diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ApplicationState.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ApplicationState.scala
index 67e6c5d66af0e..f5b946329ae9b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ApplicationState.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ApplicationState.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ private[spark] object ApplicationState extends Enumeration {
 
   type ApplicationState = Value
 
-  val WAITING, RUNNING, FINISHED, FAILED, UNKNOWN = Value
+  val WAITING, RUNNING, FINISHED, FAILED, KILLED, UNKNOWN = Value
 
   val MAX_NUM_RETRY = 10
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ui/MasterPage.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ui/MasterPage.scala
index 9dd96493ee48d..9333cb6667b05 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ui/MasterPage.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ui/MasterPage.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import org.json4s.JValue
 
 import org.apache.spark.deploy.JsonProtocol
 import org.apache.spark.deploy.DeployMessages.{MasterStateResponse, RequestMasterState}
-import org.apache.spark.deploy.master.{ApplicationInfo, DriverInfo, WorkerInfo}
+import org.apache.spark.deploy.master.{ApplicationInfo, ApplicationState, DriverInfo, WorkerInfo}
 import org.apache.spark.ui.{WebUIPage, UIUtils}
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
@@ -41,6 +41,21 @@ private[spark] class MasterPage(parent: MasterWebUI) extends WebUIPage("") {
     JsonProtocol.writeMasterState(state)
   }
 
+  def handleKillRequest(request: HttpServletRequest): Unit = {
+    if (parent.killEnabled &&
+        parent.master.securityMgr.checkModifyPermissions(request.getRemoteUser)) {
+      val killFlag = Option(request.getParameter("terminate")).getOrElse("false").toBoolean
+      val appId = Option(request.getParameter("id"))
+      if (appId.isDefined && killFlag) {
+        parent.master.idToApp.get(appId.get).map { app =>
+          parent.master.removeApplication(app, ApplicationState.KILLED)
+        }
+      }
+
+      Thread.sleep(100)
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Index view listing applications and executors */
   def render(request: HttpServletRequest): Seq[Node] = {
     val stateFuture = (master ? RequestMasterState)(timeout).mapTo[MasterStateResponse]
@@ -167,9 +182,20 @@ private[spark] class MasterPage(parent: MasterWebUI) extends WebUIPage("") {
   }
 
   private def appRow(app: ApplicationInfo, active: Boolean): Seq[Node] = {
+    val killLink = if (parent.killEnabled && app.state == ApplicationState.RUNNING) {
+    val killLinkUri = "app/kill?id=%s&terminate=true"
+      .format(app.id)
+    val confirm = "return window.confirm('Are you sure you want to kill application %s ?');"
+      .format(app.id)
+      <span class="kill-link">
+        (<a href={killLinkUri} onclick={confirm}>kill</a>)
+      </span>
+    }
+
     <tr>
       <td>
         <a href={"app?appId=" + app.id}>{app.id}</a>
+        {killLink}
       </td>
       <td>
         <a href={app.desc.appUiUrl}>{app.desc.name}</a>
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ui/MasterWebUI.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ui/MasterWebUI.scala
index 73400c5affb5d..3b11488385d21 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ui/MasterWebUI.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/ui/MasterWebUI.scala
@@ -32,15 +32,19 @@ class MasterWebUI(val master: Master, requestedPort: Int)
 
   val masterActorRef = master.self
   val timeout = AkkaUtils.askTimeout(master.conf)
+  val killEnabled = master.conf.getBoolean("spark.ui.killEnabled", true)
 
   initialize()
 
   /** Initialize all components of the server. */
   def initialize() {
+    val masterPage = new MasterPage(this)
     attachPage(new ApplicationPage(this))
     attachPage(new HistoryNotFoundPage(this))
-    attachPage(new MasterPage(this))
+    attachPage(masterPage)
     attachHandler(createStaticHandler(MasterWebUI.STATIC_RESOURCE_DIR, "/static"))
+    attachHandler(
+      createRedirectHandler("/app/kill", "/", masterPage.handleKillRequest))
   }
 
   /** Attach a reconstructed UI to this Master UI. Only valid after bind(). */