diff --git a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/GraphOps.scala b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/GraphOps.scala
index 377d9d6bd..1ad50d201 100644
--- a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/GraphOps.scala
+++ b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/GraphOps.scala
@@ -372,4 +372,13 @@ class GraphOps[VD: ClassTag, ED: ClassTag](graph: Graph[VD, ED]) extends Seriali
   def stronglyConnectedComponents(numIter: Int): Graph[VertexId, ED] = {
     StronglyConnectedComponents.run(graph, numIter)
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Compute the local clustering coefficient for each vertex
+   *
+   * @see [[org.apache.spark.graphx.lib.LocalClusteringCoefficient#run]]
+   */
+  def localClusteringCoefficient(): Graph[Double, ED] = {
+    LocalClusteringCoefficient.run(graph)
+  }
 } // end of GraphOps
diff --git a/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/lib/LocalClusteringCoefficient.scala b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/lib/LocalClusteringCoefficient.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5421d4021
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphx/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/lib/LocalClusteringCoefficient.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.graphx.lib
+
+import org.apache.spark.graphx._
+
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag
+
+import scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer
+
+/**
+ * Local clustering coefficient algorithm
+ *
+ * In a directed graph G=(V, E), we define the neighbourhood N_i of a vertex v_i as
+ * N_i={v_j: e_ij \in E or e_ji \in E}
+ *
+ * The local clustering coefficient C_i of a vertex v_i is then defined as
+ * C_i = |{e_jk: v_j, v_k \in N_i, e_jk \in E}| / (K_i * (K_i - 1))
+ * where K_i=|N_i| is the number of neighbors of v_i
+ *
+ * Note that the input graph must have been partitioned using
+ * [[org.apache.spark.graphx.Graph#partitionBy]].
+ */
+object LocalClusteringCoefficient {
+  /**
+   * Compute the local clustering coefficient for each vertex and
+   * return a graph with vertex value representing the local clustering coefficient of that vertex
+   *
+   * @param graph the graph for which to compute the connected components
+   *
+   * @return a graph with vertex attributes containing
+   *         the local clustering coefficient of that vertex
+   *
+   */
+  def run[VD: ClassTag, ED: ClassTag](graph: Graph[VD, ED]): Graph[Double, ED] = {
+    // Remove redundant edges
+    val g = graph.groupEdges((a, b) => a).cache()
+
+    // Construct set representations of the neighborhoods
+    // ()
+    val nbrSets: VertexRDD[VertexSet] =
+      g.collectNeighborIds(EdgeDirection.Either).mapValues { (vid, nbrs) =>
+        val set = new VertexSet(4)
+        var i = 0
+        while (i < nbrs.size) {
+          // prevent self cycle
+          if(nbrs(i) != vid) {
+            set.add(nbrs(i))
+          }
+          i += 1
+        }
+        set
+      }
+
+    // join the sets with the graph
+    val setGraph: Graph[VertexSet, ED] = g.outerJoinVertices(nbrSets) {
+      (vid, _, optSet) => optSet.getOrElse(null)
+    }
+
+    // Edge function computes intersection of smaller vertex with larger vertex
+    def edgeFunc(et: EdgeTriplet[VertexSet, ED]): Iterator[(VertexId, Double)] = {
+      assert(et.srcAttr != null)
+      assert(et.dstAttr != null)
+      val (smallSet, largeSet) = if (et.srcAttr.size < et.dstAttr.size) {
+        (et.srcAttr, et.dstAttr)
+      } else {
+        (et.dstAttr, et.srcAttr)
+      }
+      val iter = smallSet.iterator
+      val buf = new ListBuffer[(VertexId, Double)]
+      while (iter.hasNext) {
+        val vid = iter.next()
+        if (vid != et.srcId && vid != et.dstId && largeSet.contains(vid)) {
+          buf += ((vid, 1.0))
+        }
+      }
+      buf.toIterator
+    }
+
+    // compute the intersection along edges
+    val counters: VertexRDD[Double] = setGraph.mapReduceTriplets(edgeFunc, _ + _)
+
+    // count number of neighbors for each vertex
+    var nbNumMap = Map[VertexId, Int]()
+    nbrSets.collect().foreach { case (vid, nbVal) =>
+      nbNumMap += (vid -> nbVal.size)
+    }
+
+    // Merge counters with the graph
+    g.outerJoinVertices(counters) {
+      (vid, _, optCounter: Option[Double]) =>
+        val dblCount: Double = optCounter.getOrElse(0)
+        val nbNum = nbNumMap(vid)
+        if (nbNum > 1) {
+          dblCount / (nbNum * (nbNum - 1))
+        }
+        else {
+          0
+        }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/graphx/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/lib/LocalClusteringCoefficientSuite.scala b/graphx/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/lib/LocalClusteringCoefficientSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe0263e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphx/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/graphx/lib/LocalClusteringCoefficientSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.spark.graphx.lib
+
+import org.apache.spark.graphx._
+import org.scalatest.FunSuite
+
+class LocalClusteringCoefficientSuite extends FunSuite with LocalSparkContext {
+
+  def approEqual(a: Double, b: Double): Boolean = {
+    (a - b).abs < 1e-20
+  }
+
+  test("test in a complete graph") {
+    withSpark { sc =>
+      val edges = Array( 0L->1L, 1L->2L, 2L->0L )
+      val revEdges = edges.map { case (a, b) => (b, a) }
+      val rawEdges = sc.parallelize(edges ++ revEdges, 2)
+      val graph = Graph.fromEdgeTuples(rawEdges, true).cache()
+      val lccCount = graph.localClusteringCoefficient()
+      val verts = lccCount.vertices
+      verts.collect.foreach { case (_, count) => assert(approEqual(count, 1.0)) }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("test in a triangle with one bi-directed edges") {
+    withSpark { sc =>
+      val rawEdges = sc.parallelize(Array( 0L->1L, 1L->2L, 2L->1L, 2L->0L ), 2)
+      val graph = Graph.fromEdgeTuples(rawEdges, true).cache()
+      val lccCount = graph.localClusteringCoefficient()
+      val verts = lccCount.vertices
+      verts.collect.foreach { case (vid, count) =>
+          if (vid == 0) {
+            assert(approEqual(count, 1.0))
+          } else {
+            assert(approEqual(count, 0.5))
+          }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("test in a graph with only self-edges") {
+    withSpark { sc =>
+      val rawEdges = sc.parallelize(Array(0L -> 0L, 1L -> 1L, 2L -> 2L, 3L -> 3L), 2)
+      val graph = Graph.fromEdgeTuples(rawEdges, true).cache()
+      val lccCount = graph.localClusteringCoefficient()
+      val verts = lccCount.vertices
+      verts.collect.foreach { case (vid, count) => assert(approEqual(count, 0.0)) }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("test in a graph with duplicated edges") {
+    withSpark { sc =>
+      val edges = Array( 0L->1L, 1L->2L, 2L->0L )
+      val rawEdges = sc.parallelize(edges ++ edges, 2)
+      val graph = Graph.fromEdgeTuples(rawEdges, true).cache()
+      val lccCount = graph.localClusteringCoefficient()
+      val verts = lccCount.vertices
+      verts.collect.foreach { case (vid, count) => assert(approEqual(count, 1.0)) }
+    }
+  }
+}