diff --git a/include/spdk/copy_engine.h b/include/spdk/copy_engine.h
index a80cb0038..97e001b7c 100644
--- a/include/spdk/copy_engine.h
+++ b/include/spdk/copy_engine.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ struct copy_task {
 struct spdk_copy_engine {
 	int64_t	(*copy)(void *cb_arg, void *dst, void *src,
 			uint64_t nbytes, copy_completion_cb cb);
+	int64_t	(*fill)(void *cb_arg, void *dst, uint8_t fill,
+			uint64_t nbytes, copy_completion_cb cb);
 	void	(*check_io)(void);
 };
 
@@ -84,6 +86,8 @@ struct spdk_copy_module_if {
 void spdk_copy_engine_register(struct spdk_copy_engine *copy_engine);
 int64_t spdk_copy_submit(struct copy_task *copy_req, void *dst, void *src,
 			 uint64_t nbytes, copy_completion_cb cb);
+int64_t spdk_copy_submit_fill(struct copy_task *copy_req, void *dst, uint8_t fill,
+			      uint64_t nbytes, copy_completion_cb cb);
 int spdk_copy_check_io(void);
 int spdk_copy_module_get_max_ctx_size(void);
 void spdk_copy_module_list_add(struct spdk_copy_module_if *copy_module);
diff --git a/lib/copy/copy_engine.c b/lib/copy/copy_engine.c
index f317cd71e..7ae86d54e 100644
--- a/lib/copy/copy_engine.c
+++ b/lib/copy/copy_engine.c
@@ -113,6 +113,23 @@ spdk_copy_submit(struct copy_task *copy_req, void *dst, void *src,
 				     copy_engine_done);
 }
 
+int64_t
+spdk_copy_submit_fill(struct copy_task *copy_req, void *dst, uint8_t fill,
+		      uint64_t nbytes, copy_completion_cb cb)
+{
+	struct copy_task *req = copy_req;
+
+	req->cb = cb;
+
+	if (hw_copy_engine && hw_copy_engine->fill) {
+		return hw_copy_engine->fill(req->offload_ctx, dst, fill, nbytes,
+					    copy_engine_done);
+	}
+
+	return mem_copy_engine->fill(req->offload_ctx, dst, fill, nbytes,
+				     copy_engine_done);
+}
+
 /* memcpy default copy engine */
 static void
 mem_copy_check_io(void)
@@ -150,8 +167,25 @@ mem_copy_submit(void *cb_arg, void *dst, void *src, uint64_t nbytes,
 	return nbytes;
 }
 
+static int64_t
+mem_copy_fill(void *cb_arg, void *dst, uint8_t fill, uint64_t nbytes,
+	      copy_completion_cb cb)
+{
+	struct mem_request **req_head = &copy_engine_req_head[rte_lcore_id()];
+	struct mem_request *req = (struct mem_request *)cb_arg;
+
+	req->next = *req_head;
+	*req_head = req;
+	req->cb = cb;
+
+	memset(dst, fill, nbytes);
+
+	return nbytes;
+}
+
 static struct spdk_copy_engine memcpy_copy_engine = {
 	.copy		= mem_copy_submit,
+	.fill		= mem_copy_fill,
 	.check_io	= mem_copy_check_io,
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/copy/ioat/copy_engine_ioat.c b/lib/copy/ioat/copy_engine_ioat.c
index 7e57e6df0..34bfbb4ea 100644
--- a/lib/copy/ioat/copy_engine_ioat.c
+++ b/lib/copy/ioat/copy_engine_ioat.c
@@ -142,6 +142,22 @@ ioat_copy_submit(void *cb_arg, void *dst, void *src, uint64_t nbytes,
 	return spdk_ioat_submit_copy(chan, ioat_task, ioat_done, dst, src, nbytes);
 }
 
+static int64_t
+ioat_copy_submit_fill(void *cb_arg, void *dst, uint8_t fill, uint64_t nbytes,
+		      copy_completion_cb cb)
+{
+	struct ioat_task *ioat_task = (struct ioat_task *)cb_arg;
+	struct spdk_ioat_chan *chan = g_ioat_chan[rte_lcore_id()];
+	uint64_t fill64 = 0x0101010101010101ULL * fill;
+
+	RTE_VERIFY(chan != NULL);
+
+	ioat_task->cb = cb;
+
+	return spdk_ioat_submit_fill(chan, ioat_task, ioat_done, dst, fill64, nbytes);
+}
+
+
 static void
 ioat_check_io(void)
 {
@@ -153,6 +169,7 @@ ioat_check_io(void)
 
 static struct spdk_copy_engine ioat_copy_engine = {
 	.copy		= ioat_copy_submit,
+	.fill		= ioat_copy_submit_fill,
 	.check_io	= ioat_check_io,
 };