diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/utils/db/DBStore.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/utils/db/DBStore.java
index 23498bd22f7..3965b9d7b60 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/utils/db/DBStore.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/utils/db/DBStore.java
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public interface DBStore extends AutoCloseable {
    * Gets an existing TableStore with implicit key/value conversion.
    *
    * @param name - Name of the TableStore to get
+   * @param keyType
+   * @param valueType
    * @return - TableStore.
    * @throws IOException on Failure
    */
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/OzoneBucket.java b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/OzoneBucket.java
index 8cc65eb9249..cc8ddcdfab5 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/OzoneBucket.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/OzoneBucket.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.io.OzoneInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.io.OzoneOutputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.protocol.ClientProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneAcl;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartInfo;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -323,6 +324,35 @@ public class OzoneBucket {
     proxy.renameKey(volumeName, name, fromKeyName, toKeyName);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Initiate multipart upload for a specified key.
+   * @param keyName
+   * @param type
+   * @param factor
+   * @return OmMultipartInfo
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  public OmMultipartInfo initiateMultipartUpload(String keyName,
+                                                 ReplicationType type,
+                                                 ReplicationFactor factor)
+      throws IOException {
+    return  proxy.initiateMultipartUpload(volumeName, name, keyName, type,
+        factor);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Initiate multipart upload for a specified key, with default replication
+   * type RATIS and with replication factor THREE.
+   * @param key Name of the key to be created.
+   * @return OmMultipartInfo.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  public OmMultipartInfo initiateMultipartUpload(String key)
+      throws IOException {
+    return initiateMultipartUpload(key, defaultReplicationType,
+        defaultReplication);
+  }
+
   /**
    * An Iterator to iterate over {@link OzoneKey} list.
    */
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/protocol/ClientProtocol.java b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/protocol/ClientProtocol.java
index be5670db184..8afbd9876fe 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/protocol/ClientProtocol.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/protocol/ClientProtocol.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.client.ReplicationFactor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.client.ReplicationType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.io.OzoneInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.io.OzoneOutputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartInfo;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -385,4 +386,20 @@ public interface ClientProtocol {
    */
   void close() throws IOException;
 
+
+  /**
+   * Initiate Multipart upload.
+   * @param volumeName
+   * @param bucketName
+   * @param keyName
+   * @param type
+   * @param factor
+   * @return {@link OmMultipartInfo}
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  OmMultipartInfo initiateMultipartUpload(String volumeName, String
+      bucketName, String keyName, ReplicationType type, ReplicationFactor
+      factor) throws IOException;
+
+
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rest/RestClient.java b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rest/RestClient.java
index 8889d999de2..05f45c53eba 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rest/RestClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rest/RestClient.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.rest.response.BucketInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.rest.response.KeyInfoDetails;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.rest.response.VolumeInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.OMConfigKeys;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.ServiceInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.ServicePort;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.web.response.ListBuckets;
@@ -951,4 +952,15 @@ public class RestClient implements ClientProtocol {
       builder.addParameter(param, value);
     }
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public OmMultipartInfo initiateMultipartUpload(String volumeName,
+                                                 String bucketName,
+                                                 String keyName,
+                                                 ReplicationType type,
+                                                 ReplicationFactor factor)
+      throws IOException {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Ozone REST protocol does not " +
+        "support this operation.");
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/RpcClient.java b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/RpcClient.java
index 334f713ff79..7aa359689ee 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/RpcClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/RpcClient.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmBucketArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmBucketInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmVolumeArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OpenKeySession;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.ServiceInfo;
@@ -678,4 +679,26 @@ public class RpcClient implements ClientProtocol {
     IOUtils.cleanupWithLogger(LOG, ozoneManagerClient);
     IOUtils.cleanupWithLogger(LOG, xceiverClientManager);
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public OmMultipartInfo initiateMultipartUpload(String volumeName,
+                                                String bucketName,
+                                                String keyName,
+                                                ReplicationType type,
+                                                ReplicationFactor factor)
+      throws IOException {
+    HddsClientUtils.verifyResourceName(volumeName, bucketName);
+    HddsClientUtils.checkNotNull(keyName, type, factor);
+    OmKeyArgs keyArgs = new OmKeyArgs.Builder()
+        .setVolumeName(volumeName)
+        .setBucketName(bucketName)
+        .setKeyName(keyName)
+        .setType(HddsProtos.ReplicationType.valueOf(type.toString()))
+        .setFactor(HddsProtos.ReplicationFactor.valueOf(factor.getValue()))
+        .build();
+    OmMultipartInfo multipartInfo = ozoneManagerClient
+        .initiateMultipartUpload(keyArgs);
+    return multipartInfo;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/audit/OMAction.java b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/audit/OMAction.java
index 879401415d3..b08a530b2a5 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/audit/OMAction.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/audit/OMAction.java
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ public enum OMAction implements AuditAction {
   READ_VOLUME,
   READ_BUCKET,
   READ_KEY,
-  LIST_S3BUCKETS;
+  LIST_S3BUCKETS,
+  INITIATE_MULTIPART_UPLOAD;
 
