diff --git a/assembly/build.gradle b/assembly/build.gradle
index 63db32e3e41f6..0d81f789eb05b 100644
--- a/assembly/build.gradle
+++ b/assembly/build.gradle
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ dependencies {
   compile project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-streaming_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
   compile project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-streaming-kafka-0.8_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
   compile project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-streaming-kafka-0.10_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
+  compile project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-sql-kafka-0.10_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
   compile project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-yarn_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
   compile project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-mllib_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
   compile project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-graphx_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 32a55761bbec3..ebeff567df64d 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ dependencies {
   }
   compile group: 'org.apache.ivy', name: 'ivy', version: '2.4.0'
   compile group: 'oro', name: 'oro', version: '2.0.8'
-  compile(group: 'net.razorvine', name: 'pyrolite', version: '4.9') {
+  compile(group: 'net.razorvine', name: 'pyrolite', version: '4.13') {
     exclude(group: 'net.razorvine', module: 'serpent')
   }
   compile group: 'net.sf.py4j', name: 'py4j', version: '0.10.1'
diff --git a/external/kafka-0-10-sql/build.gradle b/external/kafka-0-10-sql/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..45108783e735d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/kafka-0-10-sql/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 SnappyData, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
+ * may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
+ * may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+ * implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+ * permissions and limitations under the License. See accompanying
+ * LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+description = 'Kafka 0.10 Source for Structured Streaming'
+
+dependencies {
+  compile project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-tags_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
+  provided project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-core_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
+  provided project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-catalyst_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
+  provided project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-sql_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
+
+  compile group: 'org.apache.kafka', name: 'kafka-clients', version: '0.10.0.1'
+
+  testCompile project(path: subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-core_' + scalaBinaryVersion, configuration: 'testOutput')
+  testCompile project(path: subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-catalyst_' + scalaBinaryVersion, configuration: 'testOutput')
+  testCompile project