diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/dataframe.py b/python/pyspark/sql/dataframe.py
index 17448b38c30a1..24f370543def4 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/dataframe.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/dataframe.py
@@ -1405,6 +1405,13 @@ def cast(self, dataType):
             raise TypeError("unexpected type: %s" % type(dataType))
         return Column(jc)
 
+    @ignore_unicode_prefix
+    def between(self, lowerBound, upperBound):
+        """ A boolean expression that is evaluated to true if the value of this
+        expression is between the given columns.
+        """
+        return (self >= lowerBound) & (self <= upperBound)
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return 'Column<%s>' % self._jc.toString().encode('utf8')
 
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/tests.py b/python/pyspark/sql/tests.py
index 7ea6656d31c4e..46c4c88e98eb1 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/tests.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/tests.py
@@ -453,6 +453,14 @@ def test_rand_functions(self):
         for row in rndn:
             assert row[1] >= -4.0 and row[1] <= 4.0, "got: %s" % row[1]
 
+    def test_between_function(self):
+        df = self.sc.parallelize([
+            Row(a=1, b=2, c=3),
+            Row(a=2, b=1, c=3),
+            Row(a=4, b=1, c=4)]).toDF()
+        self.assertEqual([Row(a=2, b=1, c=3), Row(a=4, b=1, c=4)],
+                         df.filter(df.a.between(df.b, df.c)).collect())
+
     def test_save_and_load(self):
         df = self.df
         tmpPath = tempfile.mkdtemp()
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
index 33f9d0b37d006..c0503bf047052 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
@@ -295,6 +295,15 @@ class Column(protected[sql] val expr: Expression) extends Logging {
    */
   def eqNullSafe(other: Any): Column = this <=> other
 
+  /**
+   * True if the current column is between the lower bound and upper bound, inclusive.
+   *
+   * @group java_expr_ops
+   */
+  def between(lowerBound: Any, upperBound: Any): Column = {
+    (this >= lowerBound) && (this <= upperBound)
+  }
+
   /**
    * True if the current expression is null.
    *
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ColumnExpressionSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ColumnExpressionSuite.scala
index 6322faf4d9907..3c1ad656fc855 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ColumnExpressionSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/ColumnExpressionSuite.scala
@@ -208,6 +208,20 @@ class ColumnExpressionSuite extends QueryTest {
       testData2.collect().toSeq.filter(r => r.getInt(0) <= r.getInt(1)))
   }
 
+  test("between") {
+    val testData = TestSQLContext.sparkContext.parallelize(
+      (0, 1, 2) ::
+      (1, 2, 3) ::
+      (2, 1, 0) ::
+      (2, 2, 4) ::
+      (3, 1, 6) ::
+      (3, 2, 0) :: Nil).toDF("a", "b", "c")
+    val expectAnswer = testData.collect().toSeq.
+      filter(r => r.getInt(0) >= r.getInt(1) && r.getInt(0) <= r.getInt(2))
+
+    checkAnswer(testData.filter($"a".between($"b", $"c")), expectAnswer)
+  }
+
   val booleanData = TestSQLContext.createDataFrame(TestSQLContext.sparkContext.parallelize(
     Row(false, false) ::
       Row(false, true) ::