diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/SqlParser.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/SqlParser.scala
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a88bd859fc85e..c478b3810d6a0
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/SqlParser.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/SqlParser.scala
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ class SqlParser extends StandardTokenParsers with PackratParsers {
   protected val SUBSTR = Keyword("SUBSTR")
   protected val SUBSTRING = Keyword("SUBSTRING")
   protected val SQRT = Keyword("SQRT")
+  protected val POW = Keyword("POW")
+  protected val POWER = Keyword("POWER")
 
   // Use reflection to find the reserved words defined in this class.
   protected val reservedWords =
@@ -326,6 +328,9 @@ class SqlParser extends StandardTokenParsers with PackratParsers {
       case s ~ "," ~ p ~ "," ~ l => Substring(s,p,l)
     } |
     SQRT ~> "(" ~> expression <~ ")" ^^ { case exp => Sqrt(exp) } |
+    (POW | POWER) ~> "(" ~> expression ~ "," ~ expression <~ ")" ^^ {
+      case s ~ "," ~ p => Power(s,p)
+    } |
     ident ~ "(" ~ repsep(expression, ",") <~ ")" ^^ {
       case udfName ~ _ ~ exprs => UnresolvedFunction(udfName, exprs)
     }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/dsl/package.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/dsl/package.scala
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/aggregates.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/aggregates.scala
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/arithmetic.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/arithmetic.scala
index f988fb010b107..6c6c1b4dbb858 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/arithmetic.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/arithmetic.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.UnresolvedException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.types._
+import scala.math.pow
 
 case class UnaryMinus(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression {
   type EvaluatedType = Any
@@ -129,3 +130,40 @@ case class MaxOf(left: Expression, right: Expression) extends Expression {
 
   override def toString = s"MaxOf($left, $right)"
 }
+
+/**
+ * A function that get the power value of two parameters.
+ * First one is taken as base while second one taken as exponent
+ */
+case class Power(base: Expression, exponent: Expression) extends Expression {
+  type EvaluatedType = Any
+
+  def dataType: DataType = {
+    if (!resolved) {
+      throw new UnresolvedException(this, s"Cannot resolve since $children are not resolved")
+    }
+    DoubleType
+  }
+  override def foldable = base.foldable && exponent.foldable
+  def nullable: Boolean = base.nullable || exponent.nullable
+  override def toString = s"Power($base, $exponent)"
+
+  override def children = base :: exponent :: Nil
+
+  override def eval(input: Row): Any = {
+    def convertToDouble(num: EvaluatedType): Double = {
+      num match {
+        case d:Double => d
+        case i:Integer => i.doubleValue()
+        case f:Float => f.toDouble
+      }
+    }
+
+    val base_v = base.eval(input)
+    val exponent_v = exponent.eval(input)
+
+    if ((base_v == null) || (exponent_v == null))  null
+    else pow(convertToDouble(base_v), convertToDouble(exponent_v))
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index 1ac205937714c..7c49020df905f 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -41,6 +41,39 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with BeforeAndAfterAll {
   }
 
 
+  test("SPARK-3176 Added Parser of SQL POWER()") {
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT POWER(0, 512.0)"),
+      0.0)
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT POW(1.0, 256.0)"),
+      1.0)
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT POWER(1, -128)"),
+      1.0)
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT POW(-1.0, -63)"),
+      -1.0)
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT POWER(-1, 32.0)"),
+      1.0)
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT POW(2, 8)"),
+      256.0)
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT POWER(0.5, 2)"),
+      0.25)
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT POW(2, -2)"),
+      0.25)
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT POWER(8, 1)"),
+      8.0)
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT POW(16, 0.5)"),
+      4.0)
+  }
+
   test("SPARK-2041 column name equals tablename") {
     checkAnswer(
       sql("SELECT tableName FROM tableName"),
@@ -53,14 +86,14 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with BeforeAndAfterAll {
       (1 to 100).map(x => Row(math.sqrt(x.toDouble))).toSeq
     )
   }
-  
+
   test("SQRT with automatic string casts") {
     checkAnswer(
       sql("SELECT SQRT(CAST(key AS STRING)) FROM testData"),
       (1 to 100).map(x => Row(math.sqrt(x.toDouble))).toSeq
     )
   }
-  
+
   test("SPARK-2407 Added Parser of SQL SUBSTR()") {
     checkAnswer(
       sql("SELECT substr(tableName, 1, 2) FROM tableName"),