diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostClassifier.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostClassifier.scala
index 5f81393e0..ec76c9177 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostClassifier.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostClassifier.scala
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.{Booster, DMatrix, XGBoost => SXGBoost}
 import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.{EvalTrait, ObjectiveTrait}
 import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.spark.params._
 import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.{LabeledPoint => XGBLabeledPoint}
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
+
 import org.apache.spark.TaskContext
 import org.apache.spark.ml.classification._
 import org.apache.spark.ml.linalg._
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import org.apache.spark.sql._
 import org.json4s.DefaultFormats
 
+import org.apache.spark.broadcast.Broadcast
+
 private[spark] trait XGBoostClassifierParams extends GeneralParams with LearningTaskParams
   with BoosterParams with HasWeightCol with HasBaseMarginCol with HasNumClass with ParamMapFuncs
+  with HasLeafPredictionCol with HasContribPredictionCol
 
 class XGBoostClassifier (
     override val uid: String,
@@ -235,6 +238,12 @@ class XGBoostClassificationModel private[ml](
     this
   }
 
+  def setLeafPredictionCol(value: String): this.type = set(leafPredictionCol, value)
+
+  def setContribPredictionCol(value: String): this.type = set(contribPredictionCol, value)
+
+  def setTreeLimit(value: Int): this.type = set(treeLimit, value)
+
   /**
    * Single instance prediction.
    * Note: The performance is not ideal, use it carefully!
@@ -287,22 +296,15 @@ class XGBoostClassificationModel private[ml](
             null
           }
         }
-
         val dm = new DMatrix(
           XGBoost.removeMissingValues(featuresIterator.map(_.asXGB), $(missing)),
           cacheInfo)
         try {
-          val rawPredictionItr = {
-            bBooster.value.predict(dm, outPutMargin = true).map(Row(_)).iterator
-          }
-          val probabilityItr = {
-            bBooster.value.predict(dm, outPutMargin = false).map(Row(_)).iterator
-          }
+          val Array(rawPredictionItr, probabilityItr, predLeafItr, predContribItr) =
+            producePredictionItrs(bBooster, dm)
           Rabit.shutdown()
-          rowItr1.zip(rawPredictionItr).zip(probabilityItr).map {
-            case ((originals: Row, rawPrediction: Row), probability: Row) =>
-              Row.fromSeq(originals.toSeq ++ rawPrediction.toSeq ++ probability.toSeq)
-          }
+          produceResultIterator(rowItr1, rawPredictionItr, probabilityItr, predLeafItr,
+            predContribItr)
         } finally {
           dm.delete()
         }
@@ -313,7 +315,82 @@ class XGBoostClassificationModel private[ml](
 
     bBooster.unpersist(blocking = false)
 
