diff --git a/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/BlockBasedTableConfig.java b/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/BlockBasedTableConfig.java
index 7a4ff14bf..4c88a0224 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/BlockBasedTableConfig.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/org/rocksdb/BlockBasedTableConfig.java
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ public class BlockBasedTableConfig extends TableFormatConfig {
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the filter policy.
+   *
+   * @return the current filter policy.
+   */
+  public Filter filterPolicy() {
+    return filterPolicy;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Use the specified filter policy to reduce disk reads.
    *