diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index a0fa7e943..6956db215 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ List of Contributors
 * [Sam Thomson](https://github.com/sammthomson)
 * [ganesh-krishnan](https://github.com/ganesh-krishnan)
 * [Damien Carol](https://github.com/damiencarol)
+* [Alex Bain](https://github.com/convexquad)
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostModel.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostModel.scala
index ea8e8a5e5..9aa5e84dc 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostModel.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/spark/XGBoostModel.scala
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.{DMatrix, Booster}
 class XGBoostModel(_booster: Booster) extends Serializable {
 
   /**
-   * Predict result with the given testset (represented as RDD)
+   * Predict result with the given test set (represented as RDD)
    *
-   * @param testSet test set representd as RDD
+   * @param testSet test set represented as RDD
    * @param useExternalCache whether to use external cache for the test set
    */
   def predict(testSet: RDD[Vector], useExternalCache: Boolean = false): RDD[Array[Array[Float]]] = {
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ class XGBoostModel(_booster: Booster) extends Serializable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Predict result with the given testset (represented as RDD)
-   * @param testSet test set representd as RDD
+   * Predict result with the given test set (represented as RDD)
+   *
+   * @param testSet test set represented as RDD
    * @param missingValue the specified value to represent the missing value
    */
   def predict(testSet: RDD[DenseVector], missingValue: Float): RDD[Array[Array[Float]]] = {
@@ -78,12 +79,41 @@ class XGBoostModel(_booster: Booster) extends Serializable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * predict result given the test data (represented as DMatrix)
+   * Predict result with the given test set (represented as DMatrix)
+   *
+   * @param testSet test set represented as DMatrix
    */
   def predict(testSet: DMatrix): Array[Array[Float]] = {
     _booster.predict(testSet, true, 0)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Predict leaf instances with the given test set (represented as RDD)
+   *
+   * @param testSet test set represented as RDD
+   */
+  def predictLeaves(testSet: RDD[Vector]): RDD[Array[Array[Float]]] = {
+    import DataUtils._
+    val broadcastBooster = testSet.sparkContext.broadcast(_booster)
+    testSet.mapPartitions { testSamples =>
+      if (testSamples.hasNext) {
+        val dMatrix = new DMatrix(new JDMatrix(testSamples, null))
+        Iterator(broadcastBooster.value.predictLeaf(dMatrix, 0))
+      } else {
+        Iterator()
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Predict leaf instances with the given test set (represented as DMatrix)
+   *
+   * @param testSet test set represented as DMatrix
+   */
+  def predictLeaves(testSet: DMatrix): Array[Array[Float]] = {
+    _booster.predictLeaf(testSet, 0)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Save the model as to HDFS-compatible file system.
    *
@@ -97,7 +127,7 @@ class XGBoostModel(_booster: Booster) extends Serializable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * get the booster instance of this model
+   * Get the booster instance of this model
    */
   def booster: Booster = _booster
 }