diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala
index 89c850ce238d..f84ab3ff6b9b 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.jdbc
 
-import java.sql.{Connection, DriverManager, ResultSet, ResultSetMetaData, SQLException}
+import java.sql.{Connection, Date, DriverManager, ResultSet, ResultSetMetaData, SQLException, Timestamp}
 import java.util.Properties
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ private[sql] class JDBCRDD(
    */
   private def compileValue(value: Any): Any = value match {
     case stringValue: String => s"'${escapeSql(stringValue)}'"
+    case timestampValue: Timestamp => "'" + timestampValue + "'"
+    case dateValue: Date => "'" + dateValue + "'"
     case _ => value
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
index d530b1a469ce..8c24aa3151bc 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
@@ -484,4 +484,15 @@ class JDBCSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with SharedSQLContext
     assert(h2.getTableExistsQuery(table) == defaultQuery)
     assert(derby.getTableExistsQuery(table) == defaultQuery)
   }
+
+  test("Test DataFrame.where for Date and Timestamp") {
+    // Regression test for bug SPARK-11788
+    val timestamp = java.sql.Timestamp.valueOf("2001-02-20 11:22:33.543543");
+    val date = java.sql.Date.valueOf("1995-01-01")
+    val jdbcDf = sqlContext.read.jdbc(urlWithUserAndPass, "TEST.TIMETYPES", new Properties)
+    val rows = jdbcDf.where($"B" > date && $"C" > timestamp).collect()
+    assert(rows(0).getAs[java.sql.Date](1) === java.sql.Date.valueOf("1996-01-01"))
+    assert(rows(0).getAs[java.sql.Timestamp](2)
+      === java.sql.Timestamp.valueOf("2002-02-20 11:22:33.543543"))
+  }
 }