   @Override
   public String getAction() {
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMMetadataManager.java b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMMetadataManager.java
index 0374056c8db..94ff0dbb6af 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMMetadataManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMMetadataManager.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.conf.OzoneConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.BlockGroup;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmBucketInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartKeyInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmVolumeArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.VolumeList;
 import org.apache.hadoop.utils.db.DBStore;
@@ -251,6 +252,27 @@ public interface OMMetadataManager {
    */
 
   Table<byte[], byte[]> getS3Table();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the DB key name of a multipart upload key in OM metadata store.
+   *
+   * @param volume - volume name
+   * @param bucket - bucket name
+   * @param key - key name
+   * @param uploadId - the upload id for this key
+   * @return bytes of DB key.
+   */
+  String getMultipartKey(String volume, String bucket, String key, String
+      uploadId);
+
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the multipart info table which holds the information about
+   * multipart upload information of the keys.
+   * @return Table
+   */
+  Table<String, OmMultipartKeyInfo> getMultipartInfoTable();
+
   /**
    * Returns number of rows in a table.  This should not be used for very
    * large tables.
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/codec/OmMultipartKeyInfoCodec.java b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/codec/OmMultipartKeyInfoCodec.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4445bf3ea2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/codec/OmMultipartKeyInfoCodec.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.codec;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartKeyInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos;
+import org.apache.hadoop.utils.db.Codec;
+
+
+/**
+ * Codec Registry for OmMultipartKeyInfo.
+ */
+public class OmMultipartKeyInfoCodec implements Codec<OmMultipartKeyInfo> {
+
+  @Override
+  public byte[] toPersistedFormat(OmMultipartKeyInfo object) {
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(object,
+        "Null object can't be converted to byte array.");
+    return object.getProto().toByteArray();
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  /**
+   * Construct {@link OmMultipartKeyInfo} from byte[]. If unable to convert
+   * return null.
+   */
+  public OmMultipartKeyInfo fromPersistedFormat(byte[] rawData) {
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(
+        "Null byte array can't converted to real object.");
+    try {
+      return OmMultipartKeyInfo.getFromProto(OzoneManagerProtocolProtos
+          .MultipartKeyInfo.parseFrom(rawData));
+    } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+          "Can't encode the the raw data from the byte array", e);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/helpers/OmMultipartInfo.java b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/helpers/OmMultipartInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98913d3ff70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/helpers/OmMultipartInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF
+ * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers;
+
+/**
+ * Class which holds information about the response of initiate multipart
+ * upload request.
+ */
+public class OmMultipartInfo {
+
+  private String volumeName;
+  private String bucketName;
+  private String keyName;
+  private String uploadID;
+
+  /**
+   * Construct OmMultipartInfo object which holds information about the
+   * response from initiate multipart upload request.
+   * @param volume
+   * @param bucket
+   * @param key
+   * @param id
+   */
+  public OmMultipartInfo(String volume, String bucket, String key, String id) {
+    this.volumeName = volume;
+    this.bucketName = bucket;
+    this.keyName = key;
+    this.uploadID = id;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return volume name.
+   * @return volumeName
+   */
+  public String getVolumeName() {
+    return volumeName;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return bucket name.
+   * @return bucketName
+   */
+  public String getBucketName() {
+    return bucketName;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return key name.
+   * @return keyName
+   */
+  public String getKeyName() {
+    return keyName;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return uploadID.
+   * @return uploadID
+   */
+  public String getUploadID() {
+    return uploadID;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/helpers/OmMultipartKeyInfo.java b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/helpers/OmMultipartKeyInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..243b901020e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/helpers/OmMultipartKeyInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF
+ * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos
+    .MultipartKeyInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos
+    .PartKeyInfo;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * This class represents multipart upload information for a key, which holds
+ * upload part information of the key.
+ */
+public class OmMultipartKeyInfo {
+  private String uploadID;
+  private Map<Integer, PartKeyInfo> partKeyInfoList;
+
+  /**
+   * Construct OmMultipartKeyInfo object which holds multipart upload
+   * information for a key.
+   * @param id
+   * @param list upload parts of a key.
+   */
+  public OmMultipartKeyInfo(String id, Map<Integer, PartKeyInfo> list) {
+    this.uploadID = id;
+    this.partKeyInfoList = new HashMap<>(list);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the uploadID for this multi part upload of a key.
+   * @return uploadID
+   */
+  public String getUploadID() {
+    return uploadID;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Construct OmMultipartInfo from MultipartKeyInfo proto object.
+   * @param multipartKeyInfo
+   * @return OmMultipartKeyInfo
+   */
+  public static OmMultipartKeyInfo getFromProto(MultipartKeyInfo
+                                                 multipartKeyInfo) {
+    Map<Integer, PartKeyInfo> list = new HashMap<>();
+    multipartKeyInfo.getPartKeyInfoListList().stream().forEach(partKeyInfo
+        -> list.put(partKeyInfo.getPartNumber(), partKeyInfo));
+    return new OmMultipartKeyInfo(multipartKeyInfo.getUploadID(), list);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Construct MultipartKeyInfo from this object.
+   * @return MultipartKeyInfo
+   */
+  public MultipartKeyInfo getProto() {
+    MultipartKeyInfo.Builder builder = MultipartKeyInfo.newBuilder()
+        .setUploadID(uploadID);
+    partKeyInfoList.forEach((key, value) -> builder.addPartKeyInfoList(value));
+    return builder.build();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean equals(Object other) {
+    if (this == other) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return other instanceof OmMultipartKeyInfo && uploadID.equals(
+        ((OmMultipartKeyInfo)other).getUploadID());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int hashCode() {
+    return uploadID.hashCode();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocol/OzoneManagerProtocol.java b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocol/OzoneManagerProtocol.java
index e4cce6505e1..261232794ef 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocol/OzoneManagerProtocol.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocol/OzoneManagerProtocol.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.protocol;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmBucketArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmBucketInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyArgs;
@@ -304,5 +305,13 @@ public interface OzoneManagerProtocol {
                                    String bucketPrefix, int maxNumOfBuckets)
       throws IOException;
 
