diff --git a/CRM/Core/BAO/CustomField.php b/CRM/Core/BAO/CustomField.php
index 6940c885f8a2..e3e565521c42 100644
--- a/CRM/Core/BAO/CustomField.php
+++ b/CRM/Core/BAO/CustomField.php
@@ -164,6 +164,43 @@ public static function create($params) {
     return $customField;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create several fields at once in a mysql efficient way.
+   *
+   * https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/issues/1093
+   *
+   * The intention is that apiv4 would expose any BAO with bulkCreate as a new action.
+   *
+   * Note that in the first instance this supports 'create' only. It's possible edit
+   * is fine in the same function - just treading slowly.
+   *
+   * @param array $bulkParams
+   *   Array of arrays as would be passed into create
+   * @param array $defaults
+   *  Default parameters to be be merged into each of the params.
+   */
+  public static function bulkCreate($bulkParams, $defaults) {
+    $sql = [];
+    $customFields = [];
+    foreach ($bulkParams as $fieldParams) {
+      $params = array_merge($defaults, $fieldParams);
+      $customField = self::createCustomFieldRecord($params);
+      // Only doing 'add' for now - so hard coded & no indexExists.
+      $fieldSQL = self::getAlterFieldSQL($customField, 'add', $params);
+      $sql[$params['table_name']][] = $fieldSQL;
+      $customFields[] = $customField;
+    }
+    foreach ($sql as $tableName => $statements) {
+      // CRM-7007: do not i18n-rewrite this query
+      CRM_Core_DAO::executeQuery("ALTER TABLE $tableName " . implode(', ', $statements), [], TRUE, NULL, FALSE, FALSE);
+      Civi::service('sql_triggers')->rebuild($params['table_name'], TRUE);
+    }
+    CRM_Utils_System::flushCache();
+    foreach ($customFields as $customField) {
+      CRM_Utils_Hook::post('create', 'CustomField', $customField->id, $customField);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Fetch object based on array of properties.
    *
diff --git a/CRM/Utils/Migrate/Import.php b/CRM/Utils/Migrate/Import.php
index 340e10d51a6d..9315339212d6 100644
--- a/CRM/Utils/Migrate/Import.php
+++ b/CRM/Utils/Migrate/Import.php
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ public function customFields(&$xml, &$idMap) {
 
         // Only rebuild the table's trigger on the last field added to avoid un-necessary
         // and slow rebuilds when adding many fields at the same time.
+        // @todo - call bulkCreate instead.
         $triggerRebuild = FALSE;
         if ($count == $total) {
           $triggerRebuild = TRUE;
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/CRM/Core/BAO/CustomFieldTest.php b/tests/phpunit/CRM/Core/BAO/CustomFieldTest.php
index 70449f8d6ccb..0865f3090afc 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/CRM/Core/BAO/CustomFieldTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/CRM/Core/BAO/CustomFieldTest.php
@@ -636,4 +636,37 @@ public function testGetFieldsForImport() {
     $this->assertEquals($expected, CRM_Core_BAO_CustomField::getFieldsForImport());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Test the bulk create function works.
+   */
+  public function testBulkCreate() {
+    $customGroup = $this->customGroupCreate([
+      'extends' => 'Individual',
+      'title' => 'my bulk group',
+    ]);
+    CRM_Core_BAO_CustomField::bulkCreate([
+      [
+        'label' => 'Test',
+        'data_type' => 'String',
+        'html_type' => 'Text',
+        'column_name' => 'my_text',
+      ],
+      [
+        'label' => 'test_link',
+        'data_type' => 'Link',
+        'html_type' => 'Link',
+        'is_search_range' => '0',
+      ],
+    ],
+    [
+      'custom_group_id' => $customGroup['id'],
+      'is_active' => 1,
+      'is_searchable' => 1,
+    ]);
+    $dao = CRM_Core_DAO::executeQuery(('SHOW CREATE TABLE ' . $customGroup['values'][$customGroup['id']]['table_name']));
+    $dao->fetch();
+    $this->assertContains('`test_link_2` varchar(255) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL', $dao->Create_Table);
+    $this->assertContains('KEY `INDEX_my_text` (`my_text`)', $dao->Create_Table);
+  }
+
 }