diff --git a/db/db_bench.cc b/db/db_bench.cc
index b74ce28e7..af83487a1 100644
--- a/db/db_bench.cc
+++ b/db/db_bench.cc
@@ -538,6 +538,9 @@ DEFINE_string(memtablerep, "skip_list", "");
 DEFINE_int64(hash_bucket_count, 1024 * 1024, "hash bucket count");
 DEFINE_bool(use_plain_table, false, "if use plain table "
             "instead of block-based table format");
+DEFINE_bool(use_hash_search, false, "if use kHashSearch "
+            "instead of kBinarySearch. "
+            "This is valid if only we use BlockTable");
 
 DEFINE_string(merge_operator, "", "The merge operator to use with the database."
               "If a new merge operator is specified, be sure to use fresh"
@@ -1624,7 +1627,7 @@ class Benchmark {
     options.compaction_style = FLAGS_compaction_style_e;
     options.block_size = FLAGS_block_size;
     options.filter_policy = filter_policy_;
-    if (FLAGS_use_plain_table) {
+    if (FLAGS_prefix_size != 0) {
       options.prefix_extractor.reset(
           NewFixedPrefixTransform(FLAGS_prefix_size));
     }
@@ -1685,8 +1688,17 @@ class Benchmark {
       if (bloom_bits_per_key < 0) {
         bloom_bits_per_key = 0;
       }
-      options.table_factory = std::shared_ptr<TableFactory>(
+      options.table_factory.reset(
           NewPlainTableFactory(FLAGS_key_size, bloom_bits_per_key, 0.75));
+    } else {
+      BlockBasedTableOptions block_based_options;
+      if (FLAGS_use_hash_search) {
+        block_based_options.index_type = BlockBasedTableOptions::kHashSearch;
+      } else {
+        block_based_options.index_type = BlockBasedTableOptions::kBinarySearch;
+      }
+      options.table_factory.reset(
+          NewBlockBasedTableFactory(block_based_options));
     }
     if (FLAGS_max_bytes_for_level_multiplier_additional_v.size() > 0) {
       if (FLAGS_max_bytes_for_level_multiplier_additional_v.size() !=