diff --git a/db/c.cc b/db/c.cc
index 4676526f3..eb28c4bdc 100644
--- a/db/c.cc
+++ b/db/c.cc
@@ -529,6 +529,10 @@ void leveldb_options_set_db_log_dir(
   opt->rep.db_log_dir = db_log_dir;
 }
 
+void leveldb_options_set_WAL_ttl_seconds(leveldb_options_t* opt, uint64_t ttl) {
+  opt->rep.WAL_ttl_seconds = ttl;
+}
+
 leveldb_comparator_t* leveldb_comparator_create(
     void* state,
     void (*destructor)(void*),
diff --git a/db/db_bench.cc b/db/db_bench.cc
index f83a99761..c4adaf9b7 100644
--- a/db/db_bench.cc
+++ b/db/db_bench.cc
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ static bool FLAGS_disable_auto_compactions = false;
 // that compacts Levelk with LevelK+1
 static int FLAGS_source_compaction_factor = 1;
 
+// Set the TTL for the WAL Files.
+static uint64_t FLAGS_WAL_ttl_seconds = 0;
+
 extern bool useOsBuffer;
 extern bool useFsReadAhead;
 extern bool useMmapRead;
@@ -963,6 +966,7 @@ class Benchmark {
     options.level0_slowdown_writes_trigger =
       FLAGS_level0_slowdown_writes_trigger;
     options.compression = FLAGS_compression_type;
+    options.WAL_ttl_seconds = FLAGS_WAL_ttl_seconds;
     if (FLAGS_min_level_to_compress >= 0) {
       assert(FLAGS_min_level_to_compress <= FLAGS_num_levels);
       options.compression_per_level = new CompressionType[FLAGS_num_levels];
@@ -1439,6 +1443,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     } else if (sscanf(argv[i], "--source_compaction_factor=%d%c",
                &n, &junk) == 1 && n > 0) {
       FLAGS_source_compaction_factor = n;
+    } else if (sscanf(argv[i], "--wal_ttl=%d%c", &n, &junk) == 1) {
+      FLAGS_WAL_ttl_seconds = static_cast<uint64_t>(n);
     } else {
       fprintf(stderr, "Invalid flag '%s'\n", argv[i]);
       exit(1);
diff --git a/db/db_impl.cc b/db/db_impl.cc
index 9384fce76..5bffb8cda 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl.cc
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@
 #include "db/db_impl.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <climits>
+#include <cstdio>
 #include <set>
 #include <string>
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
 #include <vector>
-#include <algorithm>
+
 #include "db/builder.h"
 #include "db/db_iter.h"
 #include "db/dbformat.h"
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ namespace leveldb {
 
 void dumpLeveldbBuildVersion(Logger * log);
 
+const std::string DBImpl::ARCHIVAL_DIR = "archive";
+
 static Status NewLogger(const std::string& dbname,
                         const std::string& db_log_dir,
                         Env* env,
@@ -225,6 +228,7 @@ DBImpl::DBImpl(const Options& options, const std::string& dbname)
     host_name_ = "localhost";
   }
   last_log_ts = 0;
+
 }
 
 DBImpl::~DBImpl() {
@@ -329,6 +333,18 @@ void DBImpl::MaybeIgnoreError(Status* s) const {
   }
 }
 
+std::string DBImpl::GetArchivalDirectoryName() {
+  return dbname_ + "/" + ARCHIVAL_DIR;
+}
+
+const Status DBImpl::CreateArchivalDirectory() {
+  if (options_.WAL_ttl_seconds > 0) {
+    std::string archivalPath = GetArchivalDirectoryName();
+    return env_->CreateDirIfMissing(archivalPath);
+  }
+  return Status::OK();
+}
+
 // Returns the list of live files in 'live' and the list
 // of all files in the filesystem in 'allfiles'.
 void DBImpl::FindObsoleteFiles(DeletionState& deletion_state) {
@@ -372,6 +388,7 @@ void DBImpl::PurgeObsoleteFiles(DeletionState& state) {
   uint64_t number;
   FileType type;
   std::vector<std::string> old_log_files;
+
   for (size_t i = 0; i < state.allfiles.size(); i++) {
     if (ParseFileName(state.allfiles[i], &number, &type)) {
       bool keep = true;
@@ -406,6 +423,7 @@ void DBImpl::PurgeObsoleteFiles(DeletionState& state) {
       }
 
