diff --git a/sstables/size_tiered_compaction_strategy.hh b/sstables/size_tiered_compaction_strategy.hh
index edabf10c95..6abc3d6423 100644
--- a/sstables/size_tiered_compaction_strategy.hh
+++ b/sstables/size_tiered_compaction_strategy.hh
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ public:
 
     // Return the most interesting bucket for a set of sstables
     static std::vector<sstables::shared_sstable>
-    most_interesting_bucket(const std::vector<sstables::shared_sstable>& candidates, int min_threshold, int max_threshold);
+    most_interesting_bucket(const std::vector<sstables::shared_sstable>& candidates, int min_threshold, int max_threshold,
+        size_tiered_compaction_strategy_options options = {});
 };
 
 inline std::vector<std::pair<sstables::shared_sstable, uint64_t>>
@@ -331,8 +332,9 @@ inline int64_t size_tiered_compaction_strategy::estimated_pending_compactions(co
 }
 
 inline std::vector<sstables::shared_sstable>
-size_tiered_compaction_strategy::most_interesting_bucket(const std::vector<sstables::shared_sstable>& candidates, int min_threshold, int max_threshold) {
-    size_tiered_compaction_strategy cs;
+size_tiered_compaction_strategy::most_interesting_bucket(const std::vector<sstables::shared_sstable>& candidates,
+        int min_threshold, int max_threshold, size_tiered_compaction_strategy_options options) {
+    size_tiered_compaction_strategy cs(options);
 
     auto buckets = cs.get_buckets(candidates);