diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupDriver.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupDriver.java
index 547a39c8d623..4486cde33bb7 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupDriver.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupDriver.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_KEEP;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_KEEP_DESC;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_LIST;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_NOCHECKSUM;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_NOCHECKSUM_DESC;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_PATH;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_PATH_DESC;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_RECORD_NUMBER;
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ protected void addOptions() {
     addOptWithArg(OPTION_BANDWIDTH, OPTION_BANDWIDTH_DESC);
     addOptWithArg(OPTION_LIST, OPTION_BACKUP_LIST_DESC);
     addOptWithArg(OPTION_WORKERS, OPTION_WORKERS_DESC);
+    addOptNoArg(OPTION_NOCHECKSUM, OPTION_NOCHECKSUM_DESC);
     addOptWithArg(OPTION_RECORD_NUMBER, OPTION_RECORD_NUMBER_DESC);
     addOptWithArg(OPTION_SET, OPTION_SET_DESC);
     addOptWithArg(OPTION_PATH, OPTION_PATH_DESC);
diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupInfo.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupInfo.java
index fdad0d549830..1fad5b6cfdb1 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupInfo.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupInfo.java
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ public enum BackupPhase {
    */
   private long bandwidth = -1;
 
+  /**
+   * Do not verify checksum between source snapshot and exported snapshot
+   */
+  private boolean noChecksumVerify;
+
   public BackupInfo() {
     backupTableInfoMap = new HashMap<>();
   }
@@ -197,6 +202,14 @@ public void setBandwidth(long bandwidth) {
     this.bandwidth = bandwidth;
   }
 
+  public void setNoChecksumVerify(boolean noChecksumVerify) {
+    this.noChecksumVerify = noChecksumVerify;
+  }
+
+  public boolean getNoChecksumVerify() {
+    return noChecksumVerify;
+  }
+
   public void setBackupTableInfoMap(Map<TableName, BackupTableInfo> backupTableInfoMap) {
     this.backupTableInfoMap = backupTableInfoMap;
   }
diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRequest.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRequest.java
index c9c7a5b61810..aa2d5b44259f 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRequest.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRequest.java
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ public Builder withBandwidthPerTasks(int bandwidth) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    public Builder withNoChecksumVerify(boolean noChecksumVerify) {
+      request.setNoChecksumVerify(noChecksumVerify);
+      return this;
+    }
+
     public Builder withYarnPoolName(String name) {
       request.setYarnPoolName(name);
       return this;
@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ public BackupRequest build() {
   private String targetRootDir;
   private int totalTasks = -1;
   private long bandwidth = -1L;
+  private boolean noChecksumVerify = false;
   private String backupSetName;
   private String yarnPoolName;
 
@@ -132,6 +138,15 @@ public long getBandwidth() {
     return this.bandwidth;
   }
 
+  private BackupRequest setNoChecksumVerify(boolean noChecksumVerify) {
+    this.noChecksumVerify = noChecksumVerify;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public boolean getNoChecksumVerify() {
+    return noChecksumVerify;
+  }
+
   public String getBackupSetName() {
     return backupSetName;
   }
diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRestoreConstants.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRestoreConstants.java
index 56c454519d81..fbe41cad056c 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRestoreConstants.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/BackupRestoreConstants.java
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ public interface BackupRestoreConstants {
   String OPTION_WORKERS = "w";
   String OPTION_WORKERS_DESC = "Number of parallel MapReduce tasks to execute";
 
+  String OPTION_NOCHECKSUM = "o";
+  String OPTION_NOCHECKSUM_DESC =
+    "Do not verify checksum between source snapshot and exported snapshot";
+
   String OPTION_RECORD_NUMBER = "n";
   String OPTION_RECORD_NUMBER_DESC = "Number of records of backup history. Default: 10";
 
diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupAdminImpl.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupAdminImpl.java
index f500581e9d85..c36b398e5e86 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupAdminImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupAdminImpl.java
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ public String backupTables(BackupRequest request) throws IOException {
     request = builder.withBackupType(request.getBackupType()).withTableList(tableList)
       .withTargetRootDir(request.getTargetRootDir()).withBackupSetName(request.getBackupSetName())
       .withTotalTasks(request.getTotalTasks()).withBandwidthPerTasks((int) request.getBandwidth())
-      .build();
+      .withNoChecksumVerify(request.getNoChecksumVerify()).build();
 
     TableBackupClient client;
     try {
diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupCommands.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupCommands.java
index ce9c5bbe8fae..3c8c54c570ef 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupCommands.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupCommands.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_KEEP;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_KEEP_DESC;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_LIST;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_NOCHECKSUM;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_PATH;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_PATH_DESC;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hbase.backup.BackupRestoreConstants.OPTION_RECORD_NUMBER;
@@ -329,6 +330,8 @@ public void execute() throws IOException {
         ? Integer.parseInt(cmdline.getOptionValue(OPTION_WORKERS))
         : -1;
 
