diff --git a/python/pyspark/tests.py b/python/pyspark/tests.py
index 7f05d48ade2b3..a9c706057af27 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/tests.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/tests.py
@@ -679,6 +679,12 @@ def test_udf(self):
         [row] = self.sqlCtx.sql("SELECT twoArgs('test', 1)").collect()
         self.assertEqual(row[0], 5)
 
+    def test_udf2(self):
+        self.sqlCtx.registerFunction("strlen", lambda string: len(string))
+        self.sqlCtx.inferSchema(self.sc.parallelize([Row(a="test")])).registerTempTable("test")
+        [res] = self.sqlCtx.sql("SELECT strlen(a) FROM test WHERE strlen(a) > 1").collect()
+        self.assertEqual(4, res[0])
+
     def test_broadcast_in_udf(self):
         bar = {"a": "aa", "b": "bb", "c": "abc"}
         foo = self.sc.broadcast(bar)