       if (!keep) {
+        const std::string currentFile = state.allfiles[i];
         if (type == kTableFile) {
           // record the files to be evicted from the cache
           state.files_to_evict.push_back(number);
@@ -413,11 +431,22 @@ void DBImpl::PurgeObsoleteFiles(DeletionState& state) {
         Log(options_.info_log, "Delete type=%d #%lld\n",
             int(type),
             static_cast<unsigned long long>(number));
-        Status st = env_->DeleteFile(dbname_ + "/" + state.allfiles[i]);
-        if(!st.ok()) {
-          Log(options_.info_log, "Delete type=%d #%lld FAILED\n",
+        if (type == kLogFile && options_.WAL_ttl_seconds > 0) {
+          Status st = env_->RenameFile(dbname_ + "/" + currentFile,
+                            dbname_ + "/" + ARCHIVAL_DIR + "/" + currentFile);
+
+          if (!st.ok()) {
+            Log(options_.info_log, "RenameFile type=%d #%lld FAILED\n",
               int(type),
               static_cast<unsigned long long>(number));
+          }
+        } else {
+          Status st = env_->DeleteFile(dbname_ + "/" + currentFile);
+          if(!st.ok()) {
+            Log(options_.info_log, "Delete type=%d #%lld FAILED\n",
+                int(type),
+                static_cast<unsigned long long>(number));
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -446,12 +475,40 @@ void DBImpl::EvictObsoleteFiles(DeletionState& state) {
 void DBImpl::DeleteObsoleteFiles() {
   mutex_.AssertHeld();
   DeletionState deletion_state;
-  std::set<uint64_t> live;
-  std::vector<std::string> allfiles;
-  std::vector<uint64_t> files_to_evict;
   FindObsoleteFiles(deletion_state);
   PurgeObsoleteFiles(deletion_state);
   EvictObsoleteFiles(deletion_state);
+  PurgeObsoleteWALFiles();
+}
+
+void DBImpl::PurgeObsoleteWALFiles() {
+  if (options_.WAL_ttl_seconds != ULONG_MAX && options_.WAL_ttl_seconds > 0) {
+    std::vector<std::string> WALFiles;
+    std::string archivalDir = dbname_ + "/" + ARCHIVAL_DIR;
+    env_->GetChildren(archivalDir, &WALFiles);
+    int64_t currentTime;
+    const Status status = env_->GetCurrentTime(&currentTime);
+    assert(status.ok());
+    for (std::vector<std::string>::iterator it = WALFiles.begin();
+         it != WALFiles.end();
+         ++it) {
+
+    uint64_t fileMTime;
+    const std::string filePath = archivalDir + "/" + *it;
+    const Status s = env_->GetFileModificationTime(filePath, &fileMTime);
+    if (s.ok()) {
+      if (status.ok() &&
+         (currentTime - fileMTime > options_.WAL_ttl_seconds)) {
+        Status delStatus = env_->DeleteFile(filePath);
+        if (!delStatus.ok()) {
+          Log(options_.info_log,
+              "Failed Deleting a WAL file Error : i%s",
+              delStatus.ToString().c_str());
+        }
+      }
+    } // Ignore errors.
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 Status DBImpl::Recover(VersionEdit* edit, bool no_log_recory,
@@ -2056,9 +2113,14 @@ Status DB::Open(const Options& options, const std::string& dbname,
         "no_block_cache is true while block_cache is not NULL");
   }
   DBImpl* impl = new DBImpl(options, dbname);
+  Status s = impl->CreateArchivalDirectory();
+  if (!s.ok()) {
+    delete impl;
+    return s;
+  }
   impl->mutex_.Lock();
   VersionEdit edit(impl->NumberLevels());
-  Status s = impl->Recover(&edit); // Handles create_if_missing, error_if_exists
+  s = impl->Recover(&edit); // Handles create_if_missing, error_if_exists
   if (s.ok()) {
     uint64_t new_log_number = impl->versions_->NewFileNumber();
     WritableFile* lfile;
diff --git a/db/db_impl.h b/db/db_impl.h
index 0fa2f8f24..833932def 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.h
+++ b/db/db_impl.h
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ class DBImpl : public DB {
   virtual Status GetLiveFiles(std::vector<std::string>&,
                               uint64_t* manifest_file_size);
 
+  //  Return's the path of the archival directory.
+  std::string GetArchivalDirectoryName();
+
   // Extra methods (for testing) that are not in the public DB interface
 
   // Compact any files in the named level that overlap [*begin,*end]
@@ -113,6 +116,8 @@ protected:
 
   void MaybeIgnoreError(Status* s) const;
 
