diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/api/deviceplugin/DevicePluginScheduler.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/api/deviceplugin/DevicePluginScheduler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80ffdf73829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/api/deviceplugin/DevicePluginScheduler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ * 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
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * An optional interface to implement if custom device scheduling is needed.
+ * If this is not implemented, the device framework will do scheduling.
+ * */
+public interface DevicePluginScheduler {
+  /**
+   * Called when allocating devices. The framework will do all device book
+   * keeping and fail recovery. So this hook could be stateless and only do
+   * scheduling based on available devices passed in. It could be
+   * invoked multiple times by the framework.
+   * @param availableDevices Devices allowed to be chosen from.
+   * @param count Number of device to be allocated.
+   * @return A set of {@link Device} allocated
+   * */
+  Set<Device> allocateDevices(Set<Device> availableDevices, int count);
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/ResourcePluginManager.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/ResourcePluginManager.java
index bd47cfe0879..0bc241dcf88 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/ResourcePluginManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/ResourcePluginManager.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.YarnException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.YarnRuntimeException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.Context;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.DevicePlugin;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.DevicePluginScheduler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.DeviceRegisterRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.resourceplugin.deviceframework.DeviceMappingManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.resourceplugin.deviceframework.DevicePluginAdapter;
@@ -129,9 +130,12 @@ public class ResourcePluginManager {
       Configuration configuration,
       Map<String, ResourcePlugin> pluginMap)
       throws YarnRuntimeException, ClassNotFoundException {
-    LOG.info("The pluggable device framework enabled," +
-        "trying to load the vendor plugins");
-    deviceMappingManager = new DeviceMappingManager(context);
+    LOG.info("The pluggable device framework enabled,"
+        + "trying to load the vendor plugins");
+    if (null == deviceMappingManager) {
+      LOG.debug("DeviceMappingManager initialized.");
+      deviceMappingManager = new DeviceMappingManager(context);
+    }
     String[] pluginClassNames = configuration.getStrings(
         YarnConfiguration.NM_PLUGGABLE_DEVICE_FRAMEWORK_DEVICE_CLASSES);
     if (null == pluginClassNames) {
@@ -193,6 +197,19 @@ public class ResourcePluginManager {
       LOG.info("Adapter of {} init success!", pluginClassName);
       // Store plugin as adapter instance
       pluginMap.put(request.getResourceName(), pluginAdapter);
+      // If the device plugin implements DevicePluginScheduler interface
+      if (dpInstance instanceof DevicePluginScheduler) {
+        // check DevicePluginScheduler interface compatibility
+        checkInterfaceCompatibility(DevicePluginScheduler.class, pluginClazz);
+        LOG.info(
+            "{} can schedule {} devices."
+                + "Added as preferred device plugin scheduler",
+            pluginClassName,
+            resourceName);
+        deviceMappingManager.addDevicePluginScheduler(
+            resourceName,
+            (DevicePluginScheduler) dpInstance);
+      }
     } // end for
   }
 
@@ -243,6 +260,12 @@ public class ResourcePluginManager {
     return true;
   }
 
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public void setDeviceMappingManager(
+      DeviceMappingManager deviceMappingManager) {
+    this.deviceMappingManager = deviceMappingManager;
+  }
+
   public DeviceMappingManager getDeviceMappingManager() {
     return deviceMappingManager;
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/DeviceMappingManager.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/DeviceMappingManager.java
index b8b711bf0f9..fefccb9753c 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/DeviceMappingManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/DeviceMappingManager.java
@@ -29,18 +29,20 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.api.records.Resource;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.exceptions.ResourceNotFoundException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.Context;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.Device;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.DevicePluginScheduler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.container.Container;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.linux.resources.ResourceHandlerException;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 /**
@@ -54,6 +56,10 @@ public class DeviceMappingManager {
   private Context nmContext;
   private static final int WAIT_MS_PER_LOOP = 1000;
 
+  // Holds vendor implemented scheduler
+  private Map<String, DevicePluginScheduler> devicePluginSchedulers =
+      new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
   /**
    * Hold all type of devices.
    * key is the device resource name
@@ -84,6 +90,11 @@ public class DeviceMappingManager {
     return allUsedDevices;
   }
 
