diff --git a/db/log_format.h b/db/log_format.h
index d397372f4..a976b3f9e 100644
--- a/db/log_format.h
+++ b/db/log_format.h
@@ -35,17 +35,21 @@ enum RecordType {
 
   // Compression Type
   kSetCompressionType = 9,
+
+  // User-defined timestamp sizes
+  kUserDefinedTimestampSizeType = 10,
+  kRecyclableUserDefinedTimestampSizeType = 11,
 };
-static const int kMaxRecordType = kSetCompressionType;
+constexpr int kMaxRecordType = kRecyclableUserDefinedTimestampSizeType;
 
-static const unsigned int kBlockSize = 32768;
+constexpr unsigned int kBlockSize = 32768;
 
 // Header is checksum (4 bytes), length (2 bytes), type (1 byte)
-static const int kHeaderSize = 4 + 2 + 1;
+constexpr int kHeaderSize = 4 + 2 + 1;
 
 // Recyclable header is checksum (4 bytes), length (2 bytes), type (1 byte),
 // log number (4 bytes).
-static const int kRecyclableHeaderSize = 4 + 2 + 1 + 4;
+constexpr int kRecyclableHeaderSize = 4 + 2 + 1 + 4;
 
 }  // namespace log
 }  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/db/log_reader.cc b/db/log_reader.cc
index 575a7d758..5ec262dcd 100644
--- a/db/log_reader.cc
+++ b/db/log_reader.cc
@@ -164,6 +164,54 @@ bool Reader::ReadRecord(Slice* record, std::string* scratch,
         }
         break;
 
+      case kSetCompressionType: {
+        if (compression_type_record_read_) {
+          ReportCorruption(fragment.size(),
+                           "read multiple SetCompressionType records");
+        }
+        if (first_record_read_) {
+          ReportCorruption(fragment.size(),
+                           "SetCompressionType not the first record");
+        }
+        prospective_record_offset = physical_record_offset;
+        scratch->clear();
+        last_record_offset_ = prospective_record_offset;
+        CompressionTypeRecord compression_record(kNoCompression);
+        Status s = compression_record.DecodeFrom(&fragment);
+        if (!s.ok()) {
+          ReportCorruption(fragment.size(),
+                           "could not decode SetCompressionType record");
+        } else {
+          InitCompression(compression_record);
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+      case kUserDefinedTimestampSizeType:
+      case kRecyclableUserDefinedTimestampSizeType: {
+        if (in_fragmented_record && !scratch->empty()) {
+          ReportCorruption(
+              scratch->size(),
+              "user-defined timestamp size record interspersed partial record");
+        }
+        prospective_record_offset = physical_record_offset;
+        scratch->clear();
+        last_record_offset_ = prospective_record_offset;
+        UserDefinedTimestampSizeRecord ts_record;
+        Status s = ts_record.DecodeFrom(&fragment);
+        if (!s.ok()) {
+          ReportCorruption(
+              fragment.size(),
+              "could not decode user-defined timestamp size record");
+        } else {
+          s = UpdateRecordedTimestampSize(
+              ts_record.GetUserDefinedTimestampSize());
+          if (!s.ok()) {
+            ReportCorruption(fragment.size(), s.getState());
+          }
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+
       case kBadHeader:
         if (wal_recovery_mode == WALRecoveryMode::kAbsoluteConsistency ||
             wal_recovery_mode == WALRecoveryMode::kPointInTimeRecovery) {
@@ -257,29 +305,6 @@ bool Reader::ReadRecord(Slice* record, std::string* scratch,
         }
         break;
 
