diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicOzoneFileSystem.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicOzoneFileSystem.java
index f6d2ef591b90..2d247fad0251 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicOzoneFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicOzoneFileSystem.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.StorageUnit;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.BlockLocation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CreateFlag;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.ozone.Constants.OZONE_USER_DIR;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_FS_ITERATE_BATCH_SIZE;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_FS_ITERATE_BATCH_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_BLOCK_SIZE;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_BLOCK_SIZE_DEFAULT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts.OZONE_URI_DELIMITER;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts.OZONE_URI_SCHEME;
 
@@ -698,6 +701,12 @@ public boolean mkdirs(Path f, FsPermission permission) throws IOException {
     return mkdir(f);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public long getDefaultBlockSize() {
+    return (long) getConf().getStorageSize(
+        OZONE_SCM_BLOCK_SIZE, OZONE_SCM_BLOCK_SIZE_DEFAULT, StorageUnit.BYTES);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public FileStatus getFileStatus(Path f) throws IOException {
     incrementCounter(Statistic.INVOCATION_GET_FILE_STATUS, 1);
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicRootedOzoneFileSystem.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicRootedOzoneFileSystem.java
index c035abbb493e..fe153236dff0 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicRootedOzoneFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/BasicRootedOzoneFileSystem.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.StorageUnit;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.BlockLocation;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.CreateFlag;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
@@ -68,6 +69,8 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.ozone.Constants.OZONE_USER_DIR;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_FS_ITERATE_BATCH_SIZE;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_FS_ITERATE_BATCH_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_BLOCK_SIZE;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_BLOCK_SIZE_DEFAULT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts.OZONE_URI_DELIMITER;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts.OZONE_OFS_URI_SCHEME;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.exceptions.OMException.ResultCodes.BUCKET_NOT_EMPTY;
@@ -723,6 +726,12 @@ public boolean mkdirs(Path f, FsPermission permission) throws IOException {
     return mkdir(f);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public long getDefaultBlockSize() {
+    return (long) getConf().getStorageSize(
+        OZONE_SCM_BLOCK_SIZE, OZONE_SCM_BLOCK_SIZE_DEFAULT, StorageUnit.BYTES);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public FileStatus getFileStatus(Path f) throws IOException {
     incrementCounter(Statistic.INVOCATION_GET_FILE_STATUS, 1);
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/TestBasicOzoneFileSystems.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/TestBasicOzoneFileSystems.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1db1ee5b4e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/TestBasicOzoneFileSystems.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.fs.ozone;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.conf.OzoneConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.conf.StorageSize;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_BLOCK_SIZE;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_BLOCK_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for Basic*OzoneFileSystem.
+ */
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+public class TestBasicOzoneFileSystems {
+
+  private final FileSystem subject;
+
+  @Parameterized.Parameters
+  public static Collection<Object[]> data() {
+    return Arrays.asList(
+        new Object[]{new BasicOzoneFileSystem()},
+        new Object[]{new BasicRootedOzoneFileSystem()}
+    );
+  }
+
+  public TestBasicOzoneFileSystems(FileSystem subject) {
+    this.subject = subject;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void defaultBlockSize() {
+    Configuration conf = new OzoneConfiguration();
+    subject.setConf(conf);
+
+    long expected = toBytes(OZONE_SCM_BLOCK_SIZE_DEFAULT);
+    assertDefaultBlockSize(expected);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void defaultBlockSizeCustomized() {
+    String customValue = "128MB";
+    Configuration conf = new OzoneConfiguration();
+    conf.set(OZONE_SCM_BLOCK_SIZE, customValue);
+    subject.setConf(conf);
+
+    assertDefaultBlockSize(toBytes(customValue));
+  }
+
+  private void assertDefaultBlockSize(long expected) {
+    assertEquals(expected, subject.getDefaultBlockSize());
+
+    Path anyPath = new Path("/");
+    assertEquals(expected, subject.getDefaultBlockSize(anyPath));
+
+    Path nonExistentFile = new Path("/no/such/file");
+    assertEquals(expected, subject.getDefaultBlockSize(nonExistentFile));
+  }
+
+  private static long toBytes(String value) {
+    StorageSize blockSize = StorageSize.parse(value);
+    return (long) blockSize.getUnit().toBytes(blockSize.getValue());
+  }
+}