diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaPairRDD.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaPairRDD.scala
index 7dcfbf741c4f127259e607caa62da107d7dcd676..14fa9d8135afea3662270d27e7f245d6b3d15bab 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaPairRDD.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaPairRDD.scala
@@ -228,6 +228,50 @@ class JavaPairRDD[K, V](val rdd: RDD[(K, V)])
   : PartialResult[java.util.Map[K, BoundedDouble]] =
     rdd.countByKeyApprox(timeout, confidence).map(mapAsJavaMap)
 
+  /**
+   * Aggregate the values of each key, using given combine functions and a neutral "zero value".
+   * This function can return a different result type, U, than the type of the values in this RDD,
+   * V. Thus, we need one operation for merging a V into a U and one operation for merging two U's,
+   * as in scala.TraversableOnce. The former operation is used for merging values within a
+   * partition, and the latter is used for merging values between partitions. To avoid memory
+   * allocation, both of these functions are allowed to modify and return their first argument
+   * instead of creating a new U.
+   */
+  def aggregateByKey[U](zeroValue: U, partitioner: Partitioner, seqFunc: JFunction2[U, V, U],
+      combFunc: JFunction2[U, U, U]): JavaPairRDD[K, U] = {
+    implicit val ctag: ClassTag[U] = fakeClassTag
+    fromRDD(rdd.aggregateByKey(zeroValue, partitioner)(seqFunc, combFunc))
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Aggregate the values of each key, using given combine functions and a neutral "zero value".
+   * This function can return a different result type, U, than the type of the values in this RDD,
+   * V. Thus, we need one operation for merging a V into a U and one operation for merging two U's,
+   * as in scala.TraversableOnce. The former operation is used for merging values within a
+   * partition, and the latter is used for merging values between partitions. To avoid memory
+   * allocation, both of these functions are allowed to modify and return their first argument
+   * instead of creating a new U.
+   */
+  def aggregateByKey[U](zeroValue: U, numPartitions: Int, seqFunc: JFunction2[U, V, U],
+      combFunc: JFunction2[U, U, U]): JavaPairRDD[K, U] = {
+    implicit val ctag: ClassTag[U] = fakeClassTag
+    fromRDD(rdd.aggregateByKey(zeroValue, numPartitions)(seqFunc, combFunc))
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Aggregate the values of each key, using given combine functions and a neutral "zero value".
+   * This function can return a different result type, U, than the type of the values in this RDD,
+   * V. Thus, we need one operation for merging a V into a U and one operation for merging two U's.
+   * The former operation is used for merging values within a partition, and the latter is used for
+   * merging values between partitions. To avoid memory allocation, both of these functions are
+   * allowed to modify and return their first argument instead of creating a new U.
+   */
+  def aggregateByKey[U](zeroValue: U, seqFunc: JFunction2[U, V, U], combFunc: JFunction2[U, U, U]):
+      JavaPairRDD[K, U] = {
+    implicit val ctag: ClassTag[U] = fakeClassTag
+    fromRDD(rdd.aggregateByKey(zeroValue)(seqFunc, combFunc))
+  }
+
   /**
    * Merge the values for each key using an associative function and a neutral "zero value" which
    * may be added to the result an arbitrary number of times, and must not change the result
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/PairRDDFunctions.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/PairRDDFunctions.scala
index 8909980957058ef71baaf341d24a8044323b3e66..b6ad9b6c3e1682907048f4058d77cf541e0358c1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/PairRDDFunctions.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/PairRDDFunctions.scala
@@ -118,6 +118,56 @@ class PairRDDFunctions[K, V](self: RDD[(K, V)])
     combineByKey(createCombiner, mergeValue, mergeCombiners, new HashPartitioner(numPartitions))
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Aggregate the values of each key, using given combine functions and a neutral "zero value".
+   * This function can return a different result type, U, than the type of the values in this RDD,
+   * V. Thus, we need one operation for merging a V into a U and one operation for merging two U's,
+   * as in scala.TraversableOnce. The former operation is used for merging values within a
+   * partition, and the latter is used for merging values between partitions. To avoid memory
+   * allocation, both of these functions are allowed to modify and return their first argument
+   * instead of creating a new U.
+   */
+  def aggregateByKey[U: ClassTag](zeroValue: U, partitioner: Partitioner)(seqOp: (U, V) => U,
+      combOp: (U, U) => U): RDD[(K, U)] = {
+    // Serialize the zero value to a byte array so that we can get a new clone of it on each key
+    val zeroBuffer = SparkEnv.get.closureSerializer.newInstance().serialize(zeroValue)
+    val zeroArray = new Array[Byte](zeroBuffer.limit)
+    zeroBuffer.get(zeroArray)
+
+    lazy val cachedSerializer = SparkEnv.get.closureSerializer.newInstance()
+    def createZero() = cachedSerializer.deserialize[U](ByteBuffer.wrap(zeroArray))
+
+    combineByKey[U]((v: V) => seqOp(createZero(), v), seqOp, combOp, partitioner)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Aggregate the values of each key, using given combine functions and a neutral "zero value".
+   * This function can return a different result type, U, than the type of the values in this RDD,
+   * V. Thus, we need one operation for merging a V into a U and one operation for merging two U's,
+   * as in scala.TraversableOnce. The former operation is used for merging values within a
+   * partition, and the latter is used for merging values between partitions. To avoid memory
+   * allocation, both of these functions are allowed to modify and return their first argument
+   * instead of creating a new U.
+   */
+  def aggregateByKey[U: ClassTag](zeroValue: U, numPartitions: Int)(seqOp: (U, V) => U,
+      combOp: (U, U) => U): RDD[(K, U)] = {
+    aggregateByKey(zeroValue, new HashPartitioner(numPartitions))(seqOp, combOp)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Aggregate the values of each key, using given combine functions and a neutral "zero value".
+   * This function can return a different result type, U, than the type of the values in this RDD,
+   * V. Thus, we need one operation for merging a V into a U and one operation for merging two U's,
+   * as in scala.TraversableOnce. The former operation is used for merging values within a
+   * partition, and the latter is used for merging values between partitions. To avoid memory
+   * allocation, both of these functions are allowed to modify and return their first argument
+   * instead of creating a new U.
+   */
+  def aggregateByKey[U: ClassTag](zeroValue: U)(seqOp: (U, V) => U,
+      combOp: (U, U) => U): RDD[(K, U)] = {
+    aggregateByKey(zeroValue, defaultPartitioner(self))(seqOp, combOp)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Merge the values for each key using an associative function and a neutral "zero value" which
    * may be added to the result an arbitrary number of times, and must not change the result
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/JavaAPISuite.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/JavaAPISuite.java
index 50a62129116f188e7e8aca9a3db2750ff00cf36d..ef41bfb88de9d79a9b3bde452c14b74651ec12df 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/JavaAPISuite.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/JavaAPISuite.java
@@ -317,6 +317,37 @@ public class JavaAPISuite implements Serializable {
     Assert.assertEquals(33, sum);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void aggregateByKey() {
+    JavaPairRDD<Integer, Integer> pairs = sc.parallelizePairs(
+      Arrays.asList(
+        new Tuple2<Integer, Integer>(1, 1),
+        new Tuple2<Integer, Integer>(1, 1),
+        new Tuple2<Integer, Integer>(3, 2),
+        new Tuple2<Integer, Integer>(5, 1),
+        new Tuple2<Integer, Integer>(5, 3)), 2);
+
+    Map<Integer, Set<Integer>> sets = pairs.aggregateByKey(new HashSet<Integer>(),
+      new Function2<Set<Integer>, Integer, Set<Integer>>() {
+        @Override
+        public Set<Integer> call(Set<Integer> a, Integer b) {
+          a.add(b);
+          return a;
+        }
+      },
+      new Function2<Set<Integer>, Set<Integer>, Set<Integer>>() {
+        @Override
+        public Set<Integer> call(Set<Integer> a, Set<Integer> b) {
+          a.addAll(b);
+          return a;
+        }
+      }).collectAsMap();
+    Assert.assertEquals(3, sets.size());
+    Assert.assertEquals(new HashSet<Integer>(Arrays.asList(1)), sets.get(1));
+    Assert.assertEquals(new HashSet<Integer>(Arrays.asList(2)), sets.get(3));
+    Assert.assertEquals(new HashSet<Integer>(Arrays.asList(1, 3)), sets.get(5));
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   @Test
   public void foldByKey() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/PairRDDFunctionsSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/PairRDDFunctionsSuite.scala
index 9ddafc451878dc9dbd493a732d3791c1a978e9c4..0b9004448a63e05d4271f6f49afefbc10fdc7918 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/PairRDDFunctionsSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/PairRDDFunctionsSuite.scala
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@ import org.apache.spark.SparkContext._
 import org.apache.spark.{Partitioner, SharedSparkContext}
 
