diff --git a/spark/pom.xml b/spark/pom.xml
index 782670e256..82dc6d140f 100644
--- a/spark/pom.xml
+++ b/spark/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 
     <akka.group>org.spark-project.akka</akka.group>
     <akka.version>2.3.4-spark</akka.version>
+
+    <spark.download.url>http://www.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-${spark.version}/spark-${spark.version}.tgz</spark.download.url>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>
@@ -912,6 +914,51 @@
         </executions>
       </plugin>
 
+      <!-- for pyspark -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.googlecode.maven-download-plugin</groupId>
+        <artifactId>download-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>download-pyspark-files</id>
+            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>wget</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <url>${spark.download.url}</url>
+              <unpack>true</unpack>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/spark-dist</outputDirectory>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.7</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>download-and-zip-pyspark-files</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>run</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <target>
+                <delete dir="${project.build.directory}/../../python" />
+                <zip destfile="${project.build.directory}/../../python/pyspark.zip"
+                     basedir="${project.build.directory}/spark-dist/spark-${spark.version}/python/pyspark"/>
+                <copy
+                    file="${project.build.directory}/spark-dist/spark-${spark.version}/python/lib/py4j-0.8.2.1-src.zip"
+                    todir="${project.build.directory}/../../python"/>
+              </target>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
       <!-- Plugin to compile Scala code -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.scala-tools</groupId>