diff --git a/include/spdk/blob.h b/include/spdk/blob.h
index 66dbf81011..5007d1fbb2 100644
--- a/include/spdk/blob.h
+++ b/include/spdk/blob.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  *
  *   Copyright (c) Intel Corporation.
  *   All rights reserved.
+ *   Copyright (c) 2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
  *
  *   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  *   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
@@ -233,6 +234,9 @@ struct spdk_bs_opts {
 	 * After that, new added fields should be put in the end of the struct.
 	 */
 	size_t opts_size;
+
+	/** Force recovery during import. This is a uint64_t for padding reasons, treated as a bool. */
+	uint64_t force_recover;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/blob/blobstore.c b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
index 97969a0971..17a2a60a48 100644
--- a/lib/blob/blobstore.c
+++ b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
@@ -3260,6 +3260,7 @@ spdk_bs_opts_init(struct spdk_bs_opts *opts, size_t opts_size)
 
 	SET_FIELD(iter_cb_fn, NULL);
 	SET_FIELD(iter_cb_arg, NULL);
+	SET_FIELD(force_recover, false);
 
 #undef FIELD_OK
 #undef SET_FIELD
@@ -3302,6 +3303,8 @@ struct spdk_bs_load_ctx {
 	struct spdk_blob			*blob;
 	spdk_blob_id				blobid;
 
+	bool					force_recover;
+
 	/* These fields are used in the spdk_bs_dump path. */
 	bool					dumping;
 	FILE					*fp;
@@ -3345,6 +3348,7 @@ bs_alloc(struct spdk_bs_dev *dev, struct spdk_bs_opts *opts, struct spdk_blob_st
 	ctx->bs = bs;
 	ctx->iter_cb_fn = opts->iter_cb_fn;
 	ctx->iter_cb_arg = opts->iter_cb_arg;
+	ctx->force_recover = opts->force_recover;
 
 	ctx->super = spdk_zmalloc(sizeof(*ctx->super), 0x1000, NULL,
 				  SPDK_ENV_SOCKET_ID_ANY, SPDK_MALLOC_DMA);
@@ -4414,7 +4418,7 @@ bs_load_super_cpl(spdk_bs_sequence_t *seq, void *cb_arg, int bserrno)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (ctx->super->used_blobid_mask_len == 0 || ctx->super->clean == 0) {
+	if (ctx->super->used_blobid_mask_len == 0 || ctx->super->clean == 0 || ctx->force_recover) {
 		bs_recover(ctx);
 	} else {
 		bs_load_read_used_pages(ctx);
@@ -4449,12 +4453,13 @@ bs_opts_copy(struct spdk_bs_opts *src, struct spdk_bs_opts *dst)
 	}
 	SET_FIELD(iter_cb_fn);
 	SET_FIELD(iter_cb_arg);
+	SET_FIELD(force_recover);
 
 	dst->opts_size = src->opts_size;
 
 	/* You should not remove this statement, but need to update the assert statement
 	 * if you add a new field, and also add a corresponding SET_FIELD statement */
-	SPDK_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(struct spdk_bs_opts) == 64, "Incorrect size");
+	SPDK_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(struct spdk_bs_opts) == 72, "Incorrect size");
 
 #undef FIELD_OK
 #undef SET_FIELD