diff --git a/dgraph/cmd/bulk/loader.go b/dgraph/cmd/bulk/loader.go
index dafe3071051..ff536135040 100644
--- a/dgraph/cmd/bulk/loader.go
+++ b/dgraph/cmd/bulk/loader.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ type options struct {
 	IgnoreErrors     bool
 	CustomTokenizers string
 	NewUids          bool
+	ClientDir        string
 
 	MapShards    int
 	ReduceShards int
@@ -161,7 +162,15 @@ func readSchema(filename string) *schema.ParsedSchema {
 
 func (ld *loader) mapStage() {
 	ld.prog.setPhase(mapPhase)
-	ld.xids = xidmap.New(ld.zero, nil)
+	var db *badger.DB
+	if len(ld.opt.ClientDir) > 0 {
+		x.Check(os.MkdirAll(ld.opt.ClientDir, 0700))
+
+		var err error
+		db, err = badger.Open(badger.DefaultOptions(ld.opt.ClientDir))
+		x.Checkf(err, "Error while creating badger KV posting store")
+	}
+	ld.xids = xidmap.New(ld.zero, db)
 
 	files := x.FindDataFiles(ld.opt.DataFiles, []string{".rdf", ".rdf.gz", ".json", ".json.gz"})
 	if len(files) == 0 {
@@ -224,6 +233,9 @@ func (ld *loader) mapStage() {
 		ld.mappers[i] = nil
 	}
 	x.Check(ld.xids.Flush())
+	if db != nil {
+		x.Check(db.Close())
+	}
 	ld.xids = nil
 }
 
diff --git a/dgraph/cmd/bulk/run.go b/dgraph/cmd/bulk/run.go
index 56027c31bd1..60c7ecbb1f8 100644
--- a/dgraph/cmd/bulk/run.go
+++ b/dgraph/cmd/bulk/run.go
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ func init() {
 	flag.Bool("version", false, "Prints the version of Dgraph Bulk Loader.")
 	flag.BoolP("store_xids", "x", false, "Generate an xid edge for each node.")
 	flag.StringP("zero", "z", "localhost:5080", "gRPC address for Dgraph zero")
+	flag.String("xidmap", "", "Directory to store xid to uid mapping")
 	// TODO: Potentially move http server to main.
 	flag.String("http", "localhost:8080",
 		"Address to serve http (pprof).")
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ func run() {
 		ReduceShards:     Bulk.Conf.GetInt("reduce_shards"),
 		CustomTokenizers: Bulk.Conf.GetString("custom_tokenizers"),
 		NewUids:          Bulk.Conf.GetBool("new_uids"),
+		ClientDir:        Bulk.Conf.GetString("xidmap"),
 
 		BadgerKeyFile:          Bulk.Conf.GetString("encryption_key_file"),
 		BadgerCompressionLevel: Bulk.Conf.GetInt("badger.compression_level"),