diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 81f5080bd..ac5c19155 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 * Support dynamically change `delete_obsolete_files_period_micros` option via SetDBOptions().
 * Added EventListener::OnExternalFileIngested which will be called when IngestExternalFile() add a file successfully.
 * BackupEngine::Open and BackupEngineReadOnly::Open now always return error statuses matching those of the backup Env.
+* Added new overloaded function GetApproximateSizes that allows to specify if memtable stats should be computed only without computing SST files' stats approximations.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 * Fix the bug that if 2PC is enabled, checkpoints may loss some recent transactions.
diff --git a/db/db_impl.cc b/db/db_impl.cc
index e8e83626b..19165e95c 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl.cc
@@ -5579,7 +5579,9 @@ ColumnFamilyHandle* DBImpl::GetColumnFamilyHandleUnlocked(
 
 void DBImpl::GetApproximateSizes(ColumnFamilyHandle* column_family,
                                  const Range* range, int n, uint64_t* sizes,
-                                 bool include_memtable) {
+                                 uint8_t include_flags) {
+  assert(include_flags & DB::SizeApproximationFlags::INCLUDE_FILES ||
+         include_flags & DB::SizeApproximationFlags::INCLUDE_MEMTABLES);
   Version* v;
   auto cfh = reinterpret_cast<ColumnFamilyHandleImpl*>(column_family);
   auto cfd = cfh->cfd();
@@ -5590,8 +5592,10 @@ void DBImpl::GetApproximateSizes(ColumnFamilyHandle* column_family,
     // Convert user_key into a corresponding internal key.
     InternalKey k1(range[i].start, kMaxSequenceNumber, kValueTypeForSeek);
     InternalKey k2(range[i].limit, kMaxSequenceNumber, kValueTypeForSeek);
-    sizes[i] = versions_->ApproximateSize(v, k1.Encode(), k2.Encode());
-    if (include_memtable) {
+    if (include_flags & DB::SizeApproximationFlags::INCLUDE_FILES) {
+      sizes[i] = versions_->ApproximateSize(v, k1.Encode(), k2.Encode());
+    }
+    if (include_flags & DB::SizeApproximationFlags::INCLUDE_MEMTABLES) {
       sizes[i] += sv->mem->ApproximateSize(k1.Encode(), k2.Encode());
       sizes[i] += sv->imm->ApproximateSize(k1.Encode(), k2.Encode());
     }
diff --git a/db/db_impl.h b/db/db_impl.h
index ddc6799d6..f27c358d8 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.h
+++ b/db/db_impl.h
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ class DBImpl : public DB {
   using DB::GetApproximateSizes;
   virtual void GetApproximateSizes(ColumnFamilyHandle* column_family,
                                    const Range* range, int n, uint64_t* sizes,
-                                   bool include_memtable = false) override;
+                                   uint8_t include_flags 
+                                   = INCLUDE_FILES) override;
   using DB::CompactRange;
   virtual Status CompactRange(const CompactRangeOptions& options,
                               ColumnFamilyHandle* column_family,
diff --git a/db/db_test.cc b/db/db_test.cc
index d9fa51c33..36c85cb14 100644
--- a/db/db_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_test.cc
@@ -1407,17 +1407,19 @@ TEST_F(DBTest, ApproximateSizesMemTable) {
   std::string start = Key(50);
   std::string end = Key(60);
   Range r(start, end);
-  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, true);
+  uint8_t include_both = DB::SizeApproximationFlags::INCLUDE_FILES |
+                         DB::SizeApproximationFlags::INCLUDE_MEMTABLES;
+  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, include_both);
   ASSERT_GT(size, 6000);
   ASSERT_LT(size, 204800);
   // Zero if not including mem table
-  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, false);
+  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size);
   ASSERT_EQ(size, 0);
 
   start = Key(500);
   end = Key(600);
   r = Range(start, end);
-  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, true);
+  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, include_both);
   ASSERT_EQ(size, 0);
 
   for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
@@ -1427,13 +1429,13 @@ TEST_F(DBTest, ApproximateSizesMemTable) {
   start = Key(500);
   end = Key(600);
   r = Range(start, end);
-  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, true);
+  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, include_both);
   ASSERT_EQ(size, 0);
 
   start = Key(100);
   end = Key(1020);
   r = Range(start, end);
-  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, true);
+  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, include_both);
   ASSERT_GT(size, 6000);
 
   options.max_write_buffer_number = 8;
@@ -1456,28 +1458,28 @@ TEST_F(DBTest, ApproximateSizesMemTable) {
   start = Key(100);
   end = Key(300);
   r = Range(start, end);
-  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, true);
+  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, include_both);
   ASSERT_EQ(size, 0);
 
   start = Key(1050);
   end = Key(1080);
   r = Range(start, end);
-  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, true);
+  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, include_both);
   ASSERT_GT(size, 6000);
 
   start = Key(2100);
   end = Key(2300);
   r = Range(start, end);
-  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, true);
+  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size, include_both);
   ASSERT_EQ(size, 0);
 
   start = Key(1050);
   end = Key(1080);
   r = Range(start, end);
   uint64_t size_with_mt, size_without_mt;
-  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size_with_mt, true);
+  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size_with_mt, include_both);
   ASSERT_GT(size_with_mt, 6000);
-  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size_without_mt, false);
+  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size_without_mt);
   ASSERT_EQ(size_without_mt, 0);
 
