diff --git a/ext/fts5/fts5Int.h b/ext/fts5/fts5Int.h
index e0287d1616..364a5c6de8 100644
--- a/ext/fts5/fts5Int.h
+++ b/ext/fts5/fts5Int.h
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ int sqlite3Fts5IndexSetAverages(Fts5Index *p, const u8*, int);
 /*
 ** Functions called by the storage module as part of integrity-check.
 */
-int sqlite3Fts5IndexIntegrityCheck(Fts5Index*, u64 cksum);
+int sqlite3Fts5IndexIntegrityCheck(Fts5Index*, u64 cksum, int bUseCksum);
 
 /* 
 ** Called during virtual module initialization to register UDF 
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ int sqlite3Fts5StorageDelete(Fts5Storage *p, i64, sqlite3_value**);
 int sqlite3Fts5StorageContentInsert(Fts5Storage *p, sqlite3_value**, i64*);
 int sqlite3Fts5StorageIndexInsert(Fts5Storage *p, sqlite3_value**, i64);
 
-int sqlite3Fts5StorageIntegrity(Fts5Storage *p);
+int sqlite3Fts5StorageIntegrity(Fts5Storage *p, int iArg);
 
 int sqlite3Fts5StorageStmt(Fts5Storage *p, int eStmt, sqlite3_stmt**, char**);
 void sqlite3Fts5StorageStmtRelease(Fts5Storage *p, int eStmt, sqlite3_stmt*);
diff --git a/ext/fts5/fts5_index.c b/ext/fts5/fts5_index.c
index d923a9d9df..7830dd52c3 100644
--- a/ext/fts5/fts5_index.c
+++ b/ext/fts5/fts5_index.c
@@ -6062,7 +6062,7 @@ static void fts5IndexIntegrityCheckSegment(
 ** error, or some other SQLite error code if another error (e.g. OOM)
 ** occurs.
 */
-int sqlite3Fts5IndexIntegrityCheck(Fts5Index *p, u64 cksum){
+int sqlite3Fts5IndexIntegrityCheck(Fts5Index *p, u64 cksum, int bUseCksum){
   int eDetail = p->pConfig->eDetail;
   u64 cksum2 = 0;                 /* Checksum based on contents of indexes */
   Fts5Buffer poslist = {0,0,0};   /* Buffer used to hold a poslist */
@@ -6133,7 +6133,7 @@ int sqlite3Fts5IndexIntegrityCheck(Fts5Index *p, u64 cksum){
   fts5TestTerm(p, &term, 0, 0, cksum2, &cksum3);
 
   fts5MultiIterFree(pIter);
-  if( p->rc==SQLITE_OK && cksum!=cksum2 ) p->rc = FTS5_CORRUPT;
+  if( p->rc==SQLITE_OK && bUseCksum && cksum!=cksum2 ) p->rc = FTS5_CORRUPT;
 
   fts5StructureRelease(pStruct);
 #ifdef SQLITE_DEBUG
diff --git a/ext/fts5/fts5_main.c b/ext/fts5/fts5_main.c
index 347bf7f23e..80901de078 100644
--- a/ext/fts5/fts5_main.c
+++ b/ext/fts5/fts5_main.c
@@ -1508,7 +1508,8 @@ static int fts5SpecialInsert(
     int nMerge = sqlite3_value_int(pVal);
     rc = sqlite3Fts5StorageMerge(pTab->pStorage, nMerge);
   }else if( 0==sqlite3_stricmp("integrity-check", zCmd) ){
-    rc = sqlite3Fts5StorageIntegrity(pTab->pStorage);
+    int iArg = sqlite3_value_int(pVal);
+    rc = sqlite3Fts5StorageIntegrity(pTab->pStorage, iArg);
 #ifdef SQLITE_DEBUG
   }else if( 0==sqlite3_stricmp("prefix-index", zCmd) ){
     pConfig->bPrefixIndex = sqlite3_value_int(pVal);
diff --git a/ext/fts5/fts5_storage.c b/ext/fts5/fts5_storage.c
index a33bbf6012..c5052b0478 100644
--- a/ext/fts5/fts5_storage.c
+++ b/ext/fts5/fts5_storage.c
@@ -881,13 +881,14 @@ static int fts5StorageIntegrityCallback(
 ** some other SQLite error code if an error occurs while attempting to
 ** determine this.
 */
-int sqlite3Fts5StorageIntegrity(Fts5Storage *p){
+int sqlite3Fts5StorageIntegrity(Fts5Storage *p, int iArg){
   Fts5Config *pConfig = p->pConfig;
-  int rc;                         /* Return code */
+  int rc = SQLITE_OK;             /* Return code */
   int *aColSize;                  /* Array of size pConfig->nCol */
   i64 *aTotalSize;                /* Array of size pConfig->nCol */
   Fts5IntegrityCtx ctx;
   sqlite3_stmt *pScan;
+  int bUseCksum;
 
