diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/datasets.cc b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/datasets.cc
index 2ab554305b..289abdd194 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/datasets.cc
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/datasets.cc
@@ -478,10 +478,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<ZipDataset> Zip(const std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Dataset>> &dat
 // Function to create a Batch dataset
 BatchDataset::BatchDataset(std::shared_ptr<Dataset> input, int32_t batch_size, bool drop_remainder) {
   // Default values
-  std::vector<std::string> cols_to_map = {};
-  std::map<std::string, std::pair<TensorShape, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>>> pad_map;
-  bool pad = false;
-  auto ds = std::make_shared<BatchNode>(input->IRNode(), batch_size, drop_remainder, pad, cols_to_map, pad_map);
+  auto ds = std::make_shared<BatchNode>(input->IRNode(), batch_size, drop_remainder);
   ir_node_ = std::static_pointer_cast<DatasetNode>(ds);
 }
 
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/ir/datasetops/batch_node.cc b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/ir/datasetops/batch_node.cc
index 7b8fc14d5f..6c74716149 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/ir/datasetops/batch_node.cc
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/ir/datasetops/batch_node.cc
@@ -28,16 +28,29 @@ namespace mindspore {
 namespace dataset {
 namespace api {
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_PYTHON
+// constructor #1, called by Pybind
 BatchNode::BatchNode(std::shared_ptr<DatasetNode> child, int32_t batch_size, bool drop_remainder, bool pad,
-                     std::vector<std::string> cols_to_map,
+                     const std::vector<std::string> &in_col_names, const std::vector<std::string> &out_col_names,
+                     py::function batch_size_func, py::function batch_map_func,
                      std::map<std::string, std::pair<TensorShape, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>>> pad_map)
     : batch_size_(batch_size),
       drop_remainder_(drop_remainder),
       pad_(pad),
-      cols_to_map_(cols_to_map),
+      in_col_names_(in_col_names),
+      out_col_names_(out_col_names),
+      batch_size_func_(batch_size_func),
+      batch_map_func_(batch_map_func),
       pad_map_(pad_map) {
   this->children.push_back(child);
 }
+#endif
+
+// constructor #2, called by C++ API
+BatchNode::BatchNode(std::shared_ptr<DatasetNode> child, int32_t batch_size, bool drop_remainder)
+    : batch_size_(batch_size), drop_remainder_(drop_remainder), pad_(false) {
+  this->children.push_back(child);
+}
 
 Status BatchNode::ValidateParams() {
   if (batch_size_ <= 0) {
@@ -45,11 +58,20 @@ Status BatchNode::ValidateParams() {
     MS_LOG(ERROR) << err_msg;
     RETURN_STATUS_SYNTAX_ERROR(err_msg);
   }
-  if (!cols_to_map_.empty()) {
-    std::string err_msg = "BatchNode: cols_to_map functionality is not implemented in C++; this should be left empty.";
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_PYTHON
+  if (batch_map_func_ && pad_) {
+    std::string err_msg = "BatchNode: per_batch_map and pad should not be used at the same time.";
     MS_LOG(ERROR) << err_msg;
     RETURN_STATUS_SYNTAX_ERROR(err_msg);
   }
+
+  if (batch_map_func_ && in_col_names_.empty()) {
+    std::string err_msg = "BatchNode: in_col_names cannot be empty when per_batch_map is used.";
+    MS_LOG(ERROR) << err_msg;
+    RETURN_STATUS_SYNTAX_ERROR(err_msg);
+  }
+#endif
   return Status::OK();
 }
 
@@ -58,16 +80,19 @@ std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DatasetOp>> BatchNode::Build() {
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DatasetOp>> node_ops;
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_PYTHON
-  py::function noop;
   node_ops.push_back(std::make_shared<BatchOp>(batch_size_, drop_remainder_, pad_, connector_que_size_, num_workers_,
-                                               cols_to_map_, cols_to_map_, noop, noop, pad_map_));
+                                               in_col_names_, out_col_names_, batch_size_func_, batch_map_func_,
+                                               pad_map_));
+  // need to insert a project when per_batch_func changes the number of columns
+  if (!out_col_names_.empty()) {
+    auto project_op = std::make_shared<ProjectOp>(out_col_names_);
+    node_ops.push_back(project_op);
+  }
 #else
   node_ops.push_back(std::make_shared<BatchOp>(batch_size_, drop_remainder_, pad_, connector_que_size_, num_workers_,
-                                               cols_to_map_, pad_map_));
+                                               in_col_names_, pad_map_));
 #endif
 
-  // Until py::function is implemented for C++ API, there is no need for a project op to be inserted after batch
-  // because project is only needed when batch op performs per_batch_map. This per_batch_map is a pyfunc
   return node_ops;
 }
 
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/ir/datasetops/batch_node.h b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/ir/datasetops/batch_node.h
index 708ad6d969..cedb05c4b4 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/ir/datasetops/batch_node.h
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/engine/ir/datasetops/batch_node.h
@@ -31,10 +31,16 @@ namespace api {
 
 class BatchNode : public DatasetNode {
  public:
-  /// \brief Constructor
+#ifdef ENABLE_PYTHON
+  /// \brief Constructor #1, for Python API to create a BatchNode
   BatchNode(std::shared_ptr<DatasetNode> child, int32_t batch_size, bool drop_remainder, bool pad,
-            std::vector<std::string> cols_to_map,
+            const std::vector<std::string> &in_col_names, const std::vector<std::string> &out_col_names,
+            py::function batch_size_func, py::function batch_map_func,
             std::map<std::string, std::pair<TensorShape, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>>> pad_map);
+#endif
+
+  /// \brief Constructor #2 for C++ API to create a BatchNode
+  BatchNode(std::shared_ptr<DatasetNode> child, int32_t batch_size, bool drop_remainder);
 
   /// \brief Destructor
   ~BatchNode() = default;
@@ -51,7 +57,12 @@ class BatchNode : public DatasetNode {
   int32_t batch_size_;
   bool drop_remainder_;
   bool pad_;
-  std::vector<std::string> cols_to_map_;
+  std::vector<std::string> in_col_names_;
+  std::vector<std::string> out_col_names_;
+#ifdef ENABLE_PYTHON
+  py::function batch_size_func_;
+  py::function batch_map_func_;
+#endif
   std::map<std::string, std::pair<TensorShape, std::shared_ptr<Tensor>>> pad_map_;
 };