diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 58c178ac3..0f5739e2c 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 ### Behavior Changes
 * The dictionary compression settings specified in `ColumnFamilyOptions::compression_opts` now additionally affect files generated by flush and compaction to non-bottommost level. Previously those settings at most affected files generated by compaction to bottommost level, depending on whether `ColumnFamilyOptions::bottommost_compression_opts` overrode them. Users who relied on dictionary compression settings in `ColumnFamilyOptions::compression_opts` affecting only the bottommost level can keep the behavior by moving their dictionary settings to `ColumnFamilyOptions::bottommost_compression_opts` and setting its `enabled` flag.
+* When the `enabled` flag is set in `ColumnFamilyOptions::bottommost_compression_opts`, those compression options now take effect regardless of the value in `ColumnFamilyOptions::bottommost_compression`. Previously, those compression options only took effect when `ColumnFamilyOptions::bottommost_compression != kDisableCompressionOption`. Now, they additionally take effect when `ColumnFamilyOptions::bottommost_compression == kDisableCompressionOption` (such a setting causes bottommost compression type to fall back to `ColumnFamilyOptions::compression_per_level` if configured, and otherwise fall back to `ColumnFamilyOptions::compression`).
 
 ## 6.14 (10/09/2020)
 ### Bug fixes
diff --git a/db/compaction/compaction_picker.cc b/db/compaction/compaction_picker.cc
index 523418c3d..05b30d97e 100644
--- a/db/compaction/compaction_picker.cc
+++ b/db/compaction/compaction_picker.cc
@@ -139,11 +139,9 @@ CompressionOptions GetCompressionOptions(const MutableCFOptions& cf_options,
   if (!enable_compression) {
     return cf_options.compression_opts;
   }
-  // If bottommost_compression is set and we are compacting to the
-  // bottommost level then we should use the specified compression options
-  // for the bottmomost_compression.
-  if (cf_options.bottommost_compression != kDisableCompressionOption &&
-      level >= (vstorage->num_non_empty_levels() - 1) &&
+  // If bottommost_compression_opts is enabled and we are compacting to the
+  // bottommost level then we should use the specified compression options.
+  if (level >= (vstorage->num_non_empty_levels() - 1) &&
       cf_options.bottommost_compression_opts.enabled) {
     return cf_options.bottommost_compression_opts;
   }
@@ -1045,6 +1043,8 @@ void CompactionPicker::RegisterCompaction(Compaction* c) {
     level0_compactions_in_progress_.insert(c);
   }
   compactions_in_progress_.insert(c);
+  TEST_SYNC_POINT_CALLBACK("CompactionPicker::RegisterCompaction:Registered",
+                           c);
 }
 
 void CompactionPicker::UnregisterCompaction(Compaction* c) {
diff --git a/db/db_options_test.cc b/db/db_options_test.cc
index a950cb56e..d29a082f0 100644
--- a/db/db_options_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_options_test.cc
@@ -952,6 +952,66 @@ TEST_F(DBOptionsTest, ChangeCompression) {
 
 #endif  // ROCKSDB_LITE
 
+TEST_F(DBOptionsTest, BottommostCompressionOptsWithFallbackType) {
+  // Verify the bottommost compression options still take effect even when the
+  // bottommost compression type is left at its default value. Verify for both
+  // automatic and manual compaction.
+  if (!Snappy_Supported() || !LZ4_Supported()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  constexpr int kUpperCompressionLevel = 1;
+  constexpr int kBottommostCompressionLevel = 2;
+  constexpr int kNumL0Files = 2;
+
+  Options options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.level0_file_num_compaction_trigger = kNumL0Files;
+  options.compression = CompressionType::kLZ4Compression;
+  options.compression_opts.level = kUpperCompressionLevel;
+  options.bottommost_compression_opts.level = kBottommostCompressionLevel;
+  options.bottommost_compression_opts.enabled = true;
+  Reopen(options);
+
+  CompressionType compression_used = CompressionType::kDisableCompressionOption;
+  CompressionOptions compression_opt_used;
+  bool compacted = false;
+  SyncPoint::GetInstance()->SetCallBack(
+      "CompactionPicker::RegisterCompaction:Registered", [&](void* arg) {
+        Compaction* c = static_cast<Compaction*>(arg);
+        compression_used = c->output_compression();
+        compression_opt_used = c->output_compression_opts();
+        compacted = true;
+      });
+  SyncPoint::GetInstance()->EnableProcessing();
+
+  // First, verify for automatic compaction.
+  for (int i = 0; i < kNumL0Files; ++i) {
+    ASSERT_OK(Put("foo", "foofoofoo"));
+    ASSERT_OK(Put("bar", "foofoofoo"));
+    ASSERT_OK(Flush());
+  }
+  ASSERT_OK(dbfull()->TEST_WaitForCompact());
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(compacted);
+  ASSERT_EQ(CompressionType::kLZ4Compression, compression_used);
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBottommostCompressionLevel, compression_opt_used.level);
+
+  // Second, verify for manual compaction.
+  compacted = false;
+  compression_used = CompressionType::kDisableCompressionOption;
+  compression_opt_used = CompressionOptions();
+  CompactRangeOptions cro;
+  cro.bottommost_level_compaction = BottommostLevelCompaction::kForceOptimized;
+  ASSERT_OK(dbfull()->CompactRange(cro, nullptr, nullptr));
+
+  ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
+  ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::SyncPoint::GetInstance()->ClearAllCallBacks();
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(compacted);
+  ASSERT_EQ(CompressionType::kLZ4Compression, compression_used);
+  ASSERT_EQ(kBottommostCompressionLevel, compression_opt_used.level);
+}
+
 }  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE
 
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