diff --git a/conf/spark-env.sh.template b/conf/spark-env.sh.template
index 1663019ee575..f8c895f5303b 100755
--- a/conf/spark-env.sh.template
+++ b/conf/spark-env.sh.template
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 # - SPARK_HISTORY_OPTS, to set config properties only for the history server (e.g. "-Dx=y")
 # - SPARK_SHUFFLE_OPTS, to set config properties only for the external shuffle service (e.g. "-Dx=y")
 # - SPARK_DAEMON_JAVA_OPTS, to set config properties for all daemons (e.g. "-Dx=y")
+# - SPARK_DAEMON_CLASSPATH, to set the classpath for all daemons
 # - SPARK_PUBLIC_DNS, to set the public dns name of the master or workers
 
 # Generic options for the daemons used in the standalone deploy mode
diff --git a/docs/monitoring.md b/docs/monitoring.md
index 3e577c5f3677..d22cd945eaf6 100644
--- a/docs/monitoring.md
+++ b/docs/monitoring.md
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ The history server can be configured as follows:
     <td><code>SPARK_DAEMON_JAVA_OPTS</code></td>
     <td>JVM options for the history server (default: none).</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><code>SPARK_DAEMON_CLASSPATH</code></td>
+    <td>Classpath for the history server (default: none).</td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>SPARK_PUBLIC_DNS</code></td>
     <td>
diff --git a/docs/running-on-mesos.md b/docs/running-on-mesos.md
index 0e5a20c578db..c12b8580af06 100644
--- a/docs/running-on-mesos.md
+++ b/docs/running-on-mesos.md
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ If you like to run the `MesosClusterDispatcher` with Marathon, you need to run t
 The `MesosClusterDispatcher` also supports writing recovery state into Zookeeper. This will allow the `MesosClusterDispatcher` to be able to recover all submitted and running containers on relaunch.   In order to enable this recovery mode, you can set SPARK_DAEMON_JAVA_OPTS in spark-env by configuring `spark.deploy.recoveryMode` and related spark.deploy.zookeeper.* configurations.
 For more information about these configurations please refer to the configurations [doc](configurations.html#deploy).
 
+You can also specify any additional jars required by the `MesosClusterDispatcher` in the classpath by setting the environment variable SPARK_DAEMON_CLASSPATH in spark-env.
+
 From the client, you can submit a job to Mesos cluster by running `spark-submit` and specifying the master URL
 to the URL of the `MesosClusterDispatcher` (e.g: mesos://dispatcher:7077). You can view driver statuses on the
 Spark cluster Web UI.
diff --git a/docs/spark-standalone.md b/docs/spark-standalone.md
index 642575b46dd4..1095386c31ab 100644
--- a/docs/spark-standalone.md
+++ b/docs/spark-standalone.md
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ You can optionally configure the cluster further by setting environment variable
     <td><code>SPARK_DAEMON_JAVA_OPTS</code></td>
     <td>JVM options for the Spark master and worker daemons themselves in the form "-Dx=y" (default: none).</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><code>SPARK_DAEMON_CLASSPATH</code></td>
+    <td>Classpath for the Spark master and worker daemons themselves (default: none).</td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>SPARK_PUBLIC_DNS</code></td>
     <td>The public DNS name of the Spark master and workers (default: none).</td>
diff --git a/launcher/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/launcher/SparkClassCommandBuilder.java b/launcher/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/launcher/SparkClassCommandBuilder.java
index 137ef74843da..32724acdc362 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/launcher/SparkClassCommandBuilder.java
+++ b/launcher/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/launcher/SparkClassCommandBuilder.java
@@ -53,16 +53,19 @@ public List<String> buildCommand(Map<String, String> env)
       case "org.apache.spark.deploy.master.Master":
         javaOptsKeys.add("SPARK_DAEMON_JAVA_OPTS");
         javaOptsKeys.add("SPARK_MASTER_OPTS");
+        extraClassPath = getenv("SPARK_DAEMON_CLASSPATH");
         memKey = "SPARK_DAEMON_MEMORY";
         break;
       case "org.apache.spark.deploy.worker.Worker":
         javaOptsKeys.add("SPARK_DAEMON_JAVA_OPTS");
         javaOptsKeys.add("SPARK_WORKER_OPTS");
+        extraClassPath = getenv("SPARK_DAEMON_CLASSPATH");
         memKey = "SPARK_DAEMON_MEMORY";
         break;
       case "org.apache.spark.deploy.history.HistoryServer":
         javaOptsKeys.add("SPARK_DAEMON_JAVA_OPTS");
         javaOptsKeys.add("SPARK_HISTORY_OPTS");
+        extraClassPath = getenv("SPARK_DAEMON_CLASSPATH");
         memKey = "SPARK_DAEMON_MEMORY";
         break;
       case "org.apache.spark.executor.CoarseGrainedExecutorBackend":
@@ -77,11 +80,13 @@ public List<String> buildCommand(Map<String, String> env)
         break;
       case "org.apache.spark.deploy.mesos.MesosClusterDispatcher":
         javaOptsKeys.add("SPARK_DAEMON_JAVA_OPTS");
+        extraClassPath = getenv("SPARK_DAEMON_CLASSPATH");
         break;
       case "org.apache.spark.deploy.ExternalShuffleService":
       case "org.apache.spark.deploy.mesos.MesosExternalShuffleService":
         javaOptsKeys.add("SPARK_DAEMON_JAVA_OPTS");
         javaOptsKeys.add("SPARK_SHUFFLE_OPTS");
+        extraClassPath = getenv("SPARK_DAEMON_CLASSPATH");
         memKey = "SPARK_DAEMON_MEMORY";
         break;
       default: