diff --git a/env/env_test.cc b/env/env_test.cc
index 30d5b52821..a2b6db5c47 100644
--- a/env/env_test.cc
+++ b/env/env_test.cc
@@ -1105,6 +1105,59 @@ TEST_P(EnvPosixTestWithParam, RandomAccessUniqueIDDeletes) {
   }
 }
 
+TEST_P(EnvPosixTestWithParam, MultiRead) {
+  EnvOptions soptions;
+  soptions.use_direct_reads = soptions.use_direct_writes = direct_io_;
+  std::string fname = test::PerThreadDBPath(env_, "testfile");
+
+  const size_t kSectorSize = 4096;
+  const size_t kNumSectors = 8;
+
+  // Create file.
+  {
+    std::unique_ptr<WritableFile> wfile;
+#if !defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_WIN) && !defined(OS_SOLARIS) && !defined(OS_AIX)
+    if (soptions.use_direct_writes) {
+      soptions.use_direct_writes = false;
+    }
+#endif
+    ASSERT_OK(env_->NewWritableFile(fname, &wfile, soptions));
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < kNumSectors; ++i) {
+      auto data = NewAligned(kSectorSize * 8, static_cast<const char>(i + 1));
+      Slice slice(data.get(), kSectorSize);
+      ASSERT_OK(wfile->Append(slice));
+    }
+    ASSERT_OK(wfile->Close());
+  }
+
+  // Random Read
+  {
+    std::unique_ptr<RandomAccessFile> file;
+    std::vector<ReadRequest> reqs(3);
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<char, Deleter>> data;
+    uint64_t offset = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < reqs.size(); ++i) {
+      reqs[i].offset = offset;
+      offset += 2 * kSectorSize;
+      reqs[i].len = kSectorSize;
+      data.emplace_back(NewAligned(kSectorSize, 0));
+      reqs[i].scratch = data.back().get();
+    }
+#if !defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_WIN) && !defined(OS_SOLARIS) && !defined(OS_AIX)
+    if (soptions.use_direct_reads) {
+      soptions.use_direct_reads = false;
+    }
+#endif
+    ASSERT_OK(env_->NewRandomAccessFile(fname, &file, soptions));
+    ASSERT_OK(file->MultiRead(reqs.data(), reqs.size()));
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < reqs.size(); ++i) {
+      auto buf = NewAligned(kSectorSize * 8, static_cast<const char>(i*2 + 1));
+      ASSERT_OK(reqs[i].status);
+      ASSERT_EQ(memcmp(reqs[i].scratch, buf.get(), kSectorSize), 0);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 // Only works in linux platforms
 #ifdef OS_WIN
 TEST_P(EnvPosixTestWithParam, DISABLED_InvalidateCache) {
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/env.h b/include/rocksdb/env.h
index a8fe2fb78e..0a055cea0b 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/env.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/env.h
@@ -583,6 +583,26 @@ class SequentialFile {
   // SequentialFileWrapper too.
 };
 
+// A read IO request structure for use in MultiRead
+struct ReadRequest {
+  // File offset in bytes
+  uint64_t offset;
+
+  // Length to read in bytes
+  size_t len;
+
+  // A buffer that MultiRead()  can optionally place data in. It can
+  // ignore this and allocate its own buffer
+  char* scratch;
+
+  // Output parameter set by MultiRead() to point to the data buffer, and
+  // the number of valid bytes
+  Slice result;
+
+  // Status of read
+  Status status;
+};
+
 // A file abstraction for randomly reading the contents of a file.
 class RandomAccessFile {
  public:
@@ -607,6 +627,22 @@ class RandomAccessFile {
     return Status::OK();
   }
 
+  // Read a bunch of blocks as described by reqs. The blocks can
+  // optionally be read in parallel. This is a synchronous call, i.e it
+  // should return after all reads have completed. The reads will be
+  // non-overlapping. If the function return Status is not ok, status of
+  // individual requests will be ignored and return status will be assumed
+  // for all read requests. The function return status is only meant for any
+  // any errors that occur before even processing specific read requests
+  virtual Status MultiRead(ReadRequest* reqs, size_t num_reqs) {
+    assert(reqs != nullptr);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < num_reqs; ++i) {
+      ReadRequest& req = reqs[i];
+      req.status = Read(req.offset, req.len, &req.result, req.scratch);
+    }
+    return Status::OK();
+  }
+
   // Tries to get an unique ID for this file that will be the same each time
   // the file is opened (and will stay the same while the file is open).
   // Furthermore, it tries to make this ID at most "max_size" bytes. If such an
@@ -1357,6 +1393,9 @@ class RandomAccessFileWrapper : public RandomAccessFile {
               char* scratch) const override {
     return target_->Read(offset, n, result, scratch);
   }
+  Status MultiRead(ReadRequest* reqs, size_t num_reqs) override {
+    return target_->MultiRead(reqs, num_reqs);
+  }
   Status Prefetch(uint64_t offset, size_t n) override {
     return target_->Prefetch(offset, n);
   }