+
+  /**
+   * Initiate multipart upload for the specified key.
+   * @param keyArgs
+   * @return MultipartInfo
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  OmMultipartInfo initiateMultipartUpload(OmKeyArgs keyArgs) throws IOException;
 }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
index 6c8c932dac8..b533aedbc8f 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmBucketInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyLocationInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmVolumeArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OpenKeySession;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.ServiceInfo;
@@ -70,6 +71,10 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
     .OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.LocateKeyRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
     .OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.LocateKeyResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos
+    .MultipartInfoInitiateRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos
+    .MultipartInfoInitiateResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
     .OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.RenameKeyRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
@@ -884,4 +889,34 @@ public final class OzoneManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB
   public Object getUnderlyingProxyObject() {
     return null;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public OmMultipartInfo initiateMultipartUpload(OmKeyArgs omKeyArgs) throws
+      IOException {
+
+    MultipartInfoInitiateRequest.Builder multipartInfoInitiateRequest =
+        MultipartInfoInitiateRequest.newBuilder();
+
+    KeyArgs.Builder keyArgs = KeyArgs.newBuilder()
+        .setVolumeName(omKeyArgs.getVolumeName())
+        .setBucketName(omKeyArgs.getBucketName())
+        .setKeyName(omKeyArgs.getKeyName())
+        .setFactor(omKeyArgs.getFactor())
+        .setType(omKeyArgs.getType());
+    multipartInfoInitiateRequest.setKeyArgs(keyArgs.build());
+
+    MultipartInfoInitiateResponse resp;
+    try {
+      resp = rpcProxy.initiateMultiPartUpload(NULL_RPC_CONTROLLER,
+          multipartInfoInitiateRequest.build());
+    } catch (ServiceException e) {
+      throw ProtobufHelper.getRemoteException(e);
+    }
+    if (resp.getStatus() != Status.OK) {
+      throw new IOException("Initiate Multipart upload failed, error:" + resp
+          .getStatus());
+    }
+    return new OmMultipartInfo(resp.getVolumeName(), resp.getBucketName(), resp
+        .getKeyName(), resp.getMultipartUploadID());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/proto/OzoneManagerProtocol.proto b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/proto/OzoneManagerProtocol.proto
index 6320cf1e26f..c4c0a977d6d 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/proto/OzoneManagerProtocol.proto
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/proto/OzoneManagerProtocol.proto
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ enum Status {
     SCM_VERSION_MISMATCH_ERROR = 21;
     S3_BUCKET_NOT_FOUND = 22;
     S3_BUCKET_ALREADY_EXISTS = 23;
+    INITIATE_MULTIPART_UPLOAD_ERROR = 24;
 }
 
