diff --git a/mindspore/dataset/engine/datasets.py b/mindspore/dataset/engine/datasets.py
index 3225ebc806..62c8e75ca9 100644
--- a/mindspore/dataset/engine/datasets.py
+++ b/mindspore/dataset/engine/datasets.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import os
 import random
 import uuid
 import multiprocessing
+import queue
 from enum import Enum
 from importlib import import_module
 
@@ -2124,6 +2125,142 @@ def _cpp_sampler_fn(sampler, dataset):
         yield tuple([np.array(x) for x in val])
 
 
+def _cpp_sampler_fn_mp(sampler, dataset, num_worker):
+    """
+    Multiprocessing generator function wrapper for mappable dataset with cpp sampler
+    """
+    indices = sampler.get_indices()
+    return _sampler_fn_mp(indices, dataset, num_worker)
+
+
+def _py_sampler_fn_mp(sampler, num_samples, dataset, num_worker):
+    """
+    Multiprocessing generator function wrapper for mappable dataset with python sampler
+    """
+    indices = _fetch_py_sampler_indices(sampler, num_samples)
+    return _sampler_fn_mp(indices, dataset, num_worker)
+
+
+def _fetch_py_sampler_indices(sampler, num_samples):
+    """
+    Indices fetcher for python sampler
+    """
+    if num_samples is not None:
+        sampler_iter = iter(sampler)
+        ret = []
+        for _ in range(num_samples):
+            try:
+                val = next(sampler_iter)
+                ret.append(val)
+            except StopIteration:
+                break
+        return ret
+    return [i for i in sampler]
+
+
+def _fill_worker_indices(workers, indices, idx):
+    """
+    Worker index queue filler, fill worker index queue in round robin order
+    """
+    num_worker = len(workers)
+    while idx < len(indices):
+        try:
+            workers[idx % num_worker].put(indices[idx])
+            idx += 1
+        except queue.Full:
+            break
+    return idx
+
+
+def _sampler_fn_mp(indices, dataset, num_worker):
+    """
+    Multiprocessing generator function wrapper master process
+    """
+    workers = []
+    # Event for end of epoch
+    eoe = multiprocessing.Event()
+
+    # Create workers
+    for _ in range(num_worker):
+        worker = _GeneratorWorker(dataset, eoe)
+        worker.daemon = True
+        workers.append(worker)
+
+    # Fill initial index queues
+    idx_cursor = 0
+    idx_cursor = _fill_worker_indices(workers, indices, idx_cursor)
+
+    # Start all workers
+    for w in workers:
+        w.start()
+
+    # Fetch results
+    for i in range(len(indices)):
+        # Fetch result and put index
+        try:
+            result = workers[i % num_worker].get()
+        except queue.Empty:
+            raise Exception("Generator worker process timeout")
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            for w in workers:
+                w.terminate()
+                w.join()
+            raise Exception("Generator worker receives KeyboardInterrupt")
+        if idx_cursor < len(indices):
+            idx_cursor = _fill_worker_indices(workers, indices, idx_cursor)
+        # Set eoe event once all indices are sent
+        if idx_cursor == len(indices) and not eoe.is_set():
+            eoe.set()
+        yield tuple([np.array(x) for x in result])
+
+
+def _generator_worker_loop(dataset, idx_queue, result_queue, eoe):
+    """
+    Multiprocessing generator worker process loop
+    """
+    while True:
+        # Fetch index, block
+        try:
+            idx = idx_queue.get()
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            raise Exception("Generator worker receives KeyboardInterrupt")
+        if idx is None:
+            # When the queue is out of scope from master process, a None item can be fetched from the queue.
+            # Upon receiving None, worker process should check if EOE is set.
+            assert eoe.is_set(), ""
+            return
+        # Fetch data, any exception from __getitem__ will terminate worker and timeout master process
+        result = dataset[idx]
+        # Send data, block
+        try:
+            result_queue.put(result)
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            raise Exception("Generator worker receives KeyboardInterrupt")
+        del result, idx
+
+
+class _GeneratorWorker(multiprocessing.Process):
+    """
+    Worker process for multiprocess Generator
+    """
+    def __init__(self, dataset, eoe):
+        self.idx_queue = multiprocessing.Queue(16)
+        self.res_queue = multiprocessing.Queue(16)
+        super().__init__(target=_generator_worker_loop, args=(dataset, self.idx_queue, self.res_queue, eoe))
+
+    def put(self, item):
+        """
+        Put function for worker index queue. Never block. Raise queue.Full on failure.
+        """
+        self.idx_queue.put_nowait(item)
+
+    def get(self):
+        """
+        Get function for worker result queue. Block with timeout.
+        """
+        return self.res_queue.get(timeout=5)
+
+
 class GeneratorDataset(SourceDataset):
     """
     A source dataset that generate data from python by invoking python data source each epoch.
@@ -2171,6 +2308,7 @@ class GeneratorDataset(SourceDataset):
             If the schema is not provided, the meta data from column_names and column_types is considered the schema.
         num_samples (int, optional): The number of samples to be included in the dataset
             (default=None, all images).
+        num_parallel_workers (int, optional): Number of subprocesses used to fetch the dataset in parallel (default=1).
         shuffle (bool, optional): Whether or not to perform shuffle on the dataset. Random accessible input is required.
             (default=None, expected order behavior shown in the table).
         sampler (Sampler/Iterable, optional): Object used to choose samples from the dataset. Random accessible input is
@@ -2229,9 +2367,15 @@ class GeneratorDataset(SourceDataset):
                 sampler_instance.set_num_rows(len(source))
                 sampler_instance.set_num_samples(num_samples)
                 sampler_instance.initialize()
-                self.source = (lambda: _cpp_sampler_fn(sampler_instance, source))
+                if num_parallel_workers > 1:
+                    self.source = (lambda: _cpp_sampler_fn_mp(sampler_instance, source, num_parallel_workers))
+                else:
+                    self.source = (lambda: _cpp_sampler_fn(sampler_instance, source))
             else:
-                self.source = (lambda: _py_sampler_fn(self.sampler, num_samples, source))
+                if num_parallel_workers > 1:
+                    self.source = (lambda: _py_sampler_fn_mp(self.sampler, num_samples, source, num_parallel_workers))
+                else:
+                    self.source = (lambda: _py_sampler_fn(self.sampler, num_samples, source))
         else:
             try:
                 iter(source)
diff --git a/tests/ut/python/dataset/test_generator.py b/tests/ut/python/dataset/test_generator.py
index c224c5a2ea..4daf952eba 100644
--- a/tests/ut/python/dataset/test_generator.py
+++ b/tests/ut/python/dataset/test_generator.py
@@ -391,6 +391,80 @@ def test_case_13():
         i = i + 1
 
