diff --git a/include/rocksdb/convenience.h b/include/rocksdb/convenience.h
index 15df53204..7a65b1388 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/convenience.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/convenience.h
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ Status GetPlainTableOptionsFromString(
     const std::string& opts_str,
     PlainTableOptions* new_table_options);
 
+Status GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString(
+    const std::string& opts_str,
+    std::unique_ptr<MemTableRepFactory>* new_mem_factory);
+
 Status GetOptionsFromString(const Options& base_options,
                             const std::string& opts_str, Options* new_options);
 
diff --git a/util/options_helper.cc b/util/options_helper.cc
index 26b4c08ef..4d7bc347c 100644
--- a/util/options_helper.cc
+++ b/util/options_helper.cc
@@ -752,6 +752,15 @@ Status ParseColumnFamilyOption(const std::string& name,
             "unable to parse the specified CF option " + name);
       }
       new_options->table_factory.reset(NewPlainTableFactory(table_opt));
+    } else if (name == "memtable") {
+      std::unique_ptr<MemTableRepFactory> new_mem_factory;
+      Status mem_factory_s =
+          GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString(value, &new_mem_factory);
+      if (!mem_factory_s.ok()) {
+        return Status::InvalidArgument(
+            "unable to parse the specified CF option " + name);
+      }
+      new_options->memtable_factory.reset(new_mem_factory.release());
     } else if (name == "compression_opts") {
       size_t start = 0;
       size_t end = value.find(':');
@@ -1130,6 +1139,76 @@ Status GetPlainTableOptionsFromString(
                                      new_table_options);
 }
 
+Status GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString(const std::string& opts_str,
+    std::unique_ptr<MemTableRepFactory>* new_mem_factory) {
+  std::vector<std::string> opts_list = StringSplit(opts_str, ':');
+  size_t len = opts_list.size();
+
+  if (opts_list.size() <= 0 || opts_list.size() > 2) {
+    return Status::InvalidArgument("Can't parse memtable_factory option ",
+                                     opts_str);
+  }
+
+  MemTableRepFactory* mem_factory = nullptr;
+
+  if (opts_list[0] == "skip_list") {
+    // Expecting format
+    // skip_list:<lookahead>
+    if (2 == len) {
+      size_t lookahead = ParseSizeT(opts_list[1]);
+      mem_factory = new SkipListFactory(lookahead);
+    } else if (1 == len) {
+      mem_factory = new SkipListFactory();
+    }
+  } else if (opts_list[0] == "prefix_hash") {
+    // Expecting format
+    // prfix_hash:<hash_bucket_count>
+    if (2 == len) {
+      size_t hash_bucket_count = ParseSizeT(opts_list[1]);
+      mem_factory = NewHashSkipListRepFactory(hash_bucket_count);
+    } else if (1 == len) {
+      mem_factory = NewHashSkipListRepFactory();
+    }
+  } else if (opts_list[0] == "hash_linkedlist") {
+    // Expecting format
+    // hash_linkedlist:<hash_bucket_count>
+    if (2 == len) {
+      size_t hash_bucket_count = ParseSizeT(opts_list[1]);
+      mem_factory = NewHashLinkListRepFactory(hash_bucket_count);
+    } else if (1 == len) {
+      mem_factory = NewHashLinkListRepFactory();
+    }
+  } else if (opts_list[0] == "vector") {
+    // Expecting format
+    // vector:<count>
+    if (2 == len) {
+      size_t count = ParseSizeT(opts_list[1]);
+      mem_factory = new VectorRepFactory(count);
+    } else if (1 == len) {
+      mem_factory = new VectorRepFactory();
+    }
+  } else if (opts_list[0] == "cuckoo") {
+    // Expecting format
+    // cuckoo:<write_buffer_size>
+    if (2 == len) {
+      size_t write_buffer_size = ParseSizeT(opts_list[1]);
+      mem_factory= NewHashCuckooRepFactory(write_buffer_size);
+    } else if (1 == len) {
+      return Status::InvalidArgument("Can't parse memtable_factory option ",
+                                     opts_str);
+    }
+  } else {
+    return Status::InvalidArgument("Unrecognized memtable_factory option ",
+                                   opts_str);
+  }
+
+  if (mem_factory != nullptr){
+    new_mem_factory->reset(mem_factory);
+  }
+
+  return Status::OK();
+}
+
 Status GetColumnFamilyOptionsFromMap(
     const ColumnFamilyOptions& base_options,
     const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>& opts_map,
diff --git a/util/options_test.cc b/util/options_test.cc
index 4b20cb9e0..e4b572533 100644
--- a/util/options_test.cc
+++ b/util/options_test.cc
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "rocksdb/cache.h"
 #include "rocksdb/convenience.h"
+#include "rocksdb/memtablerep.h"
 #include "rocksdb/utilities/leveldb_options.h"
 #include "util/options_helper.h"
 #include "util/options_parser.h"
@@ -448,6 +449,14 @@ TEST_F(OptionsTest, GetColumnFamilyOptionsFromStringTest) {
             &new_cf_opt));
   ASSERT_TRUE(new_cf_opt.table_factory != nullptr);
   ASSERT_EQ(std::string(new_cf_opt.table_factory->Name()), "PlainTable");
+
+  // memtable factory
+  ASSERT_OK(GetColumnFamilyOptionsFromString(base_cf_opt,
+            "write_buffer_size=10;max_write_buffer_number=16;"
+            "memtable=skip_list:10;arena_block_size=1024",
+            &new_cf_opt));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(new_cf_opt.memtable_factory != nullptr);
+  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(new_cf_opt.memtable_factory->Name()), "SkipListFactory");
 }
 #endif  // !ROCKSDB_LITE
 
