diff --git a/src/components/datatable/BodyCell.vue b/src/components/datatable/BodyCell.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0eadb0a0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/datatable/BodyCell.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<template>
+    <td :style="column.bodyStyle" :class="column.bodyClass">
+        <ColumnSlot :data="rowData" :column="column" type="body" v-if="column.$scopedSlots.body" />
+        <template v-else-if="column.selectionMode">
+            <DTRadioButton :value="rowData" :checked="selected" @change="toggleRowWithRadio" v-if="column.selectionMode === 'single'" />
+            <DTCheckbox :value="rowData" :checked="selected" @change="toggleRowWithCheckbox" v-else-if="column.selectionMode ==='multiple'" />
+        </template>
+        <template v-else-if="column.rowReorder">
+            <i :class="['p-datatable-reorderablerow-handle', column.rowReorderIcon]"></i>
+        </template>
+        <template v-else-if="column.expander">
+            <button class="p-row-toggler p-link" @click="toggleRow">
+                <span :class="rowTogglerIcon"></span>
+            </button>
+        </template>
+        <template v-else>{{resolveFieldData()}}</template>
+    </td>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import ObjectUtils from '../utils/ObjectUtils';
+import ColumnSlot from './ColumnSlot.vue';
+import RowRadioButton from './RowRadioButton';
+import RowCheckbox from './RowCheckbox.vue';
+
+export default {
+    props: {
+        rowData: {
+            type: Object,
+            default: null
+        },
+        column: {
+            type: Object,
+            default: null
+        },
+        rowTogglerIcon: {
+            type: Array,
+            default: null
+        },
+        selected: {
+            type: Boolean,
+            default: false
+        },
+    },
+    mounted() {
+        this.children = this.$children;
+    },
+    methods: {
+        resolveFieldData() {
+            return ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(this.rowData, this.column.field);
+        },
+        toggleRow(event) {
+            this.$emit('row-toggle', {
+                originalEvent: event,
+                data: this.rowData
+            });
+        },
+        toggleRowWithRadio(event) {
+            this.$emit('radio-change', event);
+        },
+        toggleRowWithCheckbox(event) {
+            this.$emit('checkbox-change', event);
+        }
+    },
+    components: {
+        'ColumnSlot': ColumnSlot,
+        'DTRadioButton': RowRadioButton,
+        'DTCheckbox': RowCheckbox
+    }
+}
+</script>
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diff --git a/src/components/datatable/ColumnSlot.vue b/src/components/datatable/ColumnSlot.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52f7f2544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/datatable/ColumnSlot.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<script>
+export default {
+    functional: true,
+    props: {
+        column: {
+            type: null,
+            default: null
+        },
+        data: {
+            type: null,
+            default: null
+        },
+        type: {
+            type: String,
+            default: null
+        }
+    },
+    render(createElement, context) {
+        const content = context.props.column.$scopedSlots[context.props.type]({
+            'data': context.props.data,
+            'column': context.props.column
+        });
+        return [content];
+    }
+}
+</script>
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diff --git a/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue b/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
index 544f23b3a..33fd76cb2 100644
--- a/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
+++ b/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
@@ -52,25 +52,17 @@
                 <tbody class="p-datatable-tbody">
                     <template v-if="!empty">
                         <template v-for="(rowData, index) of dataToRender">
+                            <tr class="p-rowgroup-header" v-if="rowGroupMode === 'subheader' && shouldRenderRowGroupHeader(dataToRender, rowData, index)" :key="getRowKey(rowData, index)">
+                                <td :colspan="columns.length">
+                                    <slot name="groupheader" :data="rowData"></slot>
+                                </td>
+                            </tr>
                             <tr :class="getRowClass(rowData)" :key="getRowKey(rowData, index)"
                                 @click="onRowClick($event, rowData, index)" @touchend="onRowTouchEnd($event)" @keydown="onRowKeyDown($event, rowData, index)" :tabindex="selectionMode ? '0' : null"
