diff --git a/db/db_impl.cc b/db/db_impl.cc
index 3d01d5481..ba8d9ff53 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl.cc
@@ -590,7 +590,8 @@ Status DBImpl::RecoverLogFile(uint64_t log_number,
     Env* env;
     Logger* info_log;
     const char* fname;
-    Status* status;  // nullptr if options_.paranoid_checks==false
+    Status* status;  // nullptr if options_.paranoid_checks==false or
+                     //            options_.skip_log_error_on_recovery==true
     virtual void Corruption(size_t bytes, const Status& s) {
       Log(info_log, "%s%s: dropping %d bytes; %s",
           (this->status == nullptr ? "(ignoring error) " : ""),
@@ -615,7 +616,8 @@ Status DBImpl::RecoverLogFile(uint64_t log_number,
   reporter.env = env_;
   reporter.info_log = options_.info_log.get();
   reporter.fname = fname.c_str();
-  reporter.status = (options_.paranoid_checks ? &status : nullptr);
+  reporter.status = (options_.paranoid_checks &&
+                     !options_.skip_log_error_on_recovery ? &status : nullptr);
   // We intentially make log::Reader do checksumming even if
   // paranoid_checks==false so that corruptions cause entire commits
   // to be skipped instead of propagating bad information (like overly
@@ -633,8 +635,7 @@ Status DBImpl::RecoverLogFile(uint64_t log_number,
   if (external_table) {
     mem = external_table;
   }
-  while (reader.ReadRecord(&record, &scratch) &&
-         status.ok()) {
+  while (reader.ReadRecord(&record, &scratch) && status.ok()) {
     if (record.size() < 12) {
       reporter.Corruption(
           record.size(), Status::Corruption("log record too small"));
diff --git a/include/leveldb/options.h b/include/leveldb/options.h
index f180c74eb..043991872 100644
--- a/include/leveldb/options.h
+++ b/include/leveldb/options.h
@@ -424,6 +424,12 @@ struct Options {
 
   // Disable child process inherit open files. Default: true
   bool is_fd_close_on_exec;
+
+  // Skip log corruption error on recovery (If client is ok with
+  // losing most recent changes)
+  // Default: false
+  bool skip_log_error_on_recovery;
+
 };
 
 // Options that control read operations
diff --git a/util/options.cc b/util/options.cc
index 6ac122218..7e67e8cbd 100644
--- a/util/options.cc
+++ b/util/options.cc
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ Options::Options()
       allow_readahead_compactions(true),
       allow_mmap_reads(false),
       allow_mmap_writes(true),
-      is_fd_close_on_exec(true) {
+      is_fd_close_on_exec(true),
+      skip_log_error_on_recovery(false) {
 }
 
 void
@@ -189,6 +190,8 @@ Options::Dump(Logger* log) const
         allow_mmap_writes);
     Log(log,"                     Options.is_fd_close_on_exec: %d",
         is_fd_close_on_exec);
+    Log(log,"              Options.skip_log_error_on_recovery: %d",
+        skip_log_error_on_recovery);
 }   // Options::Dump
 
 //