diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py b/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py
index cfa87aeea193a..b9771ec4ba89a 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/functions.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     'monotonicallyIncreasingId',
     'rand',
     'randn',
+    'sha1',
     'sparkPartitionId',
     'struct',
     'udf',
@@ -363,6 +364,26 @@ def randn(seed=None):
     return Column(jc)
 
 
+@ignore_unicode_prefix
+@since(1.5)
+def sha1(col, length):
+    """Returns the hex string result of SHA-1.
+    """
+    sc = SparkContext._active_spark_context
+    jc = sc._jvm.functions.sha1(_to_java_column(col), length)
+    return Column(jc)
+
+
+@ignore_unicode_prefix
+@since(1.5)
+def sha(col, length):
+    """Returns the hex string result of SHA-1.
+    """
+    sc = SparkContext._active_spark_context
+    jc = sc._jvm.functions.sha(_to_java_column(col), length)
+    return Column(jc)
+
+
 @since(1.4)
 def sparkPartitionId():
     """A column for partition ID of the Spark task.
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/FunctionRegistry.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/FunctionRegistry.scala
index 5fb3369f85d12..0c9d24de18626 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/FunctionRegistry.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/FunctionRegistry.scala
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ object FunctionRegistry {
 
     // misc functions
     expression[Md5]("md5"),
+    expression[Sha1]("sha1"),
+    expression[Sha1]("sha"),
 
     // aggregate functions
     expression[Average]("avg"),
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/misc.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/misc.scala
index 4bee8cb728e5c..6f4292402b65a 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/misc.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/misc.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions
 
 import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{BinaryType, StringType, DataType}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{LongType, BinaryType, StringType, DataType}
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String
 
 /**
@@ -48,3 +48,38 @@ case class Md5(child: Expression)
         s"(org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils.md5Hex($c))")
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * A function that calculates a sha1 hash value and returns it as a hex string
+ * For input of type [[BinaryType]] or [[StringType]]
+ */
+case class Sha1(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression {
+
+  override def dataType: DataType = StringType
+
+  override def eval(input: InternalRow): Any = {
+    val value = child.eval(input)
+    if (value == null) {
+      null
+    } else {
+      value match {
+        case b: Array[Byte] =>
+          UTF8String.fromString(DigestUtils.sha1Hex(value.asInstanceOf[Array[Byte]]))
+        case s: UTF8String =>
+          UTF8String.fromString(DigestUtils.sha1Hex(s.getBytes))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  override def genCode(ctx: CodeGenContext, ev: GeneratedExpressionCode): String = {
+    defineCodeGen(ctx, ev, c =>
+      child.dataType match {
+        case BinaryType =>
+          "org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String.fromString" +
+            s"(org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils.sha1Hex($c))"
+        case StringType =>
+          "org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String.fromString" +
+            s"(org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils.sha1Hex($c.getBytes()))"
+      })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/MiscFunctionsSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/MiscFunctionsSuite.scala
index 48b84130b4556..7fc511e42a400 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/MiscFunctionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/MiscFunctionsSuite.scala
@@ -29,4 +29,13 @@ class MiscFunctionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper {
     checkEvaluation(Md5(Literal.create(null, BinaryType)), null)
   }
 
+  test("sha1") {
+    checkEvaluation(Sha1(Literal("ABC")), "3c01bdbb26f358bab27f267924aa2c9a03fcfdb8")
+    checkEvaluation(Sha1(Literal("ABC".getBytes)), "3c01bdbb26f358bab27f267924aa2c9a03fcfdb8")
+    checkEvaluation(Sha1(Literal.create(null, StringType)), null)
+    checkEvaluation(Sha1(Literal.create(null, BinaryType)), null)
+    checkEvaluation(Sha1(Literal("")), "da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709")
+    checkEvaluation(Sha1(Literal("".getBytes)), "da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709")
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.scala
index 38d9085a505fb..4d310400a711a 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.scala
@@ -1414,6 +1414,38 @@ object functions {
    */
   def md5(columnName: String): Column = md5(Column(columnName))
 
+  /**
+   * Calculates the SHA-1 digest and returns the value as a 40 character hex string.
+   *
+   * @group misc_funcs
+   * @since 1.5.0
+   */
+  def sha1(e: Column): Column = Sha1(e.expr)
+
+  /**
+   * Calculates the SHA-1 digest and returns the value as a 40 character hex string.
+   *
+   * @group misc_funcs
+   * @since 1.5.0
+   */
+  def sha1(columnName: String): Column = sha1(Column(columnName))
+
+  /**
+   * Calculates the SHA-1 digest and returns the value as a 40 character hex string.
+   *
+   * @group misc_funcs
+   * @since 1.5.0
+   */
+  def sha(e: Column): Column = Sha1(e.expr)
+
+  /**
+   * Calculates the SHA-1 digest and returns the value as a 40 character hex string.
+   *
+   * @group misc_funcs
+   * @since 1.5.0
+   */
+  def sha(columnName: String): Column = sha1(Column(columnName))
+
   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // String functions
   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameFunctionsSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameFunctionsSuite.scala
index 8b53b384a22fd..f051aebda783d 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameFunctionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameFunctionsSuite.scala
@@ -144,6 +144,30 @@ class DataFrameFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest {
       Row("902fbdd2b1df0c4f70b4a5d23525e932", "6ac1e56bc78f031059be7be854522c4c"))
   }
 
+  test("misc sha1 function") {
+    val df = Seq(("ABC", "ABC".getBytes)).toDF("a", "b")
+    checkAnswer(
+      df.select(sha1($"a"), sha1("b")),
+      Row("3c01bdbb26f358bab27f267924aa2c9a03fcfdb8", "3c01bdbb26f358bab27f267924aa2c9a03fcfdb8"))
+
+    val dfEmpty = Seq(("", "".getBytes)).toDF("a", "b")
+    checkAnswer(
+      dfEmpty.selectExpr("sha1(a)", "sha1(b)"),
+      Row("da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709", "da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709"))
+  }
+
+  test("misc sha function") {
+    val df = Seq(("ABC", "ABC".getBytes)).toDF("a", "b")
+    checkAnswer(
+      df.select(sha($"a"), sha("b")),
+      Row("3c01bdbb26f358bab27f267924aa2c9a03fcfdb8", "3c01bdbb26f358bab27f267924aa2c9a03fcfdb8"))
+
+    val dfEmpty = Seq(("", "".getBytes)).toDF("a", "b")
+    checkAnswer(
+      dfEmpty.selectExpr("sha(a)", "sha(b)"),
+      Row("da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709", "da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709"))
+  }
+
   test("string length function") {
     checkAnswer(
       nullStrings.select(strlen($"s"), strlen("s")),