diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/linalg/dataTypes.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/linalg/dataTypes.scala
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+/*
+ * 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.ml.linalg
+
+import org.apache.spark.annotation.DeveloperApi
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.DataType
+
+/**
+ * :: DeveloperApi ::
+ * SQL data types for vectors and matrices.
+ */
+@DeveloperApi
+object sqlDataTypes {
+
+  /** Data type for [[Vector]]. */
+  val VectorType: DataType = new VectorUDT
+
+  /** Data type for [[Matrix]]. */
+  val MatrixType: DataType = new MatrixUDT
+}
diff --git a/mllib/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/ml/linalg/JavaSQLDataTypesSuite.java b/mllib/src/test/java/org/apache/spark/ml/linalg/JavaSQLDataTypesSuite.java
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+/*
+ * 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.ml.linalg;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.apache.spark.ml.linalg.sqlDataTypes.*;
+
+public class JavaSQLDataTypesSuite {
+  @Test
+  public void testSQLDataTypes() {
+    Assert.assertEquals(new VectorUDT(), VectorType());
+    Assert.assertEquals(new MatrixUDT(), MatrixType());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/linalg/SQLDataTypesSuite.scala b/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/linalg/SQLDataTypesSuite.scala
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+/*
+ * 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.ml.linalg
+
+import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
+
+class SQLDataTypesSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
+  test("sqlDataTypes") {
+    assert(sqlDataTypes.VectorType === new VectorUDT)
+    assert(sqlDataTypes.MatrixType === new MatrixUDT)
+  }
+}