diff --git a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/Graph.scala b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/Graph.scala
index db73a8abc573..2c929e6ed38c 100644
--- a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/Graph.scala
+++ b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/Graph.scala
@@ -329,6 +329,25 @@ abstract class Graph[VD: ClassTag, ED: ClassTag] protected () extends Serializab
    */
   def mask[VD2: ClassTag, ED2: ClassTag](other: Graph[VD2, ED2]): Graph[VD, ED]
 
+  /**
+   * Union current Graph with other Graph.
+   * The union of two graphs G(VG, EG) and H(VH, EH) is the union of their vertex sets
+   * and their edge families. Which means G u H = (VG u VH, EG u EH).
+   * @param other the other Graph will union
+   * @param mergeSameVertexAttr merge same vertex attribute function
+   * @param mergeSameEdgeAttr merge same edge attribute function
+   * @tparam VD2 other Graph Vertex Type
+   * @tparam ED2 other Graph Edge Type
+   * @tparam VD3 result joined Graph Vertex Type
+   * @tparam ED3 result joined Graph Edge Type
+   * @return a graph join withe the two graph's vertex and edge set
+   */
+  def union[VD2: ClassTag, ED2: ClassTag, VD3: ClassTag, ED3: ClassTag](
+    other: Graph[VD2, ED2],
+    mergeSameVertexAttr: (Option[VD], Option[VD2]) => VD3,
+    mergeSameEdgeAttr: (Option[ED], Option[ED2]) => ED3)
+  : Graph[VD3, ED3]
+
   /**
    * Merges multiple edges between two vertices into a single edge. For correct results, the graph
    * must have been partitioned using [[partitionBy]].
diff --git a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/GraphImpl.scala b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/GraphImpl.scala
index 90a74d23a26c..7394389006b8 100644
--- a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/GraphImpl.scala
+++ b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/impl/GraphImpl.scala
@@ -178,6 +178,39 @@ class GraphImpl[VD: ClassTag, ED: ClassTag] protected (
     new GraphImpl(newVerts, replicatedVertexView.withEdges(newEdges))
   }
 
+  override def union[VD2: ClassTag, ED2: ClassTag, VD3: ClassTag, ED3: ClassTag] (
+    other: Graph[VD2, ED2],
+    mergeSameVertexAttr: (Option[VD], Option[VD2]) => VD3,
+    mergeSameEdgeAttr: (Option[ED], Option[ED2]) => ED3): Graph[VD3, ED3] = {
+
+    val newVertexRDD: RDD[(VertexId, VD3)] = vertices.fullOuterJoin(other.vertices).map {
+      pair => (pair._1, mergeSameVertexAttr(pair._2._1, pair._2._2))
+    }.cache()
+
+    //  convert other EdgeRDD to kv pair RDD
+    val otherPair = other.edges.mapPartitions {
+      iter => iter.map { edge => (edge.srcId.toString + edge.dstId.toString, edge) }
+    }
+
+    //  full out join the kv pair RDD
+    val joinedRDD: RDD[Edge[ED3]] = RDD.rddToPairRDDFunctions {
+      edges.mapPartitions { _.map(edge => (edge.srcId.toString + edge.dstId.toString, edge)) }
+    }.fullOuterJoin(otherPair).map {
+      f => {
+        val curEdge = f._2._1
+        val otherEdge = f._2._2
+        val edge = curEdge.getOrElse(otherEdge.get)
+        val curAttr = if (curEdge.isDefined) Some(curEdge.get.attr) else None
+        val otherAttr = if (otherEdge.isDefined) Some(otherEdge.get.attr) else None
+        Edge(edge.srcId, edge.dstId, mergeSameEdgeAttr(curAttr, otherAttr))
+      }
+    }
+
+    //  convert to EdgeRDD and new Graph
+    val newEdgeRDD: EdgeRDDImpl[ED3, VD3] = EdgeRDD.fromEdges[ED3, VD3](joinedRDD).cache()
+    new GraphImpl(VertexRDD(newVertexRDD), new ReplicatedVertexView(newEdgeRDD))
+  }
+
   override def groupEdges(merge: (ED, ED) => ED): Graph[VD, ED] = {
     val newEdges = replicatedVertexView.edges.mapEdgePartitions(
       (pid, part) => part.groupEdges(merge))
diff --git a/graphx/src/test/resources/union_1_test.data b/graphx/src/test/resources/union_1_test.data
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c001da4afcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphx/src/test/resources/union_1_test.data
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+1,2
+1,3
+1,4
+2,1
+2,3
+2,4
+3,1
+3,2
+3,4
+4,1
+4,2
+4,3
+5,4
+5,6
+6,5
+6,4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/graphx/src/test/resources/union_2_test.data b/graphx/src/test/resources/union_2_test.data
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5e3fe2f1a995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphx/src/test/resources/union_2_test.data
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+5,6
+5,7
+5,8
+6,5
+6,7
+6,8
+7,5
+7,6
+7,8
+8,5
+8,6
+8,7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/graphx/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/GraphSuite.scala b/graphx/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/GraphSuite.scala
index 1f5e27d5508b..c11ad5c908ae 100644
--- a/graphx/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/GraphSuite.scala
+++ b/graphx/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/GraphSuite.scala
@@ -428,4 +428,34 @@ class GraphSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext {
     }
   }
 
+  test("union between two graph") {
+    withSpark { sc =>
+      val rdd1 = sc.textFile(getClass.getResource("/union_1_test.data").getFile).zipWithIndex().map{
+        line =>
+          val fields = line._1.split(",")
+          Edge(fields(0).trim.toLong, fields(1).trim.toLong, line._2 + 1)
+      }
+      val rdd2 = sc.textFile(getClass.getResource("/union_2_test.data").getFile).zipWithIndex().map{
+        line =>
+          val fields = line._1.split(",")
+          Edge(fields(0).trim.toLong, fields(1).trim.toLong, line._2 + 1)
+      }
+
+      val mergeVertex = (a: Option[Int], b: Option[Int]) => a.getOrElse(0) + b.getOrElse(0)
+      val mergeEdge = (a: Option[Long], b: Option[Long]) => a.getOrElse(0L) + b.getOrElse(0L)
+
+      val graph1 = Graph.fromEdges(rdd1, 1)
+      val graph2 = Graph.fromEdges(rdd2, 2)
+      val graph3 = graph1.union(graph2, mergeVertex, mergeEdge)
+
+      assert(graph1.edges.count() + graph2.edges.count - 2 == graph3.edges.count)
+
+      val diff = (graph1.edges.collect() ++ graph2.edges.collect()).diff(graph3.edges.collect())
+      assert(diff.count(p => p.srcId == 5L || p.srcId == 6L || p.dstId == 5L || p.dstId == 6L) == 4)
+
+      val vdiff = graph3.vertices.collect().diff(graph1.vertices.collect ++ graph2.vertices.collect)
+      assert(vdiff.diff(Array((6, 3), (5, 3))).length == 0)
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/project/MimaExcludes.scala b/project/MimaExcludes.scala
index 7a748fb5e38b..adec63e50100 100644
--- a/project/MimaExcludes.scala
+++ b/project/MimaExcludes.scala
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ object MimaExcludes {
             ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingClassProblem](
               "org.apache.spark.sql.parquet.CatalystTimestampConverter"),
             ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingClassProblem](
-              "org.apache.spark.sql.parquet.CatalystTimestampConverter$")
+              "org.apache.spark.sql.parquet.CatalystTimestampConverter$"),
+            //  SPARK-7984
+            ProblemFilters.exclude[MissingMethodProblem]("org.apache.spark.graphx.Graph.union")
           )
         case v if v.startsWith("1.4") =>
           Seq(