diff --git a/pkg/apis/noobaa/v1alpha1/noobaaaccount_types.go b/pkg/apis/noobaa/v1alpha1/noobaaaccount_types.go
index e54b35969d..603c4dd53a 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/noobaa/v1alpha1/noobaaaccount_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/noobaa/v1alpha1/noobaaaccount_types.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ type NooBaaAccountSpec struct {
 
 	// ForceMd5Etag specifies whether MD5 Etags should be calculated for the account or not
 	// +optional
-	ForceMd5Etag bool `json:"force_md5_etag,omitempty"`
+	ForceMd5Etag *bool `json:"force_md5_etag,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // AccountNsfsConfig is the configuration of NSFS of CreateAccountParams
diff --git a/pkg/apis/noobaa/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/noobaa/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 926afca48e..0cccbe7a8f 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/noobaa/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/noobaa/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -983,6 +983,11 @@ func (in *NooBaaAccountSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *NooBaaAccountSpec) {
 		*out = new(AccountNsfsConfig)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.ForceMd5Etag != nil {
+		in, out := &in.ForceMd5Etag, &out.ForceMd5Etag
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/nb/types.go b/pkg/nb/types.go
index c39831f2f3..311277f2fa 100644
--- a/pkg/nb/types.go
+++ b/pkg/nb/types.go
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ type UpdateAccountS3AccessParams struct {
 	Email               string                  `json:"email"`
 	S3Access            bool                    `json:"s3_access"`
 	DefaultResource     *string                 `json:"default_resource,omitempty"`
-	ForceMd5Etag        bool                    `json:"force_md5_etag,omitempty"`
+	ForceMd5Etag        *bool                   `json:"force_md5_etag,omitempty"`
 	AllowBucketCreation *bool                   `json:"allow_bucket_creation,omitempty"`
 	NsfsAccountConfig   *nbv1.AccountNsfsConfig `json:"nsfs_account_config,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/noobaaaccount/noobaaaccount.go b/pkg/noobaaaccount/noobaaaccount.go
index 40a388f495..cd7f6ea7ef 100644
--- a/pkg/noobaaaccount/noobaaaccount.go
+++ b/pkg/noobaaaccount/noobaaaccount.go
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ func CmdUpdate() *cobra.Command {
 		Run:   RunUpdate,
 	}
 	cmd.Flags().String("new_default_resource", "", "(must be provided) update the default resource on which new buckets will be created")
+	cmd.Flags().Bool("force_md5_etag", false, "This flag enables md5 etag calculation for account")
 	return cmd
 }
 
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ func RunCreate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	noobaaAccount.Name = name
 	noobaaAccount.Namespace = options.Namespace
 	noobaaAccount.Spec.AllowBucketCreate = allowBucketCreate
-	noobaaAccount.Spec.ForceMd5Etag = forceMd5Etag
+	noobaaAccount.Spec.ForceMd5Etag = &forceMd5Etag
 
 	if nsfsAccountConfig {
 		nsfsUID := util.GetFlagIntOrPrompt(cmd, "uid")
@@ -252,7 +253,11 @@ func RunUpdate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	name := args[0]
 
 	newDefaultResource := util.GetFlagStringOrPrompt(cmd, "new_default_resource")
-	forceMd5Etag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("force_md5_etag")
+	var forceMd5EtagPtr *bool = nil
+	if cmd.Flags().Changed("force_md5_etag") {
+		forceMd5Etag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("force_md5_etag")
+		forceMd5EtagPtr = &forceMd5Etag
+	}
 
 	o := util.KubeObject(bundle.File_deploy_crds_noobaa_io_v1alpha1_noobaaaccount_cr_yaml)
 	noobaaAccount := o.(*nbv1.NooBaaAccount)
@@ -280,7 +285,7 @@ func RunUpdate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		}
 
 		noobaaAccount.Spec.DefaultResource = newDefaultResource
-		noobaaAccount.Spec.ForceMd5Etag = forceMd5Etag
+		noobaaAccount.Spec.ForceMd5Etag = forceMd5EtagPtr
 
 		if !util.KubeUpdate(noobaaAccount) {
 			log.Fatalf(`❌ Unable to update account`)
@@ -311,7 +316,7 @@ func RunUpdate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		updateAccountS3AccessParams := nb.UpdateAccountS3AccessParams{
 			Email:           name,
 			DefaultResource: &newDefaultResource,
-			ForceMd5Etag:    forceMd5Etag,
+			ForceMd5Etag:    forceMd5EtagPtr,
 			S3Access:        accountInfo.HasS3Access,
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/noobaaaccount/reconciler.go b/pkg/noobaaaccount/reconciler.go
index 85ef83c28a..a3320f0dc4 100644
--- a/pkg/noobaaaccount/reconciler.go
+++ b/pkg/noobaaaccount/reconciler.go
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) CreateNooBaaAccount() error {
 		DefaultResource:   r.NooBaaAccount.Spec.DefaultResource,
 		HasLogin:          false,
 		S3Access:          true,
+		ForceMd5Etag:      *r.NooBaaAccount.Spec.ForceMd5Etag,
 		AllowBucketCreate: r.NooBaaAccount.Spec.AllowBucketCreate,
 	}
 
@@ -391,6 +392,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) UpdateNooBaaAccount() error {
 			Email:               r.NooBaaAccount.Name,
 			DefaultResource:     &r.NooBaaAccount.Spec.DefaultResource,
 			S3Access:            true,
+			ForceMd5Etag:        r.NooBaaAccount.Spec.ForceMd5Etag,
 			AllowBucketCreation: &r.NooBaaAccount.Spec.AllowBucketCreate,
 		}