 
@@ -406,6 +407,31 @@ message S3ListBucketsResponse {
 }
 
 
+message MultipartInfoInitiateRequest {
+    required KeyArgs keyArgs = 1;
+}
+
+message MultipartInfoInitiateResponse {
+    required string volumeName = 1;
+    required string bucketName = 2;
+    required string keyName = 3;
+    required string multipartUploadID = 4;
+    required Status status = 5;
+}
+
+message MultipartKeyInfo {
+    required string uploadID = 4;
+    repeated PartKeyInfo partKeyInfoList = 5;
+}
+
+message PartKeyInfo {
+    required string partName = 1;
+    required uint32 partNumber = 2;
+    required KeyInfo partKeyInfo = 3;
+}
+
+
+
 /**
  The OM service that takes care of Ozone namespace.
 */
@@ -541,4 +567,7 @@ service OzoneManagerService {
 
     rpc listS3Buckets(S3ListBucketsRequest)
     returns(S3ListBucketsResponse);
+
+    rpc initiateMultiPartUpload(MultipartInfoInitiateRequest)
+    returns (MultipartInfoInitiateResponse);
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/codec/TestOmMultipartKeyInfoCodec.java b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/codec/TestOmMultipartKeyInfoCodec.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e52444721ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/codec/TestOmMultipartKeyInfoCodec.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.codec;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartKeyInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+/**
+ * This class tests OmMultipartKeyInfoCodec.
+ */
+public class TestOmMultipartKeyInfoCodec {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testOmMultipartKeyInfoCodec() {
+    OmMultipartKeyInfoCodec codec = new OmMultipartKeyInfoCodec();
+    OmMultipartKeyInfo omMultipartKeyInfo = new OmMultipartKeyInfo(UUID
+        .randomUUID().toString(), new HashMap<>());
+    byte[] data = codec.toPersistedFormat(omMultipartKeyInfo);
+    Assert.assertNotNull(data);
+
+    OmMultipartKeyInfo multipartKeyInfo = codec.fromPersistedFormat(data);
+    Assert.assertEquals(omMultipartKeyInfo, multipartKeyInfo);
+
+    // When random byte data passed returns null.
+    try {
+      codec.fromPersistedFormat("radom".getBytes());
+    } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+      GenericTestUtils.assertExceptionContains("Can't encode the the raw " +
+          "data from the byte array", ex);
+    }
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/codec/package-info.java b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/codec/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b5690a148b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/codec/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * <p>
+ * Utility classes to encode/decode DTO objects to/from byte array.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for codec's in OM.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.codec;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneRpcClient.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneRpcClient.java
index addd8ad4bcb..84afd4c441d 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneRpcClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneRpcClient.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.rest.OzoneException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.ScmConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.protocolPB.
     StorageContainerLocationProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.test.GenericTestUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Time;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.either;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 /**
@@ -1259,6 +1262,73 @@ public class TestOzoneRpcClient {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testInitiateMultipartUploadWithReplicationInformationSet() throws
+      IOException {
+    String volumeName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+    String bucketName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+    String keyName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+
+    store.createVolume(volumeName);
+    OzoneVolume volume = store.getVolume(volumeName);
+    volume.createBucket(bucketName);
+    OzoneBucket bucket = volume.getBucket(bucketName);
+    OmMultipartInfo multipartInfo = bucket.initiateMultipartUpload(keyName,
+        ReplicationType.STAND_ALONE, ReplicationFactor.ONE);
+
+    assertNotNull(multipartInfo);
+    String uploadID = multipartInfo.getUploadID();
+    Assert.assertEquals(volumeName, multipartInfo.getVolumeName());
+    Assert.assertEquals(bucketName, multipartInfo.getBucketName());
+    Assert.assertEquals(keyName, multipartInfo.getKeyName());
+    assertNotNull(multipartInfo.getUploadID());
+
+    // Call initiate multipart upload for the same key again, this should
+    // generate a new uploadID.
+    multipartInfo = bucket.initiateMultipartUpload(keyName,
+        ReplicationType.STAND_ALONE, ReplicationFactor.ONE);
+
+    assertNotNull(multipartInfo);
+    Assert.assertEquals(volumeName, multipartInfo.getVolumeName());
+    Assert.assertEquals(bucketName, multipartInfo.getBucketName());
+    Assert.assertEquals(keyName, multipartInfo.getKeyName());
+    assertNotEquals(multipartInfo.getUploadID(), uploadID);
+    assertNotNull(multipartInfo.getUploadID());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInitiateMultipartUploadWithDefaultReplication() throws
+      IOException {
+    String volumeName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+    String bucketName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+    String keyName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+
+    store.createVolume(volumeName);
+    OzoneVolume volume = store.getVolume(volumeName);
+    volume.createBucket(bucketName);
+    OzoneBucket bucket = volume.getBucket(bucketName);
+    OmMultipartInfo multipartInfo = bucket.initiateMultipartUpload(keyName);
+
+    assertNotNull(multipartInfo);
+    String uploadID = multipartInfo.getUploadID();
+    Assert.assertEquals(volumeName, multipartInfo.getVolumeName());
+    Assert.assertEquals(bucketName, multipartInfo.getBucketName());
+    Assert.assertEquals(keyName, multipartInfo.getKeyName());
+    assertNotNull(multipartInfo.getUploadID());
+
+    // Call initiate multipart upload for the same key again, this should
+    // generate a new uploadID.
+    multipartInfo = bucket.initiateMultipartUpload(keyName);
+
+    assertNotNull(multipartInfo);
+    Assert.assertEquals(volumeName, multipartInfo.getVolumeName());
+    Assert.assertEquals(bucketName, multipartInfo.getBucketName());
+    Assert.assertEquals(keyName, multipartInfo.getKeyName());
+    assertNotEquals(multipartInfo.getUploadID(), uploadID);
+    assertNotNull(multipartInfo.getUploadID());
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Close OzoneClient and shutdown MiniOzoneCluster.
    */
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/TestOmMetrics.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/TestOmMetrics.java
index 2ff04af4487..b72117ea1cc 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/TestOmMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/TestOmMetrics.java
@@ -261,18 +261,21 @@ public class TestOmMetrics {
     Mockito.doReturn(null).when(mockKm).lookupKey(null);
     Mockito.doReturn(null).when(mockKm).listKeys(null, null, null, null, 0);
     Mockito.doNothing().when(mockKm).commitKey(any(OmKeyArgs.class), anyLong());
+    Mockito.doReturn(null).when(mockKm).initiateMultipartUpload(
+        any(OmKeyArgs.class));
 
