diff --git a/src/components/column/Column.vue b/src/components/column/Column.vue
index b5df3a314..808a8922e 100644
--- a/src/components/column/Column.vue
+++ b/src/components/column/Column.vue
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ export default {
         expander: {
             type: Boolean,
             default: false
+        },
+        colspan: {
+            type: Number,
+            default: null
+        },
+        rowspan: {
+            type: Number,
+            default: null
         }
     },
     render() {
diff --git a/src/components/columngroup/ColumnGroup.vue b/src/components/columngroup/ColumnGroup.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a81bd6d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/columngroup/ColumnGroup.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<template>
+    <div>
+        <slot></slot>
+    </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+    name: 'columngroup',
+    props: {
+        type: {
+            type: String,
+            default: null
+        }
+    },
+    data() {
+        return {
+            _rows: null
+        };
+    },
+    mounted() {
+        this._rows = this.$children;
+    },
+    computed: {
+        rows() {
+            return this._rows;
+        }
+    }
+}
+</script>
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diff --git a/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue b/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
index f7b2f48db..a2ce3eecb 100644
--- a/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
+++ b/src/components/datatable/DataTable.vue
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
             </DTPaginator>
             <table ref="table">
                 <thead class="p-datatable-thead">
-                    <tr>
-                        <th v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.columnKey||col.field||i" :style="col.headerStyle" :class="getColumnHeaderClass(col)" @click="onColumnHeaderClick($event, col)">
+                    <tr v-if="!headerColumnGroup">
+                        <th v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.columnKey||col.field||i" :style="col.headerStyle" :class="getColumnHeaderClass(col)" @click="onColumnHeaderClick($event, col)"
+                            :colspan="col.colspan" :rowspan="col.rowspan">
                             <span class="p-column-resizer p-clickable" @mousedown="onColumnResizeStart" v-if="resizableColumns"></span>
                             <ColumnSlot :column="col" type="header" v-if="col.$scopedSlots.header" />
                             <span class="p-column-title" v-if="col.header">{{col.header}}</span>
@@ -32,15 +33,19 @@
                             <DTHeaderCheckbox :checked="allRowsSelected" @change="toggleRowsWithCheckbox" :disabled="empty" v-if="col.selectionMode ==='multiple'" />
                         </th>
                     </tr>
+                    <template v-else>
+                        <tr v-for="(row,i) of headerColumnGroup.rows" :key="i">
+                            <th v-for="(col,i) of row.columns" :key="col.columnKey||col.field||i" :style="col.headerStyle" :class="getColumnHeaderClass(col)" @click="onColumnHeaderClick($event, col)"
+                                :colspan="col.colspan" :rowspan="col.rowspan">
+                                <ColumnSlot :column="col" type="header" v-if="col.$scopedSlots.header" />
+                                <span class="p-column-title" v-if="col.header">{{col.header}}</span>
+                                <span v-if="col.sortable" :class="getSortableColumnIcon(col)"></span>
+                                <ColumnSlot :column="col" type="filter" v-if="col.$scopedSlots.filter" />
+                                <DTHeaderCheckbox :checked="allRowsSelected" @change="toggleRowsWithCheckbox" :disabled="empty" v-if="col.selectionMode ==='multiple'" />
+                            </th>
+                        </tr>
+                    </template>
                 </thead>
-                <tfoot class="p-datatable-tfoot" v-if="hasFooter">
-                    <tr>
-                        <td v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.columnKey||col.field||i" :style="col.footerStyle" :class="col.footerClass">
-                            <ColumnSlot :column="col" type="footer" v-if="col.$scopedSlots.footer" />
-                            {{col.footer}}
-                        </td>
-                    </tr>
-                </tfoot>
                 <tbody class="p-datatable-tbody">
                     <template v-if="!empty">