-      case kSetCompressionType: {
-        if (compression_type_record_read_) {
-          ReportCorruption(fragment.size(),
-                           "read multiple SetCompressionType records");
-        }
-        if (first_record_read_) {
-          ReportCorruption(fragment.size(),
-                           "SetCompressionType not the first record");
-        }
-        prospective_record_offset = physical_record_offset;
-        scratch->clear();
-        last_record_offset_ = prospective_record_offset;
-        CompressionTypeRecord compression_record(kNoCompression);
-        Status s = compression_record.DecodeFrom(&fragment);
-        if (!s.ok()) {
-          ReportCorruption(fragment.size(),
-                           "could not decode SetCompressionType record");
-        } else {
-          InitCompression(compression_record);
-        }
-        break;
-      }
-
       default: {
         char buf[40];
         snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "unknown record type %u", record_type);
@@ -444,7 +469,8 @@ unsigned int Reader::ReadPhysicalRecord(Slice* result, size_t* drop_size,
     const unsigned int type = header[6];
     const uint32_t length = a | (b << 8);
     int header_size = kHeaderSize;
-    if (type >= kRecyclableFullType && type <= kRecyclableLastType) {
+    if ((type >= kRecyclableFullType && type <= kRecyclableLastType) ||
+        type == kRecyclableUserDefinedTimestampSizeType) {
       if (end_of_buffer_offset_ - buffer_.size() == 0) {
         recycled_ = true;
       }
@@ -500,7 +526,9 @@ unsigned int Reader::ReadPhysicalRecord(Slice* result, size_t* drop_size,
 
     buffer_.remove_prefix(header_size + length);
 
-    if (!uncompress_ || type == kSetCompressionType) {
+    if (!uncompress_ || type == kSetCompressionType ||
+        type == kUserDefinedTimestampSizeType ||
+        type == kRecyclableUserDefinedTimestampSizeType) {
       *result = Slice(header + header_size, length);
       return type;
     } else {
@@ -567,6 +595,26 @@ void Reader::InitCompression(const CompressionTypeRecord& compression_record) {
   assert(uncompressed_buffer_);
 }
 
+Status Reader::UpdateRecordedTimestampSize(
+    const std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, size_t>>& cf_to_ts_sz) {
+  for (const auto& [cf, ts_sz] : cf_to_ts_sz) {
+    // Zero user-defined timestamp size are not recorded.
+    if (ts_sz == 0) {
+      return Status::Corruption(
+          "User-defined timestamp size record contains zero timestamp size.");
+    }
+    // The user-defined timestamp size record for a column family should not be
+    // updated in the same log file.
+    if (recorded_cf_to_ts_sz_.count(cf) != 0) {
+      return Status::Corruption(
+          "User-defined timestamp size record contains update to "
+          "recorded column family.");
+    }
+    recorded_cf_to_ts_sz_.insert(std::make_pair(cf, ts_sz));
+  }
+  return Status::OK();
+}
+
 bool FragmentBufferedReader::ReadRecord(Slice* record, std::string* scratch,
                                         WALRecoveryMode /*unused*/,
                                         uint64_t* /* checksum */) {
@@ -635,30 +683,6 @@ bool FragmentBufferedReader::ReadRecord(Slice* record, std::string* scratch,
         }
         break;
 
-      case kBadHeader:
-      case kBadRecord:
-      case kEof:
-      case kOldRecord:
-        if (in_fragmented_record_) {
-          ReportCorruption(fragments_.size(), "error in middle of record");
-          in_fragmented_record_ = false;
-          fragments_.clear();
-        }
-        break;
-
-      case kBadRecordChecksum:
-        if (recycled_) {
-          fragments_.clear();
-          return false;
-        }
-        ReportCorruption(drop_size, "checksum mismatch");
-        if (in_fragmented_record_) {
-          ReportCorruption(fragments_.size(), "error in middle of record");
-          in_fragmented_record_ = false;
-          fragments_.clear();
-        }
-        break;
-
       case kSetCompressionType: {
         if (compression_type_record_read_) {
           ReportCorruption(fragment.size(),
@@ -683,6 +707,57 @@ bool FragmentBufferedReader::ReadRecord(Slice* record, std::string* scratch,
         break;
       }
 