   Flush();
@@ -1489,8 +1491,8 @@ TEST_F(DBTest, ApproximateSizesMemTable) {
   start = Key(1050);
   end = Key(1080);
   r = Range(start, end);
-  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size_with_mt, true);
-  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size_without_mt, false);
+  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size_with_mt, include_both);
+  db_->GetApproximateSizes(&r, 1, &size_without_mt);
   ASSERT_GT(size_with_mt, size_without_mt);
   ASSERT_GT(size_without_mt, 6000);
 }
@@ -2813,7 +2815,8 @@ class ModelDB : public DB {
   using DB::GetApproximateSizes;
   virtual void GetApproximateSizes(ColumnFamilyHandle* column_family,
                                    const Range* range, int n, uint64_t* sizes,
-                                   bool include_memtable) override {
+                                   uint8_t include_flags
+                                   = INCLUDE_FILES) override {
     for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
       sizes[i] = 0;
     }
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/db.h b/include/rocksdb/db.h
index 2a0304e47..07dab606f 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/db.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/db.h
@@ -586,6 +586,14 @@ class DB {
   virtual bool GetAggregatedIntProperty(const Slice& property,
                                         uint64_t* value) = 0;
 
+  // Flags for DB::GetSizeApproximation that specify whether memtable 
+  // stats should be included, or file stats approximation or both
+  enum SizeApproximationFlags : uint8_t {
+    NONE = 0,
+    INCLUDE_MEMTABLES = 1,
+    INCLUDE_FILES = 1 << 1
+  };
+
   // For each i in [0,n-1], store in "sizes[i]", the approximate
   // file system space used by keys in "[range[i].start .. range[i].limit)".
   //
@@ -593,16 +601,40 @@ class DB {
   // if the user data compresses by a factor of ten, the returned
   // sizes will be one-tenth the size of the corresponding user data size.
   //
-  // If include_memtable is set to true, then the result will also
-  // include those recently written data in the mem-tables if
-  // the mem-table type supports it.
+  // If include_flags defines whether the returned size should include
+  // the recently written data in the mem-tables (if
+  // the mem-table type supports it), data serialized to disk, or both.
+  // include_flags should be of type DB::SizeApproximationFlags
   virtual void GetApproximateSizes(ColumnFamilyHandle* column_family,
                                    const Range* range, int n, uint64_t* sizes,
-                                   bool include_memtable = false) = 0;
+                                   uint8_t include_flags
+                                   = INCLUDE_FILES) = 0;
   virtual void GetApproximateSizes(const Range* range, int n, uint64_t* sizes,
-                                   bool include_memtable = false) {
+                                   uint8_t include_flags
+                                   = INCLUDE_FILES) {
     GetApproximateSizes(DefaultColumnFamily(), range, n, sizes,
-                        include_memtable);
+                        include_flags);
+  }
+
+  // Deprecated versions of GetApproximateSizes
+  ROCKSDB_DEPRECATED_FUNC virtual void GetApproximateSizes(
+      const Range* range, int n, uint64_t* sizes,
+      bool include_memtable) {
+    uint8_t include_flags = SizeApproximationFlags::INCLUDE_FILES;
+    if (include_memtable) {
+      include_flags |= SizeApproximationFlags::INCLUDE_MEMTABLES;
+    }
+    GetApproximateSizes(DefaultColumnFamily(), range, n, sizes, include_flags);
+  }
+  ROCKSDB_DEPRECATED_FUNC virtual void GetApproximateSizes(
+      ColumnFamilyHandle* column_family,
+      const Range* range, int n, uint64_t* sizes,
+      bool include_memtable) {
+    uint8_t include_flags = SizeApproximationFlags::INCLUDE_FILES;
+    if (include_memtable) {
+      include_flags |= SizeApproximationFlags::INCLUDE_MEMTABLES;
+    }
+    GetApproximateSizes(column_family, range, n, sizes, include_flags);
   }
 
   // Compact the underlying storage for the key range [*begin,*end].
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/utilities/stackable_db.h b/include/rocksdb/utilities/stackable_db.h
index a712d1848..e0b2ead6e 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/utilities/stackable_db.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/utilities/stackable_db.h
@@ -161,9 +161,10 @@ class StackableDB : public DB {
   using DB::GetApproximateSizes;
   virtual void GetApproximateSizes(ColumnFamilyHandle* column_family,
                                    const Range* r, int n, uint64_t* sizes,
-                                   bool include_memtable = false) override {
+                                   uint8_t include_flags
+                                   = INCLUDE_FILES) override {
     return db_->GetApproximateSizes(column_family, r, n, sizes,
-                                    include_memtable);
+                                    include_flags);
   }
 
   using DB::CompactRange;