diff --git a/db/column_family.cc b/db/column_family.cc
index 5349b637a..9bb89ebac 100644
--- a/db/column_family.cc
+++ b/db/column_family.cc
@@ -1148,8 +1148,9 @@ void ColumnFamilyData::ResetThreadLocalSuperVersions() {
 Status ColumnFamilyData::SetOptions(
       const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>& options_map) {
   MutableCFOptions new_mutable_cf_options;
-  Status s = GetMutableOptionsFromStrings(mutable_cf_options_, options_map,
-                                          &new_mutable_cf_options);
+  Status s =
+      GetMutableOptionsFromStrings(mutable_cf_options_, options_map,
+                                   ioptions_.info_log, &new_mutable_cf_options);
   if (s.ok()) {
     mutable_cf_options_ = new_mutable_cf_options;
     mutable_cf_options_.RefreshDerivedOptions(ioptions_);
diff --git a/options/options_helper.cc b/options/options_helper.cc
index 6f6c8e5ed..adf99e9b4 100644
--- a/options/options_helper.cc
+++ b/options/options_helper.cc
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ bool SerializeSingleOptionHelper(const char* opt_address,
 Status GetMutableOptionsFromStrings(
     const MutableCFOptions& base_options,
     const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>& options_map,
-    MutableCFOptions* new_options) {
+    Logger* info_log, MutableCFOptions* new_options) {
   assert(new_options);
   *new_options = base_options;
   for (const auto& o : options_map) {
@@ -717,6 +717,13 @@ Status GetMutableOptionsFromStrings(
       if (!opt_info.is_mutable) {
         return Status::InvalidArgument("Option not changeable: " + o.first);
       }
+      if (opt_info.verification == OptionVerificationType::kDeprecated) {
+        // log warning when user tries to set a deprecated option but don't fail
+        // the call for compatibility.
+        ROCKS_LOG_WARN(info_log, "%s is a deprecated option and cannot be set",
+                       o.first.c_str());
+        continue;
+      }
       bool is_ok = ParseOptionHelper(
           reinterpret_cast<char*>(new_options) + opt_info.mutable_offset,
           opt_info.type, o.second);
diff --git a/options/options_helper.h b/options/options_helper.h
index 2e46877db..ab91109be 100644
--- a/options/options_helper.h
+++ b/options/options_helper.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ColumnFamilyOptions BuildColumnFamilyOptions(
 Status GetMutableOptionsFromStrings(
     const MutableCFOptions& base_options,
     const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>& options_map,
-    MutableCFOptions* new_options);
+    Logger* info_log, MutableCFOptions* new_options);
 
 Status GetMutableDBOptionsFromStrings(
     const MutableDBOptions& base_options,