+      case kUserDefinedTimestampSizeType:
+      case kRecyclableUserDefinedTimestampSizeType: {
+        if (in_fragmented_record_ && !scratch->empty()) {
+          ReportCorruption(
+              scratch->size(),
+              "user-defined timestamp size record interspersed partial record");
+        }
+        fragments_.clear();
+        prospective_record_offset = physical_record_offset;
+        last_record_offset_ = prospective_record_offset;
+        in_fragmented_record_ = false;
+        UserDefinedTimestampSizeRecord ts_record;
+        Status s = ts_record.DecodeFrom(&fragment);
+        if (!s.ok()) {
+          ReportCorruption(
+              fragment.size(),
+              "could not decode user-defined timestamp size record");
+        } else {
+          s = UpdateRecordedTimestampSize(
+              ts_record.GetUserDefinedTimestampSize());
+          if (!s.ok()) {
+            ReportCorruption(fragment.size(), s.getState());
+          }
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+
+      case kBadHeader:
+      case kBadRecord:
+      case kEof:
+      case kOldRecord:
+        if (in_fragmented_record_) {
+          ReportCorruption(fragments_.size(), "error in middle of record");
+          in_fragmented_record_ = false;
+          fragments_.clear();
+        }
+        break;
+
+      case kBadRecordChecksum:
+        if (recycled_) {
+          fragments_.clear();
+          return false;
+        }
+        ReportCorruption(drop_size, "checksum mismatch");
+        if (in_fragmented_record_) {
+          ReportCorruption(fragments_.size(), "error in middle of record");
+          in_fragmented_record_ = false;
+          fragments_.clear();
+        }
+        break;
+
       default: {
         char buf[40];
         snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "unknown record type %u",
@@ -770,7 +845,8 @@ bool FragmentBufferedReader::TryReadFragment(
   const unsigned int type = header[6];
   const uint32_t length = a | (b << 8);
   int header_size = kHeaderSize;
-  if (type >= kRecyclableFullType && type <= kRecyclableLastType) {
+  if ((type >= kRecyclableFullType && type <= kRecyclableLastType) ||
+      type == kRecyclableUserDefinedTimestampSizeType) {
     if (end_of_buffer_offset_ - buffer_.size() == 0) {
       recycled_ = true;
     }
@@ -822,7 +898,9 @@ bool FragmentBufferedReader::TryReadFragment(
 
   buffer_.remove_prefix(header_size + length);
 
-  if (!uncompress_ || type == kSetCompressionType) {
+  if (!uncompress_ || type == kSetCompressionType ||
+      type == kUserDefinedTimestampSizeType ||
+      type == kRecyclableUserDefinedTimestampSizeType) {
     *fragment = Slice(header + header_size, length);
     *fragment_type_or_err = type;
     return true;
diff --git a/db/log_reader.h b/db/log_reader.h
index e3be1570e..b7b298e58 100644
--- a/db/log_reader.h
+++ b/db/log_reader.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 
 #include <memory>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include "db/log_format.h"
 #include "file/sequence_file_reader.h"
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/slice.h"
 #include "rocksdb/status.h"
 #include "util/compression.h"
+#include "util/udt_util.h"
 #include "util/xxhash.h"
 
 namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE {
@@ -74,6 +77,12 @@ class Reader {
                               WALRecoveryMode::kTolerateCorruptedTailRecords,
                           uint64_t* record_checksum = nullptr);
 
+  // Return the recorded user-defined timestamp size that have been read so
+  // far. This only applies to WAL logs.
+  const std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t>& GetRecordedTimestampSize() const {
+    return recorded_cf_to_ts_sz_;
+  }
+
   // Returns the physical offset of the last record returned by ReadRecord.
   //
   // Undefined before the first call to ReadRecord.
@@ -154,6 +163,10 @@ class Reader {
   // Used for stream hashing uncompressed buffer in ReadPhysicalRecord()
   XXH3_state_t* uncompress_hash_state_;
 
+  // The recorded user-defined timestamp sizes that have been read so far. This
+  // is only for WAL logs.
+  std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t> recorded_cf_to_ts_sz_;
+
   // Extend record types with the following special values
   enum {
     kEof = kMaxRecordType + 1,
@@ -190,6 +203,9 @@ class Reader {
   void ReportDrop(size_t bytes, const Status& reason);
 
   void InitCompression(const CompressionTypeRecord& compression_record);
+
+  Status UpdateRecordedTimestampSize(
+      const std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, size_t>>& cf_to_ts_sz);
 };
 
 class FragmentBufferedReader : public Reader {
diff --git a/db/log_test.cc b/db/log_test.cc
index f4d388f41..7cc4c198e 100644
--- a/db/log_test.cc
+++ b/db/log_test.cc
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ static std::string RandomSkewedString(int i, Random* rnd) {
   return BigString(NumberString(i), rnd->Skewed(17));
 }
 
