diff --git a/db/c.cc b/db/c.cc
index 2a3d7b3bc..93df6da6a 100644
--- a/db/c.cc
+++ b/db/c.cc
@@ -1057,6 +1057,36 @@ rocksdb_column_family_handle_t* rocksdb_create_column_family(
   return handle;
 }
 
+rocksdb_column_family_handle_t** rocksdb_create_column_families(
+    rocksdb_t* db, const rocksdb_options_t* column_family_options,
+    int num_column_families, const char* const* column_family_names,
+    size_t* lencfs, char** errptr) {
+  std::vector<ColumnFamilyHandle*> handles;
+  std::vector<std::string> names;
+  for (int i = 0; i != num_column_families; ++i) {
+    names.push_back(std::string(column_family_names[i]));
+  }
+  SaveError(errptr, db->rep->CreateColumnFamilies(
+                        ColumnFamilyOptions(column_family_options->rep), names,
+                        &handles));
+
+  *lencfs = handles.size();
+  rocksdb_column_family_handle_t** c_handles =
+      static_cast<rocksdb_column_family_handle_t**>(
+          malloc(sizeof(rocksdb_column_family_handle_t*) * handles.size()));
+  for (size_t i = 0; i != handles.size(); ++i) {
+    c_handles[i] = new rocksdb_column_family_handle_t;
+    c_handles[i]->rep = handles[i];
+  }
+
+  return c_handles;
+}
+
+void rocksdb_create_column_families_destroy(
+    rocksdb_column_family_handle_t** list) {
+  free(list);
+}
+
 rocksdb_column_family_handle_t* rocksdb_create_column_family_with_ttl(
     rocksdb_t* db, const rocksdb_options_t* column_family_options,
     const char* column_family_name, int ttl, char** errptr) {
diff --git a/db/c_test.c b/db/c_test.c
index da3e1c66c..1b8fa5ff8 100644
--- a/db/c_test.c
+++ b/db/c_test.c
@@ -3374,8 +3374,19 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     rocksdb_put(db, woptions, "key", 3, "value", 5, &err);
     CheckNoError(err);
     rocksdb_column_family_handle_t *cfh1, *cfh2;
-    cfh1 = rocksdb_create_column_family(db, db_options, "txn_db_cf1", &err);
-    cfh2 = rocksdb_create_column_family(db, db_options, "txn_db_cf2", &err);
+    char** list_const_cf_names = (char**)malloc(2 * sizeof(char*));
+    list_const_cf_names[0] = "txn_db_cf1";
+    list_const_cf_names[1] = "txn_db_cf2";
+    size_t cflen;
+    rocksdb_column_family_handle_t** list_cfh = rocksdb_create_column_families(
+        db, db_options, 2, (const char* const*)list_const_cf_names, &cflen,
+        &err);
+    free(list_const_cf_names);
+    CheckNoError(err);
+    assert(cflen == 2);
+    cfh1 = list_cfh[0];
+    cfh2 = list_cfh[1];
+    rocksdb_create_column_families_destroy(list_cfh);
     txn = rocksdb_optimistictransaction_begin(otxn_db, woptions, otxn_options,
                                               NULL);
     rocksdb_transaction_put_cf(txn, cfh1, "key_cf1", 7, "val_cf1", 7, &err);
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/c.h b/include/rocksdb/c.h
index 159d58466..c2ab139f8 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/c.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/c.h
@@ -411,6 +411,16 @@ rocksdb_create_column_family(rocksdb_t* db,
                              const rocksdb_options_t* column_family_options,
                              const char* column_family_name, char** errptr);
 
+extern ROCKSDB_LIBRARY_API rocksdb_column_family_handle_t**
+rocksdb_create_column_families(rocksdb_t* db,
+                               const rocksdb_options_t* column_family_options,
+                               int num_column_families,
+                               const char* const* column_family_names,
+                               size_t* lencfs, char** errptr);
+
+extern ROCKSDB_LIBRARY_API void rocksdb_create_column_families_destroy(
+    rocksdb_column_family_handle_t** list);
+
 extern ROCKSDB_LIBRARY_API rocksdb_column_family_handle_t*
 rocksdb_create_column_family_with_ttl(
     rocksdb_t* db, const rocksdb_options_t* column_family_options,