   memset(&ctx, 0, sizeof(Fts5IntegrityCtx));
   ctx.pConfig = p->pConfig;
@@ -896,83 +897,88 @@ int sqlite3Fts5StorageIntegrity(Fts5Storage *p){
   aColSize = (int*)&aTotalSize[pConfig->nCol];
   memset(aTotalSize, 0, sizeof(i64) * pConfig->nCol);
 
-  /* Generate the expected index checksum based on the contents of the
-  ** %_content table. This block stores the checksum in ctx.cksum. */
-  rc = fts5StorageGetStmt(p, FTS5_STMT_SCAN, &pScan, 0);
-  if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
-    int rc2;
-    while( SQLITE_ROW==sqlite3_step(pScan) ){
-      int i;
-      ctx.iRowid = sqlite3_column_int64(pScan, 0);
-      ctx.szCol = 0;
-      if( pConfig->bColumnsize ){
-        rc = sqlite3Fts5StorageDocsize(p, ctx.iRowid, aColSize);
-      }
-      if( rc==SQLITE_OK && pConfig->eDetail==FTS5_DETAIL_NONE ){
-        rc = sqlite3Fts5TermsetNew(&ctx.pTermset);
-      }
-      for(i=0; rc==SQLITE_OK && i<pConfig->nCol; i++){
-        if( pConfig->abUnindexed[i] ) continue;
-        ctx.iCol = i;
+  bUseCksum = (pConfig->eContent==FTS5_CONTENT_NORMAL
+           || (pConfig->eContent==FTS5_CONTENT_EXTERNAL && iArg)
+  );
+  if( bUseCksum ){
+    /* Generate the expected index checksum based on the contents of the
+    ** %_content table. This block stores the checksum in ctx.cksum. */
+    rc = fts5StorageGetStmt(p, FTS5_STMT_SCAN, &pScan, 0);
+    if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
+      int rc2;
+      while( SQLITE_ROW==sqlite3_step(pScan) ){
+        int i;
+        ctx.iRowid = sqlite3_column_int64(pScan, 0);
         ctx.szCol = 0;
-        if( pConfig->eDetail==FTS5_DETAIL_COLUMNS ){
+        if( pConfig->bColumnsize ){
+          rc = sqlite3Fts5StorageDocsize(p, ctx.iRowid, aColSize);
+        }
+        if( rc==SQLITE_OK && pConfig->eDetail==FTS5_DETAIL_NONE ){
           rc = sqlite3Fts5TermsetNew(&ctx.pTermset);
         }
-        if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
-          const char *zText = (const char*)sqlite3_column_text(pScan, i+1);
-          int nText = sqlite3_column_bytes(pScan, i+1);
-          rc = sqlite3Fts5Tokenize(pConfig, 
-              FTS5_TOKENIZE_DOCUMENT,
-              zText, nText,
-              (void*)&ctx,
-              fts5StorageIntegrityCallback
-          );
-        }
-        if( rc==SQLITE_OK && pConfig->bColumnsize && ctx.szCol!=aColSize[i] ){
-          rc = FTS5_CORRUPT;
-        }
-        aTotalSize[i] += ctx.szCol;
-        if( pConfig->eDetail==FTS5_DETAIL_COLUMNS ){
-          sqlite3Fts5TermsetFree(ctx.pTermset);
-          ctx.pTermset = 0;
+        for(i=0; rc==SQLITE_OK && i<pConfig->nCol; i++){
+          if( pConfig->abUnindexed[i] ) continue;
+          ctx.iCol = i;
+          ctx.szCol = 0;
+          if( pConfig->eDetail==FTS5_DETAIL_COLUMNS ){
+            rc = sqlite3Fts5TermsetNew(&ctx.pTermset);
+          }
+          if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
+            const char *zText = (const char*)sqlite3_column_text(pScan, i+1);
+            int nText = sqlite3_column_bytes(pScan, i+1);
+            rc = sqlite3Fts5Tokenize(pConfig, 
+                FTS5_TOKENIZE_DOCUMENT,
+                zText, nText,
+                (void*)&ctx,
+                fts5StorageIntegrityCallback
+            );
+          }
+          if( rc==SQLITE_OK && pConfig->bColumnsize && ctx.szCol!=aColSize[i] ){
+            rc = FTS5_CORRUPT;
+          }
+          aTotalSize[i] += ctx.szCol;
+          if( pConfig->eDetail==FTS5_DETAIL_COLUMNS ){
+            sqlite3Fts5TermsetFree(ctx.pTermset);
+            ctx.pTermset = 0;
+          }
         }
+        sqlite3Fts5TermsetFree(ctx.pTermset);
+        ctx.pTermset = 0;
+  
+        if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ) break;
       }
-      sqlite3Fts5TermsetFree(ctx.pTermset);
-      ctx.pTermset = 0;
-
-      if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ) break;
+      rc2 = sqlite3_reset(pScan);
+      if( rc==SQLITE_OK ) rc = rc2;
     }
-    rc2 = sqlite3_reset(pScan);
-    if( rc==SQLITE_OK ) rc = rc2;
-  }
 