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public Map<String, DevicePluginScheduler> getDevicePluginSchedulers() {
+    return devicePluginSchedulers;
+  }
+
   public synchronized void addDeviceSet(String resourceName,
       Set<Device> deviceSet) {
     LOG.info("Adding new resource: " + "type:"
@@ -162,9 +173,10 @@ public class DeviceMappingManager {
       Set<Device> assignedDevices = new TreeSet<>();
       Map<Device, ContainerId> usedDevices = allUsedDevices.get(resourceName);
       Set<Device> allowedDevices = allAllowedDevices.get(resourceName);
-
-      defaultScheduleAction(allowedDevices, usedDevices,
-          assignedDevices, containerId, requestedDeviceCount);
+      DevicePluginScheduler dps = devicePluginSchedulers.get(resourceName);
+      // Prefer DevicePluginScheduler logic
+      pickAndDoSchedule(allowedDevices, usedDevices, assignedDevices,
+          containerId, requestedDeviceCount, resourceName, dps);
 
       // Record in state store if we allocated anything
       if (!assignedDevices.isEmpty()) {
@@ -273,7 +285,46 @@ public class DeviceMappingManager {
     return releasingDevices;
   }
 
-  // default scheduling logic
+  /**
+   * If device plugin has own scheduler, then use it.
+   * Otherwise, pick our default scheduler to do scheduling.
+   * */
+  private void pickAndDoSchedule(Set<Device> allowed,
+      Map<Device, ContainerId> used, Set<Device> assigned,
+      ContainerId containerId, int count, String resourceName,
+      DevicePluginScheduler dps) throws ResourceHandlerException {
+
+    if (null == dps) {
+      LOG.debug("Customized device plugin scheduler is preferred "
+          + "but not implemented, use default logic");
+      defaultScheduleAction(allowed, used,
+          assigned, containerId, count);
+    } else {
+      LOG.debug("Customized device plugin implemented,"
+          + "use customized logic");
+      // Use customized device scheduler
+      LOG.debug("Try to schedule " + count
+          + "(" + resourceName + ") using " + dps.getClass());
+      // Pass in unmodifiable set
+      Set<Device> dpsAllocated = dps.allocateDevices(
+          Sets.difference(allowed, used.keySet()),
+          count);
+      if (dpsAllocated.size() != count) {
+        throw new ResourceHandlerException(dps.getClass()
+            + " should allocate " + count
+            + " of " + resourceName + ", but actual: "
+            + assigned.size());
+      }
+      // copy
+      assigned.addAll(dpsAllocated);
+      // Store assigned devices into usedDevices
+      for (Device device : assigned) {
+        used.put(device, containerId);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Default scheduling logic
   private void defaultScheduleAction(Set<Device> allowed,
       Map<Device, ContainerId> used, Set<Device> assigned,
       ContainerId containerId, int count) {
@@ -307,7 +358,6 @@ public class DeviceMappingManager {
       }
     }
 
-
     public Set<Device> getAllowed() {
       return allowed;
     }
@@ -321,4 +371,11 @@ public class DeviceMappingManager {
 
   }
 
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public synchronized void addDevicePluginScheduler(String resourceName,
+      DevicePluginScheduler s) {
+    this.devicePluginSchedulers.put(resourceName,
+        Objects.requireNonNull(s));
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/DevicePluginAdapter.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/DevicePluginAdapter.java
index ad2c09ff1a4..e5c2237d068 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/DevicePluginAdapter.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/DevicePluginAdapter.java
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ public class DevicePluginAdapter implements ResourcePlugin {
   private final String resourceName;
   private final DevicePlugin devicePlugin;
   private DeviceMappingManager deviceMappingManager;
-  private DeviceResourceUpdaterImpl deviceResourceUpdater;
   private DeviceResourceHandlerImpl deviceResourceHandler;
+  private DeviceResourceUpdaterImpl deviceResourceUpdater;
 
