diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDBarrier.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDBarrier.scala
index 42802f7113a19..b70ea0073c9a0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDBarrier.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDBarrier.scala
@@ -54,5 +54,27 @@ class RDDBarrier[T: ClassTag] private[spark] (rdd: RDD[T]) {
     )
   }
 
+  /**
+   * :: Experimental ::
+   * Returns a new RDD by applying a function to each partition of the wrapped RDD, while tracking
+   * the index of the original partition. And all tasks are launched together in a barrier stage.
+   * The interface is the same as [[org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD#mapPartitionsWithIndex]].
+   * Please see the API doc there.
+   * @see [[org.apache.spark.BarrierTaskContext]]
+   */
+  @Experimental
+  @Since("3.0.0")
+  def mapPartitionsWithIndex[S: ClassTag](
+      f: (Int, Iterator[T]) => Iterator[S],
+      preservesPartitioning: Boolean = false): RDD[S] = rdd.withScope {
+    val cleanedF = rdd.sparkContext.clean(f)
+    new MapPartitionsRDD(
+      rdd,
+      (_: TaskContext, index: Int, iter: Iterator[T]) => cleanedF(index, iter),
+      preservesPartitioning,
+      isFromBarrier = true
+    )
+  }
+
   // TODO: [SPARK-25247] add extra conf to RDDBarrier, e.g., timeout.
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDBarrierSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDBarrierSuite.scala
index 2f6c4d6a42ea3..f048f95430138 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDBarrierSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/rdd/RDDBarrierSuite.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ class RDDBarrierSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SharedSparkContext {
     assert(rdd2.isBarrier())
   }
 
+  test("RDDBarrier mapPartitionsWithIndex") {
+    val rdd = sc.parallelize(1 to 12, 4)
+    assert(rdd.isBarrier() === false)
+
+    val rdd2 = rdd.barrier().mapPartitionsWithIndex((index, iter) => Iterator(index))
+    assert(rdd2.isBarrier())
+    assert(rdd2.collect().toList === List(0, 1, 2, 3))
+  }
+
   test("create an RDDBarrier in the middle of a chain of RDDs") {
     val rdd = sc.parallelize(1 to 10, 4).map(x => x * 2)
     val rdd2 = rdd.barrier().mapPartitions(iter => iter).map(x => (x, x + 1))
diff --git a/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py b/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py
index c7ea065b28ed8..1443584ccbcb8 100644
--- a/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py
+++ b/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ def __hash__(self):
         "pyspark.tests.test_join",
         "pyspark.tests.test_profiler",
         "pyspark.tests.test_rdd",
+        "pyspark.tests.test_rddbarrier",
         "pyspark.tests.test_readwrite",
         "pyspark.tests.test_serializers",
         "pyspark.tests.test_shuffle",
diff --git a/python/pyspark/rdd.py b/python/pyspark/rdd.py
index 1edffaa4ca168..52ab86c0d88ee 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/rdd.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/rdd.py
@@ -2535,6 +2535,20 @@ def func(s, iterator):
             return f(iterator)
         return PipelinedRDD(self.rdd, func, preservesPartitioning, isFromBarrier=True)
 
+    def mapPartitionsWithIndex(self, f, preservesPartitioning=False):
+        """
+        .. note:: Experimental
+
+        Returns a new RDD by applying a function to each partition of the wrapped RDD, while
+        tracking the index of the original partition. And all tasks are launched together
+        in a barrier stage.
+        The interface is the same as :func:`RDD.mapPartitionsWithIndex`.
+        Please see the API doc there.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 3.0.0
+        """
+        return PipelinedRDD(self.rdd, f, preservesPartitioning, isFromBarrier=True)
+
 
 class PipelinedRDD(RDD):
 
diff --git a/python/pyspark/tests/test_rddbarrier.py b/python/pyspark/tests/test_rddbarrier.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8534fb4abb876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/pyspark/tests/test_rddbarrier.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+from pyspark.testing.utils import ReusedPySparkTestCase
+
+
+class RDDBarrierTests(ReusedPySparkTestCase):
+    def test_map_partitions(self):
+        """Test RDDBarrier.mapPartitions"""
+        rdd = self.sc.parallelize(range(12), 4)
+        self.assertFalse(rdd._is_barrier())
+
+        rdd1 = rdd.barrier().mapPartitions(lambda it: it)
+        self.assertTrue(rdd1._is_barrier())
+
+    def test_map_partitions_with_index(self):
+        """Test RDDBarrier.mapPartitionsWithIndex"""
+        rdd = self.sc.parallelize(range(12), 4)
+        self.assertFalse(rdd._is_barrier())
+
+        def f(index, iterator):
+            yield index
+        rdd1 = rdd.barrier().mapPartitionsWithIndex(f)
+        self.assertTrue(rdd1._is_barrier())
+        self.assertEqual(rdd1.collect(), [0, 1, 2, 3])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import unittest
+    from pyspark.tests.test_rddbarrier import *
+
+    try:
+        import xmlrunner
+        testRunner = xmlrunner.XMLTestRunner(output='target/test-reports', verbosity=2)
+    except ImportError:
+        testRunner = None
+    unittest.main(testRunner=testRunner, verbosity=2)