diff --git a/badger/cmd/info.go b/badger/cmd/info.go
index 719820fb4..634aca4ce 100644
--- a/badger/cmd/info.go
+++ b/badger/cmd/info.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"os"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4/options"
+	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4/pb"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4/table"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4/y"
 )
@@ -40,10 +42,14 @@ type flagOptions struct {
 	checksumVerificationMode string
 	discard                  bool
 	externalMagicVersion     uint16
+	checksumAlgorithm        string
 }
 
 var (
 	opt flagOptions
+
+	// errInvalidChecksumAlgorithm is returned if the checksum algorithm is invalid.
+	errInvalidChecksumAlgorithm = errors.New("Invalid checksum algorithm. Supported values: crc32c, xxhash64.")
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -69,6 +75,8 @@ func init() {
 	infoCmd.Flags().StringVar(&opt.encryptionKey, "enc-key", "", "Use the provided encryption key")
 	infoCmd.Flags().StringVar(&opt.checksumVerificationMode, "cv-mode", "none",
 		"[none, table, block, tableAndBlock] Specifies when the db should verify checksum for SST.")
+	infoCmd.Flags().StringVar(&opt.checksumAlgorithm, "ct", "crc32c", "[crc32c,xxhash64] "+
+		"Specifies the checksum algorithm for SST.")
 	infoCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&opt.discard, "discard", false,
 		"Parse and print DISCARD file from value logs.")
 	infoCmd.Flags().Uint16Var(&opt.externalMagicVersion, "external-magic", 0,
@@ -89,6 +97,9 @@ to the Dgraph team.
 
 func handleInfo(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	cvMode := checksumVerificationMode(opt.checksumVerificationMode)
+	ct, err := strToChecksumAlgorithm(opt.checksumAlgorithm)
+	y.Check(err)
+
 	bopt := badger.DefaultOptions(sstDir).
 		WithValueDir(vlogDir).
 		WithReadOnly(opt.readOnly).
@@ -96,7 +107,8 @@ func handleInfo(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		WithIndexCacheSize(200 << 20).
 		WithEncryptionKey([]byte(opt.encryptionKey)).
 		WithChecksumVerificationMode(cvMode).
-		WithExternalMagic(opt.externalMagicVersion)
+		WithExternalMagic(opt.externalMagicVersion).
+		WithChecksumAlgorithm(ct)
 
 	if opt.discard {
 		ds, err := badger.InitDiscardStats(bopt)
@@ -515,6 +527,19 @@ func pluralFiles(count int) string {
 	return "files"
 }
 
+// When the checkSum Algorithm is invalid, func strToChecksumAlgorithm will return the default checkSum Algorithm
+func strToChecksumAlgorithm(ct string) (pb.Checksum_Algorithm, error) {
+	switch ct {
+	case "crc32c":
+		return pb.Checksum_CRC32C, nil
+	case "xxhash64":
+		return pb.Checksum_XXHash64, nil
+	default:
+		return pb.Checksum_CRC32C, y.Wrap(errInvalidChecksumAlgorithm,
+			"InvalidChecksumAlgorithm")
+	}
+}
+
 func checksumVerificationMode(cvMode string) options.ChecksumVerificationMode {
 	switch cvMode {
 	case "none":
diff --git a/badger/cmd/info_test.go b/badger/cmd/info_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3347d4780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/badger/cmd/info_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 Dgraph Labs, Inc. and Contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4/pb"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestStrToChecksumAlgorithm(t *testing.T) {
+	ctCRC32, err := strToChecksumAlgorithm("crc32c")
+	require.True(t, ctCRC32 == pb.Checksum_CRC32C)
+	require.True(t, err == nil)
+
+	ctHash, err := strToChecksumAlgorithm("xxhash64")
+	require.True(t, ctHash == pb.Checksum_XXHash64)
+	require.True(t, err == nil)
+
+	ctOthers, err := strToChecksumAlgorithm("others")
+	fmt.Println(err)
+	require.True(t, ctOthers == pb.Checksum_CRC32C)
+	require.True(t, err != nil)
+}
diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index 54eeed51f..b940f508b 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4/options"
+	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4/pb"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4/table"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v4/y"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto/v2/z"
@@ -93,6 +94,9 @@ type Options struct {
 	// ChecksumVerificationMode decides when db should verify checksums for SSTable blocks.
 	ChecksumVerificationMode options.ChecksumVerificationMode
 
