diff --git a/include/spdk/nvmf.h b/include/spdk/nvmf.h
index 2360300b2..4b3026c1f 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvmf.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvmf.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ struct spdk_nvmf_transport_opts {
 	uint32_t	max_srq_depth;
 	bool		no_srq;
 	bool		c2h_success;
+	bool		dif_insert_or_strip;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/nvmf/tcp.c b/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
index 7c221aa6d..3895d449f 100644
--- a/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
+++ b/lib/nvmf/tcp.c
@@ -539,7 +539,8 @@ spdk_nvmf_tcp_create(struct spdk_nvmf_transport_opts *opts)
 		     "  Transport opts:  max_ioq_depth=%d, max_io_size=%d,\n"
 		     "  max_qpairs_per_ctrlr=%d, io_unit_size=%d,\n"
 		     "  in_capsule_data_size=%d, max_aq_depth=%d\n"
-		     "  num_shared_buffers=%d, c2h_success=%d\n",
+		     "  num_shared_buffers=%d, c2h_success=%d,\n"
+		     "  dif_insert_or_strip=%d\n",
 		     opts->max_queue_depth,
 		     opts->max_io_size,
 		     opts->max_qpairs_per_ctrlr,
@@ -547,7 +548,8 @@ spdk_nvmf_tcp_create(struct spdk_nvmf_transport_opts *opts)
 		     opts->in_capsule_data_size,
 		     opts->max_aq_depth,
 		     opts->num_shared_buffers,
-		     opts->c2h_success);
+		     opts->c2h_success,
+		     opts->dif_insert_or_strip);
 
 	/* I/O unit size cannot be larger than max I/O size */
 	if (opts->io_unit_size > opts->max_io_size) {
@@ -2825,6 +2827,7 @@ spdk_nvmf_tcp_qpair_set_sq_size(struct spdk_nvmf_qpair *qpair)
 #define SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_NUM_SHARED_BUFFERS 511
 #define SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_BUFFER_CACHE_SIZE 32
 #define SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_SUCCESS_OPTIMIZATION true
+#define SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_DIF_INSERT_OR_STRIP false
 
 static void
 spdk_nvmf_tcp_opts_init(struct spdk_nvmf_transport_opts *opts)
@@ -2838,6 +2841,7 @@ spdk_nvmf_tcp_opts_init(struct spdk_nvmf_transport_opts *opts)
 	opts->num_shared_buffers =	SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_NUM_SHARED_BUFFERS;
 	opts->buf_cache_size =		SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_BUFFER_CACHE_SIZE;
 	opts->c2h_success =		SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_SUCCESS_OPTIMIZATION;
+	opts->dif_insert_or_strip =	SPDK_NVMF_TCP_DEFAULT_DIF_INSERT_OR_STRIP;
 }
 
 const struct spdk_nvmf_transport_ops spdk_nvmf_transport_tcp = {