diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceOptions.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceOptions.scala
index af371a962b724..2e6fa08191ff8 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceOptions.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/DataSourceOptions.scala
@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@ object DataSourceWriteOptions {
    */
   val ORDERING_FIELDS = HoodieWriteConfig.PRECOMBINE_FIELD_NAME
 
+  // for b/w compatibility
+  val PRECOMBINE_FIELD = HoodieWriteConfig.PRECOMBINE_FIELD_NAME
+
   /**
    * Payload class used. Override this, if you like to roll your own merge logic, when upserting/inserting.
    * This will render any value set for `PRECOMBINE_FIELD_OPT_VAL` in-effective