+	// ChecksumAlgorithm decides which algorithm calculate checksums
+	ChecksumAlgorithm pb.Checksum_Algorithm
+
 	// DetectConflicts determines whether the transactions would be checked for
 	// conflicts. The transactions can be processed at a higher rate when
 	// conflict detection is disabled.
@@ -174,6 +178,7 @@ func DefaultOptions(path string) Options {
 		EncryptionKeyRotationDuration: 10 * 24 * time.Hour, // Default 10 days.
 		DetectConflicts:               true,
 		NamespaceOffset:               -1,
+		ChecksumAlgorithm:             pb.Checksum_CRC32C,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -188,6 +193,7 @@ func buildTableOptions(db *DB) table.Options {
 		BlockSize:            opt.BlockSize,
 		BloomFalsePositive:   opt.BloomFalsePositive,
 		ChkMode:              opt.ChecksumVerificationMode,
+		ChkAlgo:              opt.ChecksumAlgorithm,
 		Compression:          opt.Compression,
 		ZSTDCompressionLevel: opt.ZSTDCompressionLevel,
 		BlockCache:           db.blockCache,
@@ -669,6 +675,16 @@ func (opt Options) WithChecksumVerificationMode(cvMode options.ChecksumVerificat
 	return opt
 }
 
+// WithChecksumAlgorithm return a new Options value with ChecksumAlgorithm set to the given value
+//
+// ChecksumAlgorithm decides which algorithm calculate checksums.
+//
+// The default value of ChecksumAlgorithm is pb.Checksum_CRC32C.
+func (opt Options) WithChecksumAlgorithm(ct pb.Checksum_Algorithm) Options {
+	opt.ChecksumAlgorithm = ct
+	return opt
+}
+
 // WithBlockCacheSize returns a new Options value with BlockCacheSize set to the given value.
 //
 // This value specifies how much data cache should hold in memory. A small size
diff --git a/table/builder.go b/table/builder.go
index 70ebc99bd..027d6b684 100644
--- a/table/builder.go
+++ b/table/builder.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func (b *Builder) finishBlock() {
 	b.append(y.U32SliceToBytes(b.curBlock.entryOffsets))
 	b.append(y.U32ToBytes(uint32(len(b.curBlock.entryOffsets))))
 
-	checksum := b.calculateChecksum(b.curBlock.data[:b.curBlock.end])
+	checksum := b.calculateChecksum(b.curBlock.data[:b.curBlock.end], b.opts.ChkAlgo)
 
 	// Append the block checksum and its length.
 	b.append(checksum)
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Done() buildData {
 		index, err = b.encrypt(index)
 		y.Check(err)
 	}
-	checksum := b.calculateChecksum(index)
+	checksum := b.calculateChecksum(index, b.opts.ChkAlgo)
 
 	bd.index = index
 	bd.checksum = checksum
@@ -451,19 +451,18 @@ func (b *Builder) Done() buildData {
 	return bd
 }
 
-func (b *Builder) calculateChecksum(data []byte) []byte {
+func (b *Builder) calculateChecksum(data []byte, ct pb.Checksum_Algorithm) []byte {
 	// Build checksum for the index.
 	checksum := pb.Checksum{
-		// TODO: The checksum type should be configurable from the
-		// options.
+
 		// We chose to use CRC32 as the default option because
 		// it performed better compared to xxHash64.
 		// See the BenchmarkChecksum in table_test.go file
 		// Size     =>   1024 B        2048 B
 		// CRC32    => 63.7 ns/op     112 ns/op
 		// xxHash64 => 87.5 ns/op     158 ns/op
-		Sum:  y.CalculateChecksum(data, pb.Checksum_CRC32C),
-		Algo: pb.Checksum_CRC32C,
+		Sum:  y.CalculateChecksum(data, ct),
+		Algo: ct,
 	}
 
 	// Write checksum to the file.
diff --git a/table/table.go b/table/table.go
index a32515e2d..2b7444050 100644
--- a/table/table.go
+++ b/table/table.go
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ type Options struct {
 	// ChkMode is the checksum verification mode for Table.
 	ChkMode options.ChecksumVerificationMode
 
+	// ChkAlgo is the checksum algorithm mode for Table.
+	ChkAlgo pb.Checksum_Algorithm
+
 	// Options for Table builder.
 
 	// BloomFalsePositive is the false positive probabiltiy of bloom filter.