diff --git a/include/spdk/nvme.h b/include/spdk/nvme.h
index 33dc54766..64cec00d8 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvme.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvme.h
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ enum nvme_namespace_flags {
 	NVME_NS_DEALLOCATE_SUPPORTED	= 0x1, /**< The deallocate command is supported */
 	NVME_NS_FLUSH_SUPPORTED		= 0x2, /**< The flush command is supported */
 	NVME_NS_RESERVATION_SUPPORTED	= 0x4, /**< The reservation command is supported */
+	NVME_NS_WRITE_ZEROES_SUPPORTED	= 0x8, /**< The write zeroes command is supported */
 };
 
 /**
@@ -440,6 +441,27 @@ int nvme_ns_cmd_writev(struct nvme_namespace *ns, uint64_t lba, uint32_t lba_cou
 		       nvme_req_reset_sgl_fn_t reset_sgl_fn,
 		       nvme_req_next_sge_fn_t next_sge_fn);
 
+/**
+ * \brief Submits a write zeroes I/O to the specified NVMe namespace.
+ *
+ * \param ns NVMe namespace to submit the write zeroes I/O
+ * \param lba starting LBA for this command
+ * \param lba_count length (in sectors) for the write zero operation
+ * \param cb_fn callback function to invoke when the I/O is completed
+ * \param cb_arg argument to pass to the callback function
+ * \param io_flags set flags, defined by the NVME_IO_FLAGS_* entries
+ * 			in spdk/nvme_spec.h, for this I/O.
+ *
+ * \return 0 if successfully submitted, ENOMEM if an nvme_request
+ *	     structure cannot be allocated for the I/O request
+ *
+ * This function is thread safe and can be called at any point after
+ * nvme_register_io_thread().
+ */
+int nvme_ns_cmd_write_zeroes(struct nvme_namespace *ns, uint64_t lba,
+			     uint32_t lba_count, nvme_cb_fn_t cb_fn, void *cb_arg,
+			     uint32_t io_flags);
+
 /**
  * \brief Submits a read I/O to the specified NVMe namespace.
  *
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns.c
index 6e2ff9083..e2e6b640d 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns.c
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ nvme_ns_construct(struct nvme_namespace *ns, uint16_t id,
 		ns->flags |= NVME_NS_FLUSH_SUPPORTED;
 	}
 
+	if (ctrlr->cdata.oncs.write_zeroes) {
+		ns->flags |= NVME_NS_WRITE_ZEROES_SUPPORTED;
+	}
+
 	if (nsdata->nsrescap.raw) {
 		ns->flags |= NVME_NS_RESERVATION_SUPPORTED;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
index 0ca5f60b1..f0c00c234 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
@@ -258,6 +258,38 @@ nvme_ns_cmd_writev(struct nvme_namespace *ns, uint64_t lba, uint32_t lba_count,
 	}
 }
 
+int
+nvme_ns_cmd_write_zeroes(struct nvme_namespace *ns, uint64_t lba,
+			 uint32_t lba_count, nvme_cb_fn_t cb_fn, void *cb_arg,
+			 uint32_t io_flags)
+{
+	struct nvme_request	*req;
+	struct nvme_command	*cmd;
+	uint64_t		*tmp_lba;
+
+	if (lba_count == 0) {
+		return EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	req = nvme_allocate_request_null(cb_fn, cb_arg);
+	if (req == NULL) {
+		return ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	cmd = &req->cmd;
+	cmd->opc = NVME_OPC_WRITE_ZEROES;
+	cmd->nsid = ns->id;
+
+	tmp_lba = (uint64_t *)&cmd->cdw10;
+	*tmp_lba = lba;
+	cmd->cdw12 = lba_count - 1;
+	cmd->cdw12 |= io_flags;
+
+	nvme_ctrlr_submit_io_request(ns->ctrlr, req);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int
 nvme_ns_cmd_deallocate(struct nvme_namespace *ns, void *payload,
 		       uint16_t num_ranges, nvme_cb_fn_t cb_fn, void *cb_arg)
diff --git a/test/lib/nvme/unit/nvme_ns_cmd_c/nvme_ns_cmd_ut.c b/test/lib/nvme/unit/nvme_ns_cmd_c/nvme_ns_cmd_ut.c
index 7a72dc0f5..53c3fd3f7 100644
--- a/test/lib/nvme/unit/nvme_ns_cmd_c/nvme_ns_cmd_ut.c
+++ b/test/lib/nvme/unit/nvme_ns_cmd_c/nvme_ns_cmd_ut.c
@@ -331,6 +331,28 @@ test_nvme_ns_cmd_flush(void)
 	nvme_free_request(g_request);
 }
 
+static void
+test_nvme_ns_cmd_write_zeroes(void)
+{
+	struct nvme_namespace	ns = { 0 };
+	struct nvme_controller	ctrlr = { 0 };
+	nvme_cb_fn_t		cb_fn = NULL;
+	void			*cb_arg = NULL;
+	uint64_t		cmd_lba;
+	uint32_t		cmd_lba_count;
+
+	prepare_for_test(&ns, &ctrlr, 512, 128 * 1024, 0);
+
+	nvme_ns_cmd_write_zeroes(&ns, 0, 2, cb_fn, cb_arg, 0);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_request->cmd.opc == NVME_OPC_WRITE_ZEROES);
+	CU_ASSERT(g_request->cmd.nsid == ns.id);
+	nvme_cmd_interpret_rw(&g_request->cmd, &cmd_lba, &cmd_lba_count);
+	CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(cmd_lba, 0);
+	CU_ASSERT_EQUAL(cmd_lba_count, 2);
+
+	nvme_free_request(g_request);
+}
+
 static void
 test_nvme_ns_cmd_deallocate(void)
 {
@@ -426,6 +448,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		|| CU_add_test(suite, "nvme_ns_cmd_flush testing", test_nvme_ns_cmd_flush) == NULL
 		|| CU_add_test(suite, "nvme_ns_cmd_deallocate testing", test_nvme_ns_cmd_deallocate) == NULL
 		|| CU_add_test(suite, "io_flags", test_io_flags) == NULL
+		|| CU_add_test(suite, "nvme_ns_cmd_write_zeroes testing", test_nvme_ns_cmd_write_zeroes) == NULL
 	) {
 		CU_cleanup_registry();
 		return CU_get_error();