                         <tr :class="getRowClass(rowData)" v-for="(rowData, index) of dataToRender" :key="getRowKey(rowData, index)"
@@ -61,6 +66,24 @@
                         </td>
                     </tr>
                 </tbody>
+                <tfoot class="p-datatable-tfoot" v-if="hasFooter">
+                    <tr v-if="!footerColumnGroup">>
+                        <td v-for="(col,i) of columns" :key="col.columnKey||col.field||i" :style="col.footerStyle" :class="col.footerClass"
+                            :colspan="col.colspan" :rowspan="col.rowspan">
+                            <ColumnSlot :column="col" type="footer" v-if="col.$scopedSlots.footer" />
+                            {{col.footer}}
+                        </td>
+                    </tr>
+                     <template v-else>
+                        <tr v-for="(row,i) of footerColumnGroup.rows" :key="i">
+                            <td v-for="(col,i) of row.columns" :key="col.columnKey||col.field||i" :style="col.footerStyle" :class="col.footerClass"
+                                :colspan="col.colspan" :rowspan="col.rowspan">
+                                <ColumnSlot :column="col" type="footer" v-if="col.$scopedSlots.footer" />
+                                {{col.footer}}
+                            </td>
+                        </tr>
+                    </template>
+                </tfoot>
             </table>
             <DTPaginator v-if="paginatorBottom" :rows="d_rows" :first="d_first" :totalRecords="totalRecordsLength" :pageLinkSize="pageLinkSize" :template="paginatorTemplate" :rowsPerPageOptions="rowsPerPageOptions"
 					:currentPageReportTemplate="currentPageReportTemplate" class="p-paginator-bottom" @page="onPage($event)" :alwaysShow="alwaysShowPaginator">
@@ -948,10 +971,32 @@ export default {
         },
         columns() {
             if (this.allChildren) {
-                return this.allChildren.filter(child =>  child.$options._propKeys.indexOf('columnKey') !== -1);
+                return this.allChildren.filter(child => child.$options._propKeys.indexOf('columnKey') !== -1);
             }
             return [];
         },
+        headerColumnGroup() {
+            if (this.allChildren) {
+                for (let child of this.allChildren) {
+                    if (child.$vnode.tag.indexOf('columngroup') !== -1 && child.type === 'header') {
+                        return child;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        },
+        footerColumnGroup() {
+            if (this.allChildren) {
+                for (let child of this.allChildren) {
+                    if (child.$vnode.tag.indexOf('columngroup') !== -1 && child.type === 'footer') {
+                        return child;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        },
         processedData() {
             if (this.lazy) {
                 return this.value;
@@ -1014,10 +1059,15 @@ export default {
         hasFooter() {
             let hasFooter = false;
 
-            for (let col of this.columns) {
-                if (col.footer || col.$scopedSlots.footer) {
-                    hasFooter = true;
-                    break;
+            if (this.footerColumnGroup) {
+                hasFooter = true;
+            }
+            else {
+                for (let col of this.columns) {
+                    if (col.footer || col.$scopedSlots.footer) {
+                        hasFooter = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/components/row/Row.vue b/src/components/row/Row.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..961d86883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/row/Row.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<template>
+    <div>
+        <slot></slot>
+    </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+    props: {
+
+    },
+    data() {
+        return {
+            columns: null
+        };
+    },
+    mounted() {
+        this.columns = this.$children;
+    }
+}
+</script>
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diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index 2b380f3b9..6c46cbcfc 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import Chart from './components/chart/Chart';
 import Checkbox from './components/checkbox/Checkbox';
 import Chips from './components/chips/Chips';
 import Column from './components/column/Column';
+import ColumnGroup from './components/columngroup/ColumnGroup';
 import DataTable from './components/datatable/DataTable';
 import DataView from './components/dataview/DataView';
 import DataViewLayoutOptions from './components/dataviewlayoutoptions/DataViewLayoutOptions';
