diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 34754e59d041..98a63a6aa853 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 4.2
+ * Add option to print level in nodetool getsstables output (CASSANDRA-18023)
  * Implement a guardrail for not having zero default_time_to_live on tables with TWCS (CASSANDRA-18042)
  * Add CQL scalar functions for collection aggregation (CASSANDRA-18060)
  * Make cassandra.replayList property for CommitLogReplayer possible to react on keyspaces only (CASSANDRA-18044)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java
index e7bad897bad1..cb164a030fee 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java
@@ -64,10 +64,12 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
+import com.google.common.collect.HashMultimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.RateLimiter;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -167,6 +169,7 @@
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.JVMStabilityInspector;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.MBeanWrapper;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.NoSpamLogger;
+import org.apache.cassandra.utils.Pair;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.TimeUUID;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.WrappedRunnable;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
@@ -1939,19 +1942,34 @@ public List<String> getSSTablesForKey(String key)
     }
 
     public List<String> getSSTablesForKey(String key, boolean hexFormat)
+    {
+        return withSSTablesForKey(key, hexFormat, SSTableReader::getFilename);
+    }
+
+    public Map<Integer, Collection<String>> getSSTablesForKeyWithLevel(String key, boolean hexFormat)
+    {
+        List<Pair<Integer, String>> ssts = withSSTablesForKey(key, hexFormat, sstr -> Pair.create(sstr.getSSTableLevel(), sstr.getFilename()));
+        Multimap<Integer, String> result = HashMultimap.create();
+        for (Pair<Integer, String> sst : ssts)
+            result.put(sst.left, sst.right);
+
+        return result.asMap();
+    }
+
+    public <T> List<T> withSSTablesForKey(String key, boolean hexFormat, Function<SSTableReader, T> mapper)
     {
         ByteBuffer keyBuffer = hexFormat ? ByteBufferUtil.hexToBytes(key) : metadata().partitionKeyType.fromString(key);
         DecoratedKey dk = decorateKey(keyBuffer);
         try (OpOrder.Group op = readOrdering.start())
         {
-            List<String> files = new ArrayList<>();
+            List<T> mapped = new ArrayList<>();
             for (SSTableReader sstr : select(View.select(SSTableSet.LIVE, dk)).sstables)
             {
                 // check if the key actually exists in this sstable, without updating cache and stats
                 if (sstr.getPosition(dk, SSTableReader.Operator.EQ, false) != null)
-                    files.add(sstr.getFilename());
+                    mapped.add(mapper.apply(sstr));
             }
-            return files;
+            return mapped;
         }
     }
 
@@ -3061,6 +3079,12 @@ public long[] getPerLevelSizeBytes()
         return compactionStrategyManager.getPerLevelSizeBytes();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLeveledCompaction()
+    {
+        return compactionStrategyManager.isLeveledCompaction();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int[] getSSTableCountPerTWCSBucket()
     {
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStoreMBean.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStoreMBean.java
index 4f06192bf432..629f431547df 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStoreMBean.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStoreMBean.java
@@ -161,6 +161,15 @@ public interface ColumnFamilyStoreMBean
      */
     public List<String> getSSTablesForKey(String key, boolean hexFormat);
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a list of filenames that contain the given key and which level they belong to.
+     * Requires table to be compacted with {@link org.apache.cassandra.db.compaction.LeveledCompactionStrategy}
+     * @param key
+     * @param hexFormat
+     * @return list of filenames and levels containing the key
+     */
+    public Map<Integer, Collection<String>> getSSTablesForKeyWithLevel(String key, boolean hexFormat);
+
     /**
      * Load new sstables from the given directory
      *
@@ -225,6 +234,11 @@ public List<String> importNewSSTables(Set<String> srcPaths,
      */
     public long[] getPerLevelSizeBytes();
 
+    /**
+     * @return true if the table is using LeveledCompactionStrategy. false otherwise.
+     */
+    public boolean isLeveledCompaction();
+
     /**
      * @return sstable count for each bucket in TWCS. null unless time window compaction is used.
      *         array index corresponds to bucket(int[0] is for most recent, ...).
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/compaction/CompactionStrategyManager.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/compaction/CompactionStrategyManager.java
index 06ff15abbb44..08ab2c22fe69 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/compaction/CompactionStrategyManager.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/compaction/CompactionStrategyManager.java
@@ -617,6 +617,18 @@ public long[] getPerLevelSizeBytes()
         }
     }
 
+    public boolean isLeveledCompaction()
+    {
+        readLock.lock();
+        try
+        {
+            return repaired.first() instanceof LeveledCompactionStrategy;
+        } finally
+        {
+            readLock.unlock();
+        }
+    }
+
     public int[] getSSTableCountPerTWCSBucket()
     {
         readLock.lock();
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/NodeProbe.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/NodeProbe.java
index 22ec00b5df6e..687ab0a0ab51 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/NodeProbe.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/NodeProbe.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.rmi.server.RMISocketFactory;
 import java.util.AbstractMap;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -1044,6 +1045,18 @@ public List<String> getSSTables(String keyspace, String cf, String key, boolean
         return cfsProxy.getSSTablesForKey(key, hexFormat);
     }
 
+    public Map<Integer, Collection<String>> getSSTablesWithLevel(String keyspace, String cf, String key, boolean hexFormat)
+    {
+        ColumnFamilyStoreMBean cfsProxy = getCfsProxy(keyspace, cf);
+        return cfsProxy.getSSTablesForKeyWithLevel(key, hexFormat);
+    }
+
+    public boolean isLeveledCompaction(String keyspace, String cf)
+    {
+        ColumnFamilyStoreMBean cfsProxy = getCfsProxy(keyspace, cf);
+        return cfsProxy.isLeveledCompaction();
+    }
+
     public Set<StreamState> getStreamStatus()
     {
         return Sets.newHashSet(Iterables.transform(streamProxy.getCurrentStreams(), new Function<CompositeData, StreamState>()
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/GetSSTables.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/GetSSTables.java
index f1e2117ebfc8..e321e31f2009 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/GetSSTables.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/tools/nodetool/GetSSTables.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@
 import io.airlift.airline.Command;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import io.airlift.airline.Option;
 import org.apache.cassandra.tools.NodeProbe;
@@ -36,6 +38,9 @@ public class GetSSTables extends NodeToolCmd
            description = "Specify the key in hexadecimal string format")
     private boolean hexFormat = false;
 
+    @Option(name={"-l", "--show-levels"}, description="If the table is using leveled compaction the level of each sstable will be included in the output (Default: false)")
+    private boolean showLevels = false;
+
     @Arguments(usage = "<keyspace> <cfname> <key>", description = "The keyspace, the column family, and the key")
     private List<String> args = new ArrayList<>();
 
@@ -47,10 +52,19 @@ public void execute(NodeProbe probe)
         String cf = args.get(1);
         String key = args.get(2);
 
-        List<String> sstables = probe.getSSTables(ks, cf, key, hexFormat);
-        for (String sstable : sstables)
+        if (showLevels && probe.isLeveledCompaction(ks, cf))
+        {
+            Map<Integer, Collection<String>> sstables = probe.getSSTablesWithLevel(ks, cf, key, hexFormat);
+            for (Integer level : sstables.keySet())
+                for (String sstable : sstables.get(level))
+                    probe.output().out.println(level + ": " + sstable);
+        } else
         {
-            probe.output().out.println(sstable);
+            List<String> sstables = probe.getSSTables(ks, cf, key, hexFormat);
+            for (String sstable : sstables)
+            {
+                probe.output().out.println(sstable);
+            }
         }
     }
 }