diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkEnv.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkEnv.scala
index f75b7ee0688d2..8d05be10e3fcb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkEnv.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkEnv.scala
@@ -374,13 +374,15 @@ object SparkEnv extends Logging {
     val memoryManager: MemoryManager =
       conf.getOption("spark.memory.manager").filterNot(_.equalsIgnoreCase("default"))
           .map(Utils.classForName(_)
-          .getConstructor(classOf[SparkConf], classOf[Int])
-          .newInstance(conf, Int.box(numUsableCores))
-          .asInstanceOf[MemoryManager]).getOrElse {
-        if (useLegacyMemoryManager) {
-          new StaticMemoryManager(conf, numUsableCores)
-        } else {
-          UnifiedMemoryManager(conf, numUsableCores)
+              .getConstructor(classOf[SparkConf], classOf[Int])
+              .newInstance(conf, Int.box(numUsableCores))
+              .asInstanceOf[MemoryManager]).getOrElse {
+        SparkSnappyUtils.loadSnappyManager(conf, numUsableCores).getOrElse {
+          if (useLegacyMemoryManager) {
+            new StaticMemoryManager(conf, numUsableCores)
+          } else {
+            UnifiedMemoryManager(conf, numUsableCores)
+          }
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkSnappyUtils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkSnappyUtils.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0d6bc27147b4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkSnappyUtils.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * 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
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 SnappyData, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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. See accompanying
+ * LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark
+
+import org.apache.spark.memory.MemoryManager
+import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
+
+
+object SparkSnappyUtils {
+
+  val SNAPPY_UNIFIED_MEMORY_MANAGER_CLASS = "org.apache.spark.memory.SnappyUnifiedMemoryManager"
+
+  def loadSnappyManager(conf: SparkConf, numUsableCores: Int): Option[MemoryManager] = {
+    try {
+      Some(Utils.classForName(SNAPPY_UNIFIED_MEMORY_MANAGER_CLASS)
+          .getConstructor(classOf[SparkConf], classOf[Int])
+          .newInstance(conf, Int.box(numUsableCores))
+          .asInstanceOf[MemoryManager])
+    } catch {
+      case ex: ClassNotFoundException => None
+    }
+  }
+
+}