diff --git a/seahub/api2/endpoints/admin/libraries.py b/seahub/api2/endpoints/admin/libraries.py
index 7ce5617f03..015d2228c9 100644
--- a/seahub/api2/endpoints/admin/libraries.py
+++ b/seahub/api2/endpoints/admin/libraries.py
@@ -138,6 +138,40 @@ class AdminLibraries(APIView):
 
         return Response({"page_info": page_info, "repos": return_results})
 
+    def post(self, request):
+        """ Admin create library
+
+        Permission checking:
+        1. only admin can perform this action.
+        """
+
+        repo_name = request.data.get('name', None)
+        if not repo_name:
+            error_msg = 'name invalid.'
+            return api_error(status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, error_msg)
+
+        username = request.user.username
+        repo_owner = request.data.get('owner', None)
+        if repo_owner:
+            try:
+                User.objects.get(email=repo_owner)
+            except User.DoesNotExist:
+                error_msg = 'User %s not found.' % repo_owner
+                return api_error(status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND, error_msg)
+        else:
+            repo_owner = username
+
+        try:
+            repo_id = seafile_api.create_repo(repo_name, '', repo_owner, None)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(e)
+            error_msg = 'Internal Server Error'
+            return api_error(status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, error_msg)
+
+        repo = seafile_api.get_repo(repo_id)
+        repo_info = get_repo_info(repo)
+        return Response(repo_info)
+
 class AdminLibrary(APIView):
 
     authentication_classes = (TokenAuthentication, SessionAuthentication)
diff --git a/seahub/templates/js/sysadmin-templates.html b/seahub/templates/js/sysadmin-templates.html
index 5eb415e17e..7a648b21fe 100644
--- a/seahub/templates/js/sysadmin-templates.html
+++ b/seahub/templates/js/sysadmin-templates.html
@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@
         <% if (cur_tab == 'trash') { %>
         <button class="js-clean fright hide">{% trans "Clean" %}</button>
         <% } %>
+        <% if (cur_tab == 'all') { %>
+        <button class="js-add-library fright">{% trans "New Library" %}</button>
+        <% } %>
     </div>
 </script>
 
@@ -336,6 +339,19 @@
     </div>
 </script>
 
+<script type="text/template" id="library-add-form-tmpl">
+    <form id="library-add-form" action="" method="post" class="hide">{% csrf_token %}
+        <h3 id="dialogTitle">{% trans "New Library" %}</h3>
+        <label for="library-name">{% trans "Name" %}</label><br />
+        <input type="text" name="library_name" value="" class="input" id="library-name" /><br />
+        <label for="library-owner">{% trans "Owner" %}</label>
+        <span class="tip">{% trans "(If left blank, owner will be admin)" %}</span><br />
+        <input type="hidden" name="library_owner" value="" id="library-owner" />
+        <p class="error hide"></p>
+        <input type="submit" class="submit" value="{% trans "Submit" %}" />
+    </form>
+</script>
+
 <script type="text/template" id="search-libraries-tmpl">
     <h3>{% trans "Search Library"%}</h3>
     <form id="search-repo-form" method="get" action="">
diff --git a/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/views/repos.js b/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/views/repos.js
index e94499adf3..9e40d933da 100644
--- a/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/views/repos.js
+++ b/static/scripts/sysadmin-app/views/repos.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ define([
 
         tabNavTemplate: _.template($("#libraries-tabnav-tmpl").html()),
         template: _.template($("#libraries-tmpl").html()),
+        libraryAddFormtemplate: _.template($("#library-add-form-tmpl").html()),
 
         initialize: function() {
             this.repoCollection = new RepoCollection();
@@ -36,10 +37,67 @@ define([
         },
 
         events: {
+            'click .js-add-library': 'addLibrary',
             'click #paginator .js-next': 'getNextPage',
             'click #paginator .js-previous': 'getPreviousPage'
         },
 
