diff --git a/db/compaction_picker.cc b/db/compaction_picker.cc
index da49ce02d..a3c679409 100644
--- a/db/compaction_picker.cc
+++ b/db/compaction_picker.cc
@@ -683,14 +683,32 @@ Compaction* UniversalCompactionPicker::PickCompactionUniversalReadAmp(
       if (f->being_compacted) {
         break;
       }
-      // pick files if the total candidate file size (increased by the
+      // Pick files if the total/last candidate file size (increased by the
       // specified ratio) is still larger than the next candidate file.
+      // candidate_size is the total size of files picked so far with the
+      // default kCompactionStopStyleTotalSize; with
+      // kCompactionStopStyleSimilarSize, it's simply the size of the last
+      // picked file.
       uint64_t sz = (candidate_size * (100L + ratio)) /100;
       if (sz < f->file_size) {
         break;
+      } 
+      if (options_->compaction_options_universal.stop_style == kCompactionStopStyleSimilarSize) {
+        // Similar-size stopping rule: also check the last picked file isn't
+        // far larger than the next candidate file.
+        sz = (f->file_size * (100L + ratio)) / 100;
+        if (sz < candidate_size) {
+          // If the small file we've encountered begins a run of similar-size
+          // files, we'll pick them up on a future iteration of the outer
+          // loop. If it's some lonely straggler, it'll eventually get picked
+          // by the last-resort read amp strategy which disregards size ratios.
+          break;
+        }
+        candidate_size = f->file_size;
+      } else { // default kCompactionStopStyleTotalSize
+        candidate_size += f->file_size;
       }
       candidate_count++;
-      candidate_size += f->file_size;
     }
 
     // Found a series of consecutive files that need compaction.
diff --git a/db/db_test.cc b/db/db_test.cc
index 9c8a97f93..9953cc2f7 100644
--- a/db/db_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_test.cc
@@ -2043,6 +2043,98 @@ TEST(DBTest, UniversalCompactionOptions) {
   }
 }
 
+TEST(DBTest, UniversalCompactionStopStyleSimilarSize) {
+  Options options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.compaction_style = kCompactionStyleUniversal;
+  options.write_buffer_size = 100<<10; //100KB
+  // trigger compaction if there are >= 4 files
+  options.level0_file_num_compaction_trigger = 4;
+  options.compaction_options_universal.size_ratio = 10;
+  options.compaction_options_universal.stop_style = kCompactionStopStyleSimilarSize;
+  Reopen(&options);
+
+  Random rnd(301);
+  int key_idx = 0;
+
+  // Stage 1:
+  //   Generate a set of files at level 0, but don't trigger level-0
+  //   compaction.
+  for (int num = 0;
+       num < options.level0_file_num_compaction_trigger-1;
+       num++) {
+    // Write 120KB (12 values, each 10K)
+    for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
+      ASSERT_OK(Put(Key(key_idx), RandomString(&rnd, 10000)));
+      key_idx++;
+    }
+    dbfull()->TEST_WaitForFlushMemTable();
+    ASSERT_EQ(NumTableFilesAtLevel(0), num + 1);
+  }
+
+  // Generate one more file at level-0, which should trigger level-0
+  // compaction.
+  for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
+    ASSERT_OK(Put(Key(key_idx), RandomString(&rnd, 10000)));
+    key_idx++;
+  }
+  dbfull()->TEST_WaitForCompact();
+  // Suppose each file flushed from mem table has size 1. Now we compact
+  // (level0_file_num_compaction_trigger+1)=4 files and should have a big
+  // file of size 4.
+  ASSERT_EQ(NumTableFilesAtLevel(0), 1);
+  for (int i = 1; i < options.num_levels ; i++) {
+    ASSERT_EQ(NumTableFilesAtLevel(i), 0);
+  }
+
+  // Stage 2:
+  //   Now we have one file at level 0, with size 4. We also have some data in
+  //   mem table. Let's continue generating new files at level 0, but don't
+  //   trigger level-0 compaction.
+  //   First, clean up memtable before inserting new data. This will generate
+  //   a level-0 file, with size around 0.4 (according to previously written
+  //   data amount).
+  dbfull()->Flush(FlushOptions());
+  for (int num = 0;
+       num < options.level0_file_num_compaction_trigger-3;
+       num++) {
+    // Write 120KB (12 values, each 10K)
+    for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
+      ASSERT_OK(Put(Key(key_idx), RandomString(&rnd, 10000)));
+      key_idx++;
+    }
+    dbfull()->TEST_WaitForFlushMemTable();
+    ASSERT_EQ(NumTableFilesAtLevel(0), num + 3);
+  }
+
+  // Generate one more file at level-0, which should trigger level-0
+  // compaction.
+  for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
+    ASSERT_OK(Put(Key(key_idx), RandomString(&rnd, 10000)));
+    key_idx++;
+  }
+  dbfull()->TEST_WaitForCompact();
+  // Before compaction, we have 4 files at level 0, with size 4, 0.4, 1, 1.
+  // After compaction, we should have 3 files, with size 4, 0.4, 2.
+  ASSERT_EQ(NumTableFilesAtLevel(0), 3);
+  for (int i = 1; i < options.num_levels ; i++) {
+    ASSERT_EQ(NumTableFilesAtLevel(i), 0);
+  }
+
+  // Stage 3:
+  //   Now we have 3 files at level 0, with size 4, 0.4, 2. Generate one
+  //   more file at level-0, which should trigger level-0 compaction.
+  for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
+    ASSERT_OK(Put(Key(key_idx), RandomString(&rnd, 10000)));
+    key_idx++;
+  }
+  dbfull()->TEST_WaitForCompact();
+  // Level-0 compaction is triggered, but no file will be picked up.
+  ASSERT_EQ(NumTableFilesAtLevel(0), 4);
+  for (int i = 1; i < options.num_levels ; i++) {
+    ASSERT_EQ(NumTableFilesAtLevel(i), 0);
+  }
+}
+
 #if defined(SNAPPY) && defined(ZLIB) && defined(BZIP2)
 TEST(DBTest, CompressedCache) {
   int num_iter = 80;