diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/datasets.cc b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/datasets.cc
index d43375a692..c48114e65c 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/datasets.cc
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/datasets.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #endif
 // Dataset operator headers (in alphabetical order)
 #include "minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/batch_op.h"
+#include "minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/bucket_batch_by_length_op.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/build_vocab_op.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/concat_op.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/map_op/map_op.h"
@@ -280,6 +281,25 @@ std::shared_ptr<BatchDataset> Dataset::Batch(int32_t batch_size, bool drop_remai
   return ds;
 }
 
+// Function to create a BucketBatchByLength dataset
+std::shared_ptr<BucketBatchByLengthDataset> Dataset::BucketBatchByLength(
+  const std::vector<std::string> &column_names, const std::vector<int32_t> &bucket_boundaries,
+  const std::vector<int32_t> &bucket_batch_sizes, TensorRow (*element_length_function)(TensorRow),
+  const std::map<std::string, std::pair<TensorShape, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>>> &pad_info, bool pad_to_bucket_boundary,
+  bool drop_remainder) {
+  auto ds = std::make_shared<BucketBatchByLengthDataset>(column_names, bucket_boundaries, bucket_batch_sizes,
+                                                         element_length_function, pad_info, pad_to_bucket_boundary,
+                                                         drop_remainder);
+
+  if (!ds->ValidateParams()) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+  ds->children.push_back(shared_from_this());
+
+  return ds;
+}
+
 #ifndef ENABLE_ANDROID
 // Function to create a Vocab from dataset
 std::shared_ptr<Vocab> Dataset::BuildVocab(const std::vector<std::string> &columns,
@@ -1590,6 +1610,79 @@ bool BatchDataset::ValidateParams() {
   return true;
 }
 
