diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 224df6fe022c3..9fcf062cf2270 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -40,18 +40,19 @@ var (
 
 // Config contains configuration options.
 type Config struct {
-	Host            string `toml:"host" json:"host"`
-	Port            uint   `toml:"port" json:"port"`
-	Store           string `toml:"store" json:"store"`
-	Path            string `toml:"path" json:"path"`
-	Socket          string `toml:"socket" json:"socket"`
-	BinlogSocket    string `toml:"binlog-socket" json:"binlog-socket"`
-	Lease           string `toml:"lease" json:"lease"`
-	RunDDL          bool   `toml:"run-ddl" json:"run-ddl"`
-	SplitTable      bool   `toml:"split-table" json:"split-table"`
-	TokenLimit      uint   `toml:"token-limit" json:"token-limit"`
-	OOMAction       string `toml:"oom-action" json:"oom-action"`
-	EnableStreaming bool   `toml:"enable-streaming" json:"enable-streaming"`
+	Host            string          `toml:"host" json:"host"`
+	Port            uint            `toml:"port" json:"port"`
+	Store           string          `toml:"store" json:"store"`
+	Path            string          `toml:"path" json:"path"`
+	Socket          string          `toml:"socket" json:"socket"`
+	BinlogSocket    string          `toml:"binlog-socket" json:"binlog-socket"`
+	Lease           string          `toml:"lease" json:"lease"`
+	RunDDL          bool            `toml:"run-ddl" json:"run-ddl"`
+	SplitTable      bool            `toml:"split-table" json:"split-table"`
+	TokenLimit      uint            `toml:"token-limit" json:"token-limit"`
+	OOMAction       string          `toml:"oom-action" json:"oom-action"`
+	EnableStreaming bool            `toml:"enable-streaming" json:"enable-streaming"`
+	TxnLocalLatches TxnLocalLatches `toml:"txn-local-latches" json:"txn-local-latches"`
 	// Set sys variable lower-case-table-names, ref: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/identifier-case-sensitivity.html.
 	// TODO: We actually only support mode 2, which keeps the original case, but the comparison is case-insensitive.
 	LowerCaseTableNames int `toml:"lower-case-table-names" json:"lower-case-table-names"`
@@ -167,6 +168,12 @@ type PlanCache struct {
 	Shards   uint `toml:"shards" json:"shards"`
 }
 
+// TxnLocalLatches is the TxnLocalLatches section of the config.
+type TxnLocalLatches struct {
+	Enabled  bool `toml:"enabled" json:"enabled"`
+	Capacity uint `toml:"capacity" json:"capacity"`
+}
+
 // PreparedPlanCache is the PreparedPlanCache section of the config.
 type PreparedPlanCache struct {
 	Enabled  bool `toml:"enabled" json:"enabled"`
@@ -220,16 +227,20 @@ type TiKVClient struct {
 }
 
 var defaultConf = Config{
-	Host:                "0.0.0.0",
-	Port:                4000,
-	Store:               "mocktikv",
-	Path:                "/tmp/tidb",
-	RunDDL:              true,
-	SplitTable:          true,
-	Lease:               "45s",
-	TokenLimit:          1000,
-	OOMAction:           "log",
-	EnableStreaming:     false,
+	Host:            "0.0.0.0",
+	Port:            4000,
+	Store:           "mocktikv",
+	Path:            "/tmp/tidb",
+	RunDDL:          true,
+	SplitTable:      true,
+	Lease:           "45s",
+	TokenLimit:      1000,
+	OOMAction:       "log",
+	EnableStreaming: false,
+	TxnLocalLatches: TxnLocalLatches{
+		Enabled:  false,
+		Capacity: 1024000,
+	},
 	LowerCaseTableNames: 2,
 	Log: Log{
 		Level:  "info",
diff --git a/config/config.toml.example b/config/config.toml.example
index a3e1f0bc1d76d..d850b30044e4e 100644
--- a/config/config.toml.example
+++ b/config/config.toml.example
@@ -214,3 +214,9 @@ grpc-connection-count = 16
 
