diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
index 52d93707300..09b4181dbd5 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ module Hbase
 
       family.setBlockCacheEnabled(JBoolean.valueOf(arg.delete(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::BLOCKCACHE))) if arg.include?(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::BLOCKCACHE)
       family.setScope(JInteger.valueOf(arg.delete(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::REPLICATION_SCOPE))) if arg.include?(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::REPLICATION_SCOPE)
+      family.setCacheDataOnWrite(JBoolean.valueOf(arg.delete(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::CACHE_DATA_ON_WRITE))) if arg.include?(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::CACHE_DATA_ON_WRITE)
       family.setInMemory(JBoolean.valueOf(arg.delete(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::IN_MEMORY))) if arg.include?(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::IN_MEMORY)
       family.setTimeToLive(JInteger.valueOf(arg.delete(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::TTL))) if arg.include?(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::TTL)
       family.setDataBlockEncoding(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.encoding.DataBlockEncoding.valueOf(arg.delete(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::DATA_BLOCK_ENCODING))) if arg.include?(org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor::DATA_BLOCK_ENCODING)