diff --git a/include/dwarfs/filesystem_v2.h b/include/dwarfs/filesystem_v2.h
index c474ae2a..4d01f712 100644
--- a/include/dwarfs/filesystem_v2.h
+++ b/include/dwarfs/filesystem_v2.h
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ class filesystem_v2 {
                       filesystem_writer& writer, rewrite_options const& opts);
 
   static int identify(logger& lgr, std::shared_ptr<mmif> mm, std::ostream& os,
-                      int detail_level = 0, size_t num_readers = 1);
+                      int detail_level = 0, size_t num_readers = 1,
+                      bool check_integrity = false);
 
   void dump(std::ostream& os, int detail_level) const {
     impl_->dump(os, detail_level);
diff --git a/src/dwarfs/filesystem_v2.cpp b/src/dwarfs/filesystem_v2.cpp
index 88595f6a..0d388be4 100644
--- a/src/dwarfs/filesystem_v2.cpp
+++ b/src/dwarfs/filesystem_v2.cpp
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ void filesystem_v2::rewrite(logger& lgr, progress& prog,
 
 int filesystem_v2::identify(logger& lgr, std::shared_ptr<mmif> mm,
                             std::ostream& os, int detail_level,
-                            size_t num_readers) {
+                            size_t num_readers, bool check_integrity) {
   // TODO:
   LOG_PROXY(debug_logger_policy, lgr);
   filesystem_parser parser(mm);
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ int filesystem_v2::identify(logger& lgr, std::shared_ptr<mmif> mm,
         DWARFS_THROW(runtime_error, "checksum error in section: " + s.name());
       }
 
-      if (!s.verify(*mm)) {
+      if (check_integrity and !s.verify(*mm)) {
         DWARFS_THROW(runtime_error,
                      "integrity check error in section: " + s.name());
       }
diff --git a/src/dwarfsck.cpp b/src/dwarfsck.cpp
index b1542f4f..ac64b444 100644
--- a/src/dwarfsck.cpp
+++ b/src/dwarfsck.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ int dwarfsck(int argc, char** argv) {
   size_t num_workers;
   int detail;
   bool json = false;
+  bool check_integrity = false;
 
   // clang-format off
   po::options_description opts("Command line options");
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ int dwarfsck(int argc, char** argv) {
     ("num-workers,n",
         po::value<size_t>(&num_workers)->default_value(num_cpu),
         "number of reader worker threads")
+    ("check-integrity",
+        po::value<bool>(&check_integrity)->zero_tokens(),
+        "check integrity of each block")
     ("json",
         po::value<bool>(&json)->zero_tokens(),
         "print metadata in JSON format")
@@ -111,7 +115,8 @@ int dwarfsck(int argc, char** argv) {
       filesystem_v2 fs(lgr, mm);
       std::cout << folly::toPrettyJson(fs.metadata_as_dynamic()) << std::endl;
     } else {
-      filesystem_v2::identify(lgr, mm, std::cout, detail, num_workers);
+      filesystem_v2::identify(lgr, mm, std::cout, detail, num_workers,
+                              check_integrity);
     }
   } catch (system_error const& e) {
     LOG_ERROR << folly::exceptionStr(e);