                                 @mousedown="onRowMouseDown($event)" @dragstart="onRowDragStart($event, index)" @dragover="onRowDragOver($event,index)" @dragleave="onRowDragLeave($event)" @dragend="onRowDragEnd($event)" @drop="onRowDrop($event)">
-                                <td v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.columnKey||col.field||i" :style="col.bodyStyle" :class="col.bodyClass">
-                                    <ColumnSlot :data="rowData" :column="col" type="body" v-if="col.$scopedSlots.body" />
-                                    <template v-else-if="col.selectionMode">
-                                        <DTRadioButton :value="rowData" :checked="isSelected(rowData)" @change="toggleRowWithRadio" v-if="col.selectionMode === 'single'" />
-                                        <DTCheckbox :value="rowData" :checked="isSelected(rowData)" @change="toggleRowWithCheckbox" v-else-if="col.selectionMode ==='multiple'" />
-                                    </template>
-                                    <template v-else-if="col.rowReorder">
-                                        <i :class="['p-datatable-reorderablerow-handle', col.rowReorderIcon]"></i>
-                                    </template>
-                                    <template v-else-if="col.expander">
-                                        <button class="p-row-toggler p-link" @click="toggleRow($event, rowData)">
-                                            <span :class="rowTogglerIcon(rowData)"></span>
-                                        </button>
-                                    </template>
-                                    <template v-else>{{resolveFieldData(rowData, col.field)}}</template>
-                                </td>
+                                <DTBodyCell v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.columnKey||col.field||i" :rowData="rowData" :column="col" :selected="isSelected(rowData)"
+                                    :rowTogglerIcon="rowTogglerIcon(rowData)" @row-toggle="toggleRow" 
+                                    @radio-change="toggleRowWithRadio" @checkbox-change="toggleRowWithCheckbox" />
                             </tr>
                             <tr class="p-datatable-row-expansion" v-if="expandedRows && isRowExpanded(rowData)" :key="getRowKey(rowData, index) + '_expansion'">
                                 <td :colspan="columns.length">
@@ -132,31 +124,8 @@ import Paginator from '../paginator/Paginator';
 import RowRadioButton from './RowRadioButton';
 import RowCheckbox from './RowCheckbox.vue';
 import HeaderCheckbox from './HeaderCheckbox.vue';
-
-const ColumnSlot = {
-    functional: true,
-    props: {
-        column: {
-            type: null,
-            default: null
-        },
-        data: {
-            type: null,
-            default: null
-        },
-        type: {
-            type: String,
-            default: null
-        }
-    },
-    render(createElement, context) {
-        const content = context.props.column.$scopedSlots[context.props.type]({
-            'data': context.props.data,
-            'column': context.props.column
-        });
-        return [content];
-    }
-};
+import ColumnSlot from './ColumnSlot.vue';
+import BodyCell from './BodyCell.vue';
 
 export default {
     props: {
@@ -299,6 +268,14 @@ export default {
         collapsedRowIcon: {
             type: String,
             default: 'pi-chevron-right'
+        },
+        rowGroupMode: {
+            type: String,
+            default: null
+        },
+        groupRowsBy: {
+            type: [Array,String],
+            default: null
         }
     },
     data() {
@@ -1228,7 +1205,8 @@ export default {
             this.onRowDragEnd(event);
             event.preventDefault();
         },
-        toggleRow(event, rowData) {
+        toggleRow(event) {
+            let rowData = event.data;
             let expanded;
             let expandedRowIndex;
             let _expandedRows = this.expandedRows ? [...this.expandedRows] : [];
@@ -1247,18 +1225,29 @@ export default {
                 }
                 _expandedRows.splice(expandedRowIndex, 1);
                 this.$emit('update:expandedRows', _expandedRows);
-                this.$emit('row-collapse', {originalEvent: event,data: rowData});
+                this.$emit('row-collapse', event);
             }
             else {
                 _expandedRows.push(rowData);
                 this.$emit('update:expandedRows', _expandedRows);
-                this.$emit('row-expand', {originalEvent: event,data: rowData});
+                this.$emit('row-expand', event);
             }
         },
         rowTogglerIcon(rowData) {
             const icon = this.isRowExpanded(rowData) ? this.expandedRowIcon : this.collapsedRowIcon;