 
+def test_case_14():
+    """
+    Test 1D Generator MP + CPP sampler
+    """
+    logger.info("Test 1D Generator MP : 0 - 63")
+
+    source = [(np.array([x]),) for x in range(256)]
+    ds1 = ds.GeneratorDataset(source, ["data"], sampler=ds.SequentialSampler(), num_parallel_workers=4).repeat(2)
+    i = 0
+    for data in ds1.create_dict_iterator():  # each data is a dictionary
+        golden = np.array([i])
+        assert np.array_equal(data["data"], golden)
+        i = i + 1
+        if i == 256:
+            i = 0
+
+
+def test_case_15():
+    """
+    Test 1D Generator MP + Python sampler
+    """
+    logger.info("Test 1D Generator MP : 0 - 63")
+
+    sampler = [x for x in range(256)]
+    source = [(np.array([x]),) for x in range(256)]
+    ds1 = ds.GeneratorDataset(source, ["data"], sampler=sampler, num_parallel_workers=4).repeat(2)
+    i = 0
+    for data in ds1.create_dict_iterator():  # each data is a dictionary
+        golden = np.array([i])
+        assert np.array_equal(data["data"], golden)
+        i = i + 1
+        if i == 256:
+            i = 0
+
+
+def test_case_16():
+    """
+    Test multi column generator Mp + CPP sampler
+    """
+    logger.info("Test multi column generator")
+
+    source = [(np.array([x]), np.array([x + 1])) for x in range(256)]
+    # apply dataset operations
+    data1 = ds.GeneratorDataset(source, ["col0", "col1"], sampler=ds.SequentialSampler())
+
+    i = 0
+    for item in data1.create_dict_iterator():  # each data is a dictionary
+        golden = np.array([i])
+        assert np.array_equal(item["col0"], golden)
+        golden = np.array([i + 1])
+        assert np.array_equal(item["col1"], golden)
+        i = i + 1
+
+
+def test_case_17():
+    """
+    Test multi column generator Mp + Python sampler
+    """
+    logger.info("Test multi column generator")
+
+    sampler = [x for x in range(256)]
+    source = [(np.array([x]), np.array([x + 1])) for x in range(256)]
+    # apply dataset operations
+    data1 = ds.GeneratorDataset(source, ["col0", "col1"], sampler=sampler)
+
+    i = 0
+    for item in data1.create_dict_iterator():  # each data is a dictionary
+        golden = np.array([i])
+        assert np.array_equal(item["col0"], golden)
+        golden = np.array([i + 1])
+        assert np.array_equal(item["col1"], golden)
+        i = i + 1
+
+
 def test_case_error_1():
     def generator_np():
         for i in range(64):
@@ -506,6 +580,25 @@ def test_num_samples_underflow():
         count = count + 1
     assert count == 64
 
+def manual_test_keyborad_interrupt():
+    """
+    Test keyborad_interrupt
+    """
+    logger.info("Test 1D Generator MP : 0 - 63")
+
+    class MyDS():
+        def __getitem__(self, item):
+            while True:
+                pass
+
+        def __len__(self):
+            return 1024
+
+    ds1 = ds.GeneratorDataset(MyDS(), ["data"], num_parallel_workers=4).repeat(2)
+    i = 0
+    for data in ds1.create_dict_iterator():  # each data is a dictionary
+        pass
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_case_0()
@@ -522,6 +615,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_case_11()
     test_case_12()
     test_case_13()
+    test_case_14()
+    test_case_15()
+    test_case_16()
+    test_case_17()
     test_case_error_1()
     test_case_error_2()
     test_case_error_3()
@@ -529,3 +626,5 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_sequential_sampler()
     test_distributed_sampler()
     test_random_sampler()
+
+