diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py b/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py
index 3ca4edafa6873..d7ac6d89c045a 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py
@@ -2068,7 +2068,11 @@ def slice(x, start, length):
     [Row(sliced=[2, 3]), Row(sliced=[5])]
     """
     sc = SparkContext._active_spark_context
-    return Column(sc._jvm.functions.slice(_to_java_column(x), start, length))
+    return Column(sc._jvm.functions.slice(
+        _to_java_column(x),
+        start._jc if isinstance(start, Column) else start,
+        length._jc if isinstance(length, Column) else length
+    ))
 
 
 @since(2.4)
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_functions.py b/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_functions.py
index 7dcc19f3ba45d..02180daf081ec 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_functions.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/tests/test_functions.py
@@ -292,6 +292,16 @@ def test_input_file_name_reset_for_rdd(self):
         for result in results:
             self.assertEqual(result[0], '')
 
+    def test_slice(self):
+        from pyspark.sql.functions import slice, lit
+
+        df = self.spark.createDataFrame([([1, 2, 3],), ([4, 5],)], ['x'])
+
+        self.assertEquals(
+            df.select(slice(df.x, 2, 2).alias("sliced")).collect(),
+            df.select(slice(df.x, lit(2), lit(2)).alias("sliced")).collect(),
+        )
+
     def test_array_repeat(self):
         from pyspark.sql.functions import array_repeat, lit