+  const Status CreateArchivalDirectory();
+
   // Delete any unneeded files and stale in-memory entries.
   void DeleteObsoleteFiles();
 
@@ -172,6 +177,7 @@ protected:
   // Removes the file listed in files_to_evict from the table_cache
   void EvictObsoleteFiles(DeletionState& deletion_state);
 
+  void PurgeObsoleteWALFiles();
   // Constant after construction
   const InternalFilterPolicy internal_filter_policy_;
   bool owns_info_log_;
@@ -292,6 +298,7 @@ protected:
   CompactionStats* stats_;
 
   static const int KEEP_LOG_FILE_NUM = 1000;
+  static const std::string ARCHIVAL_DIR;
   std::string db_absolute_path_;
 
   // count of the number of contiguous delaying writes
diff --git a/db/db_test.cc b/db/db_test.cc
index 12f022b62..5cf46ed69 100644
--- a/db/db_test.cc
+++ b/db/db_test.cc
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // found in the LICENSE file. See the AUTHORS file for names of contributors.
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <set>
+
 #include "leveldb/db.h"
 #include "leveldb/filter_policy.h"
 #include "db/db_impl.h"
@@ -1188,7 +1190,7 @@ TEST(DBTest, RepeatedWritesToSameKey) {
   // We must have at most one file per level except for level-0,
   // which may have up to kL0_StopWritesTrigger files.
   const int kMaxFiles = dbfull()->NumberLevels() +
-                        dbfull()->Level0StopWriteTrigger();
+    dbfull()->Level0StopWriteTrigger();
 
   Random rnd(301);
   std::string value = RandomString(&rnd, 2 * options.write_buffer_size);
@@ -1703,7 +1705,7 @@ TEST(DBTest, DeletionMarkers2) {
 
 TEST(DBTest, OverlapInLevel0) {
   do {
-  int tmp = dbfull()->MaxMemCompactionLevel();
+    int tmp = dbfull()->MaxMemCompactionLevel();
     ASSERT_EQ(tmp, 2) << "Fix test to match config";
 
     // Fill levels 1 and 2 to disable the pushing of new memtables to levels > 0.
@@ -2194,6 +2196,73 @@ TEST(DBTest, SnapshotFiles) {
   dbfull()->DisableFileDeletions();
 }
 
+void ListLogFiles(Env* env,
+                  const std::string& path,
+                  std::vector<uint64_t>* logFiles) {
+  std::vector<std::string> files;
+  env->GetChildren(path, &files);
+  uint64_t number;
+  FileType type;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < files.size(); ++i) {
+    if (ParseFileName(files[i], &number, &type)) {
+      if (type == kLogFile) {
+        logFiles->push_back(number);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+TEST(DBTest, WALArchival) {
+  std::string value(1024, '1');
+  Options options = CurrentOptions();
+  options.create_if_missing = true;
+  options.WAL_ttl_seconds = 1000;
+  DestroyAndReopen(&options);
+
+
+  //  TEST : Create DB with a ttl.
+  //  Put some keys. Count the log files present in the DB just after insert.
+  //  Re-open db. Causes deletion/archival to take place.
+  //  Assert that the files moved under "/archive".
+
+  std::string archiveDir = dbfull()->GetArchivalDirectoryName();
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
+
+    for (int j = 0; j < 10; ++j) {
+      ASSERT_OK(Put(Key(10*i+j), value));
+    }
+
+    std::vector<uint64_t> logFiles;
+    ListLogFiles(env_, dbname_, &logFiles);
+
+    options.create_if_missing = false;
+    Reopen(&options);
+
+    std::vector<uint64_t> logs;
+    ListLogFiles(env_, archiveDir, &logs);
+    std::set<uint64_t> archivedFiles(logs.begin(), logs.end());
+
+    for (std::vector<uint64_t>::iterator it = logFiles.begin();
+         it != logFiles.end();
+         ++it) {
+      ASSERT_TRUE(archivedFiles.find(*it) != archivedFiles.end());
+    }
+  }
+
+  // REOPEN database with 0 TTL. all files should have been deleted.
+  std::vector<uint64_t> logFiles;
+  ListLogFiles(env_, archiveDir, &logFiles);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(logFiles.size() > 0);
+  options.WAL_ttl_seconds = 1;
+  env_->SleepForMicroseconds(2*1000*1000);
+  Reopen(&options);
+
+  logFiles.clear();
+  ListLogFiles(env_, archiveDir, &logFiles);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(logFiles.size() == 0);
+
+}
 
