diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/datasets.cc b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/datasets.cc
index f4ed295940f..2f899e7f537 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/datasets.cc
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/datasets.cc
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/repeat_op.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/shuffle_op.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/project_op.h"
+#include "minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/zip_op.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/source/sampler/sampler.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/engine/datasetops/source/sampler/random_sampler.h"
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<Iterator> Dataset::CreateIterator() {
     iter = std::make_shared<Iterator>();
     Status rc = iter->BuildAndLaunchTree(shared_from_this());
     if (rc.IsError()) {
+      MS_LOG(ERROR) << rc;
       MS_LOG(ERROR) << "CreateIterator failed.";
       return nullptr;
     }
@@ -184,6 +186,21 @@ std::shared_ptr<ProjectDataset> Dataset::Project(const std::vector<std::string>
   return ds;
 }
 
+// Function to create a Zip dataset
+std::shared_ptr<ZipDataset> Dataset::Zip(const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Dataset>> &datasets) {
+  // Default values
+  auto ds = std::make_shared<ZipDataset>();
+
+  if (!ds->ValidateParams()) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  for (auto dataset : datasets) {
+    ds->children.push_back(dataset);
+  }
+
+  return ds;
+}
+
 // Helper function to create default RandomSampler.
 std::shared_ptr<SamplerObj> CreateDefaultSampler() {
   const int32_t num_samples = 0;  // 0 means to sample all ids.
@@ -441,6 +458,19 @@ std::shared_ptr<std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DatasetOp>>> ProjectDataset::Build()
   return std::make_shared<std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DatasetOp>>>(node_ops);
 }
 
+// Function to build ZipOp
+ZipDataset::ZipDataset() {}
+
+bool ZipDataset::ValidateParams() { return true; }
+
+std::shared_ptr<std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DatasetOp>>> ZipDataset::Build() {
+  // A vector containing shared pointer to the Dataset Ops that this object will create
+  std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DatasetOp>> node_ops;
+
+  node_ops.push_back(std::make_shared<ZipOp>(rows_per_buffer_, connector_que_size_));
+  return std::make_shared<std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DatasetOp>>>(node_ops);
+}
+
 }  // namespace api
 }  // namespace dataset
 }  // namespace mindspore
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/iterator.cc b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/iterator.cc
index 068bcfaa047..8136601ed84 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/iterator.cc
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/iterator.cc
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ Status Iterator::BuildAndLaunchTree(std::shared_ptr<Dataset> ds) {
   // Iterative BFS converting Dataset tree into runtime Execution tree.
   std::queue<std::pair<std::shared_ptr<Dataset>, std::shared_ptr<DatasetOp>>> q;
 
-  if (ds != nullptr) {
+  if (ds == nullptr) {
+    RETURN_STATUS_UNEXPECTED("Input is null pointer");
+  } else {
     // Convert the current root node.
     auto root_op = ds->Build()->front();
     RETURN_UNEXPECTED_IF_NULL(root_op);
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/include/datasets.h b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/include/datasets.h
index 22fc4110903..7588a25f06e 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/include/datasets.h
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/include/datasets.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class MapDataset;
 class ShuffleDataset;
 class Cifar10Dataset;
 class ProjectDataset;
+class ZipDataset;
 
 /// \brief Function to create an ImageFolderDataset
 /// \notes A source dataset that reads images from a tree of directories
@@ -165,6 +166,12 @@ class Dataset : public std::enable_shared_from_this<Dataset> {
   /// \return Shared pointer to the current Dataset
   std::shared_ptr<ProjectDataset> Project(const std::vector<std::string> &columns);
 
+  /// \brief Function to create a Zip Dataset
+  /// \notes Applies zip to the dataset
+  /// \param[in] datasets A list of shared pointer to the datasets that we want to zip
+  /// \return Shared pointer to the current Dataset
+  std::shared_ptr<ZipDataset> Zip(const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Dataset>> &datasets);
+
  protected:
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Dataset>> children;
   std::shared_ptr<Dataset> parent;
@@ -351,6 +358,24 @@ class ProjectDataset : public Dataset {
  private:
   std::vector<std::string> columns_;
 };
+
+class ZipDataset : public Dataset {
+ public:
+  /// \brief Constructor
+  ZipDataset();
+
+  /// \brief Destructor
+  ~ZipDataset() = default;
+
+  /// \brief a base class override function to create the required runtime dataset op objects for this class
+  /// \return shared pointer to the list of newly created DatasetOps
+  std::shared_ptr<std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DatasetOp>>> Build() override;
+
+  /// \brief Parameters validation
+  /// \return bool true if all the params are valid
+  bool ValidateParams() override;
+};
+
 }  // namespace api
 }  // namespace dataset
 }  // namespace mindspore
diff --git a/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_test.cc b/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_test.cc
index 902bc9a43b8..03c7c023a5e 100644
--- a/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_test.cc
+++ b/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_test.cc
@@ -764,8 +764,60 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestProjectMap) {
     iter->GetNextRow(&row);
   }
 
-  EXPECT_TRUE(i == 20);
+  EXPECT_EQ(i, 20);
 
   // Manually terminate the pipeline
   iter->Stop();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestZip) {
+  // Create an ImageFolder Dataset
+  std::string folder_path = datasets_root_path_ + "/testPK/data/";
+  std::shared_ptr<Dataset> ds = ImageFolder(folder_path, true, RandomSampler(false, 10));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ds != nullptr);
+
+  // Create a Project operation on ds
+  std::vector<std::string> column_project = {"image"};
+  ds = ds->Project(column_project);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ds != nullptr);
+
+  folder_path = datasets_root_path_ + "/testCifar10Data/";
+  std::shared_ptr<Dataset> ds1 = Cifar10(folder_path, 0, RandomSampler(false, 10));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ds1 != nullptr);
+
+  // Create a Project operation on ds
+  column_project = {"label"};
+  ds1 = ds1->Project(column_project);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ds1 != nullptr);
+
+  // Create a Zip operation on the datasets
+  ds = ds->Zip({ds, ds1});
+  EXPECT_TRUE(ds != nullptr);
+
+  // Create a Batch operation on ds
+  int32_t batch_size = 1;
+  ds = ds->Batch(batch_size);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(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_TRUE(iter != nullptr);
+
+  // Iterate 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);
+  }
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(i, 10);
+
+  // Manually terminate the pipeline
+  iter->Stop();
+}