+      boolean noChecksumVerify = cmdline.hasOption(OPTION_NOCHECKSUM);
+
       if (cmdline.hasOption(OPTION_YARN_QUEUE_NAME)) {
         String queueName = cmdline.getOptionValue(OPTION_YARN_QUEUE_NAME);
         // Set system property value for MR job
@@ -341,7 +344,8 @@ public void execute() throws IOException {
           .withTableList(
             tables != null ? Lists.newArrayList(BackupUtils.parseTableNames(tables)) : null)
           .withTargetRootDir(targetBackupDir).withTotalTasks(workers)
-          .withBandwidthPerTasks(bandwidth).withBackupSetName(setName).build();
+          .withBandwidthPerTasks(bandwidth).withNoChecksumVerify(noChecksumVerify)
+          .withBackupSetName(setName).build();
         String backupId = admin.backupTables(request);
         System.out.println("Backup session " + backupId + " finished. Status: SUCCESS");
       } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupManager.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupManager.java
index f0c93db4b4c2..41dc300abfaf 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupManager.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/BackupManager.java
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ public void close() {
    * @throws BackupException exception
    */
   public BackupInfo createBackupInfo(String backupId, BackupType type, List<TableName> tableList,
-    String targetRootDir, int workers, long bandwidth) throws BackupException {
+    String targetRootDir, int workers, long bandwidth, boolean noChecksumVerify)
+    throws BackupException {
     if (targetRootDir == null) {
       throw new BackupException("Wrong backup request parameter: target backup root directory");
     }
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ public BackupInfo createBackupInfo(String backupId, BackupType type, List<TableN
       targetRootDir);
     backupInfo.setBandwidth(bandwidth);
     backupInfo.setWorkers(workers);
+    backupInfo.setNoChecksumVerify(noChecksumVerify);
     return backupInfo;
   }
 
diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/FullTableBackupClient.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/FullTableBackupClient.java
index 06dad8880b5b..c4017e8c1a1a 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/FullTableBackupClient.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/FullTableBackupClient.java
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ protected void snapshotCopy(BackupInfo backupInfo) throws Exception {
         argsList.add("-mappers");
         argsList.add(String.valueOf(backupInfo.getWorkers()));
       }
+      if (backupInfo.getNoChecksumVerify()) {
+        argsList.add("-no-checksum-verify");
+      }
 
       String[] args = argsList.toArray(new String[0]);
 
diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/TableBackupClient.java b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/TableBackupClient.java
index 0aa6516fe4f3..30c27f01faaf 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/TableBackupClient.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/impl/TableBackupClient.java
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ public void init(final Connection conn, final String backupId, BackupRequest req
     this.conf = conn.getConfiguration();
     this.fs = CommonFSUtils.getCurrentFileSystem(conf);
     backupInfo = backupManager.createBackupInfo(backupId, request.getBackupType(), tableList,
-      request.getTargetRootDir(), request.getTotalTasks(), request.getBandwidth());
+      request.getTargetRootDir(), request.getTotalTasks(), request.getBandwidth(),
+      request.getNoChecksumVerify());
     if (tableList == null || tableList.isEmpty()) {
       this.tableList = new ArrayList<>(backupInfo.getTables());
     }
diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBase.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBase.java
index ed17ef8a1173..86aa0f8bd923 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBase.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupBase.java
@@ -395,9 +395,14 @@ Table insertIntoTable(Connection conn, TableName table, byte[] family, int id, i
 
   protected BackupRequest createBackupRequest(BackupType type, List<TableName> tables,
     String path) {
+    return createBackupRequest(type, tables, path, false);
+  }
+
+  protected BackupRequest createBackupRequest(BackupType type, List<TableName> tables, String path,
+    boolean noChecksumVerify) {
     BackupRequest.Builder builder = new BackupRequest.Builder();
-    BackupRequest request =
-      builder.withBackupType(type).withTableList(tables).withTargetRootDir(path).build();
+    BackupRequest request = builder.withBackupType(type).withTableList(tables)
+      .withTargetRootDir(path).withNoChecksumVerify(noChecksumVerify).build();
     return request;
   }
 
diff --git a/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupMerge.java b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupMerge.java
index 5a6d21dad84f..38204f68e31a 100644
--- a/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupMerge.java
+++ b/hbase-backup/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/backup/TestBackupMerge.java
@@ -138,15 +138,15 @@ public void testIncBackupMergeRestoreSeparateFs() throws Exception {
       BackupAdminImpl client = new BackupAdminImpl(conn);
       List<TableName> tables = Lists.newArrayList(table1, table2);
 
-      BackupRequest request = createBackupRequest(BackupType.FULL, tables, BACKUP_ROOT_DIR);
+      BackupRequest request = createBackupRequest(BackupType.FULL, tables, BACKUP_ROOT_DIR, true);
       String backupIdFull = client.backupTables(request);
       assertTrue(checkSucceeded(backupIdFull));
 
-      request = createBackupRequest(BackupType.INCREMENTAL, tables, BACKUP_ROOT_DIR);
+      request = createBackupRequest(BackupType.INCREMENTAL, tables, BACKUP_ROOT_DIR, true);
       String backupIdIncMultiple = client.backupTables(request);
       assertTrue(checkSucceeded(backupIdIncMultiple));
 
-      request = createBackupRequest(BackupType.INCREMENTAL, tables, BACKUP_ROOT_DIR);
+      request = createBackupRequest(BackupType.INCREMENTAL, tables, BACKUP_ROOT_DIR, true);
       String backupIdIncMultiple2 = client.backupTables(request);
       assertTrue(checkSucceeded(backupIdIncMultiple2));