     HddsWhiteboxTestUtils.setInternalState(
         ozoneManager, "keyManager", mockKm);
     doKeyOps();
 
     MetricsRecordBuilder omMetrics = getMetrics("OMMetrics");
-    assertCounter("NumKeyOps", 5L, omMetrics);
+    assertCounter("NumKeyOps", 6L, omMetrics);
     assertCounter("NumKeyAllocate", 1L, omMetrics);
     assertCounter("NumKeyLookup", 1L, omMetrics);
     assertCounter("NumKeyDeletes", 1L, omMetrics);
     assertCounter("NumKeyLists", 1L, omMetrics);
     assertCounter("NumKeys", 0L, omMetrics);
+    assertCounter("NumInitiateMultipartUploads", 1L, omMetrics);
 
 
     ozoneManager.openKey(null);
@@ -295,22 +298,27 @@ public class TestOmMetrics {
         null, null, null, null, 0);
     Mockito.doThrow(exception).when(mockKm).commitKey(any(OmKeyArgs.class),
         anyLong());
+    Mockito.doThrow(exception).when(mockKm).initiateMultipartUpload(
+        any(OmKeyArgs.class));
 
     HddsWhiteboxTestUtils.setInternalState(
         ozoneManager, "keyManager", mockKm);
     doKeyOps();
 
     omMetrics = getMetrics("OMMetrics");
-    assertCounter("NumKeyOps", 17L, omMetrics);
+    assertCounter("NumKeyOps", 19L, omMetrics);
     assertCounter("NumKeyAllocate", 5L, omMetrics);
     assertCounter("NumKeyLookup", 2L, omMetrics);
     assertCounter("NumKeyDeletes", 3L, omMetrics);
     assertCounter("NumKeyLists", 2L, omMetrics);
+    assertCounter("NumInitiateMultipartUploads", 2L, omMetrics);
 
     assertCounter("NumKeyAllocateFails", 1L, omMetrics);
     assertCounter("NumKeyLookupFails", 1L, omMetrics);
     assertCounter("NumKeyDeleteFails", 1L, omMetrics);
     assertCounter("NumKeyListFails", 1L, omMetrics);
+    assertCounter("NumInitiateMultipartUploadFails", 1L, omMetrics);
+
 
     assertCounter("NumKeys", 2L, omMetrics);
 
