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 870808aa560e50a2cbb62f3132c1f0541f1dd421..a8f4d257acd0adbf2dd64f2d8051e1cf118a4876 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
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ object FunctionRegistry {
     expression[Sha1]("sha1"),
     expression[Sha2]("sha2"),
     expression[SparkPartitionID]("spark_partition_id"),
-    expression[InputFileName]("input_file_name")
+    expression[InputFileName]("input_file_name"),
+    expression[MonotonicallyIncreasingID]("monotonically_increasing_id")
   )
 
   val builtin: SimpleFunctionRegistry = {
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 010df2a3415897be23c8738c1404cb763a839dde..8674da7a79c8184d8e10b1e6fed57611ffb5e501 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
@@ -563,6 +563,10 @@ class ColumnExpressionSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
       df.select(monotonicallyIncreasingId()),
       Row(0L) :: Row(1L) :: Row((1L << 33) + 0L) :: Row((1L << 33) + 1L) :: Nil
     )
+    checkAnswer(
+      df.select(expr("monotonically_increasing_id()")),
+      Row(0L) :: Row(1L) :: Row((1L << 33) + 0L) :: Row((1L << 33) + 1L) :: Nil
+    )
   }
 
   test("sparkPartitionId") {