@@ -535,11 +544,49 @@ TEST_F(OptionsTest, GetPlainTableOptionsFromString) {
              &new_opt));
 
   // unrecognized EncodingType
-  ASSERT_NOK(GetPlainTableOptionsFromString(
-      table_opt,
-      "user_key_len=66;bloom_bits_per_key=20;hash_table_ratio=0.5;"
-      "encoding_type=kPrefixXX",
-      &new_opt));
+  ASSERT_NOK(GetPlainTableOptionsFromString(table_opt,
+             "user_key_len=66;bloom_bits_per_key=20;hash_table_ratio=0.5;"
+             "encoding_type=kPrefixXX",
+             &new_opt));
+}
+#endif  // !ROCKSDB_LITE
+
+#ifndef ROCKSDB_LITE  // GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString is not supported
+TEST_F(OptionsTest, GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString) {
+  std::unique_ptr<MemTableRepFactory> new_mem_factory = nullptr;
+
+  ASSERT_OK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("skip_list", &new_mem_factory));
+  ASSERT_OK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("skip_list:16", &new_mem_factory));
+  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(new_mem_factory->Name()), "SkipListFactory");
+  ASSERT_NOK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("skip_list:16:invalid_opt",
+                                             &new_mem_factory));
+
+  ASSERT_OK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("prefix_hash", &new_mem_factory));
+  ASSERT_OK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("prefix_hash:1000",
+                                            &new_mem_factory));
+  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(new_mem_factory->Name()), "HashSkipListRepFactory");
+  ASSERT_NOK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("prefix_hash:1000:invalid_opt",
+                                             &new_mem_factory));
+
+  ASSERT_OK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("hash_linkedlist",
+                                            &new_mem_factory));
+  ASSERT_OK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("hash_linkedlist:1000",
+                                            &new_mem_factory));
+  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(new_mem_factory->Name()), "HashLinkListRepFactory");
+  ASSERT_NOK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("hash_linkedlist:1000:invalid_opt",
+                                             &new_mem_factory));
+
+  ASSERT_OK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("vector", &new_mem_factory));
+  ASSERT_OK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("vector:1024", &new_mem_factory));
+  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(new_mem_factory->Name()), "VectorRepFactory");
+  ASSERT_NOK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("vector:1024:invalid_opt",
+                                             &new_mem_factory));
+
+  ASSERT_NOK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("cuckoo", &new_mem_factory));
+  ASSERT_OK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("cuckoo:1024", &new_mem_factory));
+  ASSERT_EQ(std::string(new_mem_factory->Name()), "HashCuckooRepFactory");
+
+  ASSERT_NOK(GetMemTableRepFactoryFromString("bad_factory", &new_mem_factory));
 }
 #endif  // !ROCKSDB_LITE