diff --git a/cmake/defaults/Options.cmake b/cmake/defaults/Options.cmake
index de86bb56eb..d7821cf808 100644
--- a/cmake/defaults/Options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/defaults/Options.cmake
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ option(PXR_BUILD_USD_IMAGING "Build USD imaging components" ON)
 option(PXR_BUILD_KATANA_PLUGIN "Build usd katana plugin" OFF)
 option(PXR_BUILD_MAYA_PLUGIN "Build usd maya plugin" OFF)
 option(PXR_BUILD_ALEMBIC_PLUGIN "Build the Alembic plugin for USD" OFF)
+option(PXR_ENABLE_MULTIVERSE_SUPPORT "Enable Multiverse backend in the Alembic plugin for USD" OFF)
 option(PXR_MAYA_TBB_BUG_WORKAROUND "Turn on linker flag (-Wl,-Bsymbolic) to work around a Maya TBB bug" OFF)
 
 set(PXR_INSTALL_LOCATION ""
diff --git a/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake b/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake
index bfa01e5d56..044d582688 100644
--- a/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake
+++ b/cmake/defaults/Packages.cmake
@@ -125,4 +125,13 @@ if (PXR_BUILD_ALEMBIC_PLUGIN)
             HL
         REQUIRED
     )
+    if (PXR_ENABLE_MULTIVERSE_SUPPORT)
+        find_package(Boost
+            COMPONENTS
+            filesystem
+            REQUIRED
+            )
+        find_library(GIT2_LIB git2)
+    endif()
+
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindAlembic.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindAlembic.cmake
index db48e74b07..83aa58045c 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindAlembic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindAlembic.cmake
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ if(NOT ALEMBIC_LIBRARY)
 	PATHS ${LIBRARY_PATHS}
     )
 
+    if (PXR_ENABLE_MULTIVERSE_SUPPORT)
+	find_library(ALEMBIC_ABCCOREGIT_LIBRARY
+	    NAMES AlembicAbcCoreGit
+	    PATHS ${LIBRARY_PATHS}
+	)
+    else()
+	set(ALEMBIC_ABCCOREGIT_LIBRARY "")
+    endif()
+
     find_library(ALEMBIC_ABCCOREHDF5_LIBRARY
 	NAMES AlembicAbcCoreHDF5
 	PATHS ${LIBRARY_PATHS}
@@ -105,6 +114,7 @@ if(NOT ALEMBIC_LIBRARY)
 	${ALEMBIC_ABC_LIBRARY}
 	${ALEMBIC_ABCCOREHDF5_LIBRARY}
 	${ALEMBIC_ABCCOREOGAWA_LIBRARY}
+        ${ALEMBIC_ABCCOREGIT_LIBRARY}
 	${ALEMBIC_ABCCOREABSTRACT_LIBRARY}
 	${ALEMBIC_UTIL_LIBRARY}
 	${ALEMBIC_OGAWA_LIBRARY}
diff --git a/pxr/usd/plugin/usdAbc/CMakeLists.txt b/pxr/usd/plugin/usdAbc/CMakeLists.txt
index 90ad70bd43..bd6cb56728 100644
--- a/pxr/usd/plugin/usdAbc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pxr/usd/plugin/usdAbc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ if(NOT ALEMBIC_FOUND)
     return()
 endif()
 
+set(MULTIVERSE_DEPS "")
+if (PXR_ENABLE_MULTIVERSE_SUPPORT)
+    list(APPEND MULTIVERSE_DEPS ${GIT2_LIB})
+    list(APPEND MULTIVERSE_DEPS ${Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY})
+    list(APPEND MULTIVERSE_DEPS ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY})
+    add_definitions(-DUSDABC_MULTIVERSE_SUPPORT)
+endif()
+
 pxr_plugin(usdAbc
     LIBRARIES
         tf
@@ -16,6 +24,7 @@ pxr_plugin(usdAbc
         ${HDF5_LIBRARIES}
         ${HDF5_HL_LIBRARIES}
         ${OPENEXR_Iex_LIBRARY}
+        ${MULTIVERSE_DEPS}
 
     INCLUDE_DIRS
         ${ALEMBIC_INCLUDE_DIR}
diff --git a/pxr/usd/plugin/usdAbc/alembicReader.cpp b/pxr/usd/plugin/usdAbc/alembicReader.cpp
index ffb06df6c5..dd38824282 100644
--- a/pxr/usd/plugin/usdAbc/alembicReader.cpp
+++ b/pxr/usd/plugin/usdAbc/alembicReader.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
 #include <Alembic/Abc/ITypedArrayProperty.h>
 #include <Alembic/Abc/ITypedScalarProperty.h>
 #include <Alembic/AbcCoreAbstract/Foundation.h>
+
+#ifdef USDABC_MULTIVERSE_SUPPORT
+#include <Alembic/AbcCoreGit/All.h>
+#endif // #ifdef USDABC_MULTIVERSE_SUPPORT
+
 #include <Alembic/AbcCoreHDF5/All.h>
 #include <Alembic/AbcCoreOgawa/All.h>
 #include <Alembic/AbcGeom/GeometryScope.h>
@@ -740,6 +745,11 @@ class _ReaderContext {
     bool _OpenOgawa(const std::string& filePath, IArchive*,
                     std::string* format, std::recursive_mutex** mutex) const;
 
+#ifdef USDABC_MULTIVERSE_SUPPORT
+    bool _OpenGit(const std::string& filePath, IArchive*,
+                    std::string* format, std::recursive_mutex** mutex) const;
+#endif // #ifdef USDABC_MULTIVERSE_SUPPORT
+
     // Walk the object hierarchy looking for instances and instance sources.
     static void _FindInstances(const IObject& parent,
                                _SourceToInstancesMap* instances);
@@ -844,11 +854,20 @@ _ReaderContext::Open(const std::string& filePath, std::string* errorLog)
 
     IArchive archive;
     std::string format;
-    if (!(_OpenOgawa(filePath, &archive, &format, &_mutex) || 
+#ifdef USDABC_MULTIVERSE_SUPPORT
+    if (not (_OpenOgawa(filePath, &archive, &format, &_mutex) ||
+             _OpenHDF5(filePath, &archive, &format, &_mutex) ||
+             _OpenGit(filePath, &archive, &format, &_mutex))) {
+        *errorLog = "Unsupported format";
+        return false;
+    }
+#else
+    if (not (_OpenOgawa(filePath, &archive, &format, &_mutex) ||
              _OpenHDF5(filePath, &archive, &format, &_mutex))) {
         *errorLog = "Unsupported format";
         return false;
     }
+#endif // #ifdef USDABC_MULTIVERSE_SUPPORT
 
     // Lock _mutex if it exists for remainder of this method.
     _Lock lock(_mutex);
@@ -1316,6 +1335,21 @@ _ReaderContext::_OpenOgawa(
     return *result;
 }
 
+#ifdef USDABC_MULTIVERSE_SUPPORT
+bool
+_ReaderContext::_OpenGit(
+    const std::string& filePath,
+    IArchive* result,
+    std::string* format,
+    std::recursive_mutex** mutex) const
+{
+    *format = "Git";
+    *result = IArchive(Alembic::AbcCoreGit::ReadArchive(),
+                       filePath, ErrorHandler::kQuietNoopPolicy);
+    return *result;
+}
+#endif // #ifdef USDABC_MULTIVERSE_SUPPORT
+
 void
 _ReaderContext::_FindInstances(
     const IObject& parent,