diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/Booster.java b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/Booster.java
index f6913ffc769f..0d89d6a230ac 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/Booster.java
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/Booster.java
@@ -116,6 +116,60 @@ public void setParams(Map<String, Object> params) throws XGBoostError {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get attributes stored in the Booster as a Map.
+   *
+   * @return A map contain attribute pairs.
+   * @throws XGBoostError native error
+   */
+  public final Map<String, String> getAttrs() throws XGBoostError {
+    String[][] attrNames = new String[1][];
+    XGBoostJNI.checkCall(XGBoostJNI.XGBoosterGetAttrNames(handle, attrNames));
+    Map<String, String> attrMap = new HashMap<>();
+    for (String name: attrNames[0]) {
+      attrMap.put(name, this.getAttr(name));
+    }
+    return attrMap;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get attribute from the Booster.
+   *
+   * @param key   attribute key
+   * @return attribute value
+   * @throws XGBoostError native error
+   */
+  public final String getAttr(String key) throws XGBoostError {
+    String[] attrValue = new String[1];
+    XGBoostJNI.checkCall(XGBoostJNI.XGBoosterGetAttr(handle, key, attrValue));
+    return attrValue[0];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set attribute to the Booster.
+   *
+   * @param key   attribute key
+   * @param value attribute value
+   * @throws XGBoostError native error
+   */
+  public final void setAttr(String key, String value) throws XGBoostError {
+    XGBoostJNI.checkCall(XGBoostJNI.XGBoosterSetAttr(handle, key, value));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set attributes to the Booster.
+   *
+   * @param attrs attributes key-value map
+   * @throws XGBoostError native error
+   */
+  public void setAttrs(Map<String, String> attrs) throws XGBoostError {
+    if (attrs != null) {
+      for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : attrs.entrySet()) {
+        setAttr(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Update the booster for one iteration.
    *
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/XGBoostJNI.java b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/XGBoostJNI.java
index d20a27ba12cd..e797d67aa3a2 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/XGBoostJNI.java
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/XGBoostJNI.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public final static native int XGBoosterDumpModelEx(long handle, String fmap, in
   public final static native int XGBoosterDumpModelExWithFeatures(
     long handle, String[] feature_names, int with_stats, String format, String[][] out_strings);
 
+  public final static native int XGBoosterGetAttrNames(long handle, String[][] out_strings);
   public final static native int XGBoosterGetAttr(long handle, String key, String[] out_string);
   public final static native int XGBoosterSetAttr(long handle, String key, String value);
   public final static native int XGBoosterLoadRabitCheckpoint(long handle, int[] out_version);
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/Booster.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/Booster.scala
index f86ab8e18624..bb2d5e9e576c 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/Booster.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/Booster.scala
@@ -32,6 +32,48 @@ import scala.collection.mutable
 class Booster private[xgboost4j](private[xgboost4j] var booster: JBooster)
   extends Serializable  with KryoSerializable {
 
