diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java
index e45a9413e1..e3842b0efa 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageService.java
@@ -3039,7 +3039,7 @@ public int upgradeSSTables(String keyspaceName, boolean excludeCurrentVersion, i
         return status.statusCode;
     }
 
-    public void forceKeyspaceCompaction(boolean splitOutput, String keyspaceName, String... tableNames) throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException
+    public void forceKeyspaceCompaction(boolean splitOutput, boolean offStrategy, String keyspaceName, String... tableNames) throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException
     {
         for (ColumnFamilyStore cfStore : getValidColumnFamilies(true, false, keyspaceName, tableNames))
         {
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageServiceMBean.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageServiceMBean.java
index 2f40cdaa24..cfecb0794e 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageServiceMBean.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/StorageServiceMBean.java
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ public interface StorageServiceMBean extends NotificationEmitter
     /**
      * Forces major compaction of a single keyspace
      */
-    public void forceKeyspaceCompaction(boolean splitOutput, String keyspaceName, String... tableNames) throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException;
+    public void forceKeyspaceCompaction(boolean splitOutput, boolean offStrategy, String keyspaceName, String... tableNames) throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException;
 
     @Deprecated
     public int relocateSSTables(String keyspace, String ... cfnames) throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException;
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/NodeProbe.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/NodeProbe.java
index e5366ce4d1..572bed7475 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/NodeProbe.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/NodeProbe.java
@@ -418,9 +418,9 @@ public void forceUserDefinedCompaction(String datafiles) throws IOException, Exe
         compactionProxy.forceUserDefinedCompaction(datafiles);
     }
 
-    public void forceKeyspaceCompaction(boolean splitOutput, String keyspaceName, String... tableNames) throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException
+    public void forceKeyspaceCompaction(boolean splitOutput, boolean offStrategy, String keyspaceName, String... tableNames) throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException
     {
-        ssProxy.forceKeyspaceCompaction(splitOutput, keyspaceName, tableNames);
+        ssProxy.forceKeyspaceCompaction(splitOutput, offStrategy, keyspaceName, tableNames);
     }
 
     public void relocateSSTables(int jobs, String keyspace, String[] cfnames) throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/Compact.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/Compact.java
index ef10a836b2..d5823a23dc 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/Compact.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/Compact.java
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public class Compact extends NodeToolCmd
     @Option(title = "end_token", name = {"-et", "--end-token"}, description = "Use -et to specify a token at which compaction range ends")
     private String endToken = EMPTY;
 
+    @Option(title = "offstrategy", name = {"--offstrategy"}, description = "Use --offstrategy to trigger offstrategy compaction")
+    private boolean offStrategy = false;
 
     @Override
     public void execute(NodeProbe probe)
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ public void execute(NodeProbe probe)
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    probe.forceKeyspaceCompaction(splitOutput, keyspace, tableNames);
+                    probe.forceKeyspaceCompaction(splitOutput, offStrategy, keyspace, tableNames);
                 }
             } catch (Exception e)
             {