diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/source/libsvm/LibSVMRelation.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/source/libsvm/LibSVMRelation.scala
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.ml.source.libsvm
+
+import com.google.common.base.Objects
+import org.apache.spark.Logging
+import org.apache.spark.mllib.linalg.Vector
+import org.apache.spark.mllib.regression.LabeledPoint
+import org.apache.spark.mllib.util.MLUtils
+import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{Row, SQLContext}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.sources.{DataSourceRegister, PrunedScan, BaseRelation, RelationProvider}
+
+
+class LibSVMRelation(val path: String, val numFeatures: Int, val featuresType: String)
+    (@transient val sqlContext: SQLContext)
+  extends BaseRelation with PrunedScan with Logging {
+
+  private final val vectorType: DataType
+    = classOf[Vector].getAnnotation(classOf[SQLUserDefinedType]).udt().newInstance()
+
+
+  override def schema: StructType = StructType(
+    StructField("label", DoubleType, nullable = false) ::
+      StructField("features", vectorType, nullable = false) :: Nil
+  )
+
+  override def buildScan(requiredColumns: Array[String]): RDD[Row] = {
+    val sc = sqlContext.sparkContext
+    val baseRdd = MLUtils.loadLibSVMFile(sc, path, numFeatures)
+
+    val rowBuilders = requiredColumns.map {
+      case "label" => (pt: LabeledPoint) => Seq(pt.label)
+      case "features" if featuresType == "sparse" => (pt: LabeledPoint) => Seq(pt.features.toSparse)
+      case "features" if featuresType == "dense" => (pt: LabeledPoint) => Seq(pt.features.toDense)
+    }
+
+    baseRdd.map(pt => {
+      Row.fromSeq(rowBuilders.map(_(pt)).reduceOption(_ ++ _).getOrElse(Seq.empty))
+    })
+  }
+
+  override def hashCode(): Int = {
+    Objects.hashCode(path, schema)
+  }
+
+  override def equals(other: Any): Boolean = other match {
+    case that: LibSVMRelation => (this.path == that.path) && this.schema.equals(that.schema)
+    case _ => false
+  }
+
+}
+
+class DefaultSource extends RelationProvider with DataSourceRegister {
+
+  /**
+   * The string that represents the format that this data source provider uses. This is
+   * overridden by children to provide a nice alias for the data source. For example:
+   *
+   * {{{
+   *   override def format(): String = "parquet"
+   * }}}
+   *
+   * @since 1.5.0
+   */
+  override def shortName(): String = "libsvm"
+
+  private def checkPath(parameters: Map[String, String]): String = {
+    parameters.getOrElse("path", sys.error("'path' must be specified"))
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a new base relation with the given parameters.
+   * Note: the parameters' keywords are case insensitive and this insensitivity is enforced
+   * by the Map that is passed to the function.
+   */
+  override def createRelation(sqlContext: SQLContext, parameters: Map[String, String]):
+       BaseRelation = {
+    val path = checkPath(parameters)
+    val numFeatures = parameters.getOrElse("numFeatures", "-1").toInt
+    /**
+     * featuresType can be selected "dense" or "sparse".
+     * This parameter decides the type of returned feature vector.
+     */
+    val featuresType = parameters.getOrElse("featuresType", "sparse")
+    new LibSVMRelation(path, numFeatures, featuresType)(sqlContext)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/source/libsvm/package.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/source/libsvm/package.scala
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.ml.source
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, DataFrameReader}
+
+package object libsvm {
+
+  /**
+   * Implicit declaration in order to be used from SQLContext.
+   * It is necessary to import org.apache.spark.ml.source.libsvm._
+   * @param read
+   */
+  implicit class LibSVMReader(read: DataFrameReader) {
+    def libsvm(filePath: String): DataFrame
+      = read.format(classOf[DefaultSource].getName).load(filePath)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/source/LibSVMRelationSuite.scala b/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/source/LibSVMRelationSuite.scala
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.ml.source
+
+import java.io.File
+
+import com.google.common.base.Charsets
+import com.google.common.io.Files
+import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
+import org.apache.spark.ml.source.libsvm._
+import org.apache.spark.mllib.linalg.{SparseVector, Vectors, DenseVector}
+import org.apache.spark.mllib.util.MLlibTestSparkContext
+import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
+
+class LibSVMRelationSuite extends SparkFunSuite with MLlibTestSparkContext {
+  var path: String = _
+
+  override def beforeAll(): Unit = {
+    super.beforeAll()
+    val lines =
+      """
+        |1 1:1.0 3:2.0 5:3.0
+        |0
+        |0 2:4.0 4:5.0 6:6.0
+      """.stripMargin
+    val tempDir = Utils.createTempDir()
+    val file = new File(tempDir.getPath, "part-00000")
+    Files.write(lines, file, Charsets.US_ASCII)
+    path = tempDir.toURI.toString
+  }
+
+  test("select as sparse vector") {
+    val df = sqlContext.read.options(Map("numFeatures" -> "6")).libsvm(path)
+    assert(df.columns(0) == "label")
+    assert(df.columns(1) == "features")
+    val row1 = df.first()
+    assert(row1.getDouble(0) == 1.0)
+    assert(row1.getAs[SparseVector](1) == Vectors.sparse(6, Seq((0, 1.0), (2, 2.0), (4, 3.0))))
+  }
+
+  test("select as dense vector") {
+    val df = sqlContext.read.options(Map("numFeatures" -> "6", "featuresType" -> "dense"))
+      .libsvm(path)
+    assert(df.columns(0) == "label")
+    assert(df.columns(1) == "features")
+    assert(df.count() == 3)
+    val row1 = df.first()
+    assert(row1.getDouble(0) == 1.0)
+    assert(row1.getAs[DenseVector](1) == Vectors.dense(1.0, 0.0, 2.0, 0.0, 3.0, 0.0))
+  }
+
+  test("select without any option") {
+    val df = sqlContext.read.libsvm(path)
+    val row1 = df.first()
+    assert(row1.getAs[SparseVector](1) == Vectors.sparse(6, Seq((0, 1.0), (2, 2.0), (4, 3.0))))
+  }
+
+
+}