 class PairRDDFunctionsSuite extends FunSuite with SharedSparkContext {
+  test("aggregateByKey") {
+    val pairs = sc.parallelize(Array((1, 1), (1, 1), (3, 2), (5, 1), (5, 3)), 2)
+
+    val sets = pairs.aggregateByKey(new HashSet[Int]())(_ += _, _ ++= _).collect()
+    assert(sets.size === 3)
+    val valuesFor1 = sets.find(_._1 == 1).get._2
+    assert(valuesFor1.toList.sorted === List(1))
+    val valuesFor3 = sets.find(_._1 == 3).get._2
+    assert(valuesFor3.toList.sorted === List(2))
+    val valuesFor5 = sets.find(_._1 == 5).get._2
+    assert(valuesFor5.toList.sorted === List(1, 3))
+  }
+
   test("groupByKey") {
     val pairs = sc.parallelize(Array((1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (2, 1)))
     val groups = pairs.groupByKey().collect()
diff --git a/docs/programming-guide.md b/docs/programming-guide.md
index 7989e02dfb732b11b18a6e9ba910698bfff0913a..79784682bfd1b11919695862d1b0a63cd11b2801 100644
--- a/docs/programming-guide.md
+++ b/docs/programming-guide.md
@@ -890,6 +890,10 @@ for details.
   <td> <b>reduceByKey</b>(<i>func</i>, [<i>numTasks</i>]) </td>
   <td> When called on a dataset of (K, V) pairs, returns a dataset of (K, V) pairs where the values for each key are aggregated using the given reduce function. Like in <code>groupByKey</code>, the number of reduce tasks is configurable through an optional second argument. </td>
 </tr>
+<tr>
+  <td> <b>aggregateByKey</b>(<i>zeroValue</i>)(<i>seqOp</i>, <i>combOp</i>, [<i>numTasks</i>]) </td>
+  <td> When called on a dataset of (K, V) pairs, returns a dataset of (K, U) pairs where the values for each key are aggregated using the given combine functions and a neutral "zero" value. Allows an aggregated value type that is different than the input value type, while avoiding unnecessary allocations. Like in <code>groupByKey</code>, the number of reduce tasks is configurable through an optional second argument. </td>
+</tr>
 <tr>
   <td> <b>sortByKey</b>([<i>ascending</i>], [<i>numTasks</i>]) </td>
   <td> When called on a dataset of (K, V) pairs where K implements Ordered, returns a dataset of (K, V) pairs sorted by keys in ascending or descending order, as specified in the boolean <code>ascending</code> argument.</td>
diff --git a/project/MimaExcludes.scala b/project/MimaExcludes.scala
index c80ab9a9f8e60c14abdfdec63467474aec9ce04b..ee629794f60ad01230c3aba1191e7aede09f6fc7 100644
--- a/project/MimaExcludes.scala
+++ b/project/MimaExcludes.scala
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ object MimaExcludes {
             ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingMethodProblem](
               "org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaRDDLike.countApproxDistinct$default$1"),
             ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingMethodProblem](
-              "org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaDoubleRDD.countApproxDistinct$default$1")
+              "org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaDoubleRDD.countApproxDistinct$default$1"),
+            ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingMethodProblem](
+              "org.apache.spark.rdd.PairRDDFunctions.org$apache$spark$rdd$PairRDDFunctions$$"
+                + "createZero$1")
           ) ++
           Seq( // Ignore some private methods in ALS.
             ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingMethodProblem](
diff --git a/python/pyspark/rdd.py b/python/pyspark/rdd.py
index 8a215fc51130a250f4c320dac036e1a84c6c2825..735389c69831c7a047a563ee7aae4e38e4f38ab7 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/rdd.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/rdd.py
@@ -1178,6 +1178,20 @@ class RDD(object):
                     combiners[k] = mergeCombiners(combiners[k], v)
             return combiners.iteritems()
         return shuffled.mapPartitions(_mergeCombiners)
+   
+    def aggregateByKey(self, zeroValue, seqFunc, combFunc, numPartitions=None):
+        """
+        Aggregate the values of each key, using given combine functions and a neutral "zero value".
+        This function can return a different result type, U, than the type of the values in this RDD,
+        V. Thus, we need one operation for merging a V into a U and one operation for merging two U's,
+        The former operation is used for merging values within a partition, and the latter is used
+        for merging values between partitions. To avoid memory allocation, both of these functions are
+        allowed to modify and return their first argument instead of creating a new U.
+        """
+        def createZero():
+          return copy.deepcopy(zeroValue)
+        
+        return self.combineByKey(lambda v: seqFunc(createZero(), v), seqFunc, combFunc, numPartitions)
 
     def foldByKey(self, zeroValue, func, numPartitions=None):
         """
@@ -1190,7 +1204,10 @@ class RDD(object):
         >>> rdd.foldByKey(0, add).collect()
         [('a', 2), ('b', 1)]
         """
-        return self.combineByKey(lambda v: func(zeroValue, v), func, func, numPartitions)
+        def createZero():
+          return copy.deepcopy(zeroValue)
+
+        return self.combineByKey(lambda v: func(createZero(), v), func, func, numPartitions)
 
 
     # TODO: support variant with custom partitioner
diff --git a/python/pyspark/tests.py b/python/pyspark/tests.py
index 184ee810b861b9c7c20c320d1b79f1bff8262202..c15bb457759edf6ed8ec8024b2c29721c6027b1c 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/tests.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/tests.py
@@ -188,6 +188,21 @@ class TestRDDFunctions(PySparkTestCase):
         os.unlink(tempFile.name)
         self.assertRaises(Exception, lambda: filtered_data.count())
 
+    def testAggregateByKey(self):
+        data = self.sc.parallelize([(1, 1), (1, 1), (3, 2), (5, 1), (5, 3)], 2)
+        def seqOp(x, y):
+            x.add(y)
+            return x
+
+        def combOp(x, y):
+            x |= y
+            return x
+          
+        sets = dict(data.aggregateByKey(set(), seqOp, combOp).collect())
+        self.assertEqual(3, len(sets))
+        self.assertEqual(set([1]), sets[1])
+        self.assertEqual(set([2]), sets[3])
+        self.assertEqual(set([1, 3]), sets[5])
 
 class TestIO(PySparkTestCase):