diff --git a/module/bdev/raid/bdev_raid_rpc.c b/module/bdev/raid/bdev_raid_rpc.c
index bc1fb9af2..27bc2c466 100644
--- a/module/bdev/raid/bdev_raid_rpc.c
+++ b/module/bdev/raid/bdev_raid_rpc.c
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ struct rpc_bdev_raid_create {
 
 	/* UUID for this raid bdev */
 	char *uuid;
+	
+	/* superblock support */
+	bool superblock;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -196,6 +199,7 @@ static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_bdev_raid_create_decoders[] = {
 	{"raid_level", offsetof(struct rpc_bdev_raid_create, level), decode_raid_level},
 	{"base_bdevs", offsetof(struct rpc_bdev_raid_create, base_bdevs), decode_base_bdevs},
 	{"uuid", offsetof(struct rpc_bdev_raid_create, uuid), spdk_json_decode_string, true},
+	{"superblock", offsetof(struct rpc_bdev_raid_create, superblock), spdk_json_decode_bool, true},
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/python/spdk/rpc/bdev.py b/python/spdk/rpc/bdev.py
index 5486f0975..7c3f95cc7 100644
--- a/python/spdk/rpc/bdev.py
+++ b/python/spdk/rpc/bdev.py
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ def bdev_raid_get_bdevs(client, category):
     return client.call('bdev_raid_get_bdevs', params)
 
 
-def bdev_raid_create(client, name, raid_level, base_bdevs, strip_size=None, strip_size_kb=None, uuid=None):
+def bdev_raid_create(client, name, raid_level, base_bdevs, strip_size=None, strip_size_kb=None, uuid=None, superblock=False):
     """Create raid bdev. Either strip size arg will work but one is required.
 
     Args:
@@ -411,11 +411,13 @@ def bdev_raid_create(client, name, raid_level, base_bdevs, strip_size=None, stri
         raid_level: raid level of raid bdev, supported values 0
         base_bdevs: Space separated names of Nvme bdevs in double quotes, like "Nvme0n1 Nvme1n1 Nvme2n1"
         uuid: UUID for this raid bdev (optional)
+        superblock: information about raid bdev will be stored in superblock on each base bdev,
+                    disabled by default due to backward compatibility
 
     Returns:
         None
     """
-    params = {'name': name, 'raid_level': raid_level, 'base_bdevs': base_bdevs}
+    params = {'name': name, 'raid_level': raid_level, 'base_bdevs': base_bdevs, 'superblock': superblock}
 
     if strip_size:
         params['strip_size'] = strip_size
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 741fd37a6..c6686e9d4 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -2092,13 +2092,16 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
                                   strip_size_kb=args.strip_size_kb,
                                   raid_level=args.raid_level,
                                   base_bdevs=base_bdevs,
-                                  uuid=args.uuid)
+                                  uuid=args.uuid,
+                                  superblock=args.superblock)
     p = subparsers.add_parser('bdev_raid_create', help='Create new raid bdev')
     p.add_argument('-n', '--name', help='raid bdev name', required=True)
     p.add_argument('-z', '--strip-size-kb', help='strip size in KB', type=int)
     p.add_argument('-r', '--raid-level', help='raid level, raid0, raid1 and a special level concat are supported', required=True)
     p.add_argument('-b', '--base-bdevs', help='base bdevs name, whitespace separated list in quotes', required=True)
     p.add_argument('--uuid', help='UUID for this raid bdev', required=False)
+    p.add_argument('-s', '--superblock', help='information about raid bdev will be stored in superblock on each base bdev, '
+                                              'disabled by default due to backward compatibility', action='store_true')
     p.set_defaults(func=bdev_raid_create)
 
     def bdev_raid_delete(args):
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid.c/bdev_raid_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid.c/bdev_raid_ut.c
index b35b7ff11..cc80c5010 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid.c/bdev_raid_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/bdev/raid/bdev_raid.c/bdev_raid_ut.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ DEFINE_STUB(spdk_json_decode_uint32, int, (const struct spdk_json_val *val, void
 DEFINE_STUB(spdk_json_decode_array, int, (const struct spdk_json_val *values,
 		spdk_json_decode_fn decode_func,
 		void *out, size_t max_size, size_t *out_size, size_t stride), 0);
+DEFINE_STUB(spdk_json_decode_bool, int, (const struct spdk_json_val *val, void *out), 0);
 DEFINE_STUB(spdk_json_write_name, int, (struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w, const char *name), 0);
 DEFINE_STUB(spdk_json_write_object_begin, int, (struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w), 0);
 DEFINE_STUB(spdk_json_write_named_object_begin, int, (struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w,