 # max time for commit command, must be twice bigger than raft election timeout.
 commit-timeout = "41s"
+
+[txn-local-latches]
+# Enable local latches for transactions. Enable it when
+# there are lots of conflicts between transactions.
+enabled = false
+capacity = 1024000
diff --git a/executor/simple.go b/executor/simple.go
index a4d4387bccd81..51dd3b6196a87 100644
--- a/executor/simple.go
+++ b/executor/simple.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func (e *SimpleExec) executeAlterUser(s *ast.AlterUserStmt) error {
 	}
 	if len(failedUsers) > 0 {
 		// Commit the transaction even if we returns error
-		err := e.ctx.Txn().Commit(sessionctx.SetConnID2Ctx(context.Background(), e.ctx))
+		err := e.ctx.Txn().Commit(sessionctx.SetCommitCtx(context.Background(), e.ctx))
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Trace(err)
 		}
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func (e *SimpleExec) executeDropUser(s *ast.DropUserStmt) error {
 	}
 	if len(failedUsers) > 0 {
 		// Commit the transaction even if we returns error
-		err := e.ctx.Txn().Commit(sessionctx.SetConnID2Ctx(context.Background(), e.ctx))
+		err := e.ctx.Txn().Commit(sessionctx.SetCommitCtx(context.Background(), e.ctx))
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Trace(err)
 		}
diff --git a/kv/txn.go b/kv/txn.go
index 5bea8f384ae94..1318998362ef1 100644
--- a/kv/txn.go
+++ b/kv/txn.go
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
 
+// ContextKey is the type of context's key
+type ContextKey string
+
+// Retryable is the key in context
+const Retryable ContextKey = "Retryable"
+
 // RunInNewTxn will run the f in a new transaction environment.
 func RunInNewTxn(store Storage, retryable bool, f func(txn Transaction) error) error {
 	var (
@@ -54,7 +60,7 @@ func RunInNewTxn(store Storage, retryable bool, f func(txn Transaction) error) e
 			return errors.Trace(err)
 		}
 
-		err = txn.Commit(context.Background())
+		err = txn.Commit(context.WithValue(context.Background(), Retryable, retryable))
 		if err == nil {
 			break
 		}
diff --git a/server/conn.go b/server/conn.go
index df2cb26a7b25a..07f12970e47d1 100644
--- a/server/conn.go
+++ b/server/conn.go
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ func (cc *clientConn) handleLoadData(ctx context.Context, loadDataInfo *executor
 		}
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	return errors.Trace(txn.Commit(sessionctx.SetConnID2Ctx(ctx, loadDataInfo.Ctx)))
+	return errors.Trace(txn.Commit(sessionctx.SetCommitCtx(ctx, loadDataInfo.Ctx)))
 }
 
 // handleLoadStats does the additional work after processing the 'load stats' query.
diff --git a/session/session.go b/session/session.go
index 2e258945ee22e..632e56cd17c8d 100644
--- a/session/session.go
+++ b/session/session.go
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func (s *session) doCommit(ctx context.Context) error {
 		schemaVer:       s.sessionVars.TxnCtx.SchemaVersion,
 		relatedTableIDs: tableIDs,
 	})
-	if err := s.txn.Commit(sessionctx.SetConnID2Ctx(ctx, s)); err != nil {
+	if err := s.txn.Commit(sessionctx.SetCommitCtx(ctx, s)); err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/sessionctx/context.go b/sessionctx/context.go
index 93d1cbe5966c5..fff2e3c46ce71 100644
--- a/sessionctx/context.go
+++ b/sessionctx/context.go
@@ -107,12 +107,22 @@ const (
 	LastExecuteDDL basicCtxType = 3
 )
 
-type contextKey string
-
 // ConnID is the key in context.
-const ConnID contextKey = "conn ID"
+const ConnID kv.ContextKey = "conn ID"
+
+// SetCommitCtx sets the variables for context before commit a transaction.
+func SetCommitCtx(ctx context.Context, sessCtx Context) context.Context {
+	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, ConnID, sessCtx.GetSessionVars().ConnectionID)
+	retryAble := !sessCtx.GetSessionVars().TxnCtx.ForUpdate
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, kv.Retryable, retryAble)
+}
 
-// SetConnID2Ctx sets the connection ID to context.
-func SetConnID2Ctx(ctx context.Context, sessCtx Context) context.Context {
-	return context.WithValue(ctx, ConnID, sessCtx.GetSessionVars().ConnectionID)
+// GetRetryable returns the value of Retryable from the ctx.
+func GetRetryable(ctx context.Context) bool {
+	var retryable bool
+	val := ctx.Value(kv.Retryable)
+	if val != nil {
+		retryable = val.(bool)
+	}
+	return retryable
 }
diff --git a/store/tikv/2pc.go b/store/tikv/2pc.go
index ccd4d43608408..12afbb35d8f77 100644
--- a/store/tikv/2pc.go
+++ b/store/tikv/2pc.go
@@ -563,6 +563,17 @@ func (c *twoPhaseCommitter) cleanupKeys(bo *Backoffer, keys [][]byte) error {
 // should be less than `gcRunInterval`.
 const maxTxnTimeUse = 590000
 
