diff --git a/include/spdk/blob.h b/include/spdk/blob.h
index 2d1e93766..d863e3a77 100644
--- a/include/spdk/blob.h
+++ b/include/spdk/blob.h
@@ -206,7 +206,18 @@ uint64_t spdk_blob_get_num_pages(struct spdk_blob *blob);
 /* Return the number of clusters allocated to the blob */
 uint64_t spdk_blob_get_num_clusters(struct spdk_blob *blob);
 
-/* Create a new blob with initial size of 'sz' clusters. */
+struct spdk_blob_opts {
+	uint64_t  num_clusters;
+};
+
+/* Initialize an spdk_blob_opts structure to the default blob option values. */
+void spdk_blob_opts_init(struct spdk_blob_opts *opts);
+
+/* Create a new blob with options. */
+void spdk_bs_create_blob_ext(struct spdk_blob_store *bs, const struct spdk_blob_opts *opts,
+			     spdk_blob_op_with_id_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg);
+
+/* Create a new blob. */
 void spdk_bs_create_blob(struct spdk_blob_store *bs,
 			 spdk_blob_op_with_id_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg);
 
diff --git a/lib/blob/blobstore.c b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
index 053d27515..27843e081 100644
--- a/lib/blob/blobstore.c
+++ b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ _spdk_bs_release_cluster(struct spdk_blob_store *bs, uint32_t cluster_num)
 	bs->num_free_clusters++;
 }
 
+void
+spdk_blob_opts_init(struct spdk_blob_opts *opts)
+{
+	opts->num_clusters = 0;
+}
+
 static struct spdk_blob_data *
 _spdk_blob_alloc(struct spdk_blob_store *bs, spdk_blob_id id)
 {
@@ -2570,12 +2576,13 @@ _spdk_bs_create_blob_cpl(spdk_bs_sequence_t *seq, void *cb_arg, int bserrno)
 	spdk_bs_sequence_finish(seq, bserrno);
 }
 
-void spdk_bs_create_blob(struct spdk_blob_store *bs,
-			 spdk_blob_op_with_id_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
+void spdk_bs_create_blob_ext(struct spdk_blob_store *bs, const struct spdk_blob_opts *opts,
+			     spdk_blob_op_with_id_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
 {
 	struct spdk_blob_data	*blob;
 	uint32_t		page_idx;
 	struct spdk_bs_cpl 	cpl;
+	struct spdk_blob_opts	opts_default;
 	spdk_bs_sequence_t	*seq;
 	spdk_blob_id		id;
 
@@ -2596,6 +2603,12 @@ void spdk_bs_create_blob(struct spdk_blob_store *bs,
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (!opts) {
+		spdk_blob_opts_init(&opts_default);
+		opts = &opts_default;
+	}
+
+	spdk_blob_resize(__data_to_blob(blob), opts->num_clusters);
 	cpl.type = SPDK_BS_CPL_TYPE_BLOBID;
 	cpl.u.blobid.cb_fn = cb_fn;
 	cpl.u.blobid.cb_arg = cb_arg;
@@ -2611,6 +2624,12 @@ void spdk_bs_create_blob(struct spdk_blob_store *bs,
 	_spdk_blob_persist(seq, blob, _spdk_bs_create_blob_cpl, blob);
 }
 
+void spdk_bs_create_blob(struct spdk_blob_store *bs,
+			 spdk_blob_op_with_id_complete cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
+{
+	spdk_bs_create_blob_ext(bs, NULL, cb_fn, cb_arg);
+}
+
 /* END spdk_bs_create_blob */
 
 /* START spdk_blob_resize */
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/blob/blob.c/blob_ut.c b/test/unit/lib/blob/blob.c/blob_ut.c
index be2292de5..573117a2d 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/blob/blob.c/blob_ut.c
+++ b/test/unit/lib/blob/blob.c/blob_ut.c
@@ -265,6 +265,80 @@ blob_open(void)
 	g_bs = NULL;
 }
 
+static void
+blob_create(void)
+{
+	struct spdk_blob_store *bs;
+	struct spdk_bs_dev *dev;
+	struct spdk_blob *blob;
+	struct spdk_blob_opts opts;
+	spdk_blob_id blobid;
+
+	dev = init_dev();
+
+	spdk_bs_init(dev, NULL, bs_op_with_handle_complete, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_bserrno == 0);
+	SPDK_CU_ASSERT_FATAL(g_bs != NULL);
+	bs = g_bs;
+
+	/* Create blob with 10 clusters */
+
+	spdk_blob_opts_init(&opts);
+	opts.num_clusters = 10;
+
+	spdk_bs_create_blob_ext(bs, &opts, blob_op_with_id_complete, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_bserrno == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_blobid != SPDK_BLOBID_INVALID);
+	blobid = g_blobid;
+
+	spdk_bs_open_blob(bs, blobid, blob_op_with_handle_complete, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_bserrno == 0);
+	SPDK_CU_ASSERT_FATAL(g_blob != NULL);
+	blob = g_blob;
+	CU_ASSERT(spdk_blob_get_num_clusters(blob) == 10)
+
+	spdk_blob_close(blob, blob_op_complete, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_bserrno == 0);
+
+	/* Create blob with 0 clusters */
+
+	spdk_blob_opts_init(&opts);
+	opts.num_clusters = 0;
+
+	spdk_bs_create_blob_ext(bs, &opts, blob_op_with_id_complete, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_bserrno == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_blobid != SPDK_BLOBID_INVALID);
+	blobid = g_blobid;
+
+	spdk_bs_open_blob(bs, blobid, blob_op_with_handle_complete, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_bserrno == 0);
+	SPDK_CU_ASSERT_FATAL(g_blob != NULL);
+	blob = g_blob;
+	CU_ASSERT(spdk_blob_get_num_clusters(blob) == 0)
+
+	spdk_blob_close(blob, blob_op_complete, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_bserrno == 0);
+
+	/* Create blob with default options (opts == NULL) */
+
+	spdk_bs_create_blob_ext(bs, NULL, blob_op_with_id_complete, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_bserrno == 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_blobid != SPDK_BLOBID_INVALID);
+	blobid = g_blobid;
+
+	spdk_bs_open_blob(bs, blobid, blob_op_with_handle_complete, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_bserrno == 0);
+	SPDK_CU_ASSERT_FATAL(g_blob != NULL);
+	blob = g_blob;
+	CU_ASSERT(spdk_blob_get_num_clusters(blob) == 0)
+
+	spdk_blob_close(blob, blob_op_complete, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_bserrno == 0);
+
+	spdk_bs_unload(g_bs, bs_op_complete, NULL);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_bserrno == 0);
+	g_bs = NULL;
+}
 static void
 blob_delete(void)
 {
@@ -2173,6 +2247,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (
 		CU_add_test(suite, "blob_init", blob_init) == NULL ||
 		CU_add_test(suite, "blob_open", blob_open) == NULL ||
+		CU_add_test(suite, "blob_create", blob_create) == NULL ||
 		CU_add_test(suite, "blob_delete", blob_delete) == NULL ||
 		CU_add_test(suite, "blob_resize", blob_resize) == NULL ||
 		CU_add_test(suite, "channel_ops", channel_ops) == NULL ||