diff --git a/util/options_helper.cc b/util/options_helper.cc
index bffcc1f5c5..1112152828 100644
--- a/util/options_helper.cc
+++ b/util/options_helper.cc
@@ -43,20 +43,56 @@ bool ParseBoolean(const std::string& type, const std::string& value) {
     throw type;
   }
 }
-int ParseInt(const std::string& value) { return std::stoi(value); }
-
-uint32_t ParseUint32(const std::string& value) {
-  return static_cast<uint32_t>(std::stoul(value));
-}
 
 uint64_t ParseUint64(const std::string& value) {
-  return std::stoull(value);
+  size_t endchar;
+  uint64_t num = std::stoull(value.c_str(), &endchar);
+
+  if (endchar < value.length()) {
+    char c = value[endchar];
+    if (c == 'k' || c == 'K')
+      num <<= 10LL;
+    else if (c == 'm' || c == 'M')
+      num <<= 20LL;
+    else if (c == 'g' || c == 'G')
+      num <<= 30LL;
+    else if (c == 't' || c == 'T')
+      num <<= 40LL;
+  }
+
+  return num;
 }
 
 size_t ParseSizeT(const std::string& value) {
   return static_cast<size_t>(ParseUint64(value));
 }
 
+uint32_t ParseUint32(const std::string& value) {
+  uint64_t num = ParseUint64(value);
+  if ((num >> 32LL) == 0) {
+    return static_cast<uint32_t>(num);
+  } else {
+    throw std::out_of_range(value);
+  }
+}
+
+int ParseInt(const std::string& value) {
+  size_t endchar;
+  int num = std::stoi(value.c_str(), &endchar);
+
+  if (endchar < value.length()) {
+    char c = value[endchar];
+    if (c == 'k' || c == 'K')
+      num <<= 10;
+    else if (c == 'm' || c == 'M')
+      num <<= 20;
+    else if (c == 'g' || c == 'G')
+      num <<= 30;
+  }
+
+  return num;
+}
+
 double ParseDouble(const std::string& value) {
   return std::stod(value);
 }
diff --git a/util/options_test.cc b/util/options_test.cc
index 6bf2f0b0f6..b2087608f8 100644
--- a/util/options_test.cc
+++ b/util/options_test.cc
@@ -298,6 +298,28 @@ TEST(OptionsTest, GetOptionsFromStringTest) {
   // Missing option name
   ASSERT_TRUE(!GetColumnFamilyOptionsFromString(base_cf_opt,
               "write_buffer_size=13; =100;", &new_cf_opt));
+  // Units (k)
+  ASSERT_TRUE(GetColumnFamilyOptionsFromString(base_cf_opt,
+              "memtable_prefix_bloom_bits=14k;max_write_buffer_number=-15K",
+              &new_cf_opt));
+  ASSERT_EQ(new_cf_opt.memtable_prefix_bloom_bits, 14*1024);
+  ASSERT_EQ(new_cf_opt.max_write_buffer_number, -15*1024);
+  // Units (m)
+  ASSERT_TRUE(GetColumnFamilyOptionsFromString(base_cf_opt,
+              "max_write_buffer_number=16m;inplace_update_num_locks=17M",
+              &new_cf_opt));
+  ASSERT_EQ(new_cf_opt.max_write_buffer_number, 16*1024*1024);
+  ASSERT_EQ(new_cf_opt.inplace_update_num_locks, 17*1024*1024);
+  // Units (g)
+  ASSERT_TRUE(GetColumnFamilyOptionsFromString(base_cf_opt,
+              "write_buffer_size=18g;arena_block_size=19G", &new_cf_opt));
+  ASSERT_EQ(new_cf_opt.write_buffer_size, 18*1024LL*1024LL*1024LL);
+  ASSERT_EQ(new_cf_opt.arena_block_size, 19*1024LL*1024LL*1024LL);
+  // Units (t)
+  ASSERT_TRUE(GetColumnFamilyOptionsFromString(base_cf_opt,
+              "write_buffer_size=20t;arena_block_size=21T", &new_cf_opt));
+  ASSERT_EQ(new_cf_opt.write_buffer_size, 20*1024LL*1024LL*1024LL*1024LL);
+  ASSERT_EQ(new_cf_opt.arena_block_size, 21*1024LL*1024LL*1024LL*1024LL);
 }
 
 }  // namespace rocksdb