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ import ProgressBar from './components/progressbar/ProgressBar';
 import ProgressSpinner from './components/progressspinner/ProgressSpinner';
 import Rating from './components/rating/Rating';
 import RadioButton from './components/radiobutton/RadioButton';
+import Row from './components/row/Row';
 import SelectButton from './components/selectbutton/SelectButton';
 import Slider from './components/slider/Slider';
 import Sidebar from './components/sidebar/Sidebar';
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ Vue.component('Editor', Editor);
 Vue.component('Fieldset', Fieldset);
 Vue.component('FileUpload', FileUpload);
 Vue.component('FullCalendar', FullCalendar);
+Vue.component('ColumnGroup', ColumnGroup);
 Vue.component('Inplace', Inplace);
 Vue.component('InputSwitch', InputSwitch);
 Vue.component('InputText', InputText);
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ Vue.component('ProgressBar', ProgressBar);
 Vue.component('ProgressSpinner', ProgressSpinner);
 Vue.component('RadioButton', RadioButton);
 Vue.component('Rating', Rating);
+Vue.component('Row', Row);
 Vue.component('SelectButton', SelectButton);
 Vue.component('Slider', Slider);
 Vue.component('Sidebar', Sidebar);
diff --git a/src/router.js b/src/router.js
index e76dfd1f2..f5e3ac2a9 100644
--- a/src/router.js
+++ b/src/router.js
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ export default new Router({
 			name: 'datatableexport',
 			component: () => import('./views/datatable/DataTableExportDemo.vue')
         },
+        {
+			path: '/datatable/colgroup',
+			name: 'datatablecolgroup',
+			component: () => import('./views/datatable/DataTableColGroupDemo.vue')
+		},
         {
 			path: '/datatable/colresize',
 			name: 'datatablecolresize',
diff --git a/src/views/datatable/DataTableColGroupDemo.vue b/src/views/datatable/DataTableColGroupDemo.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a14b59c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/datatable/DataTableColGroupDemo.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+<template>
+	<div>
+        <DataTableSubMenu />
+
+		<div class="content-section introduction">
+			<div class="feature-intro">
+				<h1>DataTable - Column Group</h1>
+				<p>Columns can be grouped at header and footer using headerColumnGroup and footerColumnGroup components.</p>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+
+		<div class="content-section implementation">
+            <DataTable :value="sales">
+                <ColumnGroup type="header">
+                    <Row>
+                        <Column header="Brand" :rowspan="3" />
+                        <Column header="Sale Rate" :colspan="4" />
+                    </Row>
+                    <Row>
+                        <Column header="Sales" :colspan="2" />
+                        <Column header="Profits" :colspan="2" />
+                    </Row>
+                    <Row>
+                        <Column header="Last Year" />
+                        <Column header="This Year" />
+                        <Column header="Last Year" />
+                        <Column header="This Year" />
+                    </Row>
+                </ColumnGroup>
+               <Column field="brand" />
+                <Column field="lastYearSale" />
+                <Column field="thisYearSale" />
+                <Column field="lastYearProfit" />
+                <Column field="thisYearProfit" />
+                <ColumnGroup type="footer">
+                    <Row>
+                        <Column footer="Totals:" :colspan="3" />
+                        <Column footer="$506,202" />
+                        <Column footer="$531,020" />
+                    </Row>
+                </ColumnGroup>
+            </DataTable>
+		</div>
+
+        <div class="content-section documentation">
+            <TabView>
+                <TabPanel header="Source">
+<CodeHighlight>
+<template v-pre>
+&lt;DataTable :value="sales"&gt;
+    &lt;ColumnGroup type="header"&gt;
+        &lt;Row&gt;
+            &lt;Column header="Brand" :rowspan="3" /&gt;
+            &lt;Column header="Sale Rate" :colspan="4" /&gt;
+        &lt;/Row&gt;
+        &lt;Row&gt;
+            &lt;Column header="Sales" :colspan="2" /&gt;
+            &lt;Column header="Profits" :colspan="2" /&gt;
+        &lt;/Row&gt;
+        &lt;Row&gt;
+            &lt;Column header="Last Year" /&gt;
+            &lt;Column header="This Year" /&gt;
+            &lt;Column header="Last Year" /&gt;
+            &lt;Column header="This Year" /&gt;
