diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index f6bf2dbb5d6e4..969d96f3d7818 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -249,4 +249,19 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest {
     sql("DROP TABLE nullValuesInInnerComplexTypes")
     dropTempTable("testTable")
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-4296 Grouping field with Hive UDF as sub expression") {
+    val rdd = sparkContext.makeRDD( """{"a": "str", "b":"1", "c":"1970-01-01 00:00:00"}""" :: Nil)
+    jsonRDD(rdd).registerTempTable("data")
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT concat(a, '-', b), year(c) FROM data GROUP BY concat(a, '-', b), year(c)"),
+      Row("str-1", 1970))
+
+    dropTempTable("data")
+
+    jsonRDD(rdd).registerTempTable("data")
+    checkAnswer(sql("SELECT year(c) + 1 FROM data GROUP BY year(c) + 1"), Row(1971))
+
+    dropTempTable("data")
+  }
 }