+func (c *twoPhaseCommitter) executeAndWriteFinishBinlog(ctx context.Context) error {
+	err := c.execute(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.writeFinishBinlog(binlog.BinlogType_Rollback, 0)
+	} else {
+		c.txn.commitTS = c.commitTS
+		c.writeFinishBinlog(binlog.BinlogType_Commit, int64(c.commitTS))
+	}
+	return errors.Trace(err)
+}
+
 // execute executes the two-phase commit protocol.
 func (c *twoPhaseCommitter) execute(ctx context.Context) error {
 	defer func() {
diff --git a/store/tikv/2pc_test.go b/store/tikv/2pc_test.go
index 54a738d1c2989..9dae0941e5fc3 100644
--- a/store/tikv/2pc_test.go
+++ b/store/tikv/2pc_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func (s *testCommitterSuite) SetUpTest(c *C) {
 	spkv := NewMockSafePointKV()
 	store, err := newTikvStore("mocktikv-store", pdCli, spkv, client, false)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	store.EnableTxnLocalLatches(1024000)
 	s.store = store
 	CommitMaxBackoff = 2000
 }
diff --git a/store/tikv/kv.go b/store/tikv/kv.go
index acce41f8b91cd..d659f20dd3452 100644
--- a/store/tikv/kv.go
+++ b/store/tikv/kv.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/config"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/kv"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/metrics"
+	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/store/tikv/latch"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/store/tikv/oracle"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/store/tikv/oracle/oracles"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/store/tikv/tikvrpc"
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ func (d Driver) Open(path string) (kv.Storage, error) {
 	defer mc.Unlock()
 
 	security := config.GetGlobalConfig().Security
+	txnLocalLatches := config.GetGlobalConfig().TxnLocalLatches
 	etcdAddrs, disableGC, err := parsePath(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
@@ -109,6 +111,9 @@ func (d Driver) Open(path string) (kv.Storage, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 	}
+	if txnLocalLatches.Enabled {
+		s.EnableTxnLocalLatches(txnLocalLatches.Capacity)
+	}
 	s.etcdAddrs = etcdAddrs
 	s.tlsConfig = tlsConfig
 
@@ -127,6 +132,7 @@ type tikvStore struct {
 	pdClient     pd.Client
 	regionCache  *RegionCache
 	lockResolver *LockResolver
+	txnLatches   *latch.LatchesScheduler
 	gcWorker     GCHandler
 	etcdAddrs    []string
 	tlsConfig    *tls.Config
@@ -190,6 +196,10 @@ func newTikvStore(uuid string, pdClient pd.Client, spkv SafePointKV, client Clie
 	return store, nil
 }
 
+func (s *tikvStore) EnableTxnLocalLatches(size uint) {
+	s.txnLatches = latch.NewScheduler(size)
+}
+
 func (s *tikvStore) EtcdAddrs() []string {
 	return s.etcdAddrs
 }
@@ -274,6 +284,10 @@ func (s *tikvStore) Close() error {
 	if err := s.client.Close(); err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
+
+	if s.txnLatches != nil {
+		s.txnLatches.Close()
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/store/tikv/latch/latch.go b/store/tikv/latch/latch.go
index 70f818c853daa..a8ca718947490 100644
--- a/store/tikv/latch/latch.go
+++ b/store/tikv/latch/latch.go
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ func (l *Lock) isLocked() bool {
 	return !l.isStale && l.acquiredCount != len(l.requiredSlots)
 }
 
+// SetCommitTS sets the lock's commitTS.
+func (l *Lock) SetCommitTS(commitTS uint64) {
+	l.commitTS = commitTS
+}
+
 // Latches which are used for concurrency control.
 // Each latch is indexed by a slot's ID, hence the term latch and slot are used in interchangeable,
 // but conceptually a latch is a queue, and a slot is an index to the queue
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ type Latches struct {
 
 // NewLatches create a Latches with fixed length,
 // the size will be rounded up to the power of 2.
-func NewLatches(size int) *Latches {
+func NewLatches(size uint) *Latches {
 	powerOfTwoSize := 1 << uint32(bits.Len32(uint32(size-1)))
 	slots := make([]latch, powerOfTwoSize)
 	return &Latches{
diff --git a/store/tikv/latch/scheduler.go b/store/tikv/latch/scheduler.go
index 050b3e2172794..f3ffad7a77d9f 100644
--- a/store/tikv/latch/scheduler.go
+++ b/store/tikv/latch/scheduler.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ type LatchesScheduler struct {
 }
 