             return ['p-row-toggler-icon pi pi-fw p-clickable', icon];
         },
+        shouldRenderRowGroupHeader(value, rowData, i) {
+            if (i === 0) {
+                return true;
+            }
+            else {
+                let currentRowFieldData = ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(rowData, this.groupRowsBy);
+                let previousRowFieldData = ObjectUtils.resolveFieldData(value[i - 1], this.groupRowsBy);
+
+                return currentRowFieldData !== previousRowFieldData;
+            }
+        }
     },
     computed: {
         containerClass() {
@@ -1410,7 +1399,8 @@ export default {
         'DTPaginator': Paginator,
         'DTRadioButton': RowRadioButton,
         'DTCheckbox': RowCheckbox,
-        'DTHeaderCheckbox': HeaderCheckbox
+        'DTHeaderCheckbox': HeaderCheckbox,
+        'DTBodyCell': BodyCell
     }
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/src/router.js b/src/router.js
index 6426eb441..7332fda54 100644
--- a/src/router.js
+++ b/src/router.js
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ export default new Router({
 			name: 'datatablereorder',
 			component: () => import('./views/datatable/DataTableReorderDemo.vue')
         },
+        {
+			path: '/datatable/rowgroup',
+			name: 'datatablerowgroup',
+			component: () => import('./views/datatable/DataTableRowGroupDemo.vue')
+        },
         {
 			path: '/datatable/responsive',
 			name: 'datatableresponsive',
diff --git a/src/views/datatable/DataTableRowGroupDemo.vue b/src/views/datatable/DataTableRowGroupDemo.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef471d1d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/datatable/DataTableRowGroupDemo.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<template>
+	<div>
+        <DataTableSubMenu />
+
+		<div class="content-section introduction">
+			<div class="feature-intro">
+				<h1>DataTable - Row Grouping</h1>
+				<p>Rows can either be grouped by a separate grouping row or using rowspan.</p>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+
+		<div class="content-section implementation">
+			<DataTable :value="cars" rowGroupMode="subheader" groupRowsBy="brand" 
+                sortMode="single" sortField="brand" :sortOrder="1">
+                <template #header>
+                    Subheader Grouping
+                </template>
+                <Column field="brand" header="Brand"></Column>
+                <Column field="vin" header="Vin"></Column>
+                <Column field="year" header="Year"></Column>
+                <Column field="color" header="Color"></Column>
+                <template #groupheader="slotProps">
+                    <strong>{{slotProps.data.brand}}</strong>
+                </template>
+                <template #groupfooter="slotProps">
+                    <td colspan="3" style="text-align: right">Total Price</td>
+                    <td>20000</td>
+                </template>
+            </DataTable>
+		</div>
+
+        <div class="content-section documentation">
+            <TabView>
+                <TabPanel header="Source">
+<CodeHighlight>
+<template v-pre>
+
+</template>
+</CodeHighlight>
+
+<CodeHighlight lang="javascript">
+
+</CodeHighlight>
+                </TabPanel>
+            </TabView>
+        </div>
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import CarService from '../../service/CarService';
+import DataTableSubMenu from './DataTableSubMenu';
+
+export default {
+    data() {
+        return {
+            cars: null
+        }
+    },
+    carService: null,
+    created() {
+        this.carService = new CarService();
+    },
+    mounted() {
+        this.carService.getCarsMedium().then(data => this.cars = data);
+    },
+    components: {
+        'DataTableSubMenu': DataTableSubMenu
+    }
+}
+</script>
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diff --git a/src/views/datatable/DataTableSubMenu.vue b/src/views/datatable/DataTableSubMenu.vue
index 98b92f71c..cd56a20d9 100644
--- a/src/views/datatable/DataTableSubMenu.vue
+++ b/src/views/datatable/DataTableSubMenu.vue
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
             <li><router-link to="/datatable/coltoggle">&#9679; ColToggle</router-link></li>
             <li><router-link to="/datatable/colresize">&#9679; ColResize</router-link></li>
             <li><router-link to="/datatable/reorder">&#9679; Reorder</router-link></li>
+            <li><router-link to="/datatable/rowgroup">&#9679; RowGroup</router-link></li>
             <li><router-link to="/datatable/responsive">&#9679; Responsive</router-link></li>
             <li><router-link to="/datatable/export">&#9679; Export</router-link></li>
             <li><router-link to="/datatable/crud">&#9679; Crud</router-link></li>