diff --git a/include/spdk/nvme.h b/include/spdk/nvme.h
index d020d5ec2..339ffd7fa 100644
--- a/include/spdk/nvme.h
+++ b/include/spdk/nvme.h
@@ -1208,6 +1208,34 @@ int spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_writev(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpa
 			    spdk_nvme_req_reset_sgl_cb reset_sgl_fn,
 			    spdk_nvme_req_next_sge_cb next_sge_fn);
 
+/**
+ * \brief Submits a write I/O to the specified NVMe namespace.
+ *
+ * \param ns NVMe namespace to submit the write I/O
+ * \param qpair I/O queue pair to submit the request
+ * \param lba starting LBA to write the data
+ * \param lba_count length (in sectors) for the write 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 in nvme_spec.h, for this I/O
+ * \param reset_sgl_fn callback function to reset scattered payload
+ * \param next_sge_fn callback function to iterate each scattered
+ * payload memory segment
+ * \param metadata virtual address pointer to the metadata payload, the length
+ *	           of metadata is specified by spdk_nvme_ns_get_md_size()
+ *
+ * \return 0 if successfully submitted, ENOMEM if an nvme_request
+ *	     structure cannot be allocated for the I/O request
+ *
+ * The command is submitted to a qpair allocated by spdk_nvme_ctrlr_alloc_io_qpair().
+ * The user must ensure that only one thread submits I/O on a given qpair at any given time.
+ */
+int spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_writev_with_md(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
+				    uint64_t lba, uint32_t lba_count,
+				    spdk_nvme_cmd_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg, uint32_t io_flags,
+				    spdk_nvme_req_reset_sgl_cb reset_sgl_fn,
+				    spdk_nvme_req_next_sge_cb next_sge_fn, void *metadata);
+
 /**
  * \brief Submits a write I/O to the specified NVMe namespace.
  *
@@ -1308,6 +1336,34 @@ int spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_readv(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpai
 			   spdk_nvme_req_reset_sgl_cb reset_sgl_fn,
 			   spdk_nvme_req_next_sge_cb next_sge_fn);
 
+/**
+ * \brief Submits a read I/O to the specified NVMe namespace.
+ *
+ * \param ns NVMe namespace to submit the read I/O
+ * \param qpair I/O queue pair to submit the request
+ * \param lba starting LBA to read the data
+ * \param lba_count length (in sectors) for the read 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 in nvme_spec.h, for this I/O
+ * \param reset_sgl_fn callback function to reset scattered payload
+ * \param next_sge_fn callback function to iterate each scattered
+ * payload memory segment
+ * \param metadata virtual address pointer to the metadata payload, the length
+ *	           of metadata is specified by spdk_nvme_ns_get_md_size()
+ *
+ * \return 0 if successfully submitted, ENOMEM if an nvme_request
+ *	     structure cannot be allocated for the I/O request
+ *
+ * The command is submitted to a qpair allocated by spdk_nvme_ctrlr_alloc_io_qpair().
+ * The user must ensure that only one thread submits I/O on a given qpair at any given time.
+ */
+int spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_readv_with_md(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
+				   uint64_t lba, uint32_t lba_count,
+				   spdk_nvme_cmd_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg, uint32_t io_flags,
+				   spdk_nvme_req_reset_sgl_cb reset_sgl_fn,
+				   spdk_nvme_req_next_sge_cb next_sge_fn, void *metadata);
+
 /**
  * \brief Submits a read I/O to the specified NVMe namespace.
  *
diff --git a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
index 0778a3872..4ef62a874 100644
--- a/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
+++ b/lib/nvme/nvme_ns_cmd.c
@@ -669,6 +669,36 @@ spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_readv(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
 	}
 }
 
+int
+spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_readv_with_md(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
+			       uint64_t lba, uint32_t lba_count,
+			       spdk_nvme_cmd_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg, uint32_t io_flags,
+			       spdk_nvme_req_reset_sgl_cb reset_sgl_fn,
+			       spdk_nvme_req_next_sge_cb next_sge_fn, void *metadata)
+{
+	struct nvme_request *req;
+	struct nvme_payload payload;
+
+	if (reset_sgl_fn == NULL || next_sge_fn == NULL) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	payload = NVME_PAYLOAD_SGL(reset_sgl_fn, next_sge_fn, cb_arg, metadata);
+
+	req = _nvme_ns_cmd_rw(ns, qpair, &payload, 0, 0, lba, lba_count, cb_fn, cb_arg, SPDK_NVME_OPC_READ,
+			      io_flags, 0, 0, true);
+	if (req != NULL) {
+		return nvme_qpair_submit_request(qpair, req);
+	} else if (spdk_nvme_ns_check_request_length(lba_count,
+			ns->sectors_per_max_io,
+			ns->sectors_per_stripe,
+			qpair->ctrlr->opts.io_queue_requests)) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	} else {
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+}
+
 int
 spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_write(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
 		       void *buffer, uint64_t lba,
@@ -749,6 +779,36 @@ spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_writev(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
 	}
 }
 
+int
+spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_writev_with_md(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
+				uint64_t lba, uint32_t lba_count,
+				spdk_nvme_cmd_cb cb_fn, void *cb_arg, uint32_t io_flags,
+				spdk_nvme_req_reset_sgl_cb reset_sgl_fn,
+				spdk_nvme_req_next_sge_cb next_sge_fn, void *metadata)
+{
+	struct nvme_request *req;
+	struct nvme_payload payload;
+
+	if (reset_sgl_fn == NULL || next_sge_fn == NULL) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	payload = NVME_PAYLOAD_SGL(reset_sgl_fn, next_sge_fn, cb_arg, metadata);
+
+	req = _nvme_ns_cmd_rw(ns, qpair, &payload, 0, 0, lba, lba_count, cb_fn, cb_arg, SPDK_NVME_OPC_WRITE,
+			      io_flags, 0, 0, true);
+	if (req != NULL) {
+		return nvme_qpair_submit_request(qpair, req);
+	} else if (spdk_nvme_ns_check_request_length(lba_count,
+			ns->sectors_per_max_io,
+			ns->sectors_per_stripe,
+			qpair->ctrlr->opts.io_queue_requests)) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	} else {
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+}
+
 int
 spdk_nvme_ns_cmd_write_zeroes(struct spdk_nvme_ns *ns, struct spdk_nvme_qpair *qpair,
 			      uint64_t lba, uint32_t lba_count,