diff --git a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_common.h b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_common.h
index c6d9cf719..67d4530c5 100644
--- a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_common.h
+++ b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_common.h
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ DECLARE_bool(sync_fault_injection);
 DECLARE_bool(best_efforts_recovery);
 DECLARE_bool(skip_verifydb);
 DECLARE_bool(enable_compaction_filter);
+DECLARE_bool(paranoid_file_checks);
 
 const long KB = 1024;
 const int kRandomValueMaxFactor = 3;
diff --git a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_gflags.cc b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_gflags.cc
index e83c0557f..7dcdeefce 100644
--- a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_gflags.cc
+++ b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_gflags.cc
@@ -728,6 +728,10 @@ DEFINE_bool(enable_compaction_filter, false,
             "If true, configures a compaction filter that returns a kRemove "
             "decision for deleted keys.");
 
+DEFINE_bool(paranoid_file_checks, true,
+            "After writing every SST file, reopen it and read all the keys "
+            "and validate checksums");
+
 DEFINE_string(file_checksum_impl, "none",
               "Name of an implementation for file_checksum_gen_factory, or "
               "\"none\" for null.");
diff --git a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc
index e5e9084e0..38f435b6e 100644
--- a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc
+++ b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc
@@ -2145,6 +2145,7 @@ void StressTest::Open() {
       std::make_shared<DbStressTablePropertiesCollectorFactory>());
 
   options_.best_efforts_recovery = FLAGS_best_efforts_recovery;
+  options_.paranoid_file_checks = FLAGS_paranoid_file_checks;
 
   fprintf(stdout, "DB path: [%s]\n", FLAGS_db.c_str());
 
diff --git a/tools/db_crashtest.py b/tools/db_crashtest.py
index 2e2ecc1fc..cd36c663c 100644
--- a/tools/db_crashtest.py
+++ b/tools/db_crashtest.py
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ default_params = {
     "read_fault_one_in": lambda: random.choice([0, 1000]),
     "sync_fault_injection": False,
     "get_property_one_in": 1000000,
+    # paranoid_file_checks has a bug so it's not yet passed.
+    "paranoid_file_checks": 0,
 }
 
 _TEST_DIR_ENV_VAR = 'TEST_TMPDIR'
@@ -198,6 +200,8 @@ simple_default_params = {
     "test_batches_snapshots": 0,
     "write_buffer_size": 32 * 1024 * 1024,
     "level_compaction_dynamic_level_bytes": False,
+    # "paranoid_file_checks" has a bug so it's not yet passed.
+    "paranoid_file_checks": 0,
 }
 
 blackbox_simple_default_params = {