diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/BulkLoadHFilesTool.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/BulkLoadHFilesTool.java
index 4d6f57e22edc..abc4ae1be12a 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/BulkLoadHFilesTool.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/BulkLoadHFilesTool.java
@@ -813,6 +813,11 @@ private static void copyHFileHalf(Configuration conf, Path inFile, Path outFile,
       storeFileInfo.getHFileInfo().initMetaAndIndex(halfReader.getHFileReader());
       Map<byte[], byte[]> fileInfo = halfReader.loadFileInfo();
 
+      if (familyDescriptor.getStoragePolicy() != null) {
+        conf = new Configuration(conf);
+        conf.set(ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder.STORAGE_POLICY, familyDescriptor.getStoragePolicy());
+      }
+
       int blocksize = familyDescriptor.getBlocksize();
       Algorithm compression = familyDescriptor.getCompressionType();
       BloomType bloomFilterType = familyDescriptor.getBloomFilterType();
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtil.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtil.java
index 93bde45a9d57..411fe8f0336d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtil.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HBaseTestingUtil.java
@@ -1374,6 +1374,42 @@ public Table createTable(TableDescriptor htd, byte[][] families, byte[][] splitK
     return getConnection().getTable(td.getTableName());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create a table.
+   * @param htd           table descriptor
+   * @param families      array of column families
+   * @param splitKeys     array of split keys
+   * @param type          Bloom type
+   * @param blockSize     block size
+   * @param storagePolicy storage policy
+   * @param c             Configuration to use
+   * @return A Table instance for the created table.
+   * @throws IOException if getAdmin or createTable fails
+   */
+
+  public Table createTable(TableDescriptor htd, byte[][] families, byte[][] splitKeys,
+    BloomType type, int blockSize, String storagePolicy, Configuration c) throws IOException {
+    TableDescriptorBuilder builder = TableDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(htd);
+    for (byte[] family : families) {
+      ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder cfdb = ColumnFamilyDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(family)
+        .setBloomFilterType(type).setBlocksize(blockSize).setStoragePolicy(storagePolicy);
+      if (isNewVersionBehaviorEnabled()) {
+        cfdb.setNewVersionBehavior(true);
+      }
+      builder.setColumnFamily(cfdb.build());
+    }
+    TableDescriptor td = builder.build();
+    if (splitKeys != null) {
+      getAdmin().createTable(td, splitKeys);
+    } else {
+      getAdmin().createTable(td);
+    }
+    // HBaseAdmin only waits for regions to appear in hbase:meta
+    // we should wait until they are assigned
+    waitUntilAllRegionsAssigned(td.getTableName());
+    return getConnection().getTable(td.getTableName());
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a table.
    * @param htd       table descriptor
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/TestBulkLoadHFiles.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/TestBulkLoadHFiles.java
index 40b5ef440b2b..ff7e6fe53650 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/TestBulkLoadHFiles.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tool/TestBulkLoadHFiles.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThan;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
@@ -934,4 +935,45 @@ public void testFailIfNeedSplitHFile() throws IOException {
     util.getHBaseCluster().getRegions(tableName)
       .forEach(r -> assertEquals(1, r.getStore(FAMILY).getStorefiles().size()));
   }
+
+  private String getStoragePolicyOfTmpDirWhenSplitHFile(Table table, String family)
+    throws Exception {
+    TableName tableName = table.getName();
+    util.loadTable(table, Bytes.toBytes(family));
+
+    FileSystem fs = util.getTestFileSystem();
+    Path sfPath = new Path(fs.getWorkingDirectory(), new Path(family, "file"));
+    HFileTestUtil.createHFile(util.getConfiguration(), fs, sfPath, Bytes.toBytes(family), QUALIFIER,
+      Bytes.toBytes("aaa"), Bytes.toBytes("zzz"), 1000);
+
+    util.getAdmin().split(tableName);
+    util.waitFor(10000, 1000, () -> util.getAdmin().getRegions(tableName).size() > 1);
+
+    Path tmp = new Path(fs.getWorkingDirectory(), new Path(family, ".tmp"));
+    Configuration config = new Configuration(util.getConfiguration());
+    BulkLoadHFilesTool tool = new BulkLoadHFilesTool(config);
+    String[] args = new String[] { fs.getWorkingDirectory().toString(), tableName.toString() };
+    tool.run(args);
+    return fs.exists(tmp) ? fs.getStoragePolicy(tmp).getName() : null;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testSplitHFileInSSDCluster() throws Exception {
+    TableName table = TableName.valueOf(tn.getMethodName());
+    String family = "cf";
+    String storage = getStoragePolicyOfTmpDirWhenSplitHFile(
+      util.createTable(table, Bytes.toBytes(family)), family);
+    assertNotEquals("ALL_SSD", storage);
+    assertEquals("HOT", storage);
+
+    TableName tableSetSSDPolicy = TableName.valueOf(tn.getMethodName() + "_SSD");
+    String familySsd = "cf_ssd";
+    TableDescriptor htd =
+      TableDescriptorBuilder.newBuilder(tableSetSSDPolicy).setRegionReplication(1).build();
+    assertEquals("ALL_SSD",
+      getStoragePolicyOfTmpDirWhenSplitHFile(
+        util.createTable(htd, new byte[][] { Bytes.toBytes(familySsd) }, null, BloomType.NONE,
+          HConstants.DEFAULT_BLOCKSIZE, "ALL_SSD", null),
+        familySsd));
+  }
 }