diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/HadoopRDD.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/HadoopRDD.scala
index 0453614f6a1d3..7db583468792e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/HadoopRDD.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/HadoopRDD.scala
@@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ class HadoopRDD[K, V](
 
       val inputMetrics = context.taskMetrics.getInputMetricsForReadMethod(DataReadMethod.Hadoop)
 
+      // Sets the thread local variable for the file's name
+      split.inputSplit.value match {
+        case fs: FileSplit => SqlNewHadoopRDD.setInputFileName(fs.getPath.toString)
+        case _ => SqlNewHadoopRDD.unsetInputFileName()
+      }
+
       // Find a function that will return the FileSystem bytes read by this thread. Do this before
       // creating RecordReader, because RecordReader's constructor might read some bytes
       val bytesReadCallback = inputMetrics.bytesReadCallback.orElse {
@@ -250,6 +256,7 @@ class HadoopRDD[K, V](
 
       override def close() {
         if (reader != null) {
+          SqlNewHadoopRDD.unsetInputFileName()
           // Close the reader and release it. Note: it's very important that we don't close the
           // reader more than once, since that exposes us to MAPREDUCE-5918 when running against
           // Hadoop 1.x and older Hadoop 2.x releases. That bug can lead to non-deterministic
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveUDFSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveUDFSuite.scala
index 5ab477efc4ee0..9deb1a6db15ad 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveUDFSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveUDFSuite.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.hive.execution
 
-import java.io.{DataInput, DataOutput}
+import java.io.{PrintWriter, File, DataInput, DataOutput}
 import java.util.{ArrayList, Arrays, Properties}
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.primitive.PrimitiveObjectIn
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.objectinspector.{ObjectInspector, ObjectInspectorFactory}
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.{AbstractSerDe, SerDeStats}
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable
+import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SQLTestUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{AnalysisException, QueryTest, Row}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.test.TestHiveSingleton
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ case class ListStringCaseClass(l: Seq[String])
 /**
  * A test suite for Hive custom UDFs.
  */
-class HiveUDFSuite extends QueryTest with TestHiveSingleton {
+class HiveUDFSuite extends QueryTest with TestHiveSingleton with SQLTestUtils {
 
   import hiveContext.{udf, sql}
   import hiveContext.implicits._
@@ -348,6 +349,94 @@ class HiveUDFSuite extends QueryTest with TestHiveSingleton {
 
     sqlContext.dropTempTable("testUDF")
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-11522 select input_file_name from non-parquet table"){
+
+    withTempDir { tempDir =>
+
+      // EXTERNAL OpenCSVSerde table pointing to LOCATION
+
+      val file1 = new File(tempDir + "/data1")
+      val writer1 = new PrintWriter(file1)
+      writer1.write("1,2")
+      writer1.close()
+
+      val file2 = new File(tempDir + "/data2")
+      val writer2 = new PrintWriter(file2)
+      writer2.write("1,2")
+      writer2.close()
+
+      sql(
+        s"""CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE csv_table(page_id INT, impressions INT)
+        ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.OpenCSVSerde'
+        WITH SERDEPROPERTIES (
+          \"separatorChar\" = \",\",
+          \"quoteChar\"     = \"\\\"\",
+          \"escapeChar\"    = \"\\\\\")
+        LOCATION '$tempDir'
+      """)
+
+      val answer1 =
+        sql("SELECT input_file_name() FROM csv_table").head().getString(0)
+      assert(answer1.contains("data1") || answer1.contains("data2"))
+
+      val count1 = sql("SELECT input_file_name() FROM csv_table").distinct().count()
+      assert(count1 == 2)
+      sql("DROP TABLE csv_table")
+
+      // EXTERNAL pointing to LOCATION
+
+      sql(
+        s"""CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE external_t5 (c1 int, c2 int)
+        ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY ','
+        LOCATION '$tempDir'
+      """)
+
+      val answer2 =
+        sql("SELECT input_file_name() as file FROM external_t5").head().getString(0)
+      assert(answer1.contains("data1") || answer1.contains("data2"))
+
+      val count2 = sql("SELECT input_file_name() as file FROM external_t5").distinct().count
+      assert(count2 == 2)
+      sql("DROP TABLE external_t5")
+    }
+
+    withTempDir { tempDir =>
+
+      // External parquet pointing to LOCATION
+
+      val parquetLocation = tempDir + "/external_parquet"
+      sql("SELECT 1, 2").write.parquet(parquetLocation)
+
+      sql(
+        s"""CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE external_parquet(c1 int, c2 int)
+        STORED AS PARQUET
+        LOCATION '$parquetLocation'
+      """)
+
+      val answer3 =
+        sql("SELECT input_file_name() as file FROM external_parquet").head().getString(0)
+      assert(answer3.contains("external_parquet"))
+
+      val count3 = sql("SELECT input_file_name() as file FROM external_parquet").distinct().count
+      assert(count3 == 1)
+      sql("DROP TABLE external_parquet")
+    }
+
+    // Non-External parquet pointing to /tmp/...
+
+    sql("CREATE TABLE parquet_tmp(c1 int, c2 int) " +
+      " STORED AS parquet " +
+      " AS SELECT 1, 2")
+
+    val answer4 =
+      sql("SELECT input_file_name() as file FROM parquet_tmp").head().getString(0)
+    assert(answer4.contains("parquet_tmp"))
+
+    val count4 = sql("SELECT input_file_name() as file FROM parquet_tmp").distinct().count
+    assert(count4 == 1)
+    sql("DROP TABLE parquet_tmp")
+  }
 }
 
 class TestPair(x: Int, y: Int) extends Writable with Serializable {