diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 89babeb6d..74cd5d24a 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Rocksdb Change Log
 ## Unreleased
+
+### Behavior changes
+* `ReadOptions::verify_checksums=false` disables checksum verification for more reads of non-`CacheEntryRole::kDataBlock` blocks.
+
 ### Bug Fixes
 * Fixed a data race on `ColumnFamilyData::flush_reason` caused by concurrent flushes.
 
diff --git a/db/corruption_test.cc b/db/corruption_test.cc
index 6c909f39a..a23cffb4c 100644
--- a/db/corruption_test.cc
+++ b/db/corruption_test.cc
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ class CorruptionTest : public testing::Test {
   void Build(int n, int flush_every = 0) { Build(n, 0, flush_every); }
 
   void Check(int min_expected, int max_expected) {
+    Check(min_expected, max_expected, ReadOptions(false, true));
+  }
+
+  void Check(int min_expected, int max_expected, ReadOptions read_options) {
     uint64_t next_expected = 0;
     uint64_t missed = 0;
     int bad_keys = 0;
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@ class CorruptionTest : public testing::Test {
     // Instead, we want the reads to be successful and this test
     // will detect whether the appropriate corruptions have
     // occurred.
-    Iterator* iter = db_->NewIterator(ReadOptions(false, true));
+    Iterator* iter = db_->NewIterator(read_options);
     for (iter->SeekToFirst(); iter->Valid(); iter->Next()) {
       ASSERT_OK(iter->status());
       uint64_t key;
@@ -515,7 +519,7 @@ TEST_F(CorruptionTest, TableFileIndexData) {
   dbi = static_cast_with_check<DBImpl>(db_);
   // one full file may be readable, since only one was corrupted
   // the other file should be fully non-readable, since index was corrupted
-  Check(0, 5000);
+  Check(0, 5000, ReadOptions(true, true));
   ASSERT_NOK(dbi->VerifyChecksum());
 
   // In paranoid mode, the db cannot be opened due to the corrupted file.
diff --git a/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.cc b/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.cc
index f5421a829..029a67eec 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.cc
+++ b/table/block_based/block_based_table_reader.cc
@@ -576,15 +576,13 @@ Status BlockBasedTable::Open(
   Footer footer;
   std::unique_ptr<FilePrefetchBuffer> prefetch_buffer;
 
-  // From read_options, retain deadline, io_timeout, and rate_limiter_priority.
-  // In future, we may retain more
-  // options. Specifically, we ignore verify_checksums and default to
-  // checksum verification anyway when creating the index and filter
-  // readers.
+  // From read_options, retain deadline, io_timeout, rate_limiter_priority, and
+  // verify_checksums. In future, we may retain more options.
   ReadOptions ro;
   ro.deadline = read_options.deadline;
   ro.io_timeout = read_options.io_timeout;
   ro.rate_limiter_priority = read_options.rate_limiter_priority;
+  ro.verify_checksums = read_options.verify_checksums;
 
   // prefetch both index and filters, down to all partitions
   const bool prefetch_all = prefetch_index_and_filter_in_cache || level == 0;