-  /* Test that the "totals" (sometimes called "averages") record looks Ok */
-  if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
-    int i;
-    rc = fts5StorageLoadTotals(p, 0);
-    for(i=0; rc==SQLITE_OK && i<pConfig->nCol; i++){
-      if( p->aTotalSize[i]!=aTotalSize[i] ) rc = FTS5_CORRUPT;
+    /* Test that the "totals" (sometimes called "averages") record looks Ok */
+    if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
+      int i;
+      rc = fts5StorageLoadTotals(p, 0);
+      for(i=0; rc==SQLITE_OK && i<pConfig->nCol; i++){
+        if( p->aTotalSize[i]!=aTotalSize[i] ) rc = FTS5_CORRUPT;
+      }
     }
-  }
 
-  /* Check that the %_docsize and %_content tables contain the expected
-  ** number of rows.  */
-  if( rc==SQLITE_OK && pConfig->eContent==FTS5_CONTENT_NORMAL ){
-    i64 nRow = 0;
-    rc = fts5StorageCount(p, "content", &nRow);
-    if( rc==SQLITE_OK && nRow!=p->nTotalRow ) rc = FTS5_CORRUPT;
-  }
-  if( rc==SQLITE_OK && pConfig->bColumnsize ){
-    i64 nRow = 0;
-    rc = fts5StorageCount(p, "docsize", &nRow);
-    if( rc==SQLITE_OK && nRow!=p->nTotalRow ) rc = FTS5_CORRUPT;
+    /* Check that the %_docsize and %_content tables contain the expected
+    ** number of rows.  */
+    if( rc==SQLITE_OK && pConfig->eContent==FTS5_CONTENT_NORMAL ){
+      i64 nRow = 0;
+      rc = fts5StorageCount(p, "content", &nRow);
+      if( rc==SQLITE_OK && nRow!=p->nTotalRow ) rc = FTS5_CORRUPT;
+    }
+    if( rc==SQLITE_OK && pConfig->bColumnsize ){
+      i64 nRow = 0;
+      rc = fts5StorageCount(p, "docsize", &nRow);
+      if( rc==SQLITE_OK && nRow!=p->nTotalRow ) rc = FTS5_CORRUPT;
+    }
   }
 
