diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
index cae22d733d2f8..efb5f9d501e48 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContext.scala
@@ -1571,6 +1571,15 @@ class SparkContext(config: SparkConf) extends Logging {
     listenerBus.addListener(listener)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * :: DeveloperApi ::
+   * Deregister the listener from Spark's listener bus.
+   */
+  @DeveloperApi
+  def removeSparkListener(listener: SparkListenerInterface): Unit = {
+    listenerBus.removeListener(listener)
+  }
+
   private[spark] def getExecutorIds(): Seq[String] = {
     schedulerBackend match {
       case b: CoarseGrainedSchedulerBackend =>
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContextSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContextSuite.scala
index c451c596b069a..8fba82de5462d 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContextSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkContextSuite.scala
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TextInputFormat
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.input.{TextInputFormat => NewTextInputFormat}
 import org.scalatest.Matchers._
 
+import org.apache.spark.scheduler.SparkListener
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
 class SparkContextSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext {
@@ -451,4 +452,19 @@ class SparkContextSuite extends SparkFunSuite with LocalSparkContext {
       sc.stop()
     }
   }
+
+  test("register and deregister Spark listener from SparkContext") {
+    sc = new SparkContext(new SparkConf().setAppName("test").setMaster("local"))
+    try {
+      val sparkListener1 = new SparkListener { }
+      val sparkListener2 = new SparkListener { }
+      sc.addSparkListener(sparkListener1)
+      sc.addSparkListener(sparkListener2)
+      assert(sc.listenerBus.listeners.contains(sparkListener1))
+      assert(sc.listenerBus.listeners.contains(sparkListener2))
+      sc.removeSparkListener(sparkListener1)
+      assert(!sc.listenerBus.listeners.contains(sparkListener1))
+      assert(sc.listenerBus.listeners.contains(sparkListener2))
+    }
+  }
 }