+        addLibrary: function () {
+            var $form = $(this.libraryAddFormtemplate()),
+                repos = this.repoCollection,
+                _this = this;
+
+            $form.modal();
+            $('#simplemodal-container').css({'height':'auto'});
+
+            $('[name="library_owner"]', $form).select2($.extend(
+                Common.contactInputOptionsForSelect2(), {
+                width: '268px',
+                containerCss: {'margin-bottom': '5px'},
+                maximumSelectionSize: 1,
+                placeholder: gettext("Search user or enter email and press Enter"), // to override 'placeholder' returned by `Common.conta...`
+                formatSelectionTooBig: gettext("You cannot select any more choices")
+            }));
+
+            $form.submit(function() {
+                var library_name = $.trim($('[name="library_name"]', $form).val());
+                var library_owner = $.trim($('[name="library_owner"]', $form).val());
+                var $error = $('.error', $form);
+                var $submitBtn = $('[type="submit"]', $form);
+
+                if (!library_name) {
+                    $error.html(gettext("Name is required.")).show();
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                $error.hide();
+                Common.disableButton($submitBtn);
+
+                repos.create({'name': library_name, 'owner': library_owner}, {
+                    prepend: true,
+                    wait: true,
+                    success: function() {
+                        if (repos.length == 1) {
+                            repos.reset(repos.models);
+                        }
+                        Common.closeModal();
+                    },
+                    error: function(collection, response, options) {
+                        var err_msg;
+                        if (response.responseText) {
+                            err_msg = response.responseJSON.error_msg;
+                        } else {
+                            err_msg = gettext('Please check the network.');
+                        }
+                        $error.html(err_msg).show();
+                        Common.enableButton($submitBtn);
+                    }
+                });
+                return false;
+            });
+            return false;
+        },
+
         initPage: function() {
             this.$table.hide();
             this.$tableBody.empty();
@@ -142,9 +200,13 @@ define([
             }
         },
 
-        addOne: function(library) {
+        addOne: function(library, collection, options) {
             var view = new RepoView({model: library});
-            this.$tableBody.append(view.render().el);
+            if (options.prepend) {
+                this.$tableBody.prepend(view.render().el);
+            } else {
+                this.$tableBody.append(view.render().el);
+            }
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/tests/api/endpoints/admin/test_libraries.py b/tests/api/endpoints/admin/test_libraries.py
index eb4d62d505..e02b6eed91 100644
--- a/tests/api/endpoints/admin/test_libraries.py
+++ b/tests/api/endpoints/admin/test_libraries.py
@@ -34,6 +34,86 @@ class LibrariesTest(BaseTestCase):
         resp = self.client.get(self.libraries_url)
         self.assertEqual(403, resp.status_code)
 
+    def test_can_create(self):
+        self.login_as(self.admin)
+
+        repo_name = randstring(6)
+        repo_owner = self.user.username
+
+        data = {
+            'name': repo_name,
+            'owner': repo_owner,
+        }
+
+        resp = self.client.post(self.libraries_url, data)
+
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status_code)
+        json_resp = json.loads(resp.content)
+        assert json_resp['name'] == repo_name
+        assert json_resp['owner'] == repo_owner
+
+        self.remove_repo(json_resp['id'])
+
+    def test_can_create_without_owner_parameter(self):
+        self.login_as(self.admin)
+
+        repo_name = randstring(6)
+
+        data = {
+            'name': repo_name,
+        }
+
+        resp = self.client.post(self.libraries_url, data)
+
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status_code)
+        json_resp = json.loads(resp.content)
+        assert json_resp['name'] == repo_name
+        assert json_resp['owner'] == self.admin.username
+
+        self.remove_repo(json_resp['id'])
+
+    def test_create_with_invalid_user_permission(self):
+        self.login_as(self.user)
+
+        repo_name = randstring(6)
+        repo_owner = self.user.username
+
+        data = {
+            'name': repo_name,
+            'owner': repo_owner,
+        }
+
+        resp = self.client.post(self.libraries_url, data)
+        self.assertEqual(403, resp.status_code)
+
+    def test_create_with_invalid_name_parameter(self):
+        self.login_as(self.admin)
+
+        repo_name = randstring(6)
+        repo_owner = self.user.username
+
+        data = {
+            'invalid_name': repo_name,
+            'owner': repo_owner,
+        }
+
+        resp = self.client.post(self.libraries_url, data)
+        self.assertEqual(400, resp.status_code)
+
+    def test_create_with_unexisted_user(self):
+        self.login_as(self.admin)
+
+        repo_name = randstring(6)
+        repo_owner = '%s@email.com' % randstring(6)
+
+        data = {
+            'name': repo_name,
+            'owner': repo_owner,
+        }
+
+        resp = self.client.post(self.libraries_url, data)
+        self.assertEqual(404, resp.status_code)
+
 
 class LibraryTest(BaseTestCase):