diff --git a/table/block_based_table_reader.cc b/table/block_based_table_reader.cc
index 02705aa90..ab56dc9bb 100644
--- a/table/block_based_table_reader.cc
+++ b/table/block_based_table_reader.cc
@@ -365,8 +365,20 @@ Status BlockBasedTable::Open(const Options& options, const EnvOptions& soptions,
   s = ReadMetaBlock(rep, &meta, &meta_iter);
 
   // Read the properties
+  bool found_properties_block = true;
   meta_iter->Seek(kPropertiesBlock);
-  if (meta_iter->Valid() && meta_iter->key() == kPropertiesBlock) {
+  if (meta_iter->status().ok() &&
+      (!meta_iter->Valid() || meta_iter->key() != kPropertiesBlock)) {
+    meta_iter->Seek(kPropertiesBlockOldName);
+    if (meta_iter->status().ok() &&
+        (!meta_iter->Valid() || meta_iter->key() != kPropertiesBlockOldName)) {
+      found_properties_block = false;
+      Log(WARN, rep->options.info_log,
+          "Cannot find Properties block from file.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (found_properties_block) {
     s = meta_iter->status();
     TableProperties* table_properties = nullptr;
     if (s.ok()) {
@@ -1019,11 +1031,13 @@ Status BlockBasedTable::CreateIndexReader(IndexReader** index_reader) {
   // Some old version of block-based tables don't have index type present in
   // table properties. If that's the case we can safely use the kBinarySearch.
   auto index_type = BlockBasedTableOptions::kBinarySearch;
-  auto& props = rep_->table_properties->user_collected_properties;
-  auto pos = props.find(BlockBasedTablePropertyNames::kIndexType);
-  if (pos != props.end()) {
-    index_type = static_cast<BlockBasedTableOptions::IndexType>(
-        DecodeFixed32(pos->second.c_str()));
+  if (rep_->table_properties) {
+    auto& props = rep_->table_properties->user_collected_properties;
+    auto pos = props.find(BlockBasedTablePropertyNames::kIndexType);
+    if (pos != props.end()) {
+      index_type = static_cast<BlockBasedTableOptions::IndexType>(
+          DecodeFixed32(pos->second.c_str()));
+    }
   }
 
   auto file = rep_->file.get();
@@ -1082,7 +1096,10 @@ uint64_t BlockBasedTable::ApproximateOffsetOf(const Slice& key) {
     // key is past the last key in the file. If table_properties is not
     // available, approximate the offset by returning the offset of the
     // metaindex block (which is right near the end of the file).
-    result = rep_->table_properties->data_size;
+    result = 0;
+    if (rep_->table_properties) {
+      result = rep_->table_properties->data_size;
+    }
     // table_properties is not present in the table.
     if (result == 0) {
       result = rep_->metaindex_handle.offset();
diff --git a/table/block_based_table_reader.h b/table/block_based_table_reader.h
index 613460634..5cff9ce6a 100644
--- a/table/block_based_table_reader.h
+++ b/table/block_based_table_reader.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <memory>
 #include <utility>
+#include <string>
 
 #include "rocksdb/statistics.h"
 #include "rocksdb/status.h"
@@ -198,4 +199,8 @@ class BlockBasedTable : public TableReader {
   void operator=(const TableReader&) = delete;
 };
 
+// Backward compatible properties block name. Limited in block based
+// table.
+extern const std::string kPropertiesBlockOldName;
+
 }  // namespace rocksdb
diff --git a/table/meta_blocks.cc b/table/meta_blocks.cc
index 4465899fb..4e940b97e 100644
--- a/table/meta_blocks.cc
+++ b/table/meta_blocks.cc
@@ -244,6 +244,8 @@ Status ReadTableProperties(RandomAccessFile* file, uint64_t file_size,
       metaindex_block.NewIterator(BytewiseComparator()));
 
   // -- Read property block
+  // This function is not used by BlockBasedTable, so we don't have to
+  // worry about old properties block name.
   meta_iter->Seek(kPropertiesBlock);
   TableProperties table_properties;
   if (meta_iter->Valid() &&
diff --git a/table/table_properties.cc b/table/table_properties.cc
index 2da1a975a..de9eb9477 100644
--- a/table/table_properties.cc
+++ b/table/table_properties.cc
@@ -91,5 +91,7 @@ const std::string TablePropertiesNames::kFixedKeyLen =
     "rocksdb.fixed.key.length";
 
 extern const std::string kPropertiesBlock = "rocksdb.properties";
+// Old property block name for backward compatibility
+extern const std::string kPropertiesBlockOldName = "rocksdb.stats";
 
 }  // namespace rocksdb