 TEST(DBTest, ReadCompaction) {
   std::string value(4096, '4'); // a string of size 4K
diff --git a/hdfs/env_hdfs.h b/hdfs/env_hdfs.h
index 4c07cc63c..29855a351 100644
--- a/hdfs/env_hdfs.h
+++ b/hdfs/env_hdfs.h
@@ -90,10 +90,15 @@ class HdfsEnv : public Env {
 
   virtual Status CreateDir(const std::string& name);
 
+  virtual Status CreateDirIfMissing(const std::string& name);
+
   virtual Status DeleteDir(const std::string& name);
 
   virtual Status GetFileSize(const std::string& fname, uint64_t* size);
 
+  virtual Status GetFileModificationTime(const std::string& fname,
+                                         uint64_t* file_mtime);
+
   virtual Status RenameFile(const std::string& src, const std::string& target);
 
   virtual Status LockFile(const std::string& fname, FileLock** lock);
@@ -247,10 +252,17 @@ class HdfsEnv : public Env {
 
   virtual Status CreateDir(const std::string& name){return notsup;}
 
+  virtual Status CreateDirIfMissing(const std::string& name){return notsup;}
+
   virtual Status DeleteDir(const std::string& name){return notsup;}
 
   virtual Status GetFileSize(const std::string& fname, uint64_t* size){return notsup;}
 
+  virtual Status GetFileModificationTime(const std::string& fname,
+                                         uint64_t* time) {
+    return notsup;
+  }
+
   virtual Status RenameFile(const std::string& src, const std::string& target){return notsup;}
 
   virtual Status LockFile(const std::string& fname, FileLock** lock){return notsup;}
diff --git a/helpers/memenv/memenv.cc b/helpers/memenv/memenv.cc
index 2082083b3..954702420 100644
--- a/helpers/memenv/memenv.cc
+++ b/helpers/memenv/memenv.cc
@@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ class InMemoryEnv : public EnvWrapper {
     return Status::OK();
   }
 
+  virtual Status CreateDirIfMissing(const std::string& dirname) {
+    return Status::OK();
+  }
+
   virtual Status DeleteDir(const std::string& dirname) {
     return Status::OK();
   }
@@ -330,6 +334,11 @@ class InMemoryEnv : public EnvWrapper {
     return Status::OK();
   }
 
+  virtual Status GetFileModificationTime(const std::string& fname,
+                                         uint64_t* time) {
+    return Status::NotSupported("getFileMTime", "Not supported in MemEnv");
+  }
+
   virtual Status RenameFile(const std::string& src,
                             const std::string& target) {
     MutexLock lock(&mutex_);
diff --git a/include/leveldb/env.h b/include/leveldb/env.h
index 7d4291656..ade56f72c 100644
--- a/include/leveldb/env.h
+++ b/include/leveldb/env.h
@@ -81,15 +81,22 @@ class Env {
   // Delete the named file.
   virtual Status DeleteFile(const std::string& fname) = 0;
 
-  // Create the specified directory.
+  // Create the specified directory. Returns error if directory exists.
   virtual Status CreateDir(const std::string& dirname) = 0;
 
+  // Creates directory if missing. Return Ok if it exists, or successful in
+  // Creating.
+  virtual Status CreateDirIfMissing(const std::string& dirname) = 0;
+
   // Delete the specified directory.
   virtual Status DeleteDir(const std::string& dirname) = 0;
 
   // Store the size of fname in *file_size.
   virtual Status GetFileSize(const std::string& fname, uint64_t* file_size) = 0;
 
+  // Store the last modification time of fname in *file_mtime.
+  virtual Status GetFileModificationTime(const std::string& fname,
+                                         uint64_t* file_mtime) = 0;
   // Rename file src to target.
   virtual Status RenameFile(const std::string& src,
                             const std::string& target) = 0;
@@ -323,10 +330,19 @@ class EnvWrapper : public Env {
   }
   Status DeleteFile(const std::string& f) { return target_->DeleteFile(f); }
   Status CreateDir(const std::string& d) { return target_->CreateDir(d); }
+  Status CreateDirIfMissing(const std::string& d) {
+    return target_->CreateDirIfMissing(d);
+  }
   Status DeleteDir(const std::string& d) { return target_->DeleteDir(d); }
   Status GetFileSize(const std::string& f, uint64_t* s) {
     return target_->GetFileSize(f, s);
   }
+
+  Status GetFileModificationTime(const std::string& fname,
+                                 uint64_t* file_mtime) {
+    return target_->GetFileModificationTime(fname, file_mtime);
+  }
+
   Status RenameFile(const std::string& s, const std::string& t) {
     return target_->RenameFile(s, t);
   }
diff --git a/include/leveldb/options.h b/include/leveldb/options.h
index c51c29521..27d8f6635 100644
--- a/include/leveldb/options.h
+++ b/include/leveldb/options.h
@@ -343,6 +343,16 @@ struct Options {
   // Disable automatic compactions. Manual compactions can still
   // be issued on this database.
   bool disable_auto_compactions;
+
+  // The number of seconds a WAL(write ahead log) should be kept after it has
+  // been marked as Not Live. If the value is set. The WAL files are moved to
+  // the archive direcotory and deleted after the given TTL.
+  // If set to 0, WAL files are deleted as soon as they are not required by
+  // the database.
+  // If set to std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max() the WAL files will never be
+  // deleted.
+  // Default : 0
+  uint64_t WAL_ttl_seconds;
 };
 
