diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolOptions.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolOptions.java
index 2ebe77e1ba2..92b1baacc03 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolOptions.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolOptions.java
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ public class SessionPoolOptions {
   /** Property for allowing mocking of session maintenance clock. */
   private final Clock poolMaintainerClock;
 
+  private final Duration waitForMultiplexedSession;
+  private final boolean useMultiplexedSession;
+  private final Duration multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration;
+
   private SessionPoolOptions(Builder builder) {
     // minSessions > maxSessions is only possible if the user has only set a value for maxSessions.
     // We allow that to prevent code that only sets a value for maxSessions to break if the
@@ -93,6 +97,9 @@ private SessionPoolOptions(Builder builder) {
     this.randomizePositionQPSThreshold = builder.randomizePositionQPSThreshold;
     this.inactiveTransactionRemovalOptions = builder.inactiveTransactionRemovalOptions;
     this.poolMaintainerClock = builder.poolMaintainerClock;
+    this.useMultiplexedSession = builder.useMultiplexedSession;
+    this.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration = builder.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration;
+    this.waitForMultiplexedSession = builder.waitForMultiplexedSession;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -123,7 +130,11 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
         && Objects.equals(this.randomizePositionQPSThreshold, other.randomizePositionQPSThreshold)
         && Objects.equals(
             this.inactiveTransactionRemovalOptions, other.inactiveTransactionRemovalOptions)
-        && Objects.equals(this.poolMaintainerClock, other.poolMaintainerClock);
+        && Objects.equals(this.poolMaintainerClock, other.poolMaintainerClock)
+        && Objects.equals(this.useMultiplexedSession, other.useMultiplexedSession)
+        && Objects.equals(
+            this.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration, other.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration)
+        && Objects.equals(this.waitForMultiplexedSession, other.waitForMultiplexedSession);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -148,7 +159,10 @@ public int hashCode() {
         this.releaseToPosition,
         this.randomizePositionQPSThreshold,
         this.inactiveTransactionRemovalOptions,
-        this.poolMaintainerClock);
+        this.poolMaintainerClock,
+        this.useMultiplexedSession,
+        this.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration,
+        this.waitForMultiplexedSession);
   }
 
   public Builder toBuilder() {
@@ -271,6 +285,18 @@ long getRandomizePositionQPSThreshold() {
     return randomizePositionQPSThreshold;
   }
 
+  boolean getUseMultiplexedSession() {
+    return useMultiplexedSession;
+  }
+
+  Duration getMultiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration() {
+    return multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration;
+  }
+
+  Duration getWaitForMultiplexedSession() {
+    return waitForMultiplexedSession;
+  }
+
   public static Builder newBuilder() {
     return new Builder();
   }
@@ -467,6 +493,9 @@ public static class Builder {
      */
     private long randomizePositionQPSThreshold = 0L;
 
+    private boolean useMultiplexedSession = false;
+    private Duration multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration = Duration.ofDays(7);
+    private Duration waitForMultiplexedSession = Duration.ofSeconds(10);
     private Clock poolMaintainerClock;
 
     private static Position getReleaseToPositionFromSystemProperty() {
@@ -669,6 +698,47 @@ Builder setPoolMaintainerClock(Clock poolMaintainerClock) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets whether the client should use multiplexed session or not. If set to true, the client
+     * optimises and runs multiple applicable requests concurrently on a single session. A single
+     * multiplexed session is sufficient to handle all concurrent traffic.
+     *
+     * <p>When set to false, the client uses the regular session cached in the session pool for
+     * running 1 concurrent transaction per session. We require to provision sufficient sessions by
+     * making use of {@link SessionPoolOptions#minSessions} and {@link
+     * SessionPoolOptions#maxSessions} based on the traffic load. Failing to do so will result in
+     * higher latencies.
+     */
+    Builder setUseMultiplexedSession(boolean useMultiplexedSession) {
+      this.useMultiplexedSession = useMultiplexedSession;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    Builder setMultiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration(
+        Duration multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration) {
+      this.multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration = multiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This option is only used when {@link SessionPoolOptions#useMultiplexedSession} is set to
+     * true. If greater than zero, calls to {@link Spanner#getDatabaseClient(DatabaseId)} will block
+     * for up to the given duration while waiting for the multiplexed session to be created. The
+     * default value for this is 10 seconds.
+     *
+     * <p>If this is set to null or zero, the client does not wait for the session to be created,
+     * which means that the first read requests could see more latency, as they will need to wait
+     * until the multiplexed session has been created.
+     *
+     * <p>Note that we would need to use the option {@link SessionPoolOptions#waitForMinSessions} if
+     * we want a similar blocking behavior for the other sessions within the session pool.
+     */
+    Builder setWaitForMultiplexedSession(Duration waitForMultiplexedSession) {
+      this.waitForMultiplexedSession = waitForMultiplexedSession;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets whether the client should automatically execute a background query to detect the dialect
      * that is used by the database or not. Set this option to true if you do not know what the
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolOptionsTest.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolOptionsTest.java
index 22d10d92a87..9e029e931d6 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolOptionsTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/SessionPoolOptionsTest.java
@@ -246,4 +246,62 @@ public void testRandomizePositionQPSThreshold() {
         IllegalArgumentException.class,
         () -> SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder().setRandomizePositionQPSThreshold(-1L));
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testUseMultiplexedSession() {
+    assertEquals(false, SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder().build().getUseMultiplexedSession());
+    assertEquals(
+        true,
+        SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder()
+            .setUseMultiplexedSession(true)
+            .build()
+            .getUseMultiplexedSession());
+    assertEquals(
+        false,
+        SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder()
+            .setUseMultiplexedSession(true)
+            .setUseMultiplexedSession(false)
+            .build()
+            .getUseMultiplexedSession());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMultiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration() {
+    assertEquals(
+        Duration.ofDays(7),
+        SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder().build().getMultiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration());
+    assertEquals(
+        Duration.ofDays(2),
+        SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder()
+            .setMultiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration(Duration.ofDays(2))
+            .build()
+            .getMultiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration());
+    assertEquals(
+        Duration.ofDays(10),
+        SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder()
+            .setMultiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration(Duration.ofDays(2))
+            .setMultiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration(Duration.ofDays(10))
+            .build()
+            .getMultiplexedSessionMaintenanceDuration());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testWaitForMultiplexedSession() {
+    assertEquals(
+        Duration.ofSeconds(10),
+        SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder().build().getWaitForMultiplexedSession());
+    assertEquals(
+        Duration.ofSeconds(20),
+        SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder()
+            .setWaitForMultiplexedSession(Duration.ofSeconds(20))
+            .build()
+            .getWaitForMultiplexedSession());
+    assertEquals(
+        Duration.ofSeconds(10),
+        SessionPoolOptions.newBuilder()
+            .setWaitForMultiplexedSession(Duration.ofSeconds(2))
+            .setWaitForMultiplexedSession(Duration.ofSeconds(10))
+            .build()
+            .getWaitForMultiplexedSession());
+  }
 }