diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala
index af0114bee3f49..952efb1dc2cc2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.api.java
 
-import java.util.{Comparator, List => JList}
+import java.util.{Comparator, Iterator => JIterator, List => JList}
+import java.lang.{Iterable => JIterable}
 
 import scala.Tuple2
 import scala.collection.JavaConversions._
@@ -281,6 +282,17 @@ trait JavaRDDLike[T, This <: JavaRDDLike[T, This]] extends Serializable {
     new java.util.ArrayList(arr)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return an iterator that contains all of the elements in this RDD.
+   *
+   * In case of iterating it consumes memory as the biggest partition in cluster.
+   */
+  def toLocalIterator(): JIterator[T] = {
+     import scala.collection.JavaConversions._
+     rdd.toLocalIterator
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Return an array that contains all of the elements in this RDD.
    */
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala
index 3fe56963e0008..d8c9925d9a571 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDD.scala
@@ -663,6 +663,18 @@ abstract class RDD[T: ClassTag](
     Array.concat(results: _*)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return an iterator that contains all of the elements in this RDD.
+   *
+   * In case of iterating it consumes memory as the biggest partition in cluster.
+   */
+  def toLocalIterator: Iterator[T] = {
+    def collectPartition(p: Int): Array[T] = {
+      sc.runJob(this, (iter: Iterator[T]) => iter.toArray, Seq(p), allowLocal = false).head
+    }
+    (0 until partitions.length).iterator.flatMap(i => collectPartition(i))
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return an array that contains all of the elements in this RDD.
    */
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/JavaAPISuite.java b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/JavaAPISuite.java
index c7d0e2d577726..9ee555a329677 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/JavaAPISuite.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/JavaAPISuite.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 import scala.Tuple2;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
 import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import com.google.common.io.Files;
@@ -149,6 +150,14 @@ public void call(String s) {
     Assert.assertEquals(2, foreachCalls);
   }
 
+    @Test
+    public void toLocalIterator() {
+        List<Integer> correct = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3, 4);
+        JavaRDD<Integer> rdd = sc.parallelize(correct);
+        List<Integer> result = Lists.newArrayList(rdd.toLocalIterator());
+        Assert.assertTrue(correct.equals(result));
+    }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   @Test
   public void lookup() {
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDSuite.scala
index 60bcada55245b..103c1a59a7195 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDSuite.scala
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class RDDSuite extends FunSuite with SharedSparkContext {
   test("basic operations") {
     val nums = sc.makeRDD(Array(1, 2, 3, 4), 2)
     assert(nums.collect().toList === List(1, 2, 3, 4))
+    assert(nums.toLocalIterator.toList === List(1, 2, 3, 4))
     val dups = sc.makeRDD(Array(1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4), 2)
     assert(dups.distinct().count() === 4)
     assert(dups.distinct.count === 4)  // Can distinct and count be called without parentheses?