-// Param type is tuple<int, bool>
+// Param type is tuple<int, bool, CompressionType>
 // get<0>(tuple): non-zero if recycling log, zero if regular log
 // get<1>(tuple): true if allow retry after read EOF, false otherwise
+// get<2>(tuple): type of compression used
 class LogTest
     : public ::testing::TestWithParam<std::tuple<int, bool, CompressionType>> {
  private:
@@ -181,20 +182,30 @@ class LogTest
 
   Slice* get_reader_contents() { return &reader_contents_; }
 
-  void Write(const std::string& msg) {
+  void Write(
+      const std::string& msg,
+      const std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t>* cf_to_ts_sz = nullptr) {
+    if (cf_to_ts_sz != nullptr && !cf_to_ts_sz->empty()) {
+      ASSERT_OK(writer_->MaybeAddUserDefinedTimestampSizeRecord(*cf_to_ts_sz));
+    }
     ASSERT_OK(writer_->AddRecord(Slice(msg)));
   }
 
   size_t WrittenBytes() const { return dest_contents().size(); }
 
-  std::string Read(const WALRecoveryMode wal_recovery_mode =
-                       WALRecoveryMode::kTolerateCorruptedTailRecords) {
+  std::string Read(
+      const WALRecoveryMode wal_recovery_mode =
+          WALRecoveryMode::kTolerateCorruptedTailRecords,
+      std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t>* cf_to_ts_sz = nullptr) {
     std::string scratch;
     Slice record;
     bool ret = false;
     uint64_t record_checksum;
     ret = reader_->ReadRecord(&record, &scratch, wal_recovery_mode,
                               &record_checksum);
+    if (cf_to_ts_sz != nullptr) {
+      *cf_to_ts_sz = reader_->GetRecordedTimestampSize();
+    }
     if (ret) {
       if (!allow_retry_read_) {
         // allow_retry_read_ means using FragmentBufferedReader which does not
@@ -257,6 +268,17 @@ class LogTest
       return "OK";
     }
   }
+
+  void CheckRecordAndTimestampSize(
+      std::string record,
+      std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t>& expected_ts_sz) {
+    std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t> recorded_ts_sz;
+    ASSERT_EQ(record,
+              Read(WALRecoveryMode::
+                       kTolerateCorruptedTailRecords /* wal_recovery_mode */,
+                   &recorded_ts_sz));
+    EXPECT_EQ(expected_ts_sz, recorded_ts_sz);
+  }
 };
 
 TEST_P(LogTest, Empty) { ASSERT_EQ("EOF", Read()); }
@@ -274,6 +296,43 @@ TEST_P(LogTest, ReadWrite) {
   ASSERT_EQ("EOF", Read());  // Make sure reads at eof work
 }
 
