diff --git a/bin/pyspark b/bin/pyspark
index f9dbddfa53560..8f2a3b5a7717b 100755
--- a/bin/pyspark
+++ b/bin/pyspark
@@ -82,4 +82,4 @@ fi
 
 export PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON
 export PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON_OPTS
-exec "$SPARK_HOME"/bin/spark-submit pyspark-shell-main "$@"
+exec "$SPARK_HOME"/bin/spark-submit pyspark-shell-main --name "PySparkShell" "$@"
diff --git a/python/pyspark/shell.py b/python/pyspark/shell.py
index 144cdf0b0cdd5..99331297c19f0 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/shell.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/shell.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 if os.environ.get("SPARK_EXECUTOR_URI"):
     SparkContext.setSystemProperty("spark.executor.uri", os.environ["SPARK_EXECUTOR_URI"])
 
-sc = SparkContext(appName="PySparkShell", pyFiles=add_files)
+sc = SparkContext(pyFiles=add_files)
 atexit.register(lambda: sc.stop())
 
 try: