diff --git a/aom_dsp/aom_dsp.mk b/aom_dsp/aom_dsp.mk
index 07fbe02277c368e0bde810b4b2fb0da97b15d5d9..a06326da746691fc005d7198babc058f3bcbc871 100644
--- a/aom_dsp/aom_dsp.mk
+++ b/aom_dsp/aom_dsp.mk
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_MOTION_VAR),yes)
 DSP_SRCS-$(HAVE_SSE4_1) += x86/obmc_sad_sse4.c
 DSP_SRCS-$(HAVE_SSE4_1) += x86/obmc_variance_sse4.c
 endif  #CONFIG_MOTION_VAR
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_EXT_PARTITION),yes)
+DSP_SRCS-$(HAVE_AVX2) += x86/sad_impl_avx2.c
+endif
 endif  #CONFIG_AV1_ENCODER
 
 DSP_SRCS-$(HAVE_SSE)    += x86/sad4d_sse2.asm
diff --git a/aom_dsp/aom_dsp_rtcd_defs.pl b/aom_dsp/aom_dsp_rtcd_defs.pl
index 7b2b5fa85ffc3738aa50f674600ebcb40d072d9b..6d230d20210abb2bb6b51720a3c37be519a397d0 100644
--- a/aom_dsp/aom_dsp_rtcd_defs.pl
+++ b/aom_dsp/aom_dsp_rtcd_defs.pl
@@ -1167,9 +1167,9 @@ foreach (@block_sizes) {
   add_proto qw/unsigned int/, "aom_sad${w}x${h}_avg", "const uint8_t *src_ptr, int src_stride, const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride, const uint8_t *second_pred";
 }
 
-specialize qw/aom_sad128x128                        sse2/;
-specialize qw/aom_sad128x64                         sse2/;
-specialize qw/aom_sad64x128                         sse2/;
+specialize qw/aom_sad128x128    avx2                sse2/;
+specialize qw/aom_sad128x64     avx2                sse2/;
+specialize qw/aom_sad64x128     avx2                sse2/;
 specialize qw/aom_sad64x64      avx2       neon msa sse2/;
 specialize qw/aom_sad64x32      avx2            msa sse2/;
 specialize qw/aom_sad32x64      avx2            msa sse2/;
diff --git a/aom_dsp/x86/sad_impl_avx2.c b/aom_dsp/x86/sad_impl_avx2.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9183fa666a6b5251a7a19d313d4c78d7aaf15fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aom_dsp/x86/sad_impl_avx2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Alliance for Open Media. All rights reserved
+ *
+ * This source code is subject to the terms of the BSD 2 Clause License and
+ * the Alliance for Open Media Patent License 1.0. If the BSD 2 Clause License
+ * was not distributed with this source code in the LICENSE file, you can
+ * obtain it at www.aomedia.org/license/software. If the Alliance for Open
+ * Media Patent License 1.0 was not distributed with this source code in the
+ * PATENTS file, you can obtain it at www.aomedia.org/license/patent.
+ */
+
+#include <immintrin.h>
+#include "./aom_dsp_rtcd.h"
+
+static unsigned int sad32x32(const uint8_t *src_ptr, int src_stride,
+                             const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride) {
+  __m256i s1, s2, r1, r2;
+  __m256i sum = _mm256_setzero_si256();
+  __m128i sum_i128;
+  int i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
+    r1 = _mm256_loadu_si256((__m256i const *)ref_ptr);
+    r2 = _mm256_loadu_si256((__m256i const *)(ref_ptr + ref_stride));
+    s1 = _mm256_sad_epu8(r1, _mm256_loadu_si256((__m256i const *)src_ptr));
+    s2 = _mm256_sad_epu8(
+        r2, _mm256_loadu_si256((__m256i const *)(src_ptr + src_stride)));
+    sum = _mm256_add_epi32(sum, _mm256_add_epi32(s1, s2));
+    ref_ptr += ref_stride << 1;
+    src_ptr += src_stride << 1;
+  }
+
+  sum = _mm256_add_epi32(sum, _mm256_srli_si256(sum, 8));
+  sum_i128 = _mm_add_epi32(_mm256_extracti128_si256(sum, 1),
+                           _mm256_castsi256_si128(sum));
+  return _mm_cvtsi128_si32(sum_i128);
+}
+
+static unsigned int sad64x32(const uint8_t *src_ptr, int src_stride,
+                             const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride) {
+  unsigned int half_width = 32;
+  uint32_t sum = sad32x32(src_ptr, src_stride, ref_ptr, ref_stride);
+  src_ptr += half_width;
+  ref_ptr += half_width;
+  sum += sad32x32(src_ptr, src_stride, ref_ptr, ref_stride);
+  return sum;
+}
+
+static unsigned int sad64x64(const uint8_t *src_ptr, int src_stride,
+                             const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride) {
+  uint32_t sum = sad64x32(src_ptr, src_stride, ref_ptr, ref_stride);
+  src_ptr += src_stride << 5;
+  ref_ptr += ref_stride << 5;
+  sum += sad64x32(src_ptr, src_stride, ref_ptr, ref_stride);
+  return sum;
+}
+
+unsigned int aom_sad128x64_avx2(const uint8_t *src_ptr, int src_stride,
+                                const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride) {
+  unsigned int half_width = 64;
+  uint32_t sum = sad64x64(src_ptr, src_stride, ref_ptr, ref_stride);
+  src_ptr += half_width;
+  ref_ptr += half_width;
+  sum += sad64x64(src_ptr, src_stride, ref_ptr, ref_stride);
+  return sum;
+}
+
+unsigned int aom_sad64x128_avx2(const uint8_t *src_ptr, int src_stride,
+                                const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride) {
+  uint32_t sum = sad64x64(src_ptr, src_stride, ref_ptr, ref_stride);
+  src_ptr += src_stride << 6;
+  ref_ptr += ref_stride << 6;
+  sum += sad64x64(src_ptr, src_stride, ref_ptr, ref_stride);
+  return sum;
+}
+
+unsigned int aom_sad128x128_avx2(const uint8_t *src_ptr, int src_stride,
+                                 const uint8_t *ref_ptr, int ref_stride) {
+  uint32_t sum = aom_sad128x64_avx2(src_ptr, src_stride, ref_ptr, ref_stride);
+  src_ptr += src_stride << 6;
+  ref_ptr += ref_stride << 6;
+  sum += aom_sad128x64_avx2(src_ptr, src_stride, ref_ptr, ref_stride);
+  return sum;
+}
diff --git a/test/sad_test.cc b/test/sad_test.cc
index b7776583d6c52d46a7103d6f79d457c8adea1b78..4ccf0f4cccddafdbb90767945712eee7ad5c20f3 100644
--- a/test/sad_test.cc
+++ b/test/sad_test.cc
@@ -930,6 +930,11 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(SSE2, SADx4Test, ::testing::ValuesIn(x4d_sse2_tests));
 
 #if HAVE_AVX2
 const SadMxNParam avx2_tests[] = {
+#if CONFIG_EXT_PARTITION
+  make_tuple(64, 128, &aom_sad64x128_avx2, -1),
+  make_tuple(128, 64, &aom_sad128x64_avx2, -1),
+  make_tuple(128, 128, &aom_sad128x128_avx2, -1),
+#endif
   make_tuple(64, 64, &aom_sad64x64_avx2, -1),
   make_tuple(64, 32, &aom_sad64x32_avx2, -1),
   make_tuple(32, 64, &aom_sad32x64_avx2, -1),