 // Options that control read operations
diff --git a/util/env_hdfs.cc b/util/env_hdfs.cc
index 90e511fa2..095737ca3 100644
--- a/util/env_hdfs.cc
+++ b/util/env_hdfs.cc
@@ -431,6 +431,16 @@ Status HdfsEnv::CreateDir(const std::string& name) {
   return IOError(name, errno);
 };
 
+Status HdfsEnv::CreateDirIfMissing(const std::string& name) {
+  const int value = hdfsExists(fileSys_, name.c_str());
+  //  Not atomic. state might change b/w hdfsExists and CreateDir.
+  if (value == 0) {
+    return Status::OK();
+  } else {
+    return CreateDir(name);
+  }
+};
+
 Status HdfsEnv::DeleteDir(const std::string& name) {
   return DeleteFile(name);
 };
@@ -446,6 +456,18 @@ Status HdfsEnv::GetFileSize(const std::string& fname, uint64_t* size) {
   return IOError(fname, errno);
 }
 
+Status HdfsEnv::GetFileModificationTime(const std::string& fname,
+                                        uint64_t* time) {
+  hdfsFileInfo* pFileInfo = hdfsGetPathInfo(fileSys_, fname.c_str());
+  if (pFileInfo != NULL) {
+    *time = static_cast<uint64_t>(pFileInfo->mLastMod);
+    hdfsFreeFileInfo(pFileInfo, 1);
+    return Status::OK();
+  }
+  return IOError(fname, errno);
+
+}
+
 // The rename is not atomic. HDFS does not allow a renaming if the
 // target already exists. So, we delete the target before attemting the
 // rename.
diff --git a/util/env_posix.cc b/util/env_posix.cc
index cb10af8d6..fae7ac6e0 100644
--- a/util/env_posix.cc
+++ b/util/env_posix.cc
@@ -601,6 +601,16 @@ class PosixEnv : public Env {
     return result;
   };
 
+  virtual Status CreateDirIfMissing(const std::string& name) {
+    Status result;
+    if (mkdir(name.c_str(), 0755) != 0) {
+      if (errno != EEXIST) {
+        result = IOError(name, errno);
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  };
+
   virtual Status DeleteDir(const std::string& name) {
     Status result;
     if (rmdir(name.c_str()) != 0) {
@@ -621,6 +631,15 @@ class PosixEnv : public Env {
     return s;
   }
 
+  virtual Status GetFileModificationTime(const std::string& fname,
+                                         uint64_t* file_mtime) {
+    struct stat s;
+    if (stat(fname.c_str(), &s) !=0) {
+      return IOError(fname, errno);
+    }
+    *file_mtime = static_cast<uint64_t>(s.st_mtime);
+    return Status::OK();
+  }
   virtual Status RenameFile(const std::string& src, const std::string& target) {
     Status result;
     if (rename(src.c_str(), target.c_str()) != 0) {
diff --git a/util/options.cc b/util/options.cc
index e34a7e0f7..7805cee98 100644
--- a/util/options.cc
+++ b/util/options.cc
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ Options::Options()
       table_cache_numshardbits(4),
       compaction_filter_args(NULL),
       CompactionFilter(NULL),
-      disable_auto_compactions(false) {
+      disable_auto_compactions(false),
+      WAL_ttl_seconds(0){
 }
 
 void
@@ -140,6 +141,8 @@ Options::Dump(
         CompactionFilter);
     Log(log,"               Options.disable_auto_compactions: %d",
         disable_auto_compactions);
+    Log(log,"               Options.WAL_ttl_seconds: %ld",
+        WAL_ttl_seconds);
 }   // Options::Dump
 
 }  // namespace leveldb