+        &lt;/Row&gt;
+    &lt;/ColumnGroup&gt;
+    &lt;Column field="brand" /&gt;
+    &lt;Column field="lastYearSale" /&gt;
+    &lt;Column field="thisYearSale" /&gt;
+    &lt;Column field="lastYearProfit" /&gt;
+    &lt;Column field="thisYearProfit" /&gt;
+    &lt;ColumnGroup type="footer"&gt;
+        &lt;Row&gt;
+            &lt;Column footer="Totals:" :colspan="3" /&gt;
+            &lt;Column footer="$506,202" /&gt;
+            &lt;Column footer="$531,020" /&gt;
+        &lt;/Row&gt;
+    &lt;/ColumnGroup&gt;
+&lt;/DataTable&gt;
+</template>
+</CodeHighlight>
+
+<CodeHighlight lang="javascript">
+export default {
+    data() {
+        return {
+            sales: null
+        }
+    },
+    carService: null,
+    created() {
+        this.sales = [
+            {brand: 'Apple', lastYearSale: '51%', thisYearSale: '40%', lastYearProfit: '$54,406.00', thisYearProfit: '$43,342'},
+            {brand: 'Samsung', lastYearSale: '83%', thisYearSale: '96%', lastYearProfit: '$423,132', thisYearProfit: '$312,122'},
+            {brand: 'Microsoft', lastYearSale: '38%', thisYearSale: '5%', lastYearProfit: '$12,321', thisYearProfit: '$8,500'},
+            {brand: 'Philips', lastYearSale: '49%', thisYearSale: '22%', lastYearProfit: '$745,232', thisYearProfit: '$650,323,'},
+            {brand: 'Song', lastYearSale: '17%', thisYearSale: '79%', lastYearProfit: '$643,242', thisYearProfit: '500,332'},
+            {brand: 'LG', lastYearSale: '52%', thisYearSale: ' 65%', lastYearProfit: '$421,132', thisYearProfit: '$150,005'},
+            {brand: 'Sharp', lastYearSale: '82%', thisYearSale: '12%', lastYearProfit: '$131,211', thisYearProfit: '$100,214'},
+            {brand: 'Panasonic', lastYearSale: '44%', thisYearSale: '45%', lastYearProfit: '$66,442', thisYearProfit: '$53,322'},
+            {brand: 'HTC', lastYearSale: '90%', thisYearSale: '56%', lastYearProfit: '$765,442', thisYearProfit: '$296,232'},
+            {brand: 'Toshiba', lastYearSale: '75%', thisYearSale: '54%', lastYearProfit: '$21,212', thisYearProfit: '$12,533'}
+        ];
+    }
+}
+</CodeHighlight>
+                </TabPanel>
+            </TabView>
+        </div>
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import DataTableSubMenu from './DataTableSubMenu';
+
+export default {
+    data() {
+        return {
+            sales: null
+        }
+    },
+    carService: null,
+    created() {
+        this.sales = [
+            {brand: 'Apple', lastYearSale: '51%', thisYearSale: '40%', lastYearProfit: '$54,406.00', thisYearProfit: '$43,342'},
+            {brand: 'Samsung', lastYearSale: '83%', thisYearSale: '96%', lastYearProfit: '$423,132', thisYearProfit: '$312,122'},
+            {brand: 'Microsoft', lastYearSale: '38%', thisYearSale: '5%', lastYearProfit: '$12,321', thisYearProfit: '$8,500'},
+            {brand: 'Philips', lastYearSale: '49%', thisYearSale: '22%', lastYearProfit: '$745,232', thisYearProfit: '$650,323,'},
+            {brand: 'Song', lastYearSale: '17%', thisYearSale: '79%', lastYearProfit: '$643,242', thisYearProfit: '500,332'},
+            {brand: 'LG', lastYearSale: '52%', thisYearSale: ' 65%', lastYearProfit: '$421,132', thisYearProfit: '$150,005'},
+            {brand: 'Sharp', lastYearSale: '82%', thisYearSale: '12%', lastYearProfit: '$131,211', thisYearProfit: '$100,214'},
+            {brand: 'Panasonic', lastYearSale: '44%', thisYearSale: '45%', lastYearProfit: '$66,442', thisYearProfit: '$53,322'},
+            {brand: 'HTC', lastYearSale: '90%', thisYearSale: '56%', lastYearProfit: '$765,442', thisYearProfit: '$296,232'},
+            {brand: 'Toshiba', lastYearSale: '75%', thisYearSale: '54%', lastYearProfit: '$21,212', thisYearProfit: '$12,533'}
+        ];
+    },
+    components: {
+        'DataTableSubMenu': DataTableSubMenu
+    }
+}
+</script>
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diff --git a/src/views/datatable/DataTableSubMenu.vue b/src/views/datatable/DataTableSubMenu.vue
index b6d2e095e..e06fb3caf 100644
--- a/src/views/datatable/DataTableSubMenu.vue
+++ b/src/views/datatable/DataTableSubMenu.vue
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
             <li><router-link to="/datatable/filter">&#9679; Filter</router-link></li>
             <li><router-link to="/datatable/selection">&#9679; Selection</router-link></li>
             <li><router-link to="/datatable/lazy">&#9679; Lazy</router-link></li>
+            <li><router-link to="/datatable/colgroup">&#9679; ColGroup</router-link></li>
             <li><router-link to="/datatable/coltoggle">&#9679; ColToggle</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>