+BucketBatchByLengthDataset::BucketBatchByLengthDataset(
+  const std::vector<std::string> &column_names, const std::vector<int32_t> &bucket_boundaries,
+  const std::vector<int32_t> &bucket_batch_sizes, TensorRow (*element_length_function)(TensorRow),
+  const std::map<std::string, std::pair<TensorShape, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>>> &pad_info, bool pad_to_bucket_boundary,
+  bool drop_remainder)
+    : column_names_(column_names),
+      bucket_boundaries_(bucket_boundaries),
+      bucket_batch_sizes_(bucket_batch_sizes),
+      element_length_function_(element_length_function),
+      pad_info_(pad_info),
+      pad_to_bucket_boundary_(pad_to_bucket_boundary),
+      drop_remainder_(drop_remainder) {}
+
+std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DatasetOp>> BucketBatchByLengthDataset::Build() {
+  // A vector containing shared pointer to the Dataset Ops that this object will create
+  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DatasetOp>> node_ops;
+
+  std::shared_ptr<TensorOp> c_func;
+  if (element_length_function_ != nullptr) {
+    c_func = std::make_shared<CFuncOp>(element_length_function_);
+  } else {
+    c_func = nullptr;
+  }
+  node_ops.push_back(std::make_shared<BucketBatchByLengthOp>(column_names_, bucket_boundaries_, bucket_batch_sizes_,
+                                                             c_func, pad_info_, pad_to_bucket_boundary_,
+                                                             drop_remainder_, connector_que_size_));
+  return node_ops;
+}
+
+bool BucketBatchByLengthDataset::ValidateParams() {
+  if (element_length_function_ == nullptr && column_names_.size() != 1) {
+    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "BucketBatchByLength: If element_length_function is not specified, exactly one column name "
+                     "should be passed.";
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Check bucket_boundaries: must be positive and strictly increasing
+  if (bucket_boundaries_.empty()) {
+    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "BucketBatchByLength: bucket_boundaries cannot be empty.";
+    return false;
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < bucket_boundaries_.size(); i++) {
+    if (bucket_boundaries_[i] <= 0) {
+      MS_LOG(ERROR)
+        << "BucketBatchByLength: bucket_boundaries must only contain positive numbers. However, the element at index: "
+        << i << " was: " << bucket_boundaries_[i];
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (i > 0 && bucket_boundaries_[i - 1] >= bucket_boundaries_[i]) {
+      MS_LOG(ERROR)
+        << "BucketBatchByLength: bucket_boundaries must be strictly increasing. However, the elements at index: "
+        << i - 1 << " and " << i << " were: " << bucket_boundaries_[i - 1] << " and " << bucket_boundaries_[i]
+        << " respectively.";
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Check bucket_batch_sizes: must be positive
+  if (bucket_batch_sizes_.empty()) {
+    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "BucketBatchByLength: bucket_batch_sizes must be non-empty";
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (bucket_batch_sizes_.size() != bucket_boundaries_.size() + 1) {
+    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "BucketBatchByLength: bucket_batch_sizes's size must equal the size of bucket_boundaries + 1";
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (std::any_of(bucket_batch_sizes_.begin(), bucket_batch_sizes_.end(), [](int i) { return i <= 0; })) {
+    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "BucketBatchByLength: bucket_batch_sizes must only contain positive numbers.";
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 #ifndef ENABLE_ANDROID
 BuildVocabDataset::BuildVocabDataset(std::shared_ptr<Vocab> vocab, const std::vector<std::string> &columns,
                                      const std::pair<int64_t, int64_t> &freq_range, int64_t top_k,
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/python/de_pipeline.cc b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/python/de_pipeline.cc
index 4b10aa5057..443c669f4a 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/python/de_pipeline.cc
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/python/de_pipeline.cc
@@ -952,7 +952,9 @@ Status DEPipeline::ParseBucketBatchByLengthOp(const py::dict &args, std::shared_
         (void)builder->SetBucketBatchSizes(ToIntVector(value));
       }
       if (key == "element_length_function") {
-        (void)builder->SetElementLengthFunction(value.cast<py::function>());
+        std::shared_ptr<TensorOp> py_func;
+        py_func = std::make_shared<PyFuncOp>(value.cast<py::function>(), DataType::DE_INT32);
+        (void)builder->SetElementLengthFunction(py_func);
       }
       if (key == "pad_info") {
         PadInfo pad_info;
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/bucket_batch_by_length_op.cc b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/bucket_batch_by_length_op.cc
index 971f14c669..9f4866f92e 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/bucket_batch_by_length_op.cc
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/bucket_batch_by_length_op.cc
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Status BucketBatchByLengthOp::Builder::Build(std::shared_ptr<BucketBatchByLength
 BucketBatchByLengthOp::BucketBatchByLengthOp(std::vector<std::string> length_dependent_columns,
                                              std::vector<int32_t> bucket_boundaries,
                                              std::vector<int32_t> bucket_batch_sizes,
-                                             py::function element_length_function, PadInfo pad_info,
+                                             std::shared_ptr<TensorOp> element_length_function, PadInfo pad_info,
                                              bool pad_to_bucket_boundary, bool drop_remainder,
                                              int32_t op_connector_size)
     : PipelineOp(op_connector_size),
@@ -155,34 +155,15 @@ Status BucketBatchByLengthOp::ObtainElementLength(int32_t *out_element_length, T
   // call pyfunc here if given pyfunc, otherwise return 0th dimension of shape of
   // the single column specified in length_dependent_columns_
   if (element_length_function_) {
-    py::gil_scoped_acquire gil_acquire;
-    if (Py_IsInitialized() == 0) {
-      return Status(StatusCode::kPythonInterpreterFailure, "Python Interpreter is finalized");
-    }
-    try {
-      size_t number_of_arguments = length_dependent_columns_.size();
-      py::tuple input_arguments(number_of_arguments);
-      for (size_t i = 0; i < number_of_arguments; i++) {
-        py::array argument_value;
-        int32_t column_index = column_name_id_map_[length_dependent_columns_[i]];
-        RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(element[column_index]->GetDataAsNumpy(&argument_value));
-        input_arguments[i] = argument_value;
-      }
-
-      py::object length = element_length_function_(*input_arguments);
-      *out_element_length = length.cast<int32_t>();
-      if (*out_element_length < 0) {
-        return Status(StatusCode::kPyFuncException, "Element length function should return a non negative integer.");
-      }
-    } catch (const py::error_already_set &e) {
-      return Status(StatusCode::kPyFuncException, e.what());
-    } catch (const py::cast_error &e) {
-      return Status(StatusCode::kPyFuncException, "Count not cast output of element length function to int32_t.");
+    TensorRow output;
+    RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(element_length_function_->Compute(element, &output));
+    RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(output.at(0)->GetItemAt(out_element_length, {0}));
+    if (*out_element_length < 0) {
+      RETURN_STATUS_UNEXPECTED("BucketBatchByLength: element_length_function returned negative integer");
     }
   } else {
     *out_element_length = element[0]->shape()[0];
   }
-
   return Status::OK();
 }
 
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/bucket_batch_by_length_op.h b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/bucket_batch_by_length_op.h
index e14a5ff760..fac40a7955 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/bucket_batch_by_length_op.h
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/bucket_batch_by_length_op.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "minddata/dataset/engine/dataset_iterator.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/batch_op.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/pipeline_op.h"
+#include "minddata/dataset/kernels/tensor_op.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/util/status.h"
 
 namespace mindspore {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class BucketBatchByLengthOp : public PipelineOp {
       return *this;
     }
 
-    Builder &SetElementLengthFunction(py::function element_length_function) {
+    Builder &SetElementLengthFunction(std::shared_ptr<TensorOp> element_length_function) {
       builder_element_length_function_ = element_length_function;
       return *this;
     }
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ class BucketBatchByLengthOp : public PipelineOp {
     std::vector<std::string> builder_length_dependent_columns_;
     std::vector<int32_t> builder_bucket_boundaries_;
     std::vector<int32_t> builder_bucket_batch_sizes_;
-    py::function builder_element_length_function_;
+    std::shared_ptr<TensorOp> builder_element_length_function_;
     PadInfo builder_pad_info_;
     bool builder_pad_to_bucket_boundary_;
     bool builder_drop_remainder_;
@@ -98,8 +99,8 @@ class BucketBatchByLengthOp : public PipelineOp {
   };
 
   BucketBatchByLengthOp(std::vector<std::string> length_dependent_columns, std::vector<int32_t> bucket_boundaries,
-                        std::vector<int32_t> bucket_batch_sizes, py::function element_length_function, PadInfo pad_info,
-                        bool pad_to_bucket_boundary, bool drop_remainder, int32_t op_connector_size);
+                        std::vector<int32_t> bucket_batch_sizes, std::shared_ptr<TensorOp> element_length_function,
+                        PadInfo pad_info, bool pad_to_bucket_boundary, bool drop_remainder, int32_t op_connector_size);
 
   // Destructor
   ~BucketBatchByLengthOp() = default;
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ class BucketBatchByLengthOp : public PipelineOp {
   std::vector<std::string> length_dependent_columns_;
   std::vector<int32_t> bucket_boundaries_;
   std::vector<int32_t> bucket_batch_sizes_;
-  py::function element_length_function_;
+  std::shared_ptr<TensorOp> element_length_function_;
   PadInfo pad_info_;
   bool pad_to_bucket_boundary_;
   bool drop_remainder_;
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/include/datasets.h b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/include/datasets.h
index f8ba200064..41dc999367 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/include/datasets.h
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/include/datasets.h
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #include "minddata/dataset/include/iterator.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/include/samplers.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/include/type_id.h"
+#include "minddata/dataset/kernels/c_func_op.h"
+#include "minddata/dataset/kernels/tensor_op.h"
 #ifndef ENABLE_ANDROID
 #include "minddata/dataset/text/vocab.h"
 #endif
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ class VOCDataset;
 #endif
 // Dataset Op classes (in alphabetical order)
 class BatchDataset;
+class BucketBatchByLengthDataset;
 #ifndef ENABLE_ANDROID
 class BuildVocabDataset;
 #endif
@@ -370,6 +373,35 @@ class Dataset : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Dataset> {
   /// \return Shared pointer to the current BatchDataset
   std::shared_ptr<BatchDataset> Batch(int32_t batch_size, bool drop_remainder = false);
 
+  /// \brief Function to create a BucketBatchByLengthDataset
+  /// \notes Combines batch_size number of consecutive rows into batches
+  /// \param[in] column_names Columns passed to element_length_function
+  /// \param[in] bucket_boundaries A list consisting of the upper boundaries of the buckets.
+  ///    Must be strictly increasing. If there are n boundaries, n+1 buckets are created: One bucket for
+  ///    [0, bucket_boundaries[0]), one bucket for [bucket_boundaries[i], bucket_boundaries[i+1]) for each
+  ///    0<i<n, and one bucket for [bucket_boundaries[n-1], inf).
+  /// \param[in] bucket_batch_sizes A list consisting of the batch sizes for each bucket.
+  ///    Must contain elements equal to the size of bucket_boundaries + 1.
+  /// \param[in] element_length_function A function pointer that takes in TensorRow and outputs a TensorRow. The output
+  ///    must contain a single tensor containing a single int32_t. If no value is provided, then size of column_names
+  ///    must be 1, and the size of the first dimension of that column will be taken as the length (default=nullptr)
+  /// \param[in] pad_info Represents how to batch each column. The key corresponds to the column name, the value must
+  ///    be a tuple of 2 elements.  The first element corresponds to the shape to pad to, and the second element
+  ///    corresponds to the value to pad with. If a column is not specified, then that column will be padded to the
+  ///    longest in the current batch, and 0 will be used as the padding value. Any unspecified dimensions will be
+  ///    padded to the longest in the current batch, unless if pad_to_bucket_boundary is true. If no padding is wanted,
+  ///    set pad_info to None (default=empty dictionary).
+  /// \param[in] pad_to_bucket_boundary If true, will pad each unspecified dimension in pad_info to the bucket_boundary
+  ///    minus 1. If there are any elements that fall into the last bucket, an error will occur (default=false).
+  /// \param[in] drop_remainder If true, will drop the last batch for each bucket if it is not a full batch
+  ///    (default=false).
+  /// \return Shared pointer to the current BucketBatchByLengthDataset
+  std::shared_ptr<BucketBatchByLengthDataset> BucketBatchByLength(
+    const std::vector<std::string> &column_names, const std::vector<int32_t> &bucket_boundaries,
+    const std::vector<int32_t> &bucket_batch_sizes, TensorRow (*element_length_function)(TensorRow) = nullptr,
+    const std::map<std::string, std::pair<TensorShape, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>>> &pad_info = {},
+    bool pad_to_bucket_boundary = false, bool drop_remainder = false);
+
 #ifndef ENABLE_ANDROID
   /// \brief Function to create a Vocab from source dataset
   /// \notes Build a vocab from a dataset. This would collect all the unique words in a dataset and return a vocab
@@ -953,6 +985,36 @@ class BatchDataset : public Dataset {
   std::map<std::string, std::pair<TensorShape, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>>> pad_map_;
 };
 
+class BucketBatchByLengthDataset : public Dataset {
+ public:
+  /// \brief Constructor
+  BucketBatchByLengthDataset(
+    const std::vector<std::string> &column_names, const std::vector<int32_t> &bucket_boundaries,
+    const std::vector<int32_t> &bucket_batch_sizes, TensorRow (*element_length_function)(TensorRow) = nullptr,
+    const std::map<std::string, std::pair<TensorShape, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>>> &pad_info = {},
+    bool pad_to_bucket_boundary = false, bool drop_remainder = false);
+
+  /// \brief Destructor
+  ~BucketBatchByLengthDataset() = default;
+
+  /// \brief a base class override function to create the required runtime dataset op objects for this class
+  /// \return The list of shared pointers to the newly created DatasetOps
+  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DatasetOp>> Build() override;
+
+  /// \brief Parameters validation
+  /// \return bool true if all the params are valid
+  bool ValidateParams() override;
+
+ private:
+  std::vector<std::string> column_names_;
+  std::vector<int32_t> bucket_boundaries_;
+  std::vector<int32_t> bucket_batch_sizes_;
+  TensorRow (*element_length_function_)(TensorRow);
+  std::map<std::string, std::pair<TensorShape, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>>> pad_info_;
+  bool pad_to_bucket_boundary_;
+  bool drop_remainder_;
+};
+
 #ifndef ENABLE_ANDROID
 class BuildVocabDataset : public Dataset {
  public:
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/CMakeLists.txt b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
index 3273822db5..3e5d3459c2 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ if (ENABLE_PYTHON)
             data/compose_op.cc
             data/random_apply_op.cc
             data/random_choice_op.cc
+        c_func_op.cc
         py_func_op.cc
         tensor_op.cc)
     target_include_directories(kernels PRIVATE ${pybind11_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/c_func_op.cc b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/c_func_op.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ac948691d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/c_func_op.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2020 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "minddata/dataset/kernels/c_func_op.h"
+#include "minddata/dataset/kernels/tensor_op.h"
+#include "minddata/dataset/util/status.h"
+
+namespace mindspore {
+namespace dataset {
+Status CFuncOp::Compute(const TensorRow &input, TensorRow *output) {
+  IO_CHECK_VECTOR(input, output);
+  Status ret = Status(StatusCode::kOK, "CFunc Call Succeed");
+  try {
+    *output = (*c_func_ptr_)(input);
+  } catch (const std::exception &e) {
+    RETURN_STATUS_UNEXPECTED("Unexpected error in CFuncOp");
+  }
+  return Status::OK();
+}
+}  // namespace dataset
+}  // namespace mindspore
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/c_func_op.h b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/c_func_op.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..184115c330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/c_func_op.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2020 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MINDSPORE_CCSRC_MINDDATA_DATASET_KERNELS_C_FUNC_OP_H_
+#define MINDSPORE_CCSRC_MINDDATA_DATASET_KERNELS_C_FUNC_OP_H_
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <vector>
+#include <utility>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "minddata/dataset/core/tensor.h"
+#include "minddata/dataset/kernels/tensor_op.h"
+
+namespace mindspore {
+namespace dataset {
+class CFuncOp : public TensorOp {
+ public:
+  explicit CFuncOp(TensorRow (*func)(TensorRow)) : c_func_ptr_(func) {}
+
+  ~CFuncOp() override = default;
+
+  uint32_t NumInput() override { return 0; }
+  uint32_t NumOutput() override { return 0; }
+
+  // Calls c_func_ptr and returns the result
+  Status Compute(const TensorRow &input, TensorRow *output) override;
+
+  std::string Name() const override { return kCFuncOp; }
+
+ private:
+  TensorRow (*c_func_ptr_)(TensorRow);
+};
+}  // namespace dataset
+}  // namespace mindspore
+
+#endif  // MINDSPORE_CCSRC_MINDDATA_DATASET_KERNELS_C_FUNC_OP_H_
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/py_func_op.cc b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/py_func_op.cc
index dbf2dfe73e..2ea26ab7b7 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/py_func_op.cc
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/py_func_op.cc
@@ -37,35 +37,44 @@ Status PyFuncOp::Compute(const TensorRow &input, TensorRow *output) {
     try {
       // Transform input tensor vector into numpy array vector
       py::tuple input_args(input.size());
-      for (size_t i = 0; i < input.size(); i++) {
-        py::array new_data;
-        RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(input.at(i)->GetDataAsNumpy(&new_data));
-        // possible memcpy here
-        input_args[i] = new_data;
+      py::object ret_py_obj;
+      if (input.size() > 0) {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < input.size(); i++) {
+          py::array new_data;
+          RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(input.at(i)->GetDataAsNumpy(&new_data));
+          // possible memcpy here
+          input_args[i] = new_data;
+        }
+        // Invoke python function
+        ret_py_obj = this->py_func_ptr_(*input_args);
+      } else {
+        ret_py_obj = this->py_func_ptr_();
       }
-      // Invoke python function
-      py::object ret_py_obj = this->py_func_ptr_(*input_args);
-      // Process the return value
-      if (py::isinstance<py::array>(ret_py_obj)) {
-        // In case of a n-1 mapping, the return value will be a numpy array
-        std::shared_ptr<Tensor> out;
-        RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(Tensor::CreateFromNpArray(ret_py_obj.cast<py::array>(), &out));
-        output->push_back(out);
-      } else if (py::isinstance<py::tuple>(ret_py_obj)) {
-        // In case of a n-m mapping, the return value will be a tuple of numpy arrays
-        py::tuple ret_py_tuple = ret_py_obj.cast<py::tuple>();
-        // Iterate over two containers simultaneously for memory copy
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < ret_py_tuple.size(); i++) {
-          py::object ret_py_ele = ret_py_tuple[i];
-          if (!py::isinstance<py::array>(ret_py_ele)) {
-            goto ShapeMisMatch;
+      if (output_type_ != DataType::DE_UNKNOWN) {
+        RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(CastOutput(ret_py_obj, output));
+
+      } else {
+        if (py::isinstance<py::tuple>(ret_py_obj)) {
+          // In case of a n-m mapping, the return value will be a tuple of numpy arrays
+          py::tuple ret_py_tuple = ret_py_obj.cast<py::tuple>();
+          // Iterate over two containers simultaneously for memory copy
+          for (size_t i = 0; i < ret_py_tuple.size(); i++) {
+            py::object ret_py_ele = ret_py_tuple[i];
+            if (!py::isinstance<py::array>(ret_py_ele)) {
+              goto ShapeMisMatch;
+            }
+            std::shared_ptr<Tensor> out;
+            RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(Tensor::CreateFromNpArray(ret_py_ele.cast<py::array>(), &out));
+            output->push_back(out);
           }
+        } else if (py::isinstance<py::array>(ret_py_obj)) {
+          // In case of a n-1 mapping, the return value will be a numpy array
           std::shared_ptr<Tensor> out;
-          RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(Tensor::CreateFromNpArray(ret_py_ele.cast<py::array>(), &out));
+          RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(Tensor::CreateFromNpArray(ret_py_obj.cast<py::array>(), &out));
           output->push_back(out);
+        } else {
+          goto ShapeMisMatch;
         }
-      } else {
-        goto ShapeMisMatch;
       }
     } catch (const py::error_already_set &e) {
       ret = Status(StatusCode::kPyFuncException, e.what());
@@ -79,5 +88,24 @@ ShapeMisMatch:
   ret = Status(StatusCode::kShapeMisMatch, "PyFunc should return a numpy array or a numpy array tuple");
   goto ComputeReturn;
 }
+
+Status PyFuncOp::CastOutput(const py::object &ret_py_obj, TensorRow *output) {
+  try {
+    std::shared_ptr<Tensor> out;
+    switch (output_type_) {
+      case DataType::DE_INT32:
+        RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(Tensor::CreateEmpty(TensorShape({1}), DataType(DataType::DE_INT32), &out));
+        RETURN_IF_NOT_OK(out->SetItemAt({0}, ret_py_obj.cast<int32_t>()));
+        break;
+      default:
+        RETURN_STATUS_UNEXPECTED("No cast for the specified DataType was found.");
+    }
+    output->push_back(out);
+  } catch (const std::exception &e) {
+    return Status(StatusCode::kUnexpectedError, e.what());
+  }
+  return Status::OK();
+}
+
 }  // namespace dataset
 }  // namespace mindspore
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/py_func_op.h b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/py_func_op.h
index d11437b490..c14c32355c 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/py_func_op.h
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/py_func_op.h
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@
 
 namespace mindspore {
 namespace dataset {
-class __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))) PyFuncOp : public TensorOp {
+class PyFuncOp : public TensorOp {
  public:
-  explicit PyFuncOp(py::function func) : py_func_ptr_(std::move(func)) {}
+  explicit PyFuncOp(py::function func) : py_func_ptr_(std::move(func)) { output_type_ = DataType::DE_UNKNOWN; }
+  explicit PyFuncOp(py::function func, DataType::Type output_type)
+      : py_func_ptr_(std::move(func)), output_type_(output_type) {}
 
   ~PyFuncOp() override = default;
 
@@ -39,10 +41,18 @@ class __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))) PyFuncOp : public TensorOp {
   // Compute function for n-n mapping.
   Status Compute(const TensorRow &input, TensorRow *output) override;
 
+  /// \brief Function to convert a primitive type py::object to a TensorRow
+  /// \notes Changes the py::object to a tensor with corresponding C++ DataType based on output_type_ and adds it to a
+  ///    TensorRow. This function is used inside Compute.
+  /// \param[in] ret_py_obj The python object we want to cast
+  /// \param[output] The TensorRow output
+  /// \return Status
+  Status CastOutput(const py::object &ret_py_obj, TensorRow *output);
   std::string Name() const override { return kPyFuncOp; }
 
  private:
   py::function py_func_ptr_;
+  DataType::Type output_type_;
 };
 }  // namespace dataset
 }  // namespace mindspore
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/tensor_op.h b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/tensor_op.h
index 771d1af150..06dba20cd6 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/tensor_op.h
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/tensor_op.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ constexpr char kToFloat16Op[] = "ToFloat16Op";
 constexpr char kTypeCastOp[] = "TypeCastOp";
 
 // other
+constexpr char kCFuncOp[] = "CFuncOp";
 constexpr char kPyFuncOp[] = "PyFuncOp";
 constexpr char kNoOp[] = "NoOp";
 
diff --git a/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_dataset_ops_test.cc b/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_dataset_ops_test.cc
index 818189e6e2..57806837e2 100644
--- a/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_dataset_ops_test.cc
+++ b/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_dataset_ops_test.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 #include "common/common.h"
+#include "minddata/dataset/core/tensor_row.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/include/datasets.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/include/transforms.h"
 
@@ -24,6 +25,16 @@ class MindDataTestPipeline : public UT::DatasetOpTesting {
  protected:
 };
 
+mindspore::dataset::TensorRow BucketBatchTestFunction(mindspore::dataset::TensorRow input) {
+  mindspore::dataset::TensorRow output;
+  std::shared_ptr<Tensor> out;
+  Tensor::CreateEmpty(mindspore::dataset::TensorShape({1}),
+                      mindspore::dataset::DataType(mindspore::dataset::DataType::Type::DE_INT32), &out);
+  out->SetItemAt({0}, 2);
+  output.push_back(out);
+  return output;
+}
+
 TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestBatchAndRepeat) {
   MS_LOG(INFO) << "Doing MindDataTestPipeline-TestBatchAndRepeat.";
 
@@ -47,7 +58,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestBatchAndRepeat) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
 
@@ -65,6 +76,183 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestBatchAndRepeat) {
   iter->Stop();
 }
 
+TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestBucketBatchByLengthSuccess1) {
+  // Calling with default values
+  MS_LOG(INFO) << "Doing MindDataTestPipeline-TestBucketBatchByLengthSuccess1.";
+
+  // Create a Mnist Dataset
+  std::string folder_path = datasets_root_path_ + "/testMnistData/";
+  std::shared_ptr<Dataset> ds = Mnist(folder_path, RandomSampler(false, 10));
+  EXPECT_NE(ds, nullptr);
+
+  // Create a BucketBatchByLength operation on ds
+  ds = ds->BucketBatchByLength({"image"}, {1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6, 7});
+  EXPECT_NE(ds, nullptr);
+
+  // Create an iterator over the result of the above dataset
+  // This will trigger the creation of the Execution Tree and launch it.
+  std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
+  EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
+
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
+  iter->GetNextRow(&row);
+
+  uint64_t i = 0;
+  while (row.size() != 0) {
+    i++;
+    auto image = row["image"];
+    MS_LOG(INFO) << "Tensor image shape: " << image->shape();
+    iter->GetNextRow(&row);
+  }
+  // 2 batches of size 5
+  EXPECT_EQ(i, 2);
+
+  // Manually terminate the pipeline
+  iter->Stop();
+}
+
+TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestBucketBatchByLengthSuccess2) {
+  // Calling with non-default values
+  MS_LOG(INFO) << "Doing MindDataTestPipeline-TestBucketBatchByLengthSuccess2.";
+
+  // Create a Mnist Dataset
+  std::string folder_path = datasets_root_path_ + "/testMnistData/";
+  std::shared_ptr<Dataset> ds = Mnist(folder_path, RandomSampler(false, 10));
+  EXPECT_NE(ds, nullptr);
+
+  // Create a BucketBatchByLength operation on ds
+  std::map<std::string, std::pair<mindspore::dataset::TensorShape, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>>> pad_info;
+  ds = ds->BucketBatchByLength({"image"}, {1, 2}, {1, 2, 3},
+                               &BucketBatchTestFunction, pad_info, true, true);
+  EXPECT_NE(ds, nullptr);
+
+  // Create an iterator over the result of the above dataset
+  // This will trigger the creation of the Execution Tree and launch it.
+  std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
+  EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
+
+  // Iterate over the dataset and get each row
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
+  iter->GetNextRow(&row);
+
+  uint64_t i = 0;
+  while (row.size() != 0) {
+    i++;
+    auto image = row["image"];
+    MS_LOG(INFO) << "Tensor image shape: " << image->shape();
+    iter->GetNextRow(&row);
+  }
+  // 5 batches of size 2
+  EXPECT_EQ(i, 5);
+
+  // Manually terminate the pipeline
+  iter->Stop();
+}
+
+TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestBucketBatchByLengthFail1) {
+  // Empty bucket_boundaries
+  // Calling with function pointer
+  MS_LOG(INFO) << "Doing MindDataTestPipeline-TestBucketBatchByLengthFail1.";
+
+  // Create a Mnist Dataset
+  std::string folder_path = datasets_root_path_ + "/testMnistData/";
+  std::shared_ptr<Dataset> ds = Mnist(folder_path, RandomSampler(false, 10));
+  EXPECT_NE(ds, nullptr);
+
+  // Create a BucketBatchByLength operation on ds
+  ds = ds->BucketBatchByLength({"image"}, {}, {1});
+  EXPECT_EQ(ds, nullptr);
+}
+
+TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestBucketBatchByLengthFail2) {
+  // Empty bucket_batch_sizes
+  // Calling with function pointer
+  MS_LOG(INFO) << "Doing MindDataTestPipeline-TestBucketBatchByLengthFail2.";
+
+  // Create a Mnist Dataset
+  std::string folder_path = datasets_root_path_ + "/testMnistData/";
+  std::shared_ptr<Dataset> ds = Mnist(folder_path, RandomSampler(false, 10));
+  EXPECT_NE(ds, nullptr);
+
+  // Create a BucketBatchByLength operation on ds
+  ds = ds->BucketBatchByLength({"image"}, {1}, {});
+  EXPECT_EQ(ds, nullptr);
+}
+
+TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestBucketBatchByLengthFail3) {
+  // Negative boundaries
+  // Calling with function pointer
+  MS_LOG(INFO) << "Doing MindDataTestPipeline-TestBucketBatchByLengthFail3.";
+
+  // Create a Mnist Dataset
+  std::string folder_path = datasets_root_path_ + "/testMnistData/";
+  std::shared_ptr<Dataset> ds = Mnist(folder_path, RandomSampler(false, 10));
+  EXPECT_NE(ds, nullptr);
+
+  // Create a BucketBatchByLength operation on ds
+  ds = ds->BucketBatchByLength({"image"}, {-1, 1}, {1, 2, 3});
+  EXPECT_EQ(ds, nullptr);
+}
+
+TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestBucketBatchByLengthFail4) {
+  // Boundaries not strictly increasing
+  // Calling with function pointer
+  MS_LOG(INFO) << "Doing MindDataTestPipeline-TestBucketBatchByLengthFail4.";
+
+  // Create a Mnist Dataset
+  std::string folder_path = datasets_root_path_ + "/testMnistData/";
+  std::shared_ptr<Dataset> ds = Mnist(folder_path, RandomSampler(false, 10));
+  EXPECT_NE(ds, nullptr);
+
+  // Create a BucketBatchByLength operation on ds
+  ds = ds->BucketBatchByLength({"image"}, {2, 2}, {1, 2, 3});
+  EXPECT_EQ(ds, nullptr);
+}
+
+TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestBucketBatchByLengthFail5) {
+  // Incorrect size of bucket_batch_size
+  // Calling with function pointer
+  MS_LOG(INFO) << "Doing MindDataTestPipeline-TestBucketBatchByLengthFail5.";
+
+  // Create a Mnist Dataset
+  std::string folder_path = datasets_root_path_ + "/testMnistData/";
+  std::shared_ptr<Dataset> ds = Mnist(folder_path, RandomSampler(false, 10));
+  EXPECT_NE(ds, nullptr);
+
+  // Create a BucketBatchByLength operation on ds
+  ds = ds->BucketBatchByLength({"image"}, {1, 2}, {1, 2});
+  EXPECT_EQ(ds, nullptr);
+}
+
+TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestBucketBatchByLengthFail6) {
+  // Negative bucket_batch_size
+  // Calling with function pointer
+  MS_LOG(INFO) << "Doing MindDataTestPipeline-TestBucketBatchByLengthFail6.";
+
+  // Create a Mnist Dataset
+  std::string folder_path = datasets_root_path_ + "/testMnistData/";
+  std::shared_ptr<Dataset> ds = Mnist(folder_path, RandomSampler(false, 10));
+  EXPECT_NE(ds, nullptr);
+  // Create a BucketBatchByLength operation on ds
+  ds = ds->BucketBatchByLength({"image"}, {1, 2}, {1, -2, 3});
+  EXPECT_EQ(ds, nullptr);
+}
+
+TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestBucketBatchByLengthFail7) {
+  // This should fail because element_length_function is not specified and column_names has more than 1 element.
+  // Calling with function pointer
+  MS_LOG(INFO) << "Doing MindDataTestPipeline-TestBucketBatchByLengthFail7.";
+
+  // Create a Mnist Dataset
+  std::string folder_path = datasets_root_path_ + "/testMnistData/";
+  std::shared_ptr<Dataset> ds = Mnist(folder_path, RandomSampler(false, 10));
+  EXPECT_NE(ds, nullptr);
+
+  // Create a BucketBatchByLength operation on ds
+  ds = ds->BucketBatchByLength({"image", "label"}, {1, 2}, {1, 2, 3});
+  EXPECT_EQ(ds, nullptr);
+}
 
 TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestConcatFail1) {
   MS_LOG(INFO) << "Doing MindDataTestPipeline-TestConcatFail1.";
@@ -148,7 +336,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestConcatSuccess) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
   uint64_t i = 0;
@@ -200,7 +388,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestConcatSuccess2) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
   uint64_t i = 0;
@@ -239,7 +427,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestImageFolderBatchAndRepeat) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
 
@@ -293,7 +481,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestProjectMap) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
 
@@ -366,7 +554,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestProjectMapAutoInjection) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
 
@@ -468,7 +656,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestRenameSuccess) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
 
@@ -514,7 +702,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestRepeatDefault) {
   std::shared_ptr <Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map <std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
   uint64_t i = 0;
@@ -557,7 +745,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestRepeatOne) {
   std::shared_ptr <Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map <std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
   uint64_t i = 0;
@@ -630,7 +818,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestShuffleDataset) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
 
@@ -666,7 +854,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestSkipDataset) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
 
@@ -718,7 +906,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestTakeDatasetDefault) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
 
@@ -776,7 +964,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestTakeDatasetNormal) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
 
@@ -830,7 +1018,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestTensorOpsAndMap) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
 
@@ -938,7 +1126,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestZipSuccess) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);
 
@@ -992,7 +1180,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestZipSuccess2) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   EXPECT_NE(iter, nullptr);
 
-  // Iterate the dataset and get each row
+  // iterate over the dataset and get each row
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>> row;
   iter->GetNextRow(&row);