diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala
index 2753c913b6a0a..aaa380d9ad3d9 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLContext.scala
@@ -781,6 +781,22 @@ class SQLContext(@transient val sparkContext: SparkContext)
     load(source, schema, options.toMap)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * :: Experimental ::
+   * (Java-specific) Returns the dataset specified by the given data source and
+   * a set of options as a DataFrame, using the given schema as the schema of the DataFrame.
+   *
+   * @group genericdata
+   */
+  @Experimental
+  def load(
+      source: String,
+      schema: StructType,
+      partitionColumns: Array[String],
+      options: java.util.Map[String, String]): DataFrame = {
+    load(source, schema, partitionColumns, options.toMap)
+  }
+
   /**
    * :: Experimental ::
    * (Scala-specific) Returns the dataset specified by the given data source and
@@ -796,6 +812,22 @@ class SQLContext(@transient val sparkContext: SparkContext)
     DataFrame(this, LogicalRelation(resolved.relation))
   }
 
+  /**
+   * :: Experimental ::
+   * (Scala-specific) Returns the dataset specified by the given data source and
+   * a set of options as a DataFrame, using the given schema as the schema of the DataFrame.
+   * @group genericdata
+   */
+  @Experimental
+  def load(
+      source: String,
+      schema: StructType,
+      partitionColumns: Array[String],
+      options: Map[String, String]): DataFrame = {
+    val resolved = ResolvedDataSource(this, Some(schema), partitionColumns, source, options)
+    DataFrame(this, LogicalRelation(resolved.relation))
+  }
+
   /**
    * :: Experimental ::
    * Creates an external table from the given path and returns the corresponding DataFrame.