diff --git a/python/pyspark/rdd.py b/python/pyspark/rdd.py
index 4b4d59647b2bc..00bb9a62e904a 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/rdd.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/rdd.py
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ def coalesce(self, numPartitions, shuffle=False):
         >>> sc.parallelize([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 3).coalesce(1).glom().collect()
         [[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]]
         """
-        jrdd = self._jrdd.coalesce(numPartitions)
+        jrdd = self._jrdd.coalesce(numPartitions, shuffle)
         return RDD(jrdd, self.ctx, self._jrdd_deserializer)
 
     def zip(self, other):