diff --git a/tensorflow/java/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/SavedModelBundle.java b/tensorflow/java/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/SavedModelBundle.java
index c8b9126f033..49594e6b47b 100644
--- a/tensorflow/java/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/SavedModelBundle.java
+++ b/tensorflow/java/src/main/java/org/tensorflow/SavedModelBundle.java
@@ -25,18 +25,86 @@ package org.tensorflow;
  * protocol buffer</a>).
  */
 public class SavedModelBundle implements AutoCloseable {
+  /** Options for loading a SavedModel. */
+  public static final class Loader {
+    /** Load a <code>SavedModelBundle</code> with the configured options. */
+    public SavedModelBundle load() {
+      return SavedModelBundle.load(exportDir, tags, configProto, runOptions);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets options to use when executing model initialization operations.
+     *
+     * @param options Serialized <a
+     *     href="https://www.tensorflow.org/code/tensorflow/core/protobuf/config.proto">RunOptions
+     *     protocol buffer</a>.
+     */
+    public Loader withRunOptions(byte[] options) {
+      this.runOptions = options;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set configuration of the <code>Session</code> object created when loading the model.
+     *
+     * @param configProto Serialized <a
+     *     href="https://www.tensorflow.org/code/tensorflow/core/protobuf/config.proto">ConfigProto
+     *     protocol buffer</a>.
+     */
+    public Loader withConfigProto(byte[] configProto) {
+      this.configProto = configProto;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the set of tags that identify the specific graph in the saved model to load.
+     *
+     * @param tags the tags identifying the specific MetaGraphDef to load.
+     */
+    public Loader withTags(String... tags) {
+      this.tags = tags;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    private Loader(String exportDir) {
+      this.exportDir = exportDir;
+    }
+
+    private String exportDir = null;
+    private String[] tags = null;
+    private byte[] configProto = null;
+    private byte[] runOptions = null;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Load a saved model from an export directory. The model that is being loaded should be created
    * using the <a href="https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/saved_model">Saved Model
    * API</a>.
    *
+   * <p>This method is a shorthand for:
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code
+   * SavedModelBundler.loader().withTags(tags).load();
+   * }</pre>
+   *
    * @param exportDir the directory path containing a saved model.
    * @param tags the tags identifying the specific metagraphdef to load.
    * @return a bundle containing the graph and associated session.
    */
   public static SavedModelBundle load(String exportDir, String... tags) {
-    return load(exportDir, tags, null);
+    return loader(exportDir).withTags(tags).load();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Load a saved model.
+   *
+   * <p/>Returns a <code>Loader</code> object that can set configuration options before actually
+   * loading the model,
+   *
+   * @param exportDir the directory path containing a saved model.
+   */
+  public static Loader loader(String exportDir) {
+    return new Loader(exportDir);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -95,7 +163,8 @@ public class SavedModelBundle implements AutoCloseable {
     return new SavedModelBundle(graph, session, metaGraphDef);
   }
 
-  private static native SavedModelBundle load(String exportDir, String[] tags, byte[] runOptions);
+  private static native SavedModelBundle load(
+      String exportDir, String[] tags, byte[] config, byte[] runOptions);
 
   static {
     TensorFlow.init();
diff --git a/tensorflow/java/src/main/native/saved_model_bundle_jni.cc b/tensorflow/java/src/main/native/saved_model_bundle_jni.cc
index de6382a79c4..68999fb2da8 100644
--- a/tensorflow/java/src/main/native/saved_model_bundle_jni.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/java/src/main/native/saved_model_bundle_jni.cc
@@ -22,12 +22,25 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_tensorflow_SavedModelBundle_load(
     JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jstring export_dir, jobjectArray tags,
-    jbyteArray run_options) {
+    jbyteArray config, jbyteArray run_options) {
   TF_Status* status = TF_NewStatus();
   jobject bundle = nullptr;
 
