diff --git a/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.cpp b/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.cpp
index 527db5819a..cc36cf3734 100644
--- a/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.cpp
+++ b/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.cpp
@@ -527,6 +527,8 @@ void ServerKnobs::initialize(Randomize randomize, ClientKnobs* clientKnobs, IsSi
 	init (ROCKSDB_CF_METRICS_DELAY,                            900.0 );
 	init (ROCKSDB_MAX_LOG_FILE_SIZE,                         10485760 ); // 10MB.
 	init (ROCKSDB_KEEP_LOG_FILE_NUM,                             200 ); // Keeps 2GB log per storage server.
+	init (ROCKSDB_SKIP_STATS_UPDATE_ON_OPEN,                    false ); if (isSimulated) ROCKSDB_SKIP_STATS_UPDATE_ON_OPEN = deterministicRandom()->coinflip(); 
+	init (ROCKSDB_SKIP_FILE_SIZE_CHECK_ON_OPEN,                 false ); if (isSimulated) ROCKSDB_SKIP_FILE_SIZE_CHECK_ON_OPEN = deterministicRandom()->coinflip();
 
 	// Leader election
 	bool longLeaderElection = randomize && BUGGIFY;
diff --git a/fdbclient/include/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.h b/fdbclient/include/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.h
index 0e3f14970f..877c1a1ab0 100644
--- a/fdbclient/include/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.h
+++ b/fdbclient/include/fdbclient/ServerKnobs.h
@@ -470,6 +470,8 @@ public:
 	double ROCKSDB_CF_METRICS_DELAY;
 	int ROCKSDB_MAX_LOG_FILE_SIZE;
 	int ROCKSDB_KEEP_LOG_FILE_NUM;
+	bool ROCKSDB_SKIP_STATS_UPDATE_ON_OPEN;
+	bool ROCKSDB_SKIP_FILE_SIZE_CHECK_ON_OPEN;
 
 	// Leader election
 	int MAX_NOTIFICATIONS;
diff --git a/fdbserver/KeyValueStoreShardedRocksDB.actor.cpp b/fdbserver/KeyValueStoreShardedRocksDB.actor.cpp
index 3f476e0dca..549a9af64d 100644
--- a/fdbserver/KeyValueStoreShardedRocksDB.actor.cpp
+++ b/fdbserver/KeyValueStoreShardedRocksDB.actor.cpp
@@ -477,6 +477,9 @@ rocksdb::Options getOptions() {
 	}
 	options.max_log_file_size = SERVER_KNOBS->ROCKSDB_MAX_LOG_FILE_SIZE;
 	options.keep_log_file_num = SERVER_KNOBS->ROCKSDB_KEEP_LOG_FILE_NUM;
+
+	options.skip_stats_update_on_db_open = SERVER_KNOBS->ROCKSDB_SKIP_STATS_UPDATE_ON_OPEN;
+	options.skip_checking_sst_file_sizes_on_db_open = SERVER_KNOBS->ROCKSDB_SKIP_FILE_SIZE_CHECK_ON_OPEN;
 	return options;
 }