+TEST_P(LogTest, ReadWriteWithTimestampSize) {
+  std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t> ts_sz_one = {
+      {1, sizeof(uint64_t)},
+  };
+  Write("foo", &ts_sz_one);
+  Write("bar");
+  std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t> ts_sz_two = {{2, sizeof(char)}};
+  Write("", &ts_sz_two);
+  Write("xxxx");
+
+  CheckRecordAndTimestampSize("foo", ts_sz_one);
+  CheckRecordAndTimestampSize("bar", ts_sz_one);
+  std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t> expected_ts_sz_two;
+  // User-defined timestamp size records are accumulated and applied to
+  // subsequent records.
+  expected_ts_sz_two.insert(ts_sz_one.begin(), ts_sz_one.end());
+  expected_ts_sz_two.insert(ts_sz_two.begin(), ts_sz_two.end());
+  CheckRecordAndTimestampSize("", expected_ts_sz_two);
+  CheckRecordAndTimestampSize("xxxx", expected_ts_sz_two);
+  ASSERT_EQ("EOF", Read());
+  ASSERT_EQ("EOF", Read());  // Make sure reads at eof work
+}
+
+TEST_P(LogTest, ReadWriteWithTimestampSizeZeroTimestampIgnored) {
+  std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t> ts_sz_one = {{1, sizeof(uint64_t)}};
+  Write("foo", &ts_sz_one);
+  std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t> ts_sz_two(ts_sz_one.begin(),
+                                                 ts_sz_one.end());
+  ts_sz_two.insert(std::make_pair(2, 0));
+  Write("bar", &ts_sz_two);
+
+  CheckRecordAndTimestampSize("foo", ts_sz_one);
+  CheckRecordAndTimestampSize("bar", ts_sz_one);
+  ASSERT_EQ("EOF", Read());
+  ASSERT_EQ("EOF", Read());  // Make sure reads at eof work
+}
+
 TEST_P(LogTest, ManyBlocks) {
   for (int i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
     Write(NumberString(i));
@@ -685,6 +744,39 @@ TEST_P(LogTest, Recycle) {
   ASSERT_EQ("EOF", Read());
 }
 
+TEST_P(LogTest, RecycleWithTimestampSize) {
+  bool recyclable_log = (std::get<0>(GetParam()) != 0);
+  if (!recyclable_log) {
+    return;  // test is only valid for recycled logs
+  }
+  std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t> ts_sz_one = {
+      {1, sizeof(uint32_t)},
+  };
+  Write("foo", &ts_sz_one);
+  Write("bar");
+  Write("baz");
+  Write("bif");
+  Write("blitz");
+  while (get_reader_contents()->size() < log::kBlockSize * 2) {
+    Write("xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx");
+  }
+  std::unique_ptr<FSWritableFile> sink(
+      new test::OverwritingStringSink(get_reader_contents()));
+  std::unique_ptr<WritableFileWriter> dest_holder(new WritableFileWriter(
+      std::move(sink), "" /* don't care */, FileOptions()));
+  Writer recycle_writer(std::move(dest_holder), 123, true);
+  std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t> ts_sz_two = {
+      {2, sizeof(uint64_t)},
+  };
+  ASSERT_OK(recycle_writer.MaybeAddUserDefinedTimestampSizeRecord(ts_sz_two));
+  ASSERT_OK(recycle_writer.AddRecord(Slice("foooo")));
+  ASSERT_OK(recycle_writer.AddRecord(Slice("bar")));
+  ASSERT_GE(get_reader_contents()->size(), log::kBlockSize * 2);
+  CheckRecordAndTimestampSize("foooo", ts_sz_two);
+  CheckRecordAndTimestampSize("bar", ts_sz_two);
+  ASSERT_EQ("EOF", Read());
+}
+
 // Do NOT enable compression for this instantiation.
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(
     Log, LogTest,
@@ -940,6 +1032,35 @@ TEST_P(CompressionLogTest, ReadWrite) {
   ASSERT_EQ("EOF", Read());  // Make sure reads at eof work
 }
 
+TEST_P(CompressionLogTest, ReadWriteWithTimestampSize) {
+  CompressionType compression_type = std::get<2>(GetParam());
+  if (!StreamingCompressionTypeSupported(compression_type)) {
+    ROCKSDB_GTEST_SKIP("Test requires support for compression type");
+    return;
+  }
+  ASSERT_OK(SetupTestEnv());
+  std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t> ts_sz_one = {
+      {1, sizeof(uint64_t)},
+  };
+  Write("foo", &ts_sz_one);
+  Write("bar");
+  std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t> ts_sz_two = {{2, sizeof(char)}};
+  Write("", &ts_sz_two);
+  Write("xxxx");
+
+  CheckRecordAndTimestampSize("foo", ts_sz_one);
+  CheckRecordAndTimestampSize("bar", ts_sz_one);
+  std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t> expected_ts_sz_two;
+  // User-defined timestamp size records are accumulated and applied to
+  // subsequent records.
+  expected_ts_sz_two.insert(ts_sz_one.begin(), ts_sz_one.end());
+  expected_ts_sz_two.insert(ts_sz_two.begin(), ts_sz_two.end());
+  CheckRecordAndTimestampSize("", expected_ts_sz_two);
+  CheckRecordAndTimestampSize("xxxx", expected_ts_sz_two);
+  ASSERT_EQ("EOF", Read());
+  ASSERT_EQ("EOF", Read());  // Make sure reads at eof work
+}
+
 TEST_P(CompressionLogTest, ManyBlocks) {
   CompressionType compression_type = std::get<2>(GetParam());
   if (!StreamingCompressionTypeSupported(compression_type)) {
diff --git a/db/log_writer.cc b/db/log_writer.cc
index 56f58543e..1ddf0a26c 100644
--- a/db/log_writer.cc
+++ b/db/log_writer.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "rocksdb/io_status.h"
 #include "util/coding.h"
 #include "util/crc32c.h"
+#include "util/udt_util.h"
 
 namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE {
 namespace log {
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ IOStatus Writer::AddRecord(const Slice& slice,
   // Fragment the record if necessary and emit it.  Note that if slice
   // is empty, we still want to iterate once to emit a single
   // zero-length record
-  IOStatus s;
   bool begin = true;
   int compress_remaining = 0;
   bool compress_start = false;
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ IOStatus Writer::AddRecord(const Slice& slice,
     compress_->Reset();
     compress_start = true;
   }
+
+  IOStatus s;
   do {
     const int64_t leftover = kBlockSize - block_offset_;
     assert(leftover >= 0);
@@ -194,6 +196,33 @@ IOStatus Writer::AddCompressionTypeRecord() {
   return s;
 }
 
+IOStatus Writer::MaybeAddUserDefinedTimestampSizeRecord(
+    const std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t>& cf_to_ts_sz,
+    Env::IOPriority rate_limiter_priority) {
+  std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, size_t>> ts_sz_to_record;
+  for (const auto& [cf_id, ts_sz] : cf_to_ts_sz) {
+    if (recorded_cf_to_ts_sz_.count(cf_id) != 0) {
+      // A column family's user-defined timestamp size should not be
+      // updated while DB is running.
+      assert(recorded_cf_to_ts_sz_[cf_id] == ts_sz);
+    } else if (ts_sz != 0) {
+      ts_sz_to_record.emplace_back(cf_id, ts_sz);
+      recorded_cf_to_ts_sz_.insert(std::make_pair(cf_id, ts_sz));
+    }
+  }
+  if (ts_sz_to_record.empty()) {
+    return IOStatus::OK();
+  }
+
+  UserDefinedTimestampSizeRecord record(std::move(ts_sz_to_record));
+  std::string encoded;
+  record.EncodeTo(&encoded);
+  RecordType type = recycle_log_files_ ? kRecyclableUserDefinedTimestampSizeType
+                                       : kUserDefinedTimestampSizeType;
+  return EmitPhysicalRecord(type, encoded.data(), encoded.size(),
+                            rate_limiter_priority);
+}
+
 bool Writer::BufferIsEmpty() { return dest_->BufferIsEmpty(); }
 
 IOStatus Writer::EmitPhysicalRecord(RecordType t, const char* ptr, size_t n,
@@ -209,7 +238,8 @@ IOStatus Writer::EmitPhysicalRecord(RecordType t, const char* ptr, size_t n,
   buf[6] = static_cast<char>(t);
 
   uint32_t crc = type_crc_[t];
-  if (t < kRecyclableFullType || t == kSetCompressionType) {
+  if (t < kRecyclableFullType || t == kSetCompressionType ||
+      t == kUserDefinedTimestampSizeType) {
     // Legacy record format
     assert(block_offset_ + kHeaderSize + n <= kBlockSize);
     header_size = kHeaderSize;
diff --git a/db/log_writer.h b/db/log_writer.h
index 5d266e434..75e44d1a4 100644
--- a/db/log_writer.h
+++ b/db/log_writer.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <memory>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include "db/log_format.h"
 #include "rocksdb/compression_type.h"
@@ -87,6 +89,15 @@ class Writer {
                      Env::IOPriority rate_limiter_priority = Env::IO_TOTAL);
   IOStatus AddCompressionTypeRecord();
 
