diff --git a/repl/scala-2.11/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/SparkExprTyper.scala b/repl/scala-2.11/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/SparkExprTyper.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..724ce9af49f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repl/scala-2.11/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/SparkExprTyper.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * 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.repl
+
+import scala.tools.nsc.interpreter.{ExprTyper, IR}
+
+trait SparkExprTyper extends ExprTyper {
+
+  import repl._
+  import global.{reporter => _, Import => _, _}
+  import naming.freshInternalVarName
+
+  def doInterpret(code: String): IR.Result = {
+    // interpret/interpretSynthetic may change the phase,
+    // which would have unintended effects on types.
+    val savedPhase = phase
+    try interpretSynthetic(code) finally phase = savedPhase
+  }
+
+  override def symbolOfLine(code: String): Symbol = {
+    def asExpr(): Symbol = {
+      val name = freshInternalVarName()
+      // Typing it with a lazy val would give us the right type, but runs
+      // into compiler bugs with things like existentials, so we compile it
+      // behind a def and strip the NullaryMethodType which wraps the expr.
+      val line = "def " + name + " = " + code
+
+      doInterpret(line) match {
+        case IR.Success =>
+          val sym0 = symbolOfTerm(name)
+          // drop NullaryMethodType
+          sym0.cloneSymbol setInfo exitingTyper(sym0.tpe_*.finalResultType)
+        case _ => NoSymbol
+      }
+    }
+
+    def asDefn(): Symbol = {
+      val old = repl.definedSymbolList.toSet
+
+      doInterpret(code) match {
+        case IR.Success =>
+          repl.definedSymbolList filterNot old match {
+            case Nil => NoSymbol
+            case sym :: Nil => sym
+            case syms => NoSymbol.newOverloaded(NoPrefix, syms)
+          }
+        case _ => NoSymbol
+      }
+    }
+
+    def asError(): Symbol = {
+      doInterpret(code)
+      NoSymbol
+    }
+
+    beSilentDuring(asExpr()) orElse beSilentDuring(asDefn()) orElse asError()
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/repl/scala-2.11/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/SparkILoop.scala b/repl/scala-2.11/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/SparkILoop.scala
index 3ce7cc7c85f74..e69441a475e9a 100644
--- a/repl/scala-2.11/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/SparkILoop.scala
+++ b/repl/scala-2.11/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/SparkILoop.scala
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ class SparkILoop(in0: Option[BufferedReader], out: JPrintWriter)
   def this(in0: BufferedReader, out: JPrintWriter) = this(Some(in0), out)
   def this() = this(None, new JPrintWriter(Console.out, true))
 
+  override def createInterpreter(): Unit = {
+    intp = new SparkILoopInterpreter(settings, out)
+  }
+
   val initializationCommands: Seq[String] = Seq(
     """
     @transient val spark = if (org.apache.spark.repl.Main.sparkSession != null) {
diff --git a/repl/scala-2.11/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/SparkILoopInterpreter.scala b/repl/scala-2.11/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/SparkILoopInterpreter.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0803426403af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repl/scala-2.11/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/SparkILoopInterpreter.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * 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.repl
+
+import scala.tools.nsc.Settings
+import scala.tools.nsc.interpreter._
+
+class SparkILoopInterpreter(settings: Settings, out: JPrintWriter) extends IMain(settings, out) {
+  self =>
+
+  override lazy val memberHandlers = new {
+    val intp: self.type = self
+  } with MemberHandlers {
+    import intp.global._
+
+    override def chooseHandler(member: intp.global.Tree): MemberHandler = member match {
+      case member: Import => new SparkImportHandler(member)
+      case _ => super.chooseHandler (member)
+    }
+
+    class SparkImportHandler(imp: Import) extends ImportHandler(imp: Import) {
+
+      override def targetType: Type = intp.global.rootMirror.getModuleIfDefined("" + expr) match {
+        case NoSymbol => intp.typeOfExpression("" + expr)
+        case sym => sym.tpe
+      }
+
+      private def safeIndexOf(name: Name, s: String): Int = fixIndexOf(name, pos(name, s))
+      private def fixIndexOf(name: Name, idx: Int): Int = if (idx == name.length) -1 else idx
+      private def pos(name: Name, s: String): Int = {
+        var i = name.pos(s.charAt(0), 0)
+        val sLen = s.length()
+        if (sLen == 1) return i
+        while (i + sLen <= name.length) {
+          var j = 1
+          while (s.charAt(j) == name.charAt(i + j)) {
+            j += 1
+            if (j == sLen) return i
+          }
+          i = name.pos(s.charAt(0), i + 1)
+        }
+        name.length
+      }
+
+      private def isFlattenedSymbol(sym: Symbol): Boolean =
+        sym.owner.isPackageClass &&
+          sym.name.containsName(nme.NAME_JOIN_STRING) &&
+          sym.owner.info.member(sym.name.take(
+            safeIndexOf(sym.name, nme.NAME_JOIN_STRING))) != NoSymbol
+
+      private def importableTargetMembers =
+        importableMembers(exitingTyper(targetType)).filterNot(isFlattenedSymbol).toList
+
+      def isIndividualImport(s: ImportSelector): Boolean =
+        s.name != nme.WILDCARD && s.rename != nme.WILDCARD
+      def isWildcardImport(s: ImportSelector): Boolean =
+        s.name == nme.WILDCARD
+
+      // non-wildcard imports
+      private def individualSelectors = selectors filter isIndividualImport
+
+      override val importsWildcard: Boolean = selectors exists isWildcardImport
+
+      lazy val importableSymbolsWithRenames: List[(Symbol, Name)] = {
+        val selectorRenameMap =
+          individualSelectors.flatMap(x => x.name.bothNames zip x.rename.bothNames).toMap
+        importableTargetMembers flatMap (m => selectorRenameMap.get(m.name) map (m -> _))
+      }
+
+      override lazy val individualSymbols: List[Symbol] = importableSymbolsWithRenames map (_._1)
+      override lazy val wildcardSymbols: List[Symbol] =
+        if (importsWildcard) importableTargetMembers else Nil
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  object expressionTyper extends {
+    val repl: SparkILoopInterpreter.this.type = self
+  } with SparkExprTyper { }
+
+  override def symbolOfLine(code: String): global.Symbol =
+    expressionTyper.symbolOfLine(code)
+
+  override def typeOfExpression(expr: String, silent: Boolean): global.Type =
+    expressionTyper.typeOfExpression(expr, silent)
+
+}
diff --git a/repl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ReplSuite.scala b/repl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ReplSuite.scala
index 905b41cdc1594..a5053521f8e31 100644
--- a/repl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ReplSuite.scala
+++ b/repl/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/repl/ReplSuite.scala
@@ -227,4 +227,14 @@ class ReplSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     assertDoesNotContain("error: not found: value sc", output)
   }
 
+   test("spark-shell should find imported types in class constructors and extends clause") {
+     val output = runInterpreter("local",
+       """
+         |import org.apache.spark.Partition
+         |class P(p: Partition)
+         |class P(val index: Int) extends Partition
+       """.stripMargin)
+     assertDoesNotContain("error: not found: type Partition", output)
+   }
+
 }