diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
index 926e1ff7a874d..52d2ef6e700e1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
@@ -356,16 +356,19 @@ object SparkSubmit {
         args.childArgs = ArrayBuffer(args.primaryResource, args.pyFiles) ++ args.childArgs
         if (clusterManager != YARN) {
           // The YARN backend distributes the primary file differently, so don't merge it.
-          args.files = mergeFileLists(args.files, args.primaryResource)
+          args.files = mergeFileLists(args.files, args.primaryResource, args.pyRequirements)
         }
       }
       if (clusterManager != YARN) {
         // The YARN backend handles python files differently, so don't merge the lists.
-        args.files = mergeFileLists(args.files, args.pyFiles)
+        args.files = mergeFileLists(args.files, args.pyFiles, args.pyRequirements)
       }
       if (args.pyFiles != null) {
         sysProps("spark.submit.pyFiles") = args.pyFiles
       }
+      if (args.pyRequirements != null) {
+        sysProps("spark.submit.pyRequirements") = args.pyRequirements
+      }
     }
 
     // In YARN mode for an R app, add the SparkR package archive and the R package
@@ -542,6 +545,10 @@ object SparkSubmit {
       if (args.pyFiles != null) {
         sysProps("spark.submit.pyFiles") = args.pyFiles
       }
+
+      if (args.pyRequirements != null) {
+        sysProps("spark.submit.pyRequirements") = args.pyRequirements
+      }
     }
 
     // assure a keytab is available from any place in a JVM
@@ -593,6 +600,9 @@ object SparkSubmit {
         if (args.pyFiles != null) {
           sysProps("spark.submit.pyFiles") = args.pyFiles
         }
+        if (args.pyRequirements != null) {
+          sysProps("spark.submit.pyRequirements") = args.pyRequirements
+        }
       } else {
         childArgs += (args.primaryResource, args.mainClass)
       }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala
index ec6d48485f110..3136a729d5933 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitArguments.scala
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ private[deploy] class SparkSubmitArguments(args: Seq[String], env: Map[String, S
   var verbose: Boolean = false
   var isPython: Boolean = false
   var pyFiles: String = null
+  var pyRequirements: String = null
   var isR: Boolean = false
   var action: SparkSubmitAction = null
   val sparkProperties: HashMap[String, String] = new HashMap[String, String]()
@@ -304,6 +305,7 @@ private[deploy] class SparkSubmitArguments(args: Seq[String], env: Map[String, S
     |  numExecutors            $numExecutors
     |  files                   $files
     |  pyFiles                 $pyFiles
+    |  pyRequiremenst          $pyRequirements
     |  archives                $archives
     |  mainClass               $mainClass
     |  primaryResource         $primaryResource
@@ -395,6 +397,9 @@ private[deploy] class SparkSubmitArguments(args: Seq[String], env: Map[String, S
       case PY_FILES =>
         pyFiles = Utils.resolveURIs(value)
 
+      case PY_REQUIREMENTS =>
+        pyRequirements = Utils.resolveURIs(value)
+
       case ARCHIVES =>
         archives = Utils.resolveURIs(value)
 
@@ -505,6 +510,8 @@ private[deploy] class SparkSubmitArguments(args: Seq[String], env: Map[String, S
         |                              search for the maven coordinates given with --packages.
         |  --py-files PY_FILES         Comma-separated list of .zip, .egg, or .py files to place
         |                              on the PYTHONPATH for Python apps.
+        |  --py-requirements REQS      Pip requirements file with dependencies that will be fetched
+        |                              and placed on PYTHONPATH
         |  --files FILES               Comma-separated list of files to be placed in the working
         |                              directory of each executor.
         |
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
index 271897699201b..8fac39a5cb267 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
@@ -570,6 +570,37 @@ class SparkSubmitSuite
       appArgs.executorMemory should be ("2.3g")
     }
   }
+
+  test("py-requirements will be distributed") {
+    val pyReqs = "requirements.txt"
+
+    val clArgsYarn = Seq(
+      "--master", "yarn",
+      "--deploy-mode", "cluster",
+      "--py-requirements", pyReqs,
+      "mister.py"
+    )
+
+    val appArgsYarn = new SparkSubmitArguments(clArgsYarn)
+    val sysPropsYarn = SparkSubmit.prepareSubmitEnvironment(appArgsYarn)._3
+    appArgsYarn.pyRequirements should be (Utils.resolveURIs(pyReqs))
+    sysPropsYarn("spark.yarn.dist.files") should be (
+      PythonRunner.formatPaths(Utils.resolveURIs(pyReqs)).mkString(","))
+    sysPropsYarn("spark.submit.pyRequirements") should be (
+      PythonRunner.formatPaths(Utils.resolveURIs(pyReqs)).mkString(","))
+
+    val clArgs = Seq(
+      "--master", "local",
+      "--py-requirements", pyReqs,
+      "mister.py"
+    )
+
+    val appArgs = new SparkSubmitArguments(clArgs)
+    val sysProps = SparkSubmit.prepareSubmitEnvironment(appArgs)._3
+    appArgs.pyRequirements should be (Utils.resolveURIs(pyReqs))
+    sysProps("spark.submit.pyRequirements") should be (
+      PythonRunner.formatPaths(Utils.resolveURIs(pyReqs)).mkString(","))
+  }
   // scalastyle:on println
 
   // NOTE: This is an expensive operation in terms of time (10 seconds+). Use sparingly.
diff --git a/launcher/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/launcher/SparkSubmitOptionParser.java b/launcher/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/launcher/SparkSubmitOptionParser.java
index 6767cc5079649..d036ac322809c 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/launcher/SparkSubmitOptionParser.java
+++ b/launcher/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/launcher/SparkSubmitOptionParser.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class SparkSubmitOptionParser {
   protected final String PROPERTIES_FILE = "--properties-file";
   protected final String PROXY_USER = "--proxy-user";
   protected final String PY_FILES = "--py-files";
+  protected final String PY_REQUIREMENTS = "--py-requirements";
   protected final String REPOSITORIES = "--repositories";
   protected final String STATUS = "--status";
   protected final String TOTAL_EXECUTOR_CORES = "--total-executor-cores";
diff --git a/python/pyspark/context.py b/python/pyspark/context.py
index 53ed31954537b..84b026d956a6b 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/context.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/context.py
@@ -209,6 +209,12 @@ def _do_init(self, master, appName, sparkHome, pyFiles,  environment,
                     self._python_includes.append(filename)
                     sys.path.insert(1, os.path.join(SparkFiles.getRootDirectory(), filename))
 
+        # Apply requirements file set by spark-submit.
+        for path in self._conf.get("spark.submit.pyRequirements", "").split(","):
+            if path != "":
+                (dirname, filename) = os.path.split(path)
+                self.addRequirementsFile(os.path.join(SparkFiles.getRootDirectory(), filename))
+
         # Create a temporary directory inside spark.local.dir:
         local_dir = self._jvm.org.apache.spark.util.Utils.getLocalDir(self._jsc.sc().conf())
         self._temp_dir = \