diff --git a/options/options_helper.cc b/options/options_helper.cc
index d8b094021..ed0efa3e4 100644
--- a/options/options_helper.cc
+++ b/options/options_helper.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/rate_limiter.h"
 #include "rocksdb/slice_transform.h"
 #include "rocksdb/table.h"
+#include "rocksdb/utilities/object_registry.h"
 #include "table/block_based_table_factory.h"
 #include "table/plain_table_factory.h"
 #include "util/cast_util.h"
@@ -240,6 +241,8 @@ std::unordered_map<std::string, CompressionType>
         {"kDisableCompressionOption", kDisableCompressionOption}};
 #ifndef ROCKSDB_LITE
 
+const std::string kNameComparator = "comparator";
+
 template <typename T>
 Status GetStringFromStruct(
     std::string* opt_string, const T& options,
@@ -1013,6 +1016,16 @@ Status ParseColumnFamilyOption(const std::string& name,
         return s;
       }
     } else {
+      if (name == kNameComparator) {
+        // Try to get comparator from object registry first.
+        std::unique_ptr<const Comparator> comp_guard;
+        const Comparator* comp =
+            NewCustomObject<const Comparator>(value, &comp_guard);
+        // Only support static comparator for now.
+        if (comp != nullptr && !comp_guard) {
+          new_options->comparator = comp;
+        }
+      }
       auto iter = cf_options_type_info.find(name);
       if (iter == cf_options_type_info.end()) {
         return Status::InvalidArgument(
@@ -1876,7 +1889,7 @@ std::unordered_map<std::string, OptionTypeInfo>
          {offset_of(&ColumnFamilyOptions::bottommost_compression),
           OptionType::kCompressionType, OptionVerificationType::kNormal, false,
           0}},
-        {"comparator",
+        {kNameComparator,
          {offset_of(&ColumnFamilyOptions::comparator), OptionType::kComparator,
           OptionVerificationType::kByName, false, 0}},
         {"prefix_extractor",
diff --git a/options/options_test.cc b/options/options_test.cc
index d6ccf531a..32f178df9 100644
--- a/options/options_test.cc
+++ b/options/options_test.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/convenience.h"
 #include "rocksdb/memtablerep.h"
 #include "rocksdb/utilities/leveldb_options.h"
+#include "rocksdb/utilities/object_registry.h"
 #include "util/random.h"
 #include "util/stderr_logger.h"
 #include "util/string_util.h"
@@ -335,6 +336,18 @@ TEST_F(OptionsTest, GetColumnFamilyOptionsFromStringTest) {
               &new_cf_opt));
   ASSERT_OK(RocksDBOptionsParser::VerifyCFOptions(base_cf_opt, new_cf_opt));
 
+  // Comparator from object registry
+  std::string kCompName = "reverse_comp";
+  static Registrar<const Comparator> test_reg_a(
+      kCompName, [](const std::string& /*name*/,
+                    std::unique_ptr<const Comparator>* /*comparator_guard*/) {
+        return ReverseBytewiseComparator();
+      });
+
+  ASSERT_OK(GetColumnFamilyOptionsFromString(
+      base_cf_opt, "comparator=" + kCompName + ";", &new_cf_opt));
+  ASSERT_EQ(new_cf_opt.comparator, ReverseBytewiseComparator());
+
   // Wrong key/value pair
   ASSERT_NOK(GetColumnFamilyOptionsFromString(base_cf_opt,
              "write_buffer_size=13;max_write_buffer_number;", &new_cf_opt));