@@ -412,6 +420,12 @@ public class TestOmMetrics {
       ozoneManager.commitKey(createKeyArgs(), 0);
     } catch (IOException ignored) {
     }
+
+    try {
+      ozoneManager.initiateMultipartUpload(null);
+    } catch (IOException ignored) {
+    }
+
   }
 
   private OmKeyArgs createKeyArgs() {
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManager.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManager.java
index 38b91f528ad..10c4adfad65 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManager.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.common.BlockGroup;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyLocationInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OpenKeySession;
 import org.apache.hadoop.utils.BackgroundService;
 
@@ -180,4 +181,13 @@ public interface KeyManager {
    */
   BackgroundService getDeletingService();
 
+
+  /**
+   * Initiate multipart upload for the specified key.
+   * @param keyArgs
+   * @return MultipartInfo
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  OmMultipartInfo initiateMultipartUpload(OmKeyArgs keyArgs) throws IOException;
+
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManagerImpl.java
index 73daff69424..7e954d17c22 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/KeyManagerImpl.java
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.StorageUnit;
@@ -37,7 +40,11 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyLocationInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyLocationInfoGroup;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartKeyInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OpenKeySession;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos
+    .PartKeyInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Time;
 import org.apache.hadoop.utils.BackgroundService;
 import org.apache.hadoop.utils.db.BatchOperation;
@@ -54,6 +61,7 @@ import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_KEY_PREALLOCATION_MA
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_KEY_PREALLOCATION_MAXSIZE_DEFAULT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_BLOCK_SIZE;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_BLOCK_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -532,4 +540,74 @@ public class KeyManagerImpl implements KeyManager {
   public BackgroundService getDeletingService() {
     return keyDeletingService;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public OmMultipartInfo initiateMultipartUpload(OmKeyArgs omKeyArgs) throws
+      IOException {
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(omKeyArgs);
+    String volumeName = omKeyArgs.getVolumeName();
+    String bucketName = omKeyArgs.getBucketName();
+    String keyName = omKeyArgs.getKeyName();
+
+    metadataManager.getLock().acquireBucketLock(volumeName, bucketName);
+    try {
+      long time = Time.monotonicNowNanos();
+      String uploadID = UUID.randomUUID().toString() + "-" + Long.toString(
+          time);
+
+      // We are adding uploadId to key, because if multiple users try to
+      // perform multipart upload on the same key, each will try to upload, who
+      // ever finally commit the key, we see that key in ozone. Suppose if we
+      // don't add id, and use the same key /volume/bucket/key, when multiple
+      // users try to upload the key, we update the parts of the key's from
+      // multiple users to same key, and the key output can be a mix of the
+      // parts from multiple users.
+
+      // So on same key if multiple time multipart upload is initiated we
+      // store multiple entries in the openKey Table.
+      // Checked AWS S3, when we try to run multipart upload, each time a
+      // new uploadId is returned.
+
+      String multipartKey = metadataManager.getMultipartKey(volumeName,
+          bucketName, keyName, uploadID);
+
+      // Not checking if there is an already key for this in the keyTable, as
+      // during final complete multipart upload we take care of this.
+
+
+      Map<Integer, PartKeyInfo> partKeyInfoMap = new HashMap<>();
+      OmMultipartKeyInfo multipartKeyInfo = new OmMultipartKeyInfo(uploadID,
+          partKeyInfoMap);
+      List<OmKeyLocationInfo> locations = new ArrayList<>();
+      OmKeyInfo omKeyInfo = new OmKeyInfo.Builder()
+          .setVolumeName(omKeyArgs.getVolumeName())
+          .setBucketName(omKeyArgs.getBucketName())
+          .setKeyName(omKeyArgs.getKeyName())
+          .setCreationTime(Time.now())
+          .setModificationTime(Time.now())
+          .setReplicationType(omKeyArgs.getType())
+          .setReplicationFactor(omKeyArgs.getFactor())
+          .setOmKeyLocationInfos(Collections.singletonList(
+              new OmKeyLocationInfoGroup(0, locations)))
+          .build();
+      DBStore store = metadataManager.getStore();
+      try (BatchOperation batch = store.initBatchOperation()) {
+        // Create an entry in open key table and multipart info table for
+        // this key.
+        metadataManager.getMultipartInfoTable().putWithBatch(batch,
+            multipartKey, multipartKeyInfo);
+        metadataManager.getOpenKeyTable().putWithBatch(batch,
+            multipartKey, omKeyInfo);
+        store.commitBatchOperation(batch);
+        return new OmMultipartInfo(volumeName, bucketName, keyName, uploadID);
+      }
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
+      LOG.error("Initiate Multipart upload Failed for volume:{} bucket:{} " +
+              "key:{}", volumeName, bucketName, keyName, ex);
+      throw new OMException(ex.getMessage(),
+          OMException.ResultCodes.INITIATE_MULTIPART_UPLOAD_FAILED);
+    } finally {
+      metadataManager.getLock().releaseBucketLock(volumeName, bucketName);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMMetrics.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMMetrics.java
index f6925ca3a9b..9f9276756e9 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMMetrics.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public class OMMetrics {
   private @Metric MutableCounterLong numAllocateBlockCalls;
   private @Metric MutableCounterLong numGetServiceLists;
   private @Metric MutableCounterLong numListS3Buckets;
+  private @Metric MutableCounterLong numInitiateMultipartUploads;
 