   /* Pass the expected checksum down to the FTS index module. It will
   ** verify, amongst other things, that it matches the checksum generated by
   ** inspecting the index itself.  */
   if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
-    rc = sqlite3Fts5IndexIntegrityCheck(p->pIndex, ctx.cksum);
+    rc = sqlite3Fts5IndexIntegrityCheck(p->pIndex, ctx.cksum, bUseCksum);
   }
 
   sqlite3_free(aTotalSize);
diff --git a/ext/fts5/test/fts5integrity.test b/ext/fts5/test/fts5integrity.test
index 38dff21f79..d922ad3b86 100644
--- a/ext/fts5/test/fts5integrity.test
+++ b/ext/fts5/test/fts5integrity.test
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ do_execsql_test 9.1.2 {
   SELECT quote(x'37');
 } {X'37'}
 
-breakpoint
 do_execsql_test 9.2 {
   INSERT INTO vt0 VALUES (SUBSTR(x'37', 0));
 --  INSERT INTO vt0 VALUES (x'37');
@@ -282,4 +281,40 @@ do_execsql_test 9.3 {
   INSERT INTO vt0(vt0) VALUES('integrity-check');
 }
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+reset_db
+do_execsql_test 10.0 {
+  CREATE TABLE t1(i INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, a, b);
+  CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE vt0 USING fts5(a, b, content=t1);
+  INSERT INTO vt0(rowid, a, b) VALUES(1, 'abc', 'def');
+}
+do_catchsql_test 10.1 {
+  INSERT INTO vt0(vt0) VALUES('integrity-check');
+} {0 {}}
+do_catchsql_test 10.2 {
+  INSERT INTO vt0(vt0, rank) VALUES('integrity-check', 0);
+} {0 {}}
+do_catchsql_test 10.3 {
+  INSERT INTO vt0(vt0, rank) VALUES('integrity-check', 1);
+} {1 {database disk image is malformed}}
+do_catchsql_test 10.3 {
+  INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1, 'abc', 'def');
+  INSERT INTO vt0(vt0, rank) VALUES('integrity-check', 1);
+} {0 {}}
+
+do_execsql_test 10.4 {
+  CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE vt1 USING fts5(a, b, content=);
+  INSERT INTO vt1(rowid, a, b) VALUES(1, 'abc', 'def');
+}
+
+do_catchsql_test 10.5.1 {
+  INSERT INTO vt0(vt0, rank) VALUES('integrity-check', 0);
+} {0 {}}
+do_catchsql_test 10.5.2 {
+  INSERT INTO vt0(vt0, rank) VALUES('integrity-check', 1);
+} {0 {}}
+do_catchsql_test 10.5.3 {
+  INSERT INTO vt0(vt0) VALUES('integrity-check');
+} {0 {}}
+
 finish_test
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 2f0a000603..e92e6a2dea 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Remove\sa\snew\sassert()\sthat\sthe\scompiler\sfinds\sis\salways\strue\sat\scompile-time,\nto\savoid\sa\scompiler\swarning.
-D 2020-09-20T13:33:28.653
+C In\sfts5\sintegrity\schecks,\sdo\snot\scompare\sthe\scontents\sof\sthe\sindex\sagainst\san\sexternal\scontent\stable\sunless\sspecifically\srequested.
+D 2020-09-21T14:53:21.394
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md df5091916dbb40e6e9686186587125e1b2ff51f022cc334e886c19a0e9982724
@@ -112,15 +112,15 @@ F ext/fts3/unicode/mkunicode.tcl bf7fcaa6d68e6d38223467983785d054f1cff4d9e3905dd
 F ext/fts3/unicode/parseunicode.tcl a981bd6466d12dd17967515801c3ff23f74a281be1a03cf1e6f52a6959fc77eb
 F ext/fts5/extract_api_docs.tcl a36e54ec777172ddd3f9a88daf593b00848368e0
