diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TableDescriptor.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TableDescriptor.java
index 817f9e2d4b1b..f5702edcd518 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TableDescriptor.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TableDescriptor.java
@@ -212,6 +212,13 @@ public interface TableDescriptor {
    */
   boolean isCompactionEnabled();
 
+  /**
+   * Check if the compaction only remove expired file, skipping merge files flag of the table is
+   * true. If flag is false then do normal compactions.
+   * @return true if table compaction only remove expired file, skipping merge files.
+   */
+  boolean shouldSkipMergingCompaction();
+
   /**
    * Check if the split enable flag of the table is true. If flag is false then no region split will
    * be done.
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TableDescriptorBuilder.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TableDescriptorBuilder.java
index 8636b006e83d..e3da6a069124 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TableDescriptorBuilder.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TableDescriptorBuilder.java
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ public class TableDescriptorBuilder {
   public static final String COMPACTION_ENABLED = "COMPACTION_ENABLED";
   private static final Bytes COMPACTION_ENABLED_KEY = new Bytes(Bytes.toBytes(COMPACTION_ENABLED));
 
+  /**
+   * Used by HBase Shell interface to access this metadata attribute which denotes if the table
+   * compact only remove expired file, skipping merge files.
+   */
+  @InterfaceAudience.Private
+  public static final String SKIP_MERGING_COMPACTION = "SKIP_MERGING_COMPACTION";
+  private static final Bytes SKIP_MERGING_COMPACTION_KEY =
+    new Bytes(Bytes.toBytes(SKIP_MERGING_COMPACTION));
+
   /**
    * Used by HBase Shell interface to access this metadata attribute which denotes if the table is
    * split enabled.
@@ -214,6 +223,12 @@ public class TableDescriptorBuilder {
    */
   public static final boolean DEFAULT_MERGE_ENABLED = true;
 
+  /**
+   * Constant that denotes whether the table compaction only remove expired file, skipping merging
+   * file by default
+   */
+  public static final boolean DEFAULT_SKIP_MERGING_COMPACTION = false;
+
   /**
    * Constant that denotes the maximum default size of the memstore in bytes after which the
    * contents are flushed to the store files.
@@ -434,6 +449,12 @@ public TableDescriptorBuilder setCompactionEnabled(final boolean isEnable) {
     return this;
   }
 
+  public TableDescriptorBuilder
+    setSkipMergingCompaction(final boolean shouldSkipMergingCompaction) {
+    desc.setSkipMergingCompaction(shouldSkipMergingCompaction);
+    return this;
+  }
+
   public TableDescriptorBuilder setSplitEnabled(final boolean isEnable) {
     desc.setSplitEnabled(isEnable);
     return this;
@@ -795,6 +816,17 @@ public boolean isCompactionEnabled() {
       return getOrDefault(COMPACTION_ENABLED_KEY, Boolean::valueOf, DEFAULT_COMPACTION_ENABLED);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if the compaction only remove expired file flag of the table is true. If flag is false
+     * then do normal compactions.
+     * @return true if table compaction only remove expired file, skipping merge files.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public boolean shouldSkipMergingCompaction() {
+      return getOrDefault(SKIP_MERGING_COMPACTION_KEY, Boolean::valueOf,
+        DEFAULT_SKIP_MERGING_COMPACTION);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Setting the table compaction enable flag.
      * @param isEnable True if enable compaction.
@@ -804,6 +836,17 @@ public ModifyableTableDescriptor setCompactionEnabled(final boolean isEnable) {
       return setValue(COMPACTION_ENABLED_KEY, Boolean.toString(isEnable));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Setting the table compaction only remove expired file, skipping merge files flag.
+     * @param shouldSkipMergingCompaction True if table compaction only remove expired file,
+     *                                    skipping merge files.
+     * @return the modifyable TD
+     */
+    public ModifyableTableDescriptor
+      setSkipMergingCompaction(final boolean shouldSkipMergingCompaction) {
+      return setValue(SKIP_MERGING_COMPACTION_KEY, Boolean.toString(shouldSkipMergingCompaction));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Check if the split enable flag of the table is true. If flag is false then no split will be
      * done.
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java
index 3c879dbdb730..73ac504b8370 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HStore.java
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ public class HStore
   public static final String DEFAULT_BLOCK_STORAGE_POLICY = "NONE";
   public static final int DEFAULT_COMPACTCHECKER_INTERVAL_MULTIPLIER = 1000;
   public static final int DEFAULT_BLOCKING_STOREFILE_COUNT = 16;
+  public static final String DELETE_EXPIRED_STOREFILE_KEY = "hbase.store.delete.expired.storefile";
+  public static final Boolean DEFAULT_DELETE_EXPIRED_STOREFILE = true;
 
   // HBASE-24428 : Update compaction priority for recently split daughter regions
   // so as to prioritize their compaction.
@@ -1453,6 +1455,15 @@ public Optional<CompactionContext> requestCompaction(int priority,
     // Before we do compaction, try to get rid of unneeded files to simplify things.
     removeUnneededFiles();
 
+    if (this.region.getTableDescriptor().shouldSkipMergingCompaction()) {
+      if (!conf.getBoolean(DELETE_EXPIRED_STOREFILE_KEY, DEFAULT_DELETE_EXPIRED_STOREFILE)) {
+        LOG.info("Since config 'hbase.store.delete.expired.storefile' is set to false, ignoring "
+          + "SKIP_MERGING_COMPACTION set at table level");
+      } else {
+        return Optional.empty();
+      }
+    }
+
     final CompactionContext compaction = storeEngine.createCompaction();
     CompactionRequestImpl request = null;
     this.storeEngine.readLock();
@@ -1555,7 +1566,7 @@ private void addToCompactingFiles(Collection<HStoreFile> filesToAdd) {
   }
 
   private void removeUnneededFiles() throws IOException {
-    if (!conf.getBoolean("hbase.store.delete.expired.storefile", true)) {
+    if (!conf.getBoolean(DELETE_EXPIRED_STOREFILE_KEY, DEFAULT_DELETE_EXPIRED_STOREFILE)) {
       return;
     }
     if (getColumnFamilyDescriptor().getMinVersions() > 0) {