diff --git a/doc/src/Commands_all.txt b/doc/src/Commands_all.txt
index f137ccffd9..e6f364f2c9 100644
--- a/doc/src/Commands_all.txt
+++ b/doc/src/Commands_all.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ An alphabetic list of all general LAMMPS commands.
 "dimension"_dimension.html,
 "displace_atoms"_displace_atoms.html,
 "dump"_dump.html,
+"dump adios"_dump_adios.html,
 "dump image"_dump_image.html,
 "dump_modify"_dump_modify.html,
 "dump movie"_dump_image.html,
diff --git a/doc/src/commands_list.txt b/doc/src/commands_list.txt
index 78fa9fbf87..9b3185bda8 100644
--- a/doc/src/commands_list.txt
+++ b/doc/src/commands_list.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Commands :h1
    dimension
    displace_atoms
    dump
+   dump_adios
    dump_cfg_uef
    dump_h5md
    dump_image
diff --git a/doc/src/dump.txt b/doc/src/dump.txt
index 9999f5bbff..a776ff70fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/dump.txt
+++ b/doc/src/dump.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dump command :h3
 "dump netcdf"_dump_netcdf.html command :h3
 "dump image"_dump_image.html command :h3
 "dump movie"_dump_image.html command :h3
+"dump adios"_dump_adios.html command :h3
 
 [Syntax:]
 
@@ -27,10 +28,12 @@ args = list of arguments for a particular style :l
   {atom} args = none
   {atom/gz} args = none
   {atom/mpiio} args = none
+  {atom/adios} args = none,  discussed on "dump adios"_dump_adios.html doc page
   {cfg} args = same as {custom} args, see below
   {cfg/gz} args = same as {custom} args, see below
   {cfg/mpiio} args = same as {custom} args, see below
   {custom}, {custom/gz}, {custom/mpiio} args = see below
+  {custom/adios} args = same as {custom} args, discussed on "dump adios"_dump_adios.html doc page
   {dcd} args = none
   {h5md} args = discussed on "dump h5md"_dump_h5md.html doc page
   {image} args = discussed on "dump image"_dump_image.html doc page
@@ -653,7 +656,7 @@ package"_Build_package.html doc page for more info.
 
 [Related commands:]
 
-"dump h5md"_dump_h5md.html, "dump image"_dump_image.html,
+"dump adios"_dump_adios.html "dump h5md"_dump_h5md.html, "dump image"_dump_image.html,
 "dump molfile"_dump_molfile.html, "dump_modify"_dump_modify.html,
 "undump"_undump.html
 
diff --git a/doc/src/dump_adios.txt b/doc/src/dump_adios.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6424d664a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/src/dump_adios.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+"LAMMPS WWW Site"_lws - "LAMMPS Documentation"_ld - "LAMMPS Commands"_lc :c
+
+:link(lws,http://lammps.sandia.gov)
+:link(ld,Manual.html)
+:link(lc,Commands_all.html)
+
+:line
+
+dump atoms/adios  command :h3
+dump custom/adios command :h3
+
+[Syntax:]
+
+dump ID group-ID atoms/adios N file.bp :pre
+dump ID group-ID custom/adios N file.bp args :pre
+
+ID = user-assigned name for the dump :ulb,l
+group-ID = ID of the group of atoms to be imaged :l
+adios = style of dump command (other styles {atom} or {cfg} or {dcd} or {xtc} or {xyz} or {local} or {custom} are discussed on the "dump"_dump.html doc page) :l
+N = dump every this many timesteps :l
+file.bp = name of file/stream to write to :l
+args = same options as in "{dump custom}"_dump.html command :l
+:ule
+
+
+[Examples:]
+
+dump adios1 all atom/adios   100 atoms.bp 
+dump 4a     all custom/adios 100 dump_adios.bp id v_p x y z
+dump 2 subgroup custom/adios 100 dump_adios.bp mass type xs ys zs vx vy vz :pre
+
+[Description:]
+
+Dump a snapshot of atom coordinates every N timesteps in the
+"ADIOS"_adios based "BP" file format, or using different I/O solutions in ADIOS, 
+to a stream that can be read on-line by another program.
+ADIOS-BP files are binary, portable and self-describing.
+
+:link(adios,https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2)
+
+
+[Use from write_dump:]
+
+It is possible to use these dump styles with the
+"write_dump"_write_dump.html command.  In this case, the sub-intervals
+must not be set at all.  The write_dump command can be used to
+create a new file at each individual dump. 
+
+dump 4     all atom/adios 100 dump.bp
+write_dump all atom/adios singledump.bp :pre
+
+:line
+
+[Restrictions:]
+
+The number of atoms per snapshot CAN change with the adios style.
+When using the ADIOS tool 'bpls' to list the content of a .bp file,
+bpls will print "__" for the size of the output table indicating that
+its size is changing every step. 
+
+The {atom/adios} and {custom/adios} dump styles are part of the USER-adios package. 
+They are only enabled if LAMMPS was built with that package. See the 
+"Build package"_Build_package.html doc page for more info. 
+
+
+:line
+
+[Related commands:]
+
+"dump"_dump.html, "dump_modify"_dump_modify.html, "undump"_undump.html
+
+:line
+
diff --git a/examples/USER/adios/in.adios_balance b/examples/USER/adios/in.adios_balance
index b44870afbb..d89ae52b41 100644
--- a/examples/USER/adios/in.adios_balance
+++ b/examples/USER/adios/in.adios_balance
@@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ thermo_style    custom step temp epair press f_10[3] f_10
 thermo          100                
 
 run		200
+write_dump      all atom/adios balance_atom_final.bp