   // allocate parameters for TF_LoadSessionFromSavedModel
   TF_SessionOptions* opts = TF_NewSessionOptions();
+  if (config != nullptr) {
+    size_t sz = env->GetArrayLength(config);
+    if (sz > 0) {
+      jbyte* config_data = env->GetByteArrayElements(config, nullptr);
+      TF_SetConfig(opts, static_cast<void*>(config_data), sz, status);
+      env->ReleaseByteArrayElements(config, config_data, JNI_ABORT);
+      if (!throwExceptionIfNotOK(env, status)) {
+        TF_DeleteSessionOptions(opts);
+        TF_DeleteStatus(status);
+        return nullptr;
+      }
+    }
+  }
   TF_Buffer* crun_options = nullptr;
   if (run_options != nullptr) {
     size_t sz = env->GetArrayLength(run_options);
diff --git a/tensorflow/java/src/main/native/saved_model_bundle_jni.h b/tensorflow/java/src/main/native/saved_model_bundle_jni.h
index 6cce6a81bd1..a4b05d04097 100644
--- a/tensorflow/java/src/main/native/saved_model_bundle_jni.h
+++ b/tensorflow/java/src/main/native/saved_model_bundle_jni.h
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ extern "C" {
  * Class:     org_tensorflow_SavedModelBundle
  * Method:    load
  * Signature:
- * (Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/String;[B)Lorg/tensorflow/SavedModelBundle;
+ * (Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/String;[B;[B)Lorg/tensorflow/SavedModelBundle;
  */
 JNIEXPORT jobject JNICALL Java_org_tensorflow_SavedModelBundle_load(
-    JNIEnv *, jclass, jstring, jobjectArray, jbyteArray);
+    JNIEnv *, jclass, jstring, jobjectArray, jbyteArray, jbyteArray);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }  // extern "C"
diff --git a/tensorflow/java/src/test/java/org/tensorflow/SavedModelBundleTest.java b/tensorflow/java/src/test/java/org/tensorflow/SavedModelBundleTest.java
index b063b6f1cda..7d936867a78 100644
--- a/tensorflow/java/src/test/java/org/tensorflow/SavedModelBundleTest.java
+++ b/tensorflow/java/src/test/java/org/tensorflow/SavedModelBundleTest.java
@@ -50,4 +50,58 @@ public class SavedModelBundleTest {
       assertTrue(e.getMessage().contains("Could not find SavedModel"));
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void loader() {
+    try (SavedModelBundle bundle = SavedModelBundle.loader(SAVED_MODEL_PATH)
+        .withTags("serve")
+        .withConfigProto(sillyConfigProto())
+        .withRunOptions(sillyRunOptions())
+        .load()) {
+      assertNotNull(bundle.session());
+      assertNotNull(bundle.graph());
+      assertNotNull(bundle.metaGraphDef());
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static byte[] sillyRunOptions() {
+    // Ideally this would use the generated Java sources for protocol buffers
+    // and end up with something like the snippet below. However, generating
+    // the Java files for the .proto files in tensorflow/core:protos_all is
+    // a bit cumbersome in bazel until the proto_library rule is setup.
+    //
+    // See https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/52#issuecomment-194341866
+    // https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/pull/121#issuecomment-251515362
+    // https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/pull/121#issuecomment-251692558
+    //
+    // For this test, for now, the use of specific bytes suffices.
+    return new byte[] {0x08, 0x03};
+    /*
+    return org.tensorflow.framework.RunOptions.newBuilder()
+        .setTraceLevel(RunOptions.TraceLevel.FULL_TRACE)
+        .build()
+        .toByteArray();
+    */
+  }
+
+  public static byte[] sillyConfigProto() {
+    // Ideally this would use the generated Java sources for protocol buffers
+    // and end up with something like the snippet below. However, generating
+    // the Java files for the .proto files in tensorflow/core:protos_all is
+    // a bit cumbersome in bazel until the proto_library rule is setup.
+    //
+    // See https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/52#issuecomment-194341866
+    // https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/pull/121#issuecomment-251515362
+    // https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go/pull/121#issuecomment-251692558
+    //
+    // For this test, for now, the use of specific bytes suffices.
+    return new byte[] {0x10, 0x01, 0x28, 0x01};
+    /*
+    return org.tensorflow.framework.ConfigProto.newBuilder()
+        .setInterOpParallelismThreads(1)
+        .setIntraOpParallelismThreads(1)
+        .build()
+        .toByteArray();
+     */
+  }
 }