 
   // Failure Metrics
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ public class OMMetrics {
   private @Metric MutableCounterLong numBlockAllocateCallFails;
   private @Metric MutableCounterLong numGetServiceListFails;
   private @Metric MutableCounterLong numListS3BucketsFails;
+  private @Metric MutableCounterLong numInitiateMultipartUploadFails;
 
   // Metrics for total number of volumes, buckets and keys
 
@@ -225,6 +227,15 @@ public class OMMetrics {
     numListS3BucketsFails.incr();
   }
 
+  public void incNumInitiateMultipartUploads() {
+    numKeyOps.incr();
+    numInitiateMultipartUploads.incr();
+  }
+
+  public void incNumInitiateMultipartUploadFails() {
+    numInitiateMultipartUploadFails.incr();
+  }
+
   public void incNumGetServiceLists() {
     numGetServiceLists.incr();
   }
@@ -535,6 +546,14 @@ public class OMMetrics {
     return numListS3BucketsFails.value();
   }
 
+  public long getNumInitiateMultipartUploads() {
+    return numInitiateMultipartUploads.value();
+  }
+
+  public long getNumInitiateMultipartUploadFails() {
+    return numInitiateMultipartUploadFails.value();
+  }
+
   public void unRegister() {
     MetricsSystem ms = DefaultMetricsSystem.instance();
     ms.unregisterSource(SOURCE_NAME);
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OmMetadataManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OmMetadataManagerImpl.java
index cfd4a205053..28438a1712b 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OmMetadataManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OmMetadataManagerImpl.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.exceptions.OMException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.exceptions.OMException.ResultCodes;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmBucketInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.codec.OmBucketInfoCodec;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartKeyInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.codec.OmMultipartKeyInfoCodec;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.codec.OmKeyInfoCodec;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyLocationInfoGroup;
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ public class OmMetadataManagerImpl implements OMMetadataManager {
   private static final String DELETED_TABLE = "deletedTable";
   private static final String OPEN_KEY_TABLE = "openKeyTable";
   private static final String S3_TABLE = "s3Table";
+  private static final String MULTIPARTINFO_TABLE = "multipartInfoTable";
 
   private DBStore store;
 
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ public class OmMetadataManagerImpl implements OMMetadataManager {
   private Table deletedTable;
   private Table openKeyTable;
   private Table s3Table;
+  private Table<String, OmMultipartKeyInfo> multipartInfoTable;
 
   public OmMetadataManagerImpl(OzoneConfiguration conf) throws IOException {
     this.lock = new OzoneManagerLock(conf);
@@ -154,6 +158,11 @@ public class OmMetadataManagerImpl implements OMMetadataManager {
     return s3Table;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Table<String, OmMultipartKeyInfo> getMultipartInfoTable() {
+    return multipartInfoTable;
+  }
+
 
   private void checkTableStatus(Table table, String name) throws IOException {
     String logMessage = "Unable to get a reference to %s table. Cannot " +
@@ -186,10 +195,12 @@ public class OmMetadataManagerImpl implements OMMetadataManager {
           .addTable(DELETED_TABLE)
           .addTable(OPEN_KEY_TABLE)
           .addTable(S3_TABLE)
+          .addTable(MULTIPARTINFO_TABLE)
           .addCodec(OmKeyInfo.class, new OmKeyInfoCodec())
           .addCodec(OmBucketInfo.class, new OmBucketInfoCodec())
           .addCodec(OmVolumeArgs.class, new OmVolumeArgsCodec())
           .addCodec(VolumeList.class, new VolumeListCodec())
+          .addCodec(OmMultipartKeyInfo.class, new OmMultipartKeyInfoCodec())
           .build();
 
       userTable =
@@ -219,6 +230,10 @@ public class OmMetadataManagerImpl implements OMMetadataManager {
       s3Table = this.store.getTable(S3_TABLE);
       checkTableStatus(s3Table, S3_TABLE);
 