   public DevicePluginAdapter(String name, DevicePlugin dp,
       DeviceMappingManager dmm) {
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/TestResourcePluginManager.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/TestResourcePluginManager.java
index f6233754c63..cbb7e583153 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/TestResourcePluginManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/TestResourcePluginManager.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.NodeManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.NodeManagerTestBase;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.NodeStatusUpdater;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.DevicePlugin;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.DevicePluginScheduler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.ContainerManagerImpl;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.container.Container;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.linux.privileged.PrivilegedOperation;
@@ -494,6 +495,33 @@ public class TestResourcePluginManager extends NodeManagerTestBase {
     Assert.assertEquals(expectedMessage, actualMessage);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testLoadPluginWithCustomizedScheduler() {
+    ResourcePluginManager rpm = new ResourcePluginManager();
+    DeviceMappingManager dmm = new DeviceMappingManager(mock(Context.class));
+    DeviceMappingManager dmmSpy = spy(dmm);
+
+    ResourcePluginManager rpmSpy = spy(rpm);
+    rpmSpy.setDeviceMappingManager(dmmSpy);
+
+    nm = new MyMockNM(rpmSpy);
+
+    conf.setBoolean(YarnConfiguration.NM_PLUGGABLE_DEVICE_FRAMEWORK_ENABLED,
+        true);
+    conf.setStrings(
+        YarnConfiguration.NM_PLUGGABLE_DEVICE_FRAMEWORK_DEVICE_CLASSES,
+        FakeTestDevicePlugin1.class.getCanonicalName()
+            + "," + FakeTestDevicePlugin5.class.getCanonicalName());
+    nm.init(conf);
+    nm.start();
+    // only 1 plugin has the customized scheduler
+    verify(rpmSpy, times(1)).checkInterfaceCompatibility(
+        DevicePlugin.class, FakeTestDevicePlugin1.class);
+    verify(dmmSpy, times(1)).addDevicePluginScheduler(
+        any(String.class), any(DevicePluginScheduler.class));
+    Assert.assertEquals(1, dmm.getDevicePluginSchedulers().size());
+  }
+
   @Test(timeout = 30000)
   public void testRequestedResourceNameIsConfigured()
       throws Exception{
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/FakeTestDevicePlugin1.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/FakeTestDevicePlugin1.java
index d708c8728be..12f106411b4 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/FakeTestDevicePlugin1.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/FakeTestDevicePlugin1.java
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ import java.util.TreeSet;
  * Used only for testing.
  * A fake normal vendor plugin
  * */
-public class FakeTestDevicePlugin1 implements DevicePlugin {
+public class FakeTestDevicePlugin1
+    implements DevicePlugin, DevicePluginScheduler{
   @Override
   public DeviceRegisterRequest getRegisterRequestInfo() {
     return DeviceRegisterRequest.Builder.newInstance()
@@ -58,4 +59,19 @@ public class FakeTestDevicePlugin1 implements DevicePlugin {
   public void onDevicesReleased(Set<Device> allocatedDevices) {
 
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public Set<Device> allocateDevices(Set<Device> availableDevices,
+      int count) {
+    Set<Device> allocated = new TreeSet<Device>();
+    int number = 0;
+    for (Device d : availableDevices) {
+      allocated.add(d);
+      number++;
+      if (number == count) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    return allocated;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/FakeTestDevicePlugin5.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/FakeTestDevicePlugin5.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e4273c359ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/FakeTestDevicePlugin5.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.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.resourceplugin.deviceframework;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.Device;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.DevicePlugin;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.DeviceRegisterRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.DeviceRuntimeSpec;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.YarnRuntimeType;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * A normal plugin without customized scheduler.
+ */
+
+public class FakeTestDevicePlugin5 implements DevicePlugin {
+  @Override
+  public DeviceRegisterRequest getRegisterRequestInfo() throws Exception {
+    return DeviceRegisterRequest.Builder.newInstance()
+        .setResourceName("cmp.com/cmp").build();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public Set<Device> getDevices() throws Exception {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public DeviceRuntimeSpec onDevicesAllocated(Set<Device> allocatedDevices,
+      YarnRuntimeType yarnRuntime) throws Exception {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+
+  @Override
+  public void onDevicesReleased(Set<Device> releasedDevices) throws Exception {
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/TestDevicePluginAdapter.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/TestDevicePluginAdapter.java
index 2534a0ad950..bd5128d27bc 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/TestDevicePluginAdapter.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/containermanager/resourceplugin/deviceframework/TestDevicePluginAdapter.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.Context;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.NodeManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.Device;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.DevicePlugin;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.DevicePluginScheduler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.DeviceRegisterRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.DeviceRuntimeSpec;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.api.deviceplugin.YarnRuntimeType;
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyInt;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.isA;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
@@ -439,6 +442,56 @@ public class TestDevicePluginAdapter {
 
