diff --git a/rados/ioctx.go b/rados/ioctx.go
index 76b4dd3..903ebf8 100644
--- a/rados/ioctx.go
+++ b/rados/ioctx.go
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ import (
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
+// CreateOption is passed to IOContext.Create() and should be one of
+// CreateExclusive or CreateIdempotent.
+type CreateOption int
+
+const (
+	// CreateExclusive if used with IOContext.Create() and the object
+	// already exists, the function will return an error.
+	CreateExclusive = C.LIBRADOS_CREATE_EXCLUSIVE
+	// CreateIdempotent if used with IOContext.Create() and the object
+	// already exists, the function will not return an error.
+	CreateIdempotent = C.LIBRADOS_CREATE_IDEMPOTENT
+)
+
 // PoolStat represents Ceph pool statistics.
 type PoolStat struct {
 	// space used in bytes
@@ -93,6 +106,23 @@ func (ioctx *IOContext) SetNamespace(namespace string) {
 	C.rados_ioctx_set_namespace(ioctx.ioctx, c_ns)
 }
 
+// Create a new object with key oid.
+//
+// Implements:
+//  void rados_write_op_create(rados_write_op_t write_op, int exclusive,
+//                             const char* category)
+func (ioctx *IOContext) Create(oid string, exclusive CreateOption) error {
+	c_oid := C.CString(oid)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(c_oid))
+
+	op := C.rados_create_write_op()
+	C.rados_write_op_create(op, C.int(exclusive), nil)
+	ret := C.rados_write_op_operate(op, ioctx.ioctx, c_oid, nil, 0)
+	C.rados_release_write_op(op)
+
+	return getRadosError(int(ret))
+}
+
 // Write writes len(data) bytes to the object with key oid starting at byte
 // offset offset. It returns an error, if any.
 func (ioctx *IOContext) Write(oid string, data []byte, offset uint64) error {
diff --git a/rados/rados.go b/rados/rados.go
index e23e8c0..686cc88 100644
--- a/rados/rados.go
+++ b/rados/rados.go
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ var (
 	RadosErrorNotFound = RadosError(-C.ENOENT)
 	// RadosErrorPermissionDenied indicates a permissions issue.
 	RadosErrorPermissionDenied = RadosError(-C.EPERM)
+	// ErrObjectExists indicates that an exclusive object creation failed.
+	ErrObjectExists = RadosError(-C.EEXIST)
 )
 
 func getRadosError(err int) error {
diff --git a/rados/rados_test.go b/rados/rados_test.go
index b8281ef..f4c1971 100644
--- a/rados/rados_test.go
+++ b/rados/rados_test.go
@@ -447,6 +447,20 @@ func (suite *RadosTestSuite) TestWaitForLatestOSDMap() {
 	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)
 }
 
+func (suite *RadosTestSuite) TestCreate() {
+	suite.SetupConnection()
+
+	err := suite.ioctx.Create("unique", CreateExclusive)
+	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+
+	err = suite.ioctx.Create("unique", CreateExclusive)
+	assert.Error(suite.T(), err)
+	assert.Equal(suite.T(), err, ErrObjectExists)
+
+	err = suite.ioctx.Create("unique", CreateIdempotent)
+	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)
+}
+
 func (suite *RadosTestSuite) TestReadWrite() {
 	suite.SetupConnection()