diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
index f7f5b956b5461..0132c93ba2c3e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/Column.scala
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ class Column(protected[sql] val expr: Expression) extends Logging {
   def bitwiseXOR(other: Any): Column = BitwiseXor(expr, lit(other).expr)
 
   /**
-   * Create a new [[WindowFunctionDefinition]] bundled with this column(expression).
+   * Create a new [[WindowFunctionDefinition]] bundled with this column.
    * {{{
    *   df.select(avg($"value").over...)
    * }}}
@@ -899,6 +899,20 @@ class Column(protected[sql] val expr: Expression) extends Logging {
    */
   def over: WindowFunctionDefinition = new WindowFunctionDefinition(this)
 
+  /**
+   * Reuse an existed [[WindowFunctionDefinition]] and bundled with this column.
+   * {{{
+   *   val w = over.partitionBy("name").orderBy("id")
+   *   df.select(
+   *     sum("price").over(w).between.preceding(2),
+   *     avg("price").over(w).between.preceding(4)
+   *   )
+   * }}}
+   *
+   * @group expr_ops
+   */
+  def over(w: WindowFunctionDefinition) = w.newColumn(this)
+
 }
 
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/WindowFunctionDefinition.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/WindowFunctionDefinition.scala
index bfabb5e2b03ec..7bdd0daebf597 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/WindowFunctionDefinition.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/WindowFunctionDefinition.scala
@@ -49,11 +49,15 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
  */
 @Experimental
 class WindowFunctionDefinition protected[sql](
-    column: Column,
+    column: Column = null,
     partitionSpec: Seq[Expression] = Nil,
     orderSpec: Seq[SortOrder] = Nil,
     frame: WindowFrame = UnspecifiedFrame) {
 
+  private[sql] def newColumn(c: Column): WindowFunctionDefinition = {
+    new WindowFunctionDefinition(c, partitionSpec, orderSpec, frame)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a new [[WindowFunctionDefinition]] partitioned by the specified column.
    * {{{
@@ -218,6 +222,9 @@ class WindowFunctionDefinition protected[sql](
    * @group window_funcs
    */
   def toColumn: Column = {
+    if (column == null) {
+      throw new AnalysisException("Window didn't bind with expression")
+    }
     val windowExpr = column.expr match {
       case Average(child) => WindowExpression(
         UnresolvedWindowFunction("avg", child :: Nil),
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.scala
index 6640631cf0719..5e6947ae4667c 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.scala
@@ -320,6 +320,132 @@ object functions {
    */
   def max(columnName: String): Column = max(Column(columnName))
 
+  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // Window functions
+  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+  /**
+   * Window function: returns the lag value of current row of the expression,
+   * null when the current row extends before the beginning of the window.
+   *
+   * @group window_funcs
+   */
+  def lag(columnName: String): Column = {
+    lag(columnName, 1)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Window function: returns the lag value of current row of the column,
+   * null when the current row extends before the beginning of the window.
+   *
+   * @group window_funcs
+   */
+  def lag(e: Column): Column = {
+    lag(e, 1)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Window function: returns the lag values of current row of the expression,
+   * null when the current row extends before the beginning of the window.
+   *
+   * @group window_funcs
+   */
+  def lag(e: Column, count: Int): Column = {
+    lag(e, count, null)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Window function: returns the lag values of current row of the column,
+   * null when the current row extends before the beginning of the window.
+   *
+   * @group window_funcs
+   */
+  def lag(columnName: String, count: Int): Column = {
+    lag(columnName, count, null)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Window function: returns the lag values of current row of the column,
+   * given default value when the current row extends before the beginning
+   * of the window.
+   *
+   * @group window_funcs
+   */
+  def lag(columnName: String, count: Int, defaultValue: Any): Column = {
+    lag(Column(columnName), count, defaultValue)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Window function: returns the lag values of current row of the expression,
+   * given default value when the current row extends before the beginning
+   * of the window.
+   *
+   * @group window_funcs
+   */
+  def lag(e: Column, count: Int, defaultValue: Any): Column = {
+    UnresolvedWindowFunction("lag", e.expr :: Literal(count) :: Literal(defaultValue) :: Nil)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Window function: returns the lead value of current row of the column,
+   * null when the current row extends before the end of the window.
+   *
+   * @group window_funcs
+   */
+  def lead(columnName: String): Column = {
+    lead(columnName, 1)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Window function: returns the lead value of current row of the expression,
+   * null when the current row extends before the end of the window.
+   *
+   * @group window_funcs
+   */
+  def lead(e: Column): Column = {
+    lead(e, 1)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Window function: returns the lead values of current row of the column,
+   * null when the current row extends before the end of the window.
+   *
+   * @group window_funcs
+   */
+  def lead(columnName: String, count: Int): Column = {
+    lead(columnName, count, null)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Window function: returns the lead values of current row of the expression,
+   * null when the current row extends before the end of the window.
+   *
+   * @group window_funcs
+   */
+  def lead(e: Column, count: Int): Column = {
+    lead(e, count, null)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Window function: returns the lead values of current row of the column,
+   * given default value when the current row extends before the end of the window.
+   *
+   * @group window_funcs
+   */
+  def lead(columnName: String, count: Int, defaultValue: Any): Column = {
+    lead(Column(columnName), count, defaultValue)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Window function: returns the lead values of current row of the expression,
+   * given default value when the current row extends before the end of the window.
+   *
+   * @group window_funcs
+   */
+  def lead(e: Column, count: Int, defaultValue: Any): Column = {
+    UnresolvedWindowFunction("lead", e.expr :: Literal(count) :: Literal(defaultValue) :: Nil)
+  }
+
   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // Non-aggregate functions
   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -1393,4 +1519,6 @@ object functions {
      UnresolvedFunction(udfName, cols.map(_.expr))
   }
 
