diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/controllers/DMPs.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/controllers/DMPs.java
index fe1454ecf..7d0f6a4e7 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/controllers/DMPs.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/controllers/DMPs.java
@@ -257,4 +257,14 @@ public class DMPs extends BaseController {
             return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST).body(new ResponseItem<DMP>().status(ApiMessageCode.ERROR_MESSAGE).message(e.getMessage()));
         }
     }
+
+    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, value = {"/createZenodoDoi/{id}"})
+    public ResponseEntity<ResponseItem<String>> createZenodoDoi(@PathVariable String id, Principal principal) {
+        try {
+            String zenodoDOI = this.dataManagementPlanManager.createZenodoDoi(UUID.fromString(id), principal);
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.OK).body(new ResponseItem<String>().status(ApiMessageCode.SUCCESS_MESSAGE).message("Successfully created DOI for Data Datamanagement Plan in question.").payload(zenodoDOI));
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST).body(new ResponseItem<String>().status(ApiMessageCode.ERROR_MESSAGE).message(e.getMessage()));
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DataManagementPlanManager.java b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DataManagementPlanManager.java
index ef9e95d42..5c2241c61 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DataManagementPlanManager.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/java/eu/eudat/logic/managers/DataManagementPlanManager.java
@@ -49,8 +49,11 @@ import org.apache.poi.xwpf.usermodel.XWPFRun;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;
 import org.springframework.http.*;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
+import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
@@ -967,4 +970,54 @@ public class DataManagementPlanManager {
     private boolean isUserOwnerOfDmp(DMP dmp, Principal principal) {
         return (dmp.getUsers().stream().filter(userDMP -> userDMP.getRole().equals(UserDMP.UserDMPRoles.OWNER.getValue())).findFirst().get().getUser().getId()).equals(principal.getId());
     }
+
+    public String createZenodoDoi(UUID id, Principal principal) throws Exception {
+        DMP dmp = this.apiContext.getOperationsContext().getDatabaseRepository().getDmpDao().find(id);
+        if (!isUserOwnerOfDmp(dmp, principal))
+            throw new Exception("User is not authorized to invoke this action");
+        if (!dmp.getStatus().equals(DMP.DMPStatus.FINALISED.getValue()))
+            throw new Exception("DMP is not finalized");
+
+        // First step, post call to Zenodo, to create the entry.
+        RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
+        HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+        headers.set("accept", "application/json");
+        headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+        String createData = "{\n" +
+                "    \"metadata\": {\n" +
+                "        \"title\": \"" + dmp.getLabel() + "\",\n" +
+                "        \"upload_type\": \"publication\",\n" +
+                "        \"publication_type\": \"datamanagementplan\",\n" +
+                "        \"description\": \"" + dmp.getDescription() + "\",\n" +
+                "        \"creators\": [{\n" +
+                "        \t\t\"name\": \"Kolokythas, Georgios\",\n" +
+                "        \t\t\"affiliation\": \"OpenDMP\"}]\n" +
+                "    }\n" +
+                "}";
+        HttpEntity<String> request = new HttpEntity<>(createData, headers);
+        String createUrl = this.environment.getProperty("zenodo.url") + "deposit/depositions" + "?access_token=" + this.environment.getProperty("zenodo.access_token");
+        Map createResponse = restTemplate.postForObject(createUrl, request, Map.class);
+
+        // Second step, add the file to the entry.
+        HttpHeaders fileHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
+        fileHeaders.setContentType(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA);
+        LinkedMultiValueMap<String, Object> addFileMap = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
+
+        File file = getWordDocument(id.toString());
+        addFileMap.add("filename", file.getName());
+        FileSystemResource fileSystemResource = new FileSystemResource(file);
+        addFileMap.add("file", fileSystemResource);
+        HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, Object>> addFileMapRequest = new HttpEntity<>(addFileMap, fileHeaders);
+
+        LinkedHashMap<String, String> links = (LinkedHashMap<String, String>) createResponse.get("links");
+        String addFileUrl = links.get("files") + "?access_token=" + this.environment.getProperty("zenodo.access_token");
+        ResponseEntity<String> addFileResponse = restTemplate.postForEntity(addFileUrl, addFileMapRequest, String.class);
+        Files.deleteIfExists(file.toPath());
+
+        // Third post call to Zenodo to publish the entry and return the DOI.
+        String publishUrl = links.get("publish") + "?access_token=" + this.environment.getProperty("zenodo.access_token");
+        Map<String, Object> publishResponce = restTemplate.postForObject(publishUrl, "", Map.class);
+
+        return (String) publishResponce.get("conceptdoi");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/application-devel.properties b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/application-devel.properties
index 5faa11279..ecefd17ef 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/application-devel.properties
+++ b/dmp-backend/web/src/main/resources/application-devel.properties
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ facebook.login.namespace=
 b2access.externallogin.user_info_url=https://b2access-integration.fz-juelich.de:443/oauth2/userinfo
 b2access.externallogin.access_token_url=https://b2access-integration.fz-juelich.de:443/oauth2/token
 b2access.externallogin.redirect_uri=http://opendmp.eu/api/oauth/authorized/b2access
+
+#############ZENODO CONFIGURATIONS#########
+zenodo.url=https://sandbox.zenodo.org/api/
+zenodo.access_token=