diff --git a/fe/fe-common/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/common/Config.java b/fe/fe-common/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/common/Config.java
index 86ed91d3c08dcc..c0d5d74154faf0 100644
--- a/fe/fe-common/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/common/Config.java
+++ b/fe/fe-common/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/common/Config.java
@@ -2488,6 +2488,14 @@ public class Config extends ConfigBase {
             options = {"default", "ranger-doris"})
     public static String access_controller_type = "default";
 
+    /* https://forums.oracle.com/ords/apexds/post/je-log-checksumexception-2812
+      when meeting disk damage or other reason described in the oracle forums
+      and fe cannot start due to `com.sleepycat.je.log.ChecksumException`, we
+      add a param `ignore_bdbje_log_checksum_read` to ignore the exception, but
+      there is no guarantee of correctness for bdbje kv data
+    */
+    @ConfField
+    public static boolean ignore_bdbje_log_checksum_read = false;
     //==========================================================================
     //                    begin of cloud config
     //==========================================================================
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/journal/bdbje/BDBEnvironment.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/journal/bdbje/BDBEnvironment.java
index f973ed82597da2..f80f5e7dd20f15 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/journal/bdbje/BDBEnvironment.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/journal/bdbje/BDBEnvironment.java
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ public void setup(File envHome, String selfNodeName, String selfNodeHostPort,
         environmentConfig.setConfigParam(EnvironmentConfig.FREE_DISK,
                 String.valueOf(Config.bdbje_free_disk_bytes));
 
+        if (Config.ignore_bdbje_log_checksum_read) {
+            environmentConfig.setConfigParam(EnvironmentConfig.LOG_CHECKSUM_READ, "false");
+            LOG.warn("set EnvironmentConfig.LOG_CHECKSUM_READ false");
+        }
+
         if (BDBJE_LOG_LEVEL.contains(Config.bdbje_file_logging_level)) {
             java.util.logging.Logger parent = java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger("com.sleepycat.je");
             parent.setLevel(Level.parse(Config.bdbje_file_logging_level));