diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 44876af48fd..45bd1083056 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -860,6 +860,10 @@ type ConsensusConfig struct {
 	PeerQueryMaj23SleepDuration time.Duration `mapstructure:"peer_query_maj23_sleep_duration"`
 
 	DoubleSignCheckHeight int64 `mapstructure:"double_sign_check_height"`
+	
+	// If set, replay will try to recover from a corrupted WAL error by stopping
+	// WAL replay after encoutering a corrupted message.
+	DebugUnsafeReplayRecoverCorruptedWAL bool `mapstructure:"debug_unsafe_replay_recover_corrupted_wal"`
 }
 
 // DefaultConsensusConfig returns a default configuration for the consensus service
diff --git a/consensus/replay.go b/consensus/replay.go
index bfec9e96d44..c91053a8af8 100644
--- a/consensus/replay.go
+++ b/consensus/replay.go
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ LOOP:
 			break LOOP
 		case IsDataCorruptionError(err):
 			cs.Logger.Error("data has been corrupted in last height of consensus WAL", "err", err, "height", csHeight)
+			if cs.config.DebugUnsafeReplayRecoverCorruptedWAL {
+				cs.Logger.Debug("skipping corrupted WAL")
+				// Ignore data corruption error.
+				break LOOP
+			}
 			return err
 		case err != nil:
 			return err