diff --git a/include/rocksdb/external_table.h b/include/rocksdb/external_table.h
index 32d79f4f21b..bf2aa8770c1 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/external_table.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/external_table.h
@@ -235,18 +235,21 @@ struct ExternalTableBuilderOptions {
   const std::string db_id;
   const std::string db_session_id;
   const TableFileCreationReason reason;
+  const std::shared_ptr<FileSystem>& fs;
 
   ExternalTableBuilderOptions(
       const ReadOptions& _read_options, const WriteOptions& _write_options,
       const std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>& _prefix_extractor,
       const Comparator* _comparator, const std::string& _column_family_name,
-      const TableFileCreationReason _reason)
+      const TableFileCreationReason _reason,
+      const std::shared_ptr<FileSystem>& _fs)
       : read_options(_read_options),
         write_options(_write_options),
         prefix_extractor(_prefix_extractor),
         comparator(_comparator),
         column_family_name(_column_family_name),
-        reason(_reason) {}
+        reason(_reason),
+        fs(_fs) {}
 };
 
 class ExternalTableFactory : public Customizable {
diff --git a/table/external_table.cc b/table/external_table.cc
index a30f5ff8ec0..c0fced48fb2 100644
--- a/table/external_table.cc
+++ b/table/external_table.cc
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ class ExternalTableFactoryAdapter : public TableFactory {
     ExternalTableBuilderOptions ext_topts(
         topts.read_options, topts.write_options,
         topts.moptions.prefix_extractor, topts.ioptions.user_comparator,
-        topts.column_family_name, topts.reason);
+        topts.column_family_name, topts.reason, topts.ioptions.fs);
     auto file_wrapper =
         std::make_unique<ExternalTableWritableFileWrapper>(file);
     builder.reset(inner_->NewTableBuilder(ext_topts, file->file_name(),
diff --git a/table/table_test.cc b/table/table_test.cc
index 2eeb1abf7d4..f45b6b65f48 100644
--- a/table/table_test.cc
+++ b/table/table_test.cc
@@ -7240,7 +7240,8 @@ TEST_F(ExternalTableTest, BasicTest) {
         ExternalTableBuilderOptions(ReadOptions(), WriteOptions(),
                                     std::shared_ptr<const SliceTransform>(),
                                     BytewiseComparator(), "default",
-                                    TableFileCreationReason::kMisc),
+                                    TableFileCreationReason::kMisc,
+                                    /*fs=*/nullptr),
         file_path, /*file=*/nullptr));
     builder->Add("foo", "bar");
     ASSERT_OK(builder->Finish());