 F ext/fts5/fts5.h c132a9323f22a972c4c93a8d5a3d901113a6e612faf30ca8e695788438c5ca2a
-F ext/fts5/fts5Int.h d7cbc214ee167496f70905667e18f73ea0402f7ef09236ce305e117e0efc866a
+F ext/fts5/fts5Int.h ba835c165bb87650fc806008969799a7a1fbe3e221fd5a850dd044eb6a87b243
 F ext/fts5/fts5_aux.c dcc627d8b6e3fc773db528ff67b39955dab7b51628f9dba8e15849e5bedfd7fa
 F ext/fts5/fts5_buffer.c 5a5fe0159752c0fb0a5a93c722e9db2662822709490769d482b76a6dc8aaca70
 F ext/fts5/fts5_config.c b447948f35ad3354e8fe5e242e0a7e7b5b941555400b9404259944e3aa570037
 F ext/fts5/fts5_expr.c b7b28ed203a3140f2fc503507d2c614a6cf1bd2e8987497f8894abc3f1477ec4
 F ext/fts5/fts5_hash.c 15bffa734fbdca013b2289c6f8827a3b935ef14bd4dde5837d31a75434c00627
-F ext/fts5/fts5_index.c 203a8db4c35923f584e1a79cb43aa389710db6fb3ace72aad476e15b4dbd7b3e
-F ext/fts5/fts5_main.c e881a2ea0bf01b3a3ff0bc1b31373c58fd54b6c9f3c43ea3d431bea4e5d4025e
-F ext/fts5/fts5_storage.c 34774cac00302fee7c6ffe05e12ec38f90777fb1681245538c97357cf5eb5d0e
+F ext/fts5/fts5_index.c 255d3ce3fec28be11c533451e5b23bd79e71a13a1b120f3658b34fff6b097816
+F ext/fts5/fts5_main.c 30969e4e14e720e9c603e66714bd1905a63defd4492d5a16d2671398a664fcfd
+F ext/fts5/fts5_storage.c 58ba71e6cd3d43a5735815e7956ee167babb4d2cbfe206905174792af4d09d75
 F ext/fts5/fts5_tcl.c 39bcbae507f594aad778172fa914cad0f585bf92fd3b078c686e249282db0d95
 F ext/fts5/fts5_test_mi.c 08c11ec968148d4cb4119d96d819f8c1f329812c568bac3684f5464be177d3ee
 F ext/fts5/fts5_test_tok.c f96c6e193c466711d6d7828d5f190407fe7ab897062d371426dd3036f01258e7
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ F ext/fts5/test/fts5first.test 3fcf2365c00a15fc9704233674789a3b95131d12de18a9b99
 F ext/fts5/test/fts5full.test e1701a112354e0ff9a1fdffb0c940c576530c33732ee20ac5e8361777070d717
 F ext/fts5/test/fts5fuzz1.test 238d8c45f3b81342aa384de3e581ff2fa330bf922a7b69e484bbc06051a1080e
 F ext/fts5/test/fts5hash.test dc7bc7e0cdeb42cfce31294ad2f8fcf43192bfd0145bb7f3ecc5465d8c72696f
-F ext/fts5/test/fts5integrity.test 8ffabcd91b058d812aba3e3e0a06f76ce165ba402a18cca20e34204a7feec92e
+F ext/fts5/test/fts5integrity.test e387b2bd1c83e50f4a12f58a5fd399111bbab36be2f1c9fd5bb974be08a32de6
 F ext/fts5/test/fts5interrupt.test 09613247b273a99889808ef852898177e671406fe71fdde7ea00e78ea283d227
 F ext/fts5/test/fts5lastrowid.test be98fe3e03235296585b72daad7aed5717ba0062bae5e5c18dd6e04e194c6b28
 F ext/fts5/test/fts5leftjoin.test c0b4cafb9661379e576dc4405c0891d8fcc2782680740513c4d1fc114b43d4ad
@@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P de8ce22a46c90afa5475cd24c28b7a82b26410dc72d662af2f9d9e5e528e0eec
-R 0b8e09249869856bd234668560922f9f
-U drh
-Z 1341315cc82b02a68b29a94b0a5ab754
+P 8bbaee238593741da107b92b254cb5f0cf8b6bcc760bf2b25d20e46c8edee2a9
+R 2dc50a55577b973c60140e20c804f94a
+U dan
+Z 711849bf69192b1920219728f40bdd65
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 40243a1748..cf11c70ddd 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8bbaee238593741da107b92b254cb5f0cf8b6bcc760bf2b25d20e46c8edee2a9
\ No newline at end of file
+782163693f37aeb65209bebbaeb6659a36881b8c4b4bec778b366658488bf966
\ No newline at end of file