265646 100644
--- a/rocksdb/options.pxd
+++ b/rocksdb/options.pxd
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ cdef extern from "rocksdb/options.h" namespace "rocksdb":
         # TODO: enum { NONE, NORMAL, SEQUENTIAL, WILLNEED } access_hint_on_compaction_start
         cpp_bool use_adaptive_mutex
         uint64_t bytes_per_sync
+        cpp_bool verify_checksums_in_compaction
         # TODO: CompactionStyle compaction_style
         # TODO: CompactionOptionsUniversal compaction_options_universal
         cpp_bool filter_deletes