diff --git a/fsck/main.c b/fsck/main.c
index f83a4afb89e8bc75d3d26aa0e9b516afcd34e2b1..c4832c324063fbf5673fe35587a5b5baffbb76b5 100644
--- a/fsck/main.c
+++ b/fsck/main.c
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ void f2fs_parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
 			{"no-kernel-check", no_argument, 0, 2},
 			{"kernel-check", no_argument, 0, 3},
 			{"debug-cache", no_argument, 0, 4},
+			{"permissive", no_argument, 0, 6},
 			{0, 0, 0, 0}
 		};
 
@@ -263,6 +264,10 @@ void f2fs_parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
 			case 4:
 				c.cache_config.dbg_en = true;
 				break;
+			case 6:
+				c.permissive = true;
+				MSG(0, "Info: Enable permissive check\n");
+				break;
 			case 'a':
 				c.auto_fix = 1;
 				MSG(0, "Info: Fix the reported corruption.\n");
diff --git a/include/f2fs_fs.h b/include/f2fs_fs.h
index 740142cdc6473a6f25ae34db2f9cd71c3fbcd7ec..15849b42820e7206c1ac25b9b61f7fec70772cd0 100644
--- a/include/f2fs_fs.h
+++ b/include/f2fs_fs.h
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ struct f2fs_configuration {
 	bool quota_fixed;
 	int alloc_failed;
 	int auto_fix;
+	bool permissive;
 	int layout;
 	int show_file_map;
 	u64 show_file_map_max_offset;