diff --git a/test/spmd/test_fsdp_v2.py b/test/spmd/test_fsdp_v2.py
index e8f275a4b99e..776e154b35c1 100644
--- a/test/spmd/test_fsdp_v2.py
+++ b/test/spmd/test_fsdp_v2.py
@@ -114,6 +114,21 @@ def auto_wrapper_callable(m, *args, **kwargs):
     self.assertFalse(isinstance(model.fc1, FSDPv2))
     self.assertFalse(isinstance(model.fc2, FSDPv2))
 
+  def test_fsdp_v2_global_mesh(self):
+    model = self.SimpleLinear().to(xm.xla_device())
+    mesh = self._get_mesh((self.n_devices, 1), None, ('fsdp', 'tensor'))
+    xs.set_global_mesh(mesh)
+
+    model = FSDPv2(model)
+    self.assertEqual(id(model._mesh), id(mesh))
+
+  def test_fsdp_v2_global_mesh_error(self):
+    model = self.SimpleLinear().to(xm.xla_device())
+    xs.set_global_mesh(None)
+
+    with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+      model = FSDPv2(model)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   test = unittest.main()
diff --git a/torch_xla/experimental/spmd_fully_sharded_data_parallel.py b/torch_xla/experimental/spmd_fully_sharded_data_parallel.py
index 3eb4e3fdc4eb..783c8f567190 100644
--- a/torch_xla/experimental/spmd_fully_sharded_data_parallel.py
+++ b/torch_xla/experimental/spmd_fully_sharded_data_parallel.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class SpmdFullyShardedDataParallel(nn.Module):
   def __init__(
       self,
       module: nn.Module,
-      mesh: spmd.Mesh,
+      mesh: Optional[spmd.Mesh] = None,
       shard_output: Optional[Callable] = None,
       auto_wrap_policy: Optional[Callable] = None,
       auto_wrapper_callable: Optional[Callable] = None,
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ def __init__(
           "and do not perform the forward pass in other ways apart from the `forward` method. "
           "(i.e. you should directly call the FSDP-wrapped module itself in your code, "
           "instead of using any of its submodules or its weights).")
+    if mesh is None:
+      mesh = spmd.get_global_mesh()
+      if mesh is None:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "No mesh is provided and no global mesh is set. Please provide a mesh."
+        )
     if "fsdp" not in mesh.axis_names:
       raise ValueError("The mesh must have an axis named 'fsdp'.")