+  // If there are column families in `cf_to_ts_sz` not included in
+  // `recorded_cf_to_ts_sz_` and its user-defined timestamp size is non-zero,
+  // adds a record of type kUserDefinedTimestampSizeType or
+  // kRecyclableUserDefinedTimestampSizeType for these column families.
+  // This timestamp size record applies to all subsequent records.
+  IOStatus MaybeAddUserDefinedTimestampSizeRecord(
+      const std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t>& cf_to_ts_sz,
+      Env::IOPriority rate_limiter_priority = Env::IO_TOTAL);
+
   WritableFileWriter* file() { return dest_.get(); }
   const WritableFileWriter* file() const { return dest_.get(); }
 
@@ -122,6 +133,11 @@ class Writer {
   StreamingCompress* compress_;
   // Reusable compressed output buffer
   std::unique_ptr<char[]> compressed_buffer_;
+
+  // The recorded user-defined timestamp size that have been written so far.
+  // Since the user-defined timestamp size cannot be changed while the DB is
+  // running, existing entry in this map cannot be updated.
+  std::unordered_map<uint32_t, size_t> recorded_cf_to_ts_sz_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace log
diff --git a/util/udt_util.h b/util/udt_util.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..219a093d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/udt_util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+//  Copyright (c) 2011-present, Facebook, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+//  This source code is licensed under both the GPLv2 (found in the
+//  COPYING file in the root directory) and Apache 2.0 License
+//  (found in the LICENSE.Apache file in the root directory).
+
+#pragma once
+#include <sstream>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "rocksdb/slice.h"
+#include "rocksdb/status.h"
+#include "util/coding.h"
+
+namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE {
+
+// Dummy record in WAL logs signaling user-defined timestamp sizes for
+// subsequent records.
+class UserDefinedTimestampSizeRecord {
+ public:
+  UserDefinedTimestampSizeRecord() {}
+  explicit UserDefinedTimestampSizeRecord(
+      std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, size_t>>&& cf_to_ts_sz)
+      : cf_to_ts_sz_(std::move(cf_to_ts_sz)) {}
+
+  const std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, size_t>>& GetUserDefinedTimestampSize()
+      const {
+    return cf_to_ts_sz_;
+  }
+
+  inline void EncodeTo(std::string* dst) const {
+    assert(dst != nullptr);
+    for (const auto& [cf_id, ts_sz] : cf_to_ts_sz_) {
+      assert(ts_sz != 0);
+      PutFixed32(dst, cf_id);
+      PutFixed16(dst, static_cast<uint16_t>(ts_sz));
+    }
+  }
+
+  inline Status DecodeFrom(Slice* src) {
+    const size_t total_size = src->size();
+    if ((total_size % kSizePerColumnFamily) != 0) {
+      std::ostringstream oss;
+      oss << "User-defined timestamp size record length: " << total_size
+          << " is not a multiple of " << kSizePerColumnFamily << std::endl;
+      return Status::Corruption(oss.str());
+    }
+    int num_of_entries = static_cast<int>(total_size / kSizePerColumnFamily);
+    for (int i = 0; i < num_of_entries; i++) {
+      uint32_t cf_id = 0;
+      uint16_t ts_sz = 0;
+      if (!GetFixed32(src, &cf_id) || !GetFixed16(src, &ts_sz)) {
+        return Status::Corruption(
+            "Error decoding user-defined timestamp size record entry");
+      }
+      cf_to_ts_sz_.emplace_back(cf_id, static_cast<size_t>(ts_sz));
+    }
+    return Status::OK();
+  }
+
+  inline std::string DebugString() const {
+    std::ostringstream oss;
+
+    for (const auto& [cf_id, ts_sz] : cf_to_ts_sz_) {
+      oss << "Column family: " << cf_id
+          << ", user-defined timestamp size: " << ts_sz << std::endl;
+    }
+    return oss.str();
+  }
+
+ private:
+  // 4 bytes for column family id, 2 bytes for user-defined timestamp size.
+  static constexpr size_t kSizePerColumnFamily = 4 + 2;
+
+  std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, size_t>> cf_to_ts_sz_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE