diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/rdd/VectorRDDFunctions.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/rdd/VectorRDDFunctions.scala
index 829c058ec03c6..c6ac527660709 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/rdd/VectorRDDFunctions.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/rdd/VectorRDDFunctions.scala
@@ -93,11 +93,18 @@ class VectorRDDFunctions(self: RDD[Vector]) extends Serializable {
 
   def minOption(cmp: (Vector, Vector) => Boolean) = maxMinOption(!cmp(_, _))
 
-  def rowShrink(): RDD[Vector] = {
+  def rowShrink(): RDD[Vector] = self.filter(x => x.toArray.sum != 0)
+
+  def colShrink(): RDD[Vector] = {
+    val means = self.colMeans()
+    self.map( v => Vectors.dense(v.toArray.zip(means.toArray).filter{ case (x, m) => m != 0.0 }.map(_._1)))
+  }
+
+  def colShrinkWithFilter(): (RDD[Vector], RDD[Boolean]) = {
     ???
   }
 
-  def colShrink(): RDD[Vector] = {
+  def rowShrinkWithFilter(): (RDD[Vector], RDD[Boolean]) = {
     ???
   }
 }