-    dataset.sparkSession.createDataFrame(rdd, schema)
+    dataset.sparkSession.createDataFrame(rdd, generateResultSchema(schema))
+  }
+
+  private def produceResultIterator(
+      originalRowItr: Iterator[Row],
+      rawPredictionItr: Iterator[Row],
+      probabilityItr: Iterator[Row],
+      predLeafItr: Iterator[Row],
+      predContribItr: Iterator[Row]): Iterator[Row] = {
+    // the following implementation is to be improved
+    if (isDefined(leafPredictionCol) && $(leafPredictionCol).nonEmpty &&
+      isDefined(contribPredictionCol) && $(contribPredictionCol).nonEmpty) {
+      originalRowItr.zip(rawPredictionItr).zip(probabilityItr).zip(predLeafItr).zip(predContribItr).
+        map { case ((((originals: Row, rawPrediction: Row), probability: Row), leaves: Row),
+        contribs: Row) =>
+          Row.fromSeq(originals.toSeq ++ rawPrediction.toSeq ++ probability.toSeq ++ leaves.toSeq ++
+            contribs.toSeq)
+      }
+    } else if (isDefined(leafPredictionCol) && $(leafPredictionCol).nonEmpty &&
+      (!isDefined(contribPredictionCol) || $(contribPredictionCol).isEmpty)) {
+      originalRowItr.zip(rawPredictionItr).zip(probabilityItr).zip(predLeafItr).
+        map { case (((originals: Row, rawPrediction: Row), probability: Row), leaves: Row) =>
+          Row.fromSeq(originals.toSeq ++ rawPrediction.toSeq ++ probability.toSeq ++ leaves.toSeq)
+        }
+    } else if ((!isDefined(leafPredictionCol) || $(leafPredictionCol).isEmpty) &&
+      isDefined(contribPredictionCol) && $(contribPredictionCol).nonEmpty) {
+      originalRowItr.zip(rawPredictionItr).zip(probabilityItr).zip(predContribItr).
+        map { case (((originals: Row, rawPrediction: Row), probability: Row), contribs: Row) =>
+          Row.fromSeq(originals.toSeq ++ rawPrediction.toSeq ++ probability.toSeq ++ contribs.toSeq)
+        }
+    } else {
+      originalRowItr.zip(rawPredictionItr).zip(probabilityItr).map {
+        case ((originals: Row, rawPrediction: Row), probability: Row) =>
+          Row.fromSeq(originals.toSeq ++ rawPrediction.toSeq ++ probability.toSeq)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def generateResultSchema(fixedSchema: StructType): StructType = {
+    var resultSchema = fixedSchema
+    if (isDefined(leafPredictionCol)) {
+      resultSchema = resultSchema.add(StructField(name = $(leafPredictionCol), dataType =
+        ArrayType(FloatType, containsNull = false), nullable = false))
+    }
+    if (isDefined(contribPredictionCol)) {
+      resultSchema = resultSchema.add(StructField(name = $(contribPredictionCol), dataType =
+        ArrayType(FloatType, containsNull = false), nullable = false))
+    }
+    resultSchema
+  }
+
+  private def producePredictionItrs(broadcastBooster: Broadcast[Booster], dm: DMatrix):
+      Array[Iterator[Row]] = {
+    val rawPredictionItr = {
+      broadcastBooster.value.predict(dm, outPutMargin = true, $(treeLimit)).
+        map(Row(_)).iterator
+    }
+    val probabilityItr = {
+      broadcastBooster.value.predict(dm, outPutMargin = false, $(treeLimit)).
+        map(Row(_)).iterator
+    }
+    val predLeafItr = {
+      if (isDefined(leafPredictionCol)) {
+        broadcastBooster.value.predictLeaf(dm, $(treeLimit)).map(Row(_)).iterator
+      } else {
+        Iterator()
+      }
+    }
+    val predContribItr = {
+      if (isDefined(contribPredictionCol)) {
+        broadcastBooster.value.predictContrib(dm, $(treeLimit)).map(Row(_)).iterator
+      } else {
+        Iterator()
+      }
+    }
+    Array(rawPredictionItr, probabilityItr, predLeafItr, predContribItr)
   }
 
   override def transform(dataset: Dataset[_]): DataFrame = {
@@ -329,11 +406,11 @@ class XGBoostClassificationModel private[ml](
     var outputData = transformInternal(dataset)
     var numColsOutput = 0
 
-    val rawPredictionUDF = udf { (rawPrediction: mutable.WrappedArray[Float]) =>
+    val rawPredictionUDF = udf { rawPrediction: mutable.WrappedArray[Float] =>
       Vectors.dense(rawPrediction.map(_.toDouble).toArray)
     }
 
-    val probabilityUDF = udf { (probability: mutable.WrappedArray[Float]) =>
+    val probabilityUDF = udf { probability: mutable.WrappedArray[Float] =>
       if (numClasses == 2) {
         Vectors.dense(Array(1 - probability(0), probability(0)).map(_.toDouble))
       } else {
@@ -341,7 +418,7 @@ class XGBoostClassificationModel private[ml](
       }
     }
 
-    val predictUDF = udf { (probability: mutable.WrappedArray[Float]) =>
+    val predictUDF = udf { probability: mutable.WrappedArray[Float] =>
       // From XGBoost probability to MLlib prediction
       val probabilities = if (numClasses == 2) {
         Array(1 - probability(0), probability(0)).map(_.toDouble)
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostRegressor.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostRegressor.scala
index 2d6568300..0fe3452d6 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostRegressor.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostRegressor.scala
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.{LabeledPoint => XGBLabeledPoint}
 import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.spark.params.{DefaultXGBoostParamsReader, _}
 import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.{Booster, DMatrix, XGBoost => SXGBoost}
 import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.{EvalTrait, ObjectiveTrait}
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
+
 import org.apache.spark.TaskContext
 import org.apache.spark.ml.linalg.{DenseVector, SparseVector, Vector}
 import org.apache.spark.ml.param.shared.HasWeightCol
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import org.json4s.DefaultFormats
-
 import scala.collection.mutable
 
