diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
index 0baf4c9f8c7ab..d3d9db08eaac3 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveMetastoreCatalog.scala
@@ -427,6 +427,13 @@ private[hive] case class MetastoreRelation
           .getOrElse(sqlContext.defaultSizeInBytes))
     }
   )
+  override def sameResult(plan: LogicalPlan): Boolean = {
+      plan match {
+           case mr: MetastoreRelation =>
+                    mr.databaseName == databaseName && mr.tableName == tableName
+           case _ => false
+      }
+  }
 
   val tableDesc = HiveShim.getTableDesc(
     Class.forName(
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/CachedTableSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/CachedTableSuite.scala
index 2060e1f1a7a4b..c5fe6f883a21c 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/CachedTableSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/CachedTableSuite.scala
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ class CachedTableSuite extends QueryTest {
       sql("SELECT * FROM src"),
       preCacheResults)
 
+    assertCached(sql("SELECT * FROM src s"))
+
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT * FROM src s"),
+      preCacheResults)
+    
     uncacheTable("src")
     assertCached(sql("SELECT * FROM src"), 0)
   }