diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/CMakeLists.txt b/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/CMakeLists.txt
index 968c7cc4bb..85bbb7c305 100644
--- a/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # Anything not in this list will not be compiled into mlpack.
 set(SOURCES
   exact_svd_method.hpp
+  randomized_block_krylov_method.hpp
   randomized_svd_method.hpp
   quic_svd_method.hpp
 )
diff --git a/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/randomized_block_krylov_method.hpp b/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/randomized_block_krylov_method.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..957cd3bbd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mlpack/methods/pca/decomposition_policies/randomized_block_krylov_method.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/**
+ * @file randomized_block_krylov_method.hpp
+ * @author Marcus Edel
+ *
+ * Implementation of the randomized block krylov SVD method for use in the
+ * Principal Components Analysis method.
+ *
+ * mlpack is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ * terms of the 3-clause BSD license.  You should have received a copy of the
+ * 3-clause BSD license along with mlpack.  If not, see
+ * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause for more information.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MLPACK_METHODS_PCA_DECOMPOSITION_POLICIES_RANDOMIZED_BLOCK_KRYLOV_HPP
+#define MLPACK_METHODS_PCA_DECOMPOSITION_POLICIES_RANDOMIZED_BLOCK_KRYLOV_HPP
+
+#include <mlpack/prereqs.hpp>
+#include <mlpack/methods/block_krylov_svd/randomized_block_krylov_svd.hpp>
+
+namespace mlpack {
+namespace pca {
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the randomized block krylov SVD policy.
+ */
+class RandomizedBlockKrylovSVDPolicy
+{
+ public:
+  /**
+   * Use randomized block krylov SVD method to perform the principal components
+   * analysis (PCA).
+   *
+   * @param maxIterations Number of iterations for the power method
+   *        (Default: 2).
+   * @param blockSize The block size, must be >= rank (Default: rank + 10).
+   */
+  RandomizedBlockKrylovSVDPolicy(const size_t maxIterations = 2,
+                                 const size_t blockSize = 0) :
+      maxIterations(maxIterations),
+      blockSize(blockSize)
+  {
+    /* Nothing to do here */
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Apply Principal Component Analysis to the provided data set using the
+   * randomized block krylov SVD method.
+   *
+   * @param data Data matrix.
+   * @param centeredData Centered data matrix.
+   * @param transformedData Matrix to put results of PCA into.
+   * @param eigVal Vector to put eigenvalues into.
+   * @param eigvec Matrix to put eigenvectors (loadings) into.
+   * @param rank Rank of the decomposition.
+   */
+  void Apply(const arma::mat& data,
+             const arma::mat& centeredData,
+             arma::mat& transformedData,
+             arma::vec& eigVal,
+             arma::mat& eigvec,
+             const size_t rank)
+  {
+    // This matrix will store the right singular values; we do not need them.
+    arma::mat v;
+
+    // Do singular value decomposition using the randomized block krylov SVD
+    // algorithm.
+    svd::RandomizedBlockKrylovSVD rsvd(maxIterations, blockSize);
+    rsvd.Apply(centeredData, eigvec, eigVal, v, rank);
+
+    // Now we must square the singular values to get the eigenvalues.
+    // In addition we must divide by the number of points, because the
+    // covariance matrix is X * X' / (N - 1).
+    eigVal %= eigVal / (data.n_cols - 1);
+
+    // Project the samples to the principals.
+    transformedData = arma::trans(eigvec) * centeredData;
+  }
+
+  //! Get the number of iterations for the power method.
+  size_t MaxIterations() const { return maxIterations; }
+  //! Modify the number of iterations for the power method.
+  size_t& MaxIterations() { return maxIterations; }
+
+  //! Get the block size.
+  size_t BlockSize() const { return blockSize; }
+  //! Modify the block size.
+  size_t& BlockSize() { return blockSize; }
+
+ private:
+  //! Locally stored number of iterations for the power method.
+  size_t maxIterations;
+
+  //! Locally stored block size value.
+  size_t blockSize;
+};
+
+} // namespace pca
+} // namespace mlpack
+
+#endif