+  /**
+   * Get attributes stored in the Booster as a Map.
+   *
+   * @return A map contain attribute pairs.
+   */
+  @throws(classOf[XGBoostError])
+  def getAttrs: Map[String, String] = {
+    booster.getAttrs.asScala.toMap
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get attribute from the Booster.
+   *
+   * @param key   attr name
+   * @return attr value
+   */
+  @throws(classOf[XGBoostError])
+  def getAttr(key: String): String = {
+    booster.getAttr(key)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set attribute to the Booster.
+   *
+   * @param key   attr name
+   * @param value attr value
+   */
+  @throws(classOf[XGBoostError])
+  def setAttr(key: String, value: String): Unit = {
+    booster.setAttr(key, value)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * set attributes
+   *
+   * @param params attributes key-value map
+   */
+  @throws(classOf[XGBoostError])
+  def setAttrs(params: Map[String, String]): Unit = {
+    booster.setAttrs(params.asJava)
+  }
+
   /**
     * Set parameter to the Booster.
     *
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.cpp b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.cpp
index 02ab0b2289b3..5e268093df84 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.cpp
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.cpp
@@ -706,6 +706,68 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI_XGBoosterDumpModel
   return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Class:     ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI
+ * Method:    XGBoosterGetAttrNames
+ * Signature: (I[[Ljava/lang/String;)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI_XGBoosterGetAttrNames
+  (JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls, jlong jhandle, jobjectArray jout) {
+  BoosterHandle handle = (BoosterHandle) jhandle;
+  bst_ulong len = 0;
+  char **result;
+  int ret = XGBoosterGetAttrNames(handle, &len, (const char ***) &result);
+
+  jsize jlen = (jsize) len;
+  jobjectArray jinfos = jenv->NewObjectArray(jlen, jenv->FindClass("java/lang/String"), jenv->NewStringUTF(""));
+  for(int i=0 ; i<jlen; i++) {
+    jenv->SetObjectArrayElement(jinfos, i, jenv->NewStringUTF((const char*) result[i]));
+  }
+  jenv->SetObjectArrayElement(jout, 0, jinfos);
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Class:     ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI
+ * Method:    XGBoosterGetAttr
+ * Signature: (JLjava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/String;)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI_XGBoosterGetAttr
+  (JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls, jlong jhandle, jstring jkey, jobjectArray jout) {
+  BoosterHandle handle = (BoosterHandle) jhandle;
+  const char* key = jenv->GetStringUTFChars(jkey, 0);
+  const char* result;
+  int success;
+  int ret = XGBoosterGetAttr(handle, key, &result, &success);
+  //release
+  if (key) jenv->ReleaseStringUTFChars(jkey, key);
+
+  if (success > 0) {
+    jstring jret = jenv->NewStringUTF(result);
+    jenv->SetObjectArrayElement(jout, 0, jret);
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Class:     ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI
+ * Method:    XGBoosterSetAttr
+ * Signature: (JLjava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI_XGBoosterSetAttr
+  (JNIEnv *jenv, jclass jcls, jlong jhandle, jstring jkey, jstring jvalue) {
+  BoosterHandle handle = (BoosterHandle) jhandle;
+  const char* key = jenv->GetStringUTFChars(jkey, 0);
+  const char* value = jenv->GetStringUTFChars(jvalue, 0);
+  int ret = XGBoosterSetAttr(handle, key, value);
+  //release
+  if (key) jenv->ReleaseStringUTFChars(jkey, key);
+  if (value) jenv->ReleaseStringUTFChars(jvalue, value);
+  return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Class:     ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI
  * Method:    XGBoosterLoadRabitCheckpoint
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.h b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.h
index 3994d7825076..96eaa97b27cc 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.h
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/native/xgboost4j.h
@@ -231,6 +231,14 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI_XGBoosterDumpModel
 JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI_XGBoosterDumpModelExWithFeatures
   (JNIEnv *, jclass, jlong, jobjectArray, jint, jstring, jobjectArray);
 
+/*
+ * Class:     ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI
+ * Method:    XGBoosterGetAttrNames
+ * Signature: (I[[Ljava/lang/String;)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI_XGBoosterGetAttrNames
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jlong, jobjectArray);
+
 /*
  * Class:     ml_dmlc_xgboost4j_java_XGBoostJNI
  * Method:    XGBoosterGetAttr
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/test/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/BoosterImplTest.java b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/test/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/BoosterImplTest.java
index c03174261839..a86144e66e6d 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/test/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/BoosterImplTest.java
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/test/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/BoosterImplTest.java
@@ -617,4 +617,34 @@ public void testTrainFromExistingModel() throws XGBoostError, IOException {
     TestCase.assertTrue(booster1error == booster2error);
     TestCase.assertTrue(tempBoosterError > booster2error);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * test set/get attributes to/from a booster
+   *
+   * @throws XGBoostError
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testSetAndGetAttrs() throws XGBoostError {
+    DMatrix trainMat = new DMatrix("../../demo/data/agaricus.txt.train");
+    DMatrix testMat = new DMatrix("../../demo/data/agaricus.txt.test");
+
+    Booster booster = trainBooster(trainMat, testMat);
+    booster.setAttr("testKey1", "testValue1");
+    TestCase.assertEquals(booster.getAttr("testKey1"), "testValue1");
+    booster.setAttr("testKey1", "testValue2");
+    TestCase.assertEquals(booster.getAttr("testKey1"), "testValue2");
+
+    booster.setAttrs(new HashMap<String, String>(){{
+      put("aa", "AA");
+      put("bb", "BB");
+      put("cc", "CC");
+    }});
+
+    Map<String, String> attr = booster.getAttrs();
+    TestCase.assertEquals(attr.size(), 4);
+    TestCase.assertEquals(attr.get("testKey1"), "testValue2");
+    TestCase.assertEquals(attr.get("aa"), "AA");
+    TestCase.assertEquals(attr.get("bb"), "BB");
+    TestCase.assertEquals(attr.get("cc"), "CC");
+  }
 }