+import org.apache.spark.broadcast.Broadcast
+
 private[spark] trait XGBoostRegressorParams extends GeneralParams with BoosterParams
   with LearningTaskParams with HasBaseMarginCol with HasWeightCol with HasGroupCol
-  with ParamMapFuncs
+  with ParamMapFuncs with HasLeafPredictionCol with HasContribPredictionCol
 
 class XGBoostRegressor (
     override val uid: String,
@@ -231,6 +232,12 @@ class XGBoostRegressionModel private[ml] (
     this
   }
 
+  def setLeafPredictionCol(value: String): this.type = set(leafPredictionCol, value)
+
+  def setContribPredictionCol(value: String): this.type = set(contribPredictionCol, value)
+
+  def setTreeLimit(value: Int): this.type = set(treeLimit, value)
+
   /**
    * Single instance prediction.
    * Note: The performance is not ideal, use it carefully!
@@ -270,14 +277,10 @@ class XGBoostRegressionModel private[ml] (
           XGBoost.removeMissingValues(featuresIterator.map(_.asXGB), $(missing)),
           cacheInfo)
         try {
-          val originalPredictionItr = {
-            bBooster.value.predict(dm).map(Row(_)).iterator
-          }
+          val Array(originalPredictionItr, predLeafItr, predContribItr) =
+            producePredictionItrs(bBooster, dm)
           Rabit.shutdown()
-          rowItr1.zip(originalPredictionItr).map {
-            case (originals: Row, originalPrediction: Row) =>
-              Row.fromSeq(originals.toSeq ++ originalPrediction.toSeq)
-          }
+          produceResultIterator(rowItr1, originalPredictionItr, predLeafItr, predContribItr)
         } finally {
           dm.delete()
         }
@@ -285,10 +288,77 @@ class XGBoostRegressionModel private[ml] (
         Iterator[Row]()
       }
     }
-
     bBooster.unpersist(blocking = false)
+    dataset.sparkSession.createDataFrame(rdd, generateResultSchema(schema))
+  }
 
-    dataset.sparkSession.createDataFrame(rdd, schema)
+  private def produceResultIterator(
+      originalRowItr: Iterator[Row],
+      predictionItr: Iterator[Row],
+      predLeafItr: Iterator[Row],
+      predContribItr: Iterator[Row]): Iterator[Row] = {
+    // the following implementation is to be improved
+    if (isDefined(leafPredictionCol) && $(leafPredictionCol).nonEmpty &&
+      isDefined(contribPredictionCol) && $(contribPredictionCol).nonEmpty) {
+      originalRowItr.zip(predictionItr).zip(predLeafItr).zip(predContribItr).
+        map { case (((originals: Row, prediction: Row), leaves: Row), contribs: Row) =>
+          Row.fromSeq(originals.toSeq ++ prediction.toSeq ++ leaves.toSeq ++ contribs.toSeq)
+        }
+    } else if (isDefined(leafPredictionCol) && $(leafPredictionCol).nonEmpty &&
+      (!isDefined(contribPredictionCol) || $(contribPredictionCol).isEmpty)) {
+      originalRowItr.zip(predictionItr).zip(predLeafItr).
+        map { case ((originals: Row, prediction: Row), leaves: Row) =>
+          Row.fromSeq(originals.toSeq ++ prediction.toSeq ++ leaves.toSeq)
+        }
+    } else if ((!isDefined(leafPredictionCol) || $(leafPredictionCol).isEmpty) &&
+      isDefined(contribPredictionCol) && $(contribPredictionCol).nonEmpty) {
+      originalRowItr.zip(predictionItr).zip(predContribItr).
+        map { case ((originals: Row, prediction: Row), contribs: Row) =>
+          Row.fromSeq(originals.toSeq ++ prediction.toSeq ++ contribs.toSeq)
+        }
+    } else {
+      originalRowItr.zip(predictionItr).map {
+        case (originals: Row, originalPrediction: Row) =>
+          Row.fromSeq(originals.toSeq ++ originalPrediction.toSeq)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def generateResultSchema(fixedSchema: StructType): StructType = {
+    var resultSchema = fixedSchema
+    if (isDefined(leafPredictionCol)) {
+      resultSchema = resultSchema.add(StructField(name = $(leafPredictionCol), dataType =
+        ArrayType(FloatType, containsNull = false), nullable = false))
+    }
+    if (isDefined(contribPredictionCol)) {
+      resultSchema = resultSchema.add(StructField(name = $(contribPredictionCol), dataType =
+        ArrayType(FloatType, containsNull = false), nullable = false))
+    }
+    resultSchema
+  }
+
+  private def producePredictionItrs(broadcastBooster: Broadcast[Booster], dm: DMatrix):
+      Array[Iterator[Row]] = {
+    val originalPredictionItr = {
+      broadcastBooster.value.predict(dm, outPutMargin = false, $(treeLimit)).map(Row(_)).iterator
+    }
+    val predLeafItr = {
+      if (isDefined(leafPredictionCol)) {
+        broadcastBooster.value.predictLeaf(dm, $(treeLimit)).
+          map(Row(_)).iterator
+      } else {
+        Iterator()
+      }
+    }
+    val predContribItr = {
+      if (isDefined(contribPredictionCol)) {
+        broadcastBooster.value.predictContrib(dm, $(treeLimit)).
+          map(Row(_)).iterator
+      } else {
+        Iterator()
+      }
+    }
+    Array(originalPredictionItr, predLeafItr, predContribItr)
   }
 
