diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index abb39c310ad0e2a8d464153e4542f6bd9514206e..ce3a4014edc94c84d3bee45798c8a083c51af71c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ if(${BUILD_WITH_LUCENE})
     cat("${CMAKE_SUPPORT_DIR}/lucene_CMakeLists.txt.in" ${DEPS_TMP_FILE})
 endif(${BUILD_WITH_LUCENE})
 
+## NuRaft
+if(${BUILD_WITH_NURAFT})
+    cat("${CMAKE_SUPPORT_DIR}/nuraft_CMakeLists.txt.in" ${DEPS_TMP_FILE})
+endif(${BUILD_WITH_NURAFT})
+
 ## download dependencies
 configure_file(${DEPS_TMP_FILE} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/deps-download/CMakeLists.txt")
 execute_process(COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" .
diff --git a/cmake/cmake.options b/cmake/cmake.options
index c1964762c7e386b7408b52e9adac9017c3e50e4f..1d789dd75e6bec5fc972c2ef7cf660a5bc3ff606 100644
--- a/cmake/cmake.options
+++ b/cmake/cmake.options
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ option(
     OFF
 )
 
+option(
+    BUILD_WITH_NURAFT
+    "If build with NuRaft" 
+    OFF
+)
+
 option(
     BUILD_DEPENDENCY_TESTS 
     "If build dependency tests" 
diff --git a/cmake/nuraft_CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/nuraft_CMakeLists.txt.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ba31480850763f484cbd94a630999578b71f6a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/nuraft_CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+# NuRaft
+ExternalProject_Add(NuRaft
+        GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/eBay/NuRaft.git
+        GIT_TAG v1.3.0
+        SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/nuraft"
+        BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/nuraft"
+        CONFIGURE_COMMAND "./prepare.sh"
+        BUILD_COMMAND ""
+        INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+        TEST_COMMAND ""
+        )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index e35417b4c5c5f3dc42676648a3801804c9ea15f4..0dcb7a240c431c4a8b238a408c8624ebf3864e69 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ if(${BUILD_WITH_LUCENE})
     add_subdirectory(lucene)
 endif(${BUILD_WITH_LUCENE})
 
+# NuRaft
+if(${BUILD_WITH_NURAFT})
+    add_subdirectory(nuraft)
+endif(${BUILD_WITH_NURAFT})
+
+
 # ================================================================================================
 # DEPENDENCY TEST
 # ================================================================================================
diff --git a/include/server/vnode/vnode.h b/include/server/vnode/vnode.h
index 227bfe659495cd9cd1a7df0557f09c09d0366e36..2b678751f6c620bad7d95e3a4a14b71e68d13009 100644
--- a/include/server/vnode/vnode.h
+++ b/include/server/vnode/vnode.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ SVnode *vnodeOpen(const char *path, const SVnodeOptions *pVnodeOptions);
 void    vnodeClose(SVnode *pVnode);
 void    vnodeDestroy(const char *path);
 int     vnodeProcessWriteReqs(SVnode *pVnode, SReqBatch *pReqBatch);
-int     vnodeApplyWriteReqs(SVnode *pVnode, SReqBatch *pReqBatch);
+int     vnodeApplyWriteRequest(SVnode *pVnode, const SRequest *pRequest);
 int     vnodeProcessReadReq(SVnode *pVnode, SRequest *pReq);
 int     vnodeProcessSyncReq(SVnode *pVnode, SRequest *pReq);
 
diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/impl/src/vnodeWrite.c b/source/dnode/vnode/impl/src/vnodeWrite.c
index 179ff42cd966b1fca7cafccbf1d8a59f1f903db9..486ff9c634c3e995eaf06bf652d4b9dacec96299 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/impl/src/vnodeWrite.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/impl/src/vnodeWrite.c
@@ -15,36 +15,14 @@
 
 #include "vnodeDef.h"
 
-static int vnodeApplyWriteRequest(SVnode *pVnode, const SRequest *pRequest);
-
 int vnodeProcessWriteReqs(SVnode *pVnode, SReqBatch *pReqBatch) {
   /* TODO */
   return 0;
 }
 
-int vnodeApplyWriteReqs(SVnode *pVnode, SReqBatch *pReqBatch) {
-  SReqBatchIter rbIter;
-
-  tdInitRBIter(&rbIter, pReqBatch);
-
-  for (;;) {
-    const SRequest *pReq = tdRBIterNext(&rbIter);
-    if (pReq == NULL) {
-      break;
-    }
-
-    if (vnodeApplyWriteRequest(pVnode, pReq) < 0) {
-      // TODO
-    }
-  }
-
-  tdClearRBIter(&rbIter);
-
+int vnodeApplyWriteRequest(SVnode *pVnode, const SRequest *pRequest) {
+  /* TODO */
   return 0;
 }
 
-/* ------------------------ STATIC METHODS ------------------------ */
-static int vnodeApplyWriteRequest(SVnode *pVnode, const SRequest *pRequest) {
-  /* TODO */
-  return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+/* ------------------------ STATIC METHODS ------------------------ */
\ No newline at end of file