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testPreferPluginScheduler() throws IOException, YarnException {
+    NodeManager.NMContext context = mock(NodeManager.NMContext.class);
+    NMStateStoreService storeService = mock(NMStateStoreService.class);
+    when(context.getNMStateStore()).thenReturn(storeService);
+    doNothing().when(storeService).storeAssignedResources(isA(Container.class),
+        isA(String.class),
+        isA(ArrayList.class));
+
+    // Init scheduler manager
+    DeviceMappingManager dmm = new DeviceMappingManager(context);
+
+    ResourcePluginManager rpm = mock(ResourcePluginManager.class);
+    when(rpm.getDeviceMappingManager()).thenReturn(dmm);
+
+    // Init an plugin
+    MyPlugin plugin = new MyPlugin();
+    MyPlugin spyPlugin = spy(plugin);
+    String resourceName = MyPlugin.RESOURCE_NAME;
+    // Add plugin to DeviceMappingManager
+    dmm.getDevicePluginSchedulers().put(MyPlugin.RESOURCE_NAME, spyPlugin);
+    // Init an adapter for the plugin
+    DevicePluginAdapter adapter = new DevicePluginAdapter(
+        resourceName,
+        spyPlugin, dmm);
+    // Bootstrap, adding device
+    adapter.initialize(context);
+    adapter.createResourceHandler(context,
+        mockCGroupsHandler, mockPrivilegedExecutor);
+    adapter.getDeviceResourceHandler().bootstrap(conf);
+    int size = dmm.getAvailableDevices(resourceName);
+    Assert.assertEquals(3, size);
+
+    // A container c1 requests 1 device
+    Container c1 = mockContainerWithDeviceRequest(0,
+        resourceName,
+        1, false);
+    // preStart
+    adapter.getDeviceResourceHandler().preStart(c1);
+    // Use customized scheduler
+    verify(spyPlugin, times(1)).allocateDevices(
+        any(TreeSet.class), anyInt());
+    Assert.assertEquals(2,
+        dmm.getAvailableDevices(resourceName));
+    Assert.assertEquals(1,
+        dmm.getAllUsedDevices().get(resourceName).size());
+    Assert.assertEquals(3,
+        dmm.getAllAllowedDevices().get(resourceName).size());
+  }
+
   private static Container mockContainerWithDeviceRequest(int id,
       String resourceName,
       int numDeviceRequest,
@@ -469,7 +522,7 @@ public class TestDevicePluginAdapter {
         .newInstance(ApplicationId.newInstance(1234L, 1), 1), id);
   }
 
-  private class MyPlugin implements DevicePlugin {
+  private class MyPlugin implements DevicePlugin, DevicePluginScheduler {
     private final static String RESOURCE_NAME = "cmpA.com/hdwA";
     @Override
     public DeviceRegisterRequest getRegisterRequestInfo() {
@@ -518,6 +571,21 @@ public class TestDevicePluginAdapter {
     public void onDevicesReleased(Set<Device> releasedDevices) {
 
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<Device> allocateDevices(Set<Device> availableDevices,
+        int count) {
+      Set<Device> allocated = new TreeSet<>();
+      int number = 0;
+      for (Device d : availableDevices) {
+        allocated.add(d);
+        number++;
+        if (number == count) {
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      return allocated;
+    }
   } // MyPlugin
 
 }