 // NewScheduler create the LatchesScheduler.
-func NewScheduler(size int) *LatchesScheduler {
+func NewScheduler(size uint) *LatchesScheduler {
 	latches := NewLatches(size)
 	unlockCh := make(chan *Lock, lockChanSize)
 	scheduler := &LatchesScheduler{
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ func (scheduler *LatchesScheduler) Lock(startTS uint64, keys [][]byte) *Lock {
 	return lock
 }
 
-// UnLock unlocks a lock with commitTS.
-func (scheduler *LatchesScheduler) UnLock(lock *Lock, commitTS uint64) {
+// UnLock unlocks a lock.
+func (scheduler *LatchesScheduler) UnLock(lock *Lock) {
 	scheduler.RLock()
 	defer scheduler.RUnlock()
 	if !scheduler.closed {
diff --git a/store/tikv/latch/scheduler_test.go b/store/tikv/latch/scheduler_test.go
index 80970f40dbff2..d57737fb9512d 100644
--- a/store/tikv/latch/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/store/tikv/latch/scheduler_test.go
@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ func (s *testSchedulerSuite) TestWithConcurrency(c *C) {
 	for _, txn := range txns {
 		go func(txn [][]byte, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 			lock := sched.Lock(getTso(), txn)
-			defer sched.UnLock(lock, getTso())
+			defer sched.UnLock(lock)
 			if lock.IsStale() {
 				// Should restart the transaction or return error
 			} else {
+				lock.SetCommitTS(getTso())
 				// Do 2pc
 			}
 			wg.Done()
diff --git a/store/tikv/test_util.go b/store/tikv/test_util.go
index d461e732f84b8..0e48ec6cabc97 100644
--- a/store/tikv/test_util.go
+++ b/store/tikv/test_util.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func NewTestTiKVStore(client Client, pdClient pd.Client, clientHijack func(Clien
 	uid := uuid.NewV4().String()
 	spkv := NewMockSafePointKV()
 	tikvStore, err := newTikvStore(uid, pdCli, spkv, client, false)
+	tikvStore.EnableTxnLocalLatches(1024000)
 	tikvStore.mock = true
 	return tikvStore, errors.Trace(err)
 }
diff --git a/store/tikv/txn.go b/store/tikv/txn.go
index f2a211bd5cbc7..1987bee8b6401 100644
--- a/store/tikv/txn.go
+++ b/store/tikv/txn.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/kv"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/metrics"
 	"github.com/pingcap/tidb/sessionctx"
-	binlog "github.com/pingcap/tipb/go-binlog"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
@@ -185,20 +184,40 @@ func (txn *tikvTxn) Commit(ctx context.Context) error {
 		connID = val.(uint64)
 	}
 	committer, err := newTwoPhaseCommitter(txn, connID)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil || committer == nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	if committer == nil {
-		return nil
+	// latches disabled
+	if txn.store.txnLatches == nil {
+		err = committer.executeAndWriteFinishBinlog(ctx)
+		log.Debug("[kv]", connID, " txnLatches disabled, 2pc directly:", err)
+		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	err = committer.execute(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		committer.writeFinishBinlog(binlog.BinlogType_Rollback, 0)
+
+	// latches enabled
+	// for transactions not retryable, commit directly.
+	if !sessionctx.GetRetryable(ctx) {
+		err = committer.executeAndWriteFinishBinlog(ctx)
+		if err == nil {
+			txn.store.txnLatches.RefreshCommitTS(committer.keys, committer.commitTS)
+		}
+		log.Debug("[kv]", connID, " txnLatches enabled while txn not retryable, 2pc directly:", err)
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	committer.writeFinishBinlog(binlog.BinlogType_Commit, int64(committer.commitTS))
-	txn.commitTS = committer.commitTS
-	return nil
+
+	// for transactions which need to acquire latches
+	lock := txn.store.txnLatches.Lock(committer.startTS, committer.keys)
+	defer txn.store.txnLatches.UnLock(lock)
+	if lock.IsStale() {
+		err = errors.Errorf("startTS %d is stale", txn.startTS)
+		return errors.Annotate(err, txnRetryableMark)
+	}
+	err = committer.executeAndWriteFinishBinlog(ctx)
+	if err == nil {
+		lock.SetCommitTS(committer.commitTS)
+	}
+	log.Debug("[kv]", connID, " txnLatches enabled while txn retryable:", err)
+	return errors.Trace(err)
 }
 
 func (txn *tikvTxn) close() {