+      multipartInfoTable = this.store.getTable(MULTIPARTINFO_TABLE,
+          String.class, OmMultipartKeyInfo.class);
+      checkTableStatus(multipartInfoTable, MULTIPARTINFO_TABLE);
+
     }
   }
 
@@ -301,6 +316,15 @@ public class OmMetadataManagerImpl implements OMMetadataManager {
     return openKey;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public String getMultipartKey(String volume, String bucket, String key,
+                                String
+                                    uploadId) {
+    String multipartKey =  OM_KEY_PREFIX + volume + OM_KEY_PREFIX + bucket +
+        OM_KEY_PREFIX + key + OM_KEY_PREFIX + uploadId;
+    return multipartKey;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the OzoneManagerLock used on Metadata DB.
    *
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
index 2c2024585f7..8b0616c7a9d 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmBucketInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyLocationInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmVolumeArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OpenKeySession;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.ServiceInfo;
@@ -1553,6 +1554,26 @@ public final class OzoneManager extends ServiceRuntimeInfoImpl
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public OmMultipartInfo initiateMultipartUpload(OmKeyArgs keyArgs) throws
+      IOException {
+    OmMultipartInfo multipartInfo;
+    metrics.incNumInitiateMultipartUploads();
+    try {
+      multipartInfo = keyManager.initiateMultipartUpload(keyArgs);
+      AUDIT.logWriteSuccess(buildAuditMessageForSuccess(
+          OMAction.INITIATE_MULTIPART_UPLOAD, (keyArgs == null) ? null :
+              keyArgs.toAuditMap()));
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
+      AUDIT.logWriteFailure(buildAuditMessageForFailure(
+          OMAction.INITIATE_MULTIPART_UPLOAD,
+          (keyArgs == null) ? null : keyArgs.toAuditMap(), ex));
+      metrics.incNumInitiateMultipartUploadFails();
+      throw ex;
+    }
+    return multipartInfo;
+  }
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/exceptions/OMException.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/exceptions/OMException.java
index 3292adf4315..1d096f50522 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/exceptions/OMException.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/exceptions/OMException.java
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ public class OMException extends IOException {
     SCM_VERSION_MISMATCH_ERROR,
     SCM_IN_CHILL_MODE,
     S3_BUCKET_ALREADY_EXISTS,
-    S3_BUCKET_NOT_FOUND
+    S3_BUCKET_NOT_FOUND,
+    INITIATE_MULTIPART_UPLOAD_FAILED;
   }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
index 64806ed885a..13d54c5cbe7 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmBucketInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmKeyLocationInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmMultipartInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OmVolumeArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.OpenKeySession;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.helpers.ServiceInfo;
@@ -85,6 +86,10 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos
     .LocateKeyRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos
     .LocateKeyResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos
+    .MultipartInfoInitiateRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos
+    .MultipartInfoInitiateResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos
     .RenameKeyRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos
@@ -190,6 +195,8 @@ public class OzoneManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB implements
         return Status.S3_BUCKET_ALREADY_EXISTS;
       case S3_BUCKET_NOT_FOUND:
         return Status.S3_BUCKET_NOT_FOUND;
+      case INITIATE_MULTIPART_UPLOAD_FAILED:
+        return Status.INITIATE_MULTIPART_UPLOAD_ERROR;
       default:
         return Status.INTERNAL_ERROR;
       }
@@ -651,4 +658,30 @@ public class OzoneManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB implements
     }
     return resp.build();
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public MultipartInfoInitiateResponse initiateMultiPartUpload(
+      RpcController controller, MultipartInfoInitiateRequest request) {
+    MultipartInfoInitiateResponse.Builder resp = MultipartInfoInitiateResponse
+        .newBuilder();
+    try {
+      KeyArgs keyArgs = request.getKeyArgs();
+      OmKeyArgs omKeyArgs = new OmKeyArgs.Builder()
+          .setVolumeName(keyArgs.getVolumeName())
+          .setBucketName(keyArgs.getBucketName())
+          .setKeyName(keyArgs.getKeyName())
+          .setType(keyArgs.getType())
+          .setFactor(keyArgs.getFactor())
+          .build();
+      OmMultipartInfo multipartInfo = impl.initiateMultipartUpload(omKeyArgs);
+      resp.setVolumeName(multipartInfo.getVolumeName());
+      resp.setBucketName(multipartInfo.getBucketName());
+      resp.setKeyName(multipartInfo.getKeyName());
+      resp.setMultipartUploadID(multipartInfo.getUploadID());
+      resp.setStatus(Status.OK);
+    } catch (IOException ex) {
+      resp.setStatus(exceptionToResponseStatus(ex));
+    }
+    return resp.build();
+  }
 }