diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cbf4868d1e2..e58ac653e7f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1051,6 +1051,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "configuration",
  "encryption",
  "engine_traits",
+ "hex 0.4.2",
  "keys",
  "kvproto",
  "lazy_static",
diff --git a/components/engine_rocks/Cargo.toml b/components/engine_rocks/Cargo.toml
index a2e427ad50a..daeeb9415be 100644
--- a/components/engine_rocks/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/engine_rocks/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ sse = ["rocksdb/sse"]
 [dependencies]
 encryption = { path = "../encryption" }
 engine_traits = { path = "../engine_traits" }
+hex = "0.4"
 keys = { path = "../keys" }
 num_cpus = "1"
 prometheus = { version = "0.8", features = ["nightly", "push"] }
diff --git a/components/engine_rocks/src/range_properties.rs b/components/engine_rocks/src/range_properties.rs
index 9abf4c670c7..d52e046e13f 100644
--- a/components/engine_rocks/src/range_properties.rs
+++ b/components/engine_rocks/src/range_properties.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2020 TiKV Project Authors. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
 
 use std::path::Path;
-use engine_traits::{RangePropertiesExt, Result, Range, CF_WRITE, CFHandleExt, MiscExt, TablePropertiesExt, TablePropertiesCollection, TableProperties, LARGE_CFS, CF_LOCK};
+use engine_traits::{RangePropertiesExt, Result, Range, CF_WRITE, CFHandleExt, MiscExt, TablePropertiesExt, TablePropertiesCollection, TableProperties, LARGE_CFS, CF_LOCK, CF_DEFAULT};
 use crate::engine::RocksEngine;
 use crate::properties::{get_range_entries_and_versions, RangeProperties};
 
@@ -121,10 +121,107 @@ impl RangePropertiesExt for RocksEngine {
     }
 
     fn get_range_approximate_split_keys(&self, range: Range, region_id: u64, split_size: u64, max_size: u64, batch_split_limit: u64) -> Result<Vec<Vec<u8>>> {
-        panic!()
+        let get_cf_size = |cf: &str| self.get_range_approximate_size_cf(cf, range, region_id, 0);
+        let cfs = [
+            (CF_DEFAULT, box_try!(get_cf_size(CF_DEFAULT))),
+            (CF_WRITE, box_try!(get_cf_size(CF_WRITE))),
+            // CF_LOCK doesn't have RangeProperties until v4.0, so we swallow the error for
+            // backward compatibility.
+            (CF_LOCK, get_cf_size(CF_LOCK).unwrap_or(0)),
+        ];
+
+        let total_size: u64 = cfs.iter().map(|(_, s)| s).sum();
+        if total_size == 0 {
+            return Err(box_err!("all CFs are empty"));
+        }
+
+        let (cf, cf_size) = cfs.iter().max_by_key(|(_, s)| s).unwrap();
+        // assume the size of keys is uniform distribution in both cfs.
+        let cf_split_size = split_size * cf_size / total_size;
+
+        self.get_range_approximate_split_keys_cf(cf, range, region_id, cf_split_size, max_size, batch_split_limit)
     }
 
-    fn get_range_approximate_split_keys_cf(&self, cfname: &str, range: Range, region_id: u64, split_size: u64, max_size: u64, batch_split_limit: u64) -> Result<Vec<Vec<u8>>> {
-        panic!()
+    fn get_range_approximate_split_keys_cf(&self, cfname: &str, range: Range, _region_id: u64, split_size: u64, max_size: u64, batch_split_limit: u64) -> Result<Vec<Vec<u8>>> {
+        let start_key = &range.start_key;
+        let end_key = &range.end_key;
+        let collection = box_try!(self.get_range_properties_cf(cfname, &start_key, &end_key));
+
+        let mut keys = vec![];
+        let mut total_size = 0;
+        for (_, v) in collection.iter() {
+            let props = box_try!(RangeProperties::decode(&v.user_collected_properties()));
+            total_size += props.get_approximate_size_in_range(&start_key, &end_key);
+
+            keys.extend(
+                props
+                    .take_excluded_range(start_key, end_key)
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|(k, _)| k),
+            );
+        }
+        if keys.len() == 1 {
+            return Ok(vec![]);
+        }
+        if keys.is_empty() || total_size == 0 || split_size == 0 {
+            return Err(box_err!(
+                "unexpected key len {} or total_size {} or split size {}, len of collection {}, cf {}, start {}, end {}",
+                keys.len(),
+                total_size,
+                split_size,
+                collection.len(),
+                cfname,
+                hex::encode_upper(&start_key),
+                hex::encode_upper(&end_key)
+            ));
+        }
+        keys.sort();
+
+        // use total size of this range and the number of keys in this range to
+        // calculate the average distance between two keys, and we produce a
+        // split_key every `split_size / distance` keys.
+        let len = keys.len();
+        let distance = total_size as f64 / len as f64;
+        let n = (split_size as f64 / distance).ceil() as usize;
+        if n == 0 {
+            return Err(box_err!(
+                "unexpected n == 0, total_size: {}, split_size: {}, len: {}, distance: {}",
+                total_size,
+                split_size,
+                keys.len(),
+                distance
+            ));
+        }
+
+        // cause first element of the iterator will always be returned by step_by(),
+        // so the first key returned may not the desired split key. Note that, the
+        // start key of region is not included, so we we drop first n - 1 keys.
+        //
+        // For example, the split size is `3 * distance`. And the numbers stand for the
+        // key in `RangeProperties`, `^` stands for produced split key.
+        //
+        // skip:
+        // start___1___2___3___4___5___6___7....
+        //                 ^           ^
+        //
+        // not skip:
+        // start___1___2___3___4___5___6___7....
+        //         ^           ^           ^
+        let mut split_keys = keys
+            .into_iter()
+            .skip(n - 1)
+            .step_by(n)
+            .collect::<Vec<Vec<u8>>>();
+
+        if split_keys.len() as u64 > batch_split_limit {
+            split_keys.truncate(batch_split_limit as usize);
+        } else {
+            // make sure not to split when less than max_size for last part
+            let rest = (len % n) as u64;
+            if rest * distance as u64 + split_size < max_size {
+                split_keys.pop();
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(split_keys)
     }
 }