diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusListener.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusListener.scala
index 7da0a9d2285b..a5850fc2ac4b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusListener.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusListener.scala
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ private[spark] class AppStatusListener(
 
     val lastStageInfo = event.stageInfos.sortBy(_.stageId).lastOption
     val jobName = lastStageInfo.map(_.name).getOrElse("")
+    val description = Option(event.properties)
+      .flatMap { p => Option(p.getProperty(SparkContext.SPARK_JOB_DESCRIPTION)) }
     val jobGroup = Option(event.properties)
       .flatMap { p => Option(p.getProperty(SparkContext.SPARK_JOB_GROUP_ID)) }
     val sqlExecutionId = Option(event.properties)
@@ -363,6 +365,7 @@ private[spark] class AppStatusListener(
     val job = new LiveJob(
       event.jobId,
       jobName,
+      description,
       if (event.time > 0) Some(new Date(event.time)) else None,
       event.stageIds,
       jobGroup,
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/LiveEntity.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/LiveEntity.scala
index 00c991b49920..a0ef8da0a4b6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/LiveEntity.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/LiveEntity.scala
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ private[spark] abstract class LiveEntity {
 private class LiveJob(
     val jobId: Int,
     name: String,
+    description: Option[String],
     val submissionTime: Option[Date],
     val stageIds: Seq[Int],
     jobGroup: Option[String],
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ private class LiveJob(
     val info = new v1.JobData(
       jobId,
       name,
-      None, // description is always None?
+      description,
       submissionTime,
       completionTime,
       stageIds,
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusListenerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusListenerSuite.scala
index 6bf163506e0c..a289dddbdc9e 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusListenerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusListenerSuite.scala
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ class AppStatusListenerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
       new StageInfo(2, 0, "stage2", 4, Nil, Seq(1), "details2"))
 
     val jobProps = new Properties()
+    jobProps.setProperty(SparkContext.SPARK_JOB_DESCRIPTION, "jobDescription")
     jobProps.setProperty(SparkContext.SPARK_JOB_GROUP_ID, "jobGroup")
     jobProps.setProperty(SparkContext.SPARK_SCHEDULER_POOL, "schedPool")
 
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ class AppStatusListenerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
     check[JobDataWrapper](1) { job =>
       assert(job.info.jobId === 1)
       assert(job.info.name === stages.last.name)
-      assert(job.info.description === None)
+      assert(job.info.description === Some("jobDescription"))
       assert(job.info.status === JobExecutionStatus.RUNNING)
       assert(job.info.submissionTime === Some(new Date(time)))
       assert(job.info.jobGroup === Some("jobGroup"))