diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/deltastreamer/BootstrapExecutor.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/deltastreamer/BootstrapExecutor.java
index 17fecdeccf0fe..682c2daa1f68e 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/deltastreamer/BootstrapExecutor.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/deltastreamer/BootstrapExecutor.java
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@
 /**
  * Performs bootstrap from a non-hudi source.
  */
-public class BootstrapExecutor  implements Serializable {
+public class BootstrapExecutor implements Serializable {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(BootstrapExecutor.class);
 
   /**
-   *  Config.
+   * Config.
    */
   private final HoodieDeltaStreamer.Config cfg;
 
@@ -97,9 +97,10 @@ public class BootstrapExecutor  implements Serializable {
 
   /**
    * Bootstrap Executor.
-   * @param cfg DeltaStreamer Config
-   * @param jssc Java Spark Context
-   * @param fs File System
+   *
+   * @param cfg        DeltaStreamer Config
+   * @param jssc       Java Spark Context
+   * @param fs         File System
    * @param properties Bootstrap Writer Properties
    * @throws IOException
    */
@@ -168,9 +169,15 @@ private void syncHive() {
   }
 
   private void initializeTable() throws IOException {
-    if (fs.exists(new Path(cfg.targetBasePath))) {
-      throw new HoodieException("target base path already exists at " + cfg.targetBasePath
-          + ". Cannot bootstrap data on top of an existing table");
+    Path basePath = new Path(cfg.targetBasePath);
+    if (fs.exists(basePath)) {
+      if (cfg.bootstrapOverwrite) {
+        LOG.warn("Target base path already exists, overwrite it");
+        fs.delete(basePath, true);
+      } else {
+        throw new HoodieException("target base path already exists at " + cfg.targetBasePath
+            + ". Cannot bootstrap data on top of an existing table");
+      }
     }
     HoodieTableMetaClient.withPropertyBuilder()
         .setTableType(cfg.tableType)
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/deltastreamer/HoodieDeltaStreamer.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/deltastreamer/HoodieDeltaStreamer.java
index 2522a605c3e71..3ceb0028751a2 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/deltastreamer/HoodieDeltaStreamer.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/deltastreamer/HoodieDeltaStreamer.java
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ public static class Config implements Serializable {
     @Parameter(names = {"--run-bootstrap"}, description = "Run bootstrap if bootstrap index is not found")
     public Boolean runBootstrap = false;
 
+    @Parameter(names = {"--bootstrap-overwrite"}, description = "Overwrite existing target table, default false")
+    public Boolean bootstrapOverwrite = false;
+
     @Parameter(names = {"--bootstrap-index-class"}, description = "subclass of BootstrapIndex")
     public String bootstrapIndexClass = HFileBootstrapIndex.class.getName();