   override def transform(dataset: Dataset[_]): DataFrame = {
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/params/BoosterParams.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/params/BoosterParams.scala
index c3be3601b..89e2ef102 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/params/BoosterParams.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/params/BoosterParams.scala
@@ -237,13 +237,18 @@ private[spark] trait BoosterParams extends Params {
 
   final def getLambdaBias: Double = $(lambdaBias)
 
+  final val treeLimit = new IntParam(this, name = "treeLimit",
+    doc = "number of trees used in the prediction; defaults to 0 (use all trees).")
+
+  final def getTreeLimit: Double = $(lambdaBias)
+
   setDefault(eta -> 0.3, gamma -> 0, maxDepth -> 6,
     minChildWeight -> 1, maxDeltaStep -> 0,
     growPolicy -> "depthwise", maxBins -> 16,
     subsample -> 1, colsampleBytree -> 1, colsampleBylevel -> 1,
     lambda -> 1, alpha -> 0, treeMethod -> "auto", sketchEps -> 0.03,
     scalePosWeight -> 1.0, sampleType -> "uniform", normalizeType -> "tree",
-    rateDrop -> 0.0, skipDrop -> 0.0, lambdaBias -> 0)
+    rateDrop -> 0.0, skipDrop -> 0.0, lambdaBias -> 0, treeLimit -> 0)
 }
 
 private[spark] object BoosterParams {
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/params/GeneralParams.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/params/GeneralParams.scala
index 6a27195b8..f0ad69ad5 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/params/GeneralParams.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/params/GeneralParams.scala
@@ -158,6 +158,30 @@ private[spark] trait GeneralParams extends Params {
   )
 }
 
+trait HasLeafPredictionCol extends Params {
+  /**
+   * Param for leaf prediction column name.
+   * @group param
+   */
+  final val leafPredictionCol: Param[String] = new Param[String](this, "leafPredictionCol",
+    "name of the predictLeaf results")
+
+  /** @group getParam */
+  final def getLeafPredictionCol: String = $(leafPredictionCol)
+}
+
+trait HasContribPredictionCol extends Params {
+  /**
+   * Param for contribution prediction column name.
+   * @group param
+   */
+  final val contribPredictionCol: Param[String] = new Param[String](this, "contribPredictionCol",
+    "name of the predictContrib results")
+
+  /** @group getParam */
+  final def getContribPredictionCol: String = $(contribPredictionCol)
+}
+
 trait HasBaseMarginCol extends Params {
 
   /**
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostClassifierSuite.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostClassifierSuite.scala
index d2814b8a1..86f9b575a 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostClassifierSuite.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostClassifierSuite.scala
@@ -211,4 +211,77 @@ class XGBoostClassifierSuite extends FunSuite with PerTest {
     assert(testObjectiveHistory.length === 5)
     assert(model.summary.trainObjectiveHistory !== testObjectiveHistory)
   }
+
+  test("test predictionLeaf") {
+    val paramMap = Map("eta" -> "1", "max_depth" -> "6", "silent" -> "1",
+      "objective" -> "binary:logistic", "train_test_ratio" -> "0.5",
+      "num_round" -> 5, "num_workers" -> numWorkers)
+    val training = buildDataFrame(Classification.train)
+    val test = buildDataFrame(Classification.test)
+    val groundTruth = test.count()
+    val xgb = new XGBoostClassifier(paramMap)
+    val model = xgb.fit(training)
+    model.setLeafPredictionCol("predictLeaf")
+    val resultDF = model.transform(test)
+    assert(resultDF.count == groundTruth)
+    assert(resultDF.columns.contains("predictLeaf"))
+  }
+
+  test("test predictionLeaf with empty column name") {
+    val paramMap = Map("eta" -> "1", "max_depth" -> "6", "silent" -> "1",
+      "objective" -> "binary:logistic", "train_test_ratio" -> "0.5",
+      "num_round" -> 5, "num_workers" -> numWorkers)
+    val training = buildDataFrame(Classification.train)
+    val test = buildDataFrame(Classification.test)
+    val xgb = new XGBoostClassifier(paramMap)
+    val model = xgb.fit(training)
+    model.setLeafPredictionCol("")
+    val resultDF = model.transform(test)
+    assert(!resultDF.columns.contains("predictLeaf"))
+  }
+
+  test("test predictionContrib") {
+    val paramMap = Map("eta" -> "1", "max_depth" -> "6", "silent" -> "1",
+      "objective" -> "binary:logistic", "train_test_ratio" -> "0.5",
+      "num_round" -> 5, "num_workers" -> numWorkers)
+    val training = buildDataFrame(Classification.train)
+    val test = buildDataFrame(Classification.test)
+    val groundTruth = test.count()
+    val xgb = new XGBoostClassifier(paramMap)
+    val model = xgb.fit(training)
+    model.setContribPredictionCol("predictContrib")
+    val resultDF = model.transform(buildDataFrame(Classification.test))
+    assert(resultDF.count == groundTruth)
+    assert(resultDF.columns.contains("predictContrib"))
+  }
+
+  test("test predictionContrib with empty column name") {
+    val paramMap = Map("eta" -> "1", "max_depth" -> "6", "silent" -> "1",
+      "objective" -> "binary:logistic", "train_test_ratio" -> "0.5",
+      "num_round" -> 5, "num_workers" -> numWorkers)
+    val training = buildDataFrame(Classification.train)
+    val test = buildDataFrame(Classification.test)
+    val xgb = new XGBoostClassifier(paramMap)
+    val model = xgb.fit(training)
+    model.setContribPredictionCol("")
+    val resultDF = model.transform(test)
+    assert(!resultDF.columns.contains("predictContrib"))
+  }
+
+  test("test predictionLeaf and predictionContrib") {
+    val paramMap = Map("eta" -> "1", "max_depth" -> "6", "silent" -> "1",
+      "objective" -> "binary:logistic", "train_test_ratio" -> "0.5",
+      "num_round" -> 5, "num_workers" -> numWorkers)
+    val training = buildDataFrame(Classification.train)
+    val test = buildDataFrame(Classification.test)
+    val groundTruth = test.count()
+    val xgb = new XGBoostClassifier(paramMap)
+    val model = xgb.fit(training)
+    model.setLeafPredictionCol("predictLeaf")
+    model.setContribPredictionCol("predictContrib")
+    val resultDF = model.transform(buildDataFrame(Classification.test))
+    assert(resultDF.count == groundTruth)
+    assert(resultDF.columns.contains("predictLeaf"))
+    assert(resultDF.columns.contains("predictContrib"))
+  }
 }
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostRegressorSuite.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostRegressorSuite.scala
index 8dba73e61..8679a1517 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostRegressorSuite.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostRegressorSuite.scala
@@ -120,4 +120,72 @@ class XGBoostRegressorSuite extends FunSuite with PerTest {
     val first = prediction.head.getAs[Double]("prediction")
     prediction.foreach(x => assert(math.abs(x.getAs[Double]("prediction") - first) <= 0.01f))
   }
+
+  test("test predictionLeaf") {
+    val paramMap = Map("eta" -> "1", "max_depth" -> "6", "silent" -> "1",
+      "objective" -> "reg:linear", "num_round" -> 5, "num_workers" -> numWorkers)
+    val training = buildDataFrame(Regression.train)
+    val testDF = buildDataFrame(Regression.test)
+    val groundTruth = testDF.count()
+    val xgb = new XGBoostRegressor(paramMap)
+    val model = xgb.fit(training)
+    model.setLeafPredictionCol("predictLeaf")
+    val resultDF = model.transform(testDF)
+    assert(resultDF.count === groundTruth)
+    assert(resultDF.columns.contains("predictLeaf"))
+  }
+
+  test("test predictionLeaf with empty column name") {
+    val paramMap = Map("eta" -> "1", "max_depth" -> "6", "silent" -> "1",
+      "objective" -> "reg:linear", "num_round" -> 5, "num_workers" -> numWorkers)
+    val training = buildDataFrame(Regression.train)
+    val testDF = buildDataFrame(Regression.test)
+    val xgb = new XGBoostRegressor(paramMap)
+    val model = xgb.fit(training)
+    model.setLeafPredictionCol("")
+    val resultDF = model.transform(testDF)
+    assert(!resultDF.columns.contains("predictLeaf"))
+  }
+
+  test("test predictionContrib") {
+    val paramMap = Map("eta" -> "1", "max_depth" -> "6", "silent" -> "1",
+      "objective" -> "reg:linear", "num_round" -> 5, "num_workers" -> numWorkers)
+    val training = buildDataFrame(Regression.train)
+    val testDF = buildDataFrame(Regression.test)
+    val groundTruth = testDF.count()
+    val xgb = new XGBoostRegressor(paramMap)
+    val model = xgb.fit(training)
+    model.setContribPredictionCol("predictContrib")
+    val resultDF = model.transform(testDF)
+    assert(resultDF.count === groundTruth)
+    assert(resultDF.columns.contains("predictContrib"))
+  }
+
+  test("test predictionContrib with empty column name") {
+    val paramMap = Map("eta" -> "1", "max_depth" -> "6", "silent" -> "1",
+      "objective" -> "reg:linear", "num_round" -> 5, "num_workers" -> numWorkers)
+    val training = buildDataFrame(Regression.train)
+    val testDF = buildDataFrame(Regression.test)
+    val xgb = new XGBoostRegressor(paramMap)
+    val model = xgb.fit(training)
+    model.setContribPredictionCol("")
+    val resultDF = model.transform(testDF)
+    assert(!resultDF.columns.contains("predictContrib"))
+  }
+
+  test("test predictionLeaf and predictionContrib") {
+    val paramMap = Map("eta" -> "1", "max_depth" -> "6", "silent" -> "1",
+      "objective" -> "reg:linear", "num_round" -> 5, "num_workers" -> numWorkers)
+    val training = buildDataFrame(Regression.train)
+    val testDF = buildDataFrame(Regression.test)
+    val groundTruth = testDF.count()
+    val xgb = new XGBoostRegressor(paramMap)
+    val model = xgb.fit(training)
+    model.setLeafPredictionCol("predictLeaf")
+    model.setContribPredictionCol("predictContrib")
+    val resultDF = model.transform(testDF)
+    assert(resultDF.count === groundTruth)
+    assert(resultDF.columns.contains("predictLeaf"))
+    assert(resultDF.columns.contains("predictContrib"))
+  }
 }
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/Booster.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/Booster.scala
index f885a6881..c9013d3c7 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/Booster.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/Booster.scala
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ class Booster private[xgboost4j](private[xgboost4j] var booster: JBooster)
    * @return predict result
    */
   @throws(classOf[XGBoostError])
-  def predict(data: DMatrix, outPutMargin: Boolean = false, treeLimit: Int = 0)
-      : Array[Array[Float]] = {
+  def predict(data: DMatrix, outPutMargin: Boolean = false, treeLimit: Int = 0):
+      Array[Array[Float]] = {
     booster.predict(data.jDMatrix, outPutMargin, treeLimit)
   }
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class Booster private[xgboost4j](private[xgboost4j] var booster: JBooster)
    * @throws XGBoostError native error
    */
   @throws(classOf[XGBoostError])
-  def predictLeaf(data: DMatrix, treeLimit: Int = 0) : Array[Array[Float]] = {
+  def predictLeaf(data: DMatrix, treeLimit: Int = 0): Array[Array[Float]] = {
     booster.predictLeaf(data.jDMatrix, treeLimit)
   }