+  def over: WindowFunctionDefinition = new WindowFunctionDefinition()
+
 }
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveDataFrameWindowSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveDataFrameWindowSuite.scala
index 62c9ed95cb5bd..c116c5fa39eca 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveDataFrameWindowSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveDataFrameWindowSuite.scala
@@ -23,8 +23,67 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.test.TestHive.implicits._
 
 class HiveDataFrameWindowSuite extends QueryTest {
 
+  test("reuse window") {
+    val df = Seq((1, "1"), (2, "2"), (1, "1"), (2, "2")).toDF("key", "value")
+    val w = over.partitionBy("key").orderBy("value")
+
+    checkAnswer(
+      df.select(
+        lead("key").over(w).toColumn,
+        lead("value").over(w).toColumn),
+      Row(1, "1") :: Row(2, "2") :: Row(null, null) :: Row(null, null) :: Nil)
+  }
+
+  test("lead in window") {
+    val df = Seq((1, "1"), (2, "2"), (1, "1"), (2, "2")).toDF("key", "value")
+    checkAnswer(
+      df.select(
+        lead("value").over
+          .partitionBy($"key")
+          .orderBy($"value")
+          .toColumn),
+      Row("1") :: Row("2") :: Row(null) :: Row(null) :: Nil)
+  }
+
+  test("lag in window") {
+    val df = Seq((1, "1"), (2, "2"), (1, "1"), (2, "2")).toDF("key", "value")
+    checkAnswer(
+      df.select(
+        lead("value").over
+          .partitionBy($"key")
+          .orderBy($"value")
+          .toColumn),
+      Row("1") :: Row("2") :: Row(null) :: Row(null) :: Nil)
+  }
+
+  test("lead in window with default value") {
+    val df = Seq((1, "1"), (1, "1"), (2, "2"), (1, "1"),
+                 (2, "2"), (1, "1"), (2, "2")).toDF("key", "value")
+    checkAnswer(
+      df.select(
+        lead("value", 2, "n/a").over
+          .partitionBy("key")
+          .orderBy("value")
+          .toColumn),
+      Row("1") :: Row("1") :: Row("2") :: Row("n/a")
+        :: Row("n/a") :: Row("n/a") :: Row("n/a") :: Nil)
+  }
+
+  test("lag in window with default value") {
+    val df = Seq((1, "1"), (1, "1"), (2, "2"), (1, "1"),
+                 (2, "2"), (1, "1"), (2, "2")).toDF("key", "value")
+    checkAnswer(
+      df.select(
+        lead("value", 2, "n/a").over
+          .partitionBy($"key")
+          .orderBy($"value")
+          .toColumn),
+      Row("1") :: Row("1") :: Row("2") :: Row("n/a")
+        :: Row("n/a") :: Row("n/a") :: Row("n/a") :: Nil)
+  }
+
   test("aggregation in a Row window") {
-    val df = Seq((1, "1"), (2, "2")).toDF("key", "value")
+    val df = Seq((1, "1"), (2, "2"), (1, "1"), (2, "2")).toDF("key", "value")
     checkAnswer(
       df.select(
         avg("key").over
@@ -33,11 +92,11 @@ class HiveDataFrameWindowSuite extends QueryTest {
           .rows
           .preceding(1)
           .toColumn),
-      Row(1.0) :: Row(2.0) :: Nil)
+      Row(1.0) :: Row(1.0) :: Row(2.0) :: Row(2.0) :: Nil)
   }
 
   test("aggregation in a Range window") {
-    val df = Seq((1, "1"), (2, "2")).toDF("key", "value")
+    val df = Seq((1, "1"), (2, "2"), (1, "1"), (2, "2")).toDF("key", "value")
     checkAnswer(
       df.select(
         avg("key").over
@@ -47,11 +106,11 @@ class HiveDataFrameWindowSuite extends QueryTest {
           .preceding(1)
           .following(1)
           .toColumn),
-      Row(1.0) :: Row(2.0) :: Nil)
+      Row(1.0) :: Row(1.0) :: Row(2.0) :: Row(2.0) :: Nil)
   }
 
   test("multiple aggregate function in window") {
-    val df = Seq((1, "1"), (2, "2")).toDF("key", "value")
+    val df = Seq((1, "1"), (2, "2"), (1, "1"), (2, "2")).toDF("key", "value")
     checkAnswer(
       df.select(
         avg("key").over
@@ -66,7 +125,7 @@ class HiveDataFrameWindowSuite extends QueryTest {
           .preceding(1)
           .following(1)
           .toColumn),
-      Row(1, 1.0) :: Row(2, 2.0) :: Nil)
+      Row(1.0, 1) :: Row(1.0, 2) :: Row(2.0, 2) :: Row(2.0, 4) :: Nil)
   }
 
   test("Window function in Unspecified Window") {