diff --git a/python/pyspark/mllib/linalg/__init__.py b/python/pyspark/mllib/linalg/__init__.py
index 334dc8e38bb8f..29568b0eab1bc 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/mllib/linalg/__init__.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/mllib/linalg/__init__.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 import sys
 import array
+import struct
 
 if sys.version >= '3':
     basestring = str
@@ -122,6 +123,15 @@ def _format_float_list(l):
     return [_format_float(x) for x in l]
 
 
+def _double_to_long_bits(value):
+    if value != value:
+        # value is NaN, standardize to canonical non-signaling NaN
+        return 0x7ff8000000000000
+    else:
+        # pack double into 64 bits, then unpack as long int
+        return struct.unpack('Q', struct.pack('d', value))[0]
+
+
 class VectorUDT(UserDefinedType):
     """
     SQL user-defined type (UDT) for Vector.
@@ -409,6 +419,34 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
     def __ne__(self, other):
         return not self == other
 
+    def __hash__(self):
+        """
+        Compute hashcode
+
+        >>> v1 = DenseVector([0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 5.5])
+        >>> v2 = SparseVector(4, [(1, 1.0), (3, 5.5)])
+        >>> hash(v1) == hash(v2)
+        True
+        >>> v2 = DenseVector([0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 5.5])
+        >>> hash(v1) == hash(v2)
+        True
+        >>> v2 = DenseVector([1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 5.5])
+        >>> hash(v1) == hash(v2)
+        False
+        """
+        size = len(self)
+        result = 31 + size
+        count = 0
+        i = 0
+        while i < size and count < 16:
+            if self.array[i] != 0:
+                bits = _double_to_long_bits(self.array[i] + i)
+                result = 31 * result + (bits ^ (bits >> 32))
+
+            count += 1
+            i += 1
+        return result
+
     def __getattr__(self, item):
         return getattr(self.array, item)
 
@@ -739,6 +777,33 @@ def __getitem__(self, index):
     def __ne__(self, other):
         return not self.__eq__(other)
 
+    def __hash__(self):
+        """
+        Compute hashcode
+
+        >>> v1 = SparseVector(4, [(1, 1.0), (3, 5.5)])
+        >>> v2 = SparseVector(4, [(1, 1.0), (3, 5.5)])
+        >>> hash(v1) == hash(v2)
+        True
+        >>> v2 = SparseVector(4, [(1, 1.0), (3, 2.5)])
+        >>> hash(v1) == hash(v2)
+        False
+        >>> v2 = SparseVector(4, [(2, 1.0), (3, 5.5)])
+        >>> hash(v1) == hash(v2)
+        False
+        """
+        result = 31 + self.size
+        count = 0
+        i = 0
+        while i < len(self.values) and count < 16:
+            if self.values[i] != 0:
+                bits = _double_to_long_bits(self.values[i] + self.indices[i])
+                result = 31 * result + (bits ^ (bits >> 32))
+
+            count += 1
+            i += 1
+        return result
+
 
 class Vectors(object):