diff --git a/db/blob/blob_log_writer.cc b/db/blob/blob_log_writer.cc
index d86de7425..27b94a343 100644
--- a/db/blob/blob_log_writer.cc
+++ b/db/blob/blob_log_writer.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "file/writable_file_writer.h"
 #include "monitoring/statistics.h"
 #include "rocksdb/env.h"
+#include "test_util/sync_point.h"
 #include "util/coding.h"
 #include "util/stop_watch.h"
 
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ BlobLogWriter::BlobLogWriter(std::unique_ptr<WritableFileWriter>&& dest,
       last_elem_type_(kEtNone) {}
 
 Status BlobLogWriter::Sync() {
+  TEST_SYNC_POINT("BlobLogWriter::Sync");
+
   StopWatch sync_sw(env_, statistics_, BLOB_DB_BLOB_FILE_SYNC_MICROS);
   Status s = dest_->Sync(use_fsync_);
   RecordTick(statistics_, BLOB_DB_BLOB_FILE_SYNCED);
@@ -63,7 +66,10 @@ Status BlobLogWriter::AppendFooter(BlobLogFooter& footer) {
   Status s = dest_->Append(Slice(str));
   if (s.ok()) {
     block_offset_ += str.size();
-    s = dest_->Close();
+    s = Sync();
+    if (s.ok()) {
+      s = dest_->Close();
+    }
     dest_.reset();
   }
 
diff --git a/utilities/blob_db/blob_db_test.cc b/utilities/blob_db/blob_db_test.cc
index 95533cd6a..a2e3d39d5 100644
--- a/utilities/blob_db/blob_db_test.cc
+++ b/utilities/blob_db/blob_db_test.cc
@@ -2127,6 +2127,57 @@ TEST_F(BlobDBTest, ShutdownWait) {
   SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
 }
 
+TEST_F(BlobDBTest, SyncBlobFileBeforeClose) {
+  Options options;
+  options.statistics = CreateDBStatistics();
+
+  BlobDBOptions blob_options;
+  blob_options.min_blob_size = 0;
+  blob_options.bytes_per_sync = 1 << 20;
+  blob_options.disable_background_tasks = true;
+
+  Open(blob_options, options);
+
+  Put("foo", "bar");
+
+  auto blob_files = blob_db_impl()->TEST_GetBlobFiles();
+  ASSERT_EQ(blob_files.size(), 1);
+
+  ASSERT_OK(blob_db_impl()->TEST_CloseBlobFile(blob_files[0]));
+  ASSERT_EQ(options.statistics->getTickerCount(BLOB_DB_BLOB_FILE_SYNCED), 1);
+}
+
+TEST_F(BlobDBTest, SyncBlobFileBeforeCloseIOError) {
+  Options options;
+  options.env = fault_injection_env_.get();
+
+  BlobDBOptions blob_options;
+  blob_options.min_blob_size = 0;
+  blob_options.bytes_per_sync = 1 << 20;
+  blob_options.disable_background_tasks = true;
+
+  Open(blob_options, options);
+
+  Put("foo", "bar");
+
+  auto blob_files = blob_db_impl()->TEST_GetBlobFiles();
+  ASSERT_EQ(blob_files.size(), 1);
+
+  SyncPoint::GetInstance()->SetCallBack(
+      "BlobLogWriter::Sync", [this](void * /* arg */) {
+        fault_injection_env_->SetFilesystemActive(false, Status::IOError());
+      });
+  SyncPoint::GetInstance()->EnableProcessing();
+
+  const Status s = blob_db_impl()->TEST_CloseBlobFile(blob_files[0]);
+
+  fault_injection_env_->SetFilesystemActive(true);
+  SyncPoint::GetInstance()->DisableProcessing();
+  SyncPoint::GetInstance()->ClearAllCallBacks();
+
+  ASSERT_TRUE(s.IsIOError());
+}
+
 }  //  namespace blob_db
 }  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE