diff --git a/go/base/context.go b/go/base/context.go
index 5d9b1ae..5623ac7 100644
--- a/go/base/context.go
+++ b/go/base/context.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ type MigrationContext struct {
 	InitiallyDropOldTable   bool
 	InitiallyDropGhostTable bool
 	CutOverType             CutOver
+	ManagedRowCopy          bool
 
 	TableEngine               string
 	RowsEstimate              int64
diff --git a/go/cmd/gh-ost/main.go b/go/cmd/gh-ost/main.go
index 572457f..0653815 100644
--- a/go/cmd/gh-ost/main.go
+++ b/go/cmd/gh-ost/main.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&migrationContext.InitiallyDropOldTable, "initially-drop-old-table", false, "Drop a possibly existing OLD table (remains from a previous run?) before beginning operation. Default is to panic and abort if such table exists")
 	flag.BoolVar(&migrationContext.InitiallyDropGhostTable, "initially-drop-ghost-table", false, "Drop a possibly existing Ghost table (remains from a previous run?) before beginning operation. Default is to panic and abort if such table exists")
 	cutOver := flag.String("cut-over", "atomic", "choose cut-over type (atomic, two-step, voluntary-lock)")
+	flag.BoolVar(&migrationContext.ManagedRowCopy, "managed-rowcopy", false, "Copy row data by first reading rows into app, then applying them (default: rowcopy local to applied server via INSERT INTO ... SELECT)")
 
 	flag.BoolVar(&migrationContext.SwitchToRowBinlogFormat, "switch-to-rbr", false, "let this tool automatically switch binary log format to 'ROW' on the replica, if needed. The format will NOT be switched back. I'm too scared to do that, and wish to protect you if you happen to execute another migration while this one is running")
 	chunkSize := flag.Int64("chunk-size", 1000, "amount of rows to handle in each iteration (allowed range: 100-100,000)")