diff --git a/java/src/test/java/org/rocksdb/OptionsUtilTest.java b/java/src/test/java/org/rocksdb/OptionsUtilTest.java
index 23949ac066..e14fb58fa6 100644
--- a/java/src/test/java/org/rocksdb/OptionsUtilTest.java
+++ b/java/src/test/java/org/rocksdb/OptionsUtilTest.java
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ public class OptionsUtilTest {
     assertThat(actual.metadataBlockSize()).isEqualTo(expected.metadataBlockSize());
     assertThat(actual.partitionFilters()).isEqualTo(expected.partitionFilters());
     assertThat(actual.optimizeFiltersForMemory()).isEqualTo(expected.optimizeFiltersForMemory());
+    assertThat(actual.useDeltaEncoding()).isEqualTo(expected.useDeltaEncoding());
     assertThat(actual.wholeKeyFiltering()).isEqualTo(expected.wholeKeyFiltering());
     assertThat(actual.verifyCompression()).isEqualTo(expected.verifyCompression());
     assertThat(actual.readAmpBytesPerBit()).isEqualTo(expected.readAmpBytesPerBit());
@@ -370,9 +371,5 @@ public class OptionsUtilTest {
     } else {
       assertThat(expected.filterPolicy().equals(actual.filterPolicy()));
     }
-
-    // not currently persisted - always true when read from options
-    // this test will fail, and need repaired, if and when "useDeltaEncoding" is persisted.
-    assertThat(actual.useDeltaEncoding()).isEqualTo(true);
   }
 }
diff --git a/options/options_settable_test.cc b/options/options_settable_test.cc
index 646f8487c6..20c746ac31 100644
--- a/options/options_settable_test.cc
+++ b/options/options_settable_test.cc
@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@ TEST_F(OptionsSettableTest, BlockBasedTableOptionsAllFieldsSettable) {
   // GetBlockBasedTableOptionsFromString().
   bbto = new (bbto_ptr) BlockBasedTableOptions();
   FillWithSpecialChar(bbto_ptr, sizeof(BlockBasedTableOptions), kBbtoExcluded);
-  // This option is not setable:
-  bbto->use_delta_encoding = true;
 
   char* new_bbto_ptr = new char[sizeof(BlockBasedTableOptions)];
   BlockBasedTableOptions* new_bbto =
@@ -191,6 +189,7 @@ TEST_F(OptionsSettableTest, BlockBasedTableOptionsAllFieldsSettable) {
       "metadata_block_size=1024;"
       "partition_filters=false;"
       "optimize_filters_for_memory=true;"
+      "use_delta_encoding=true;"
       "index_block_restart_interval=4;"
       "filter_policy=bloomfilter:4:true;whole_key_filtering=1;detect_filter_"
       "construct_corruption=false;"
diff --git a/table/block_based/block_based_table_factory.cc b/table/block_based/block_based_table_factory.cc
index 67b8f704b4..6da594c10d 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block_based_table_factory.cc
+++ b/table/block_based/block_based_table_factory.cc
@@ -308,9 +308,10 @@ static std::unordered_map<std::string, OptionTypeInfo>
          {offsetof(struct BlockBasedTableOptions, optimize_filters_for_memory),
           OptionType::kBoolean, OptionVerificationType::kNormal,
           OptionTypeFlags::kNone}},
-        // TODO "use_delta_encoding" has not been persisted -
-        // this may have been an omission, but changing this now might be a
-        // breaker
+        {"use_delta_encoding",
+         {offsetof(struct BlockBasedTableOptions, use_delta_encoding),
+          OptionType::kBoolean, OptionVerificationType::kNormal,
+          OptionTypeFlags::kNone}},
         {"filter_policy",
          OptionTypeInfo::AsCustomSharedPtr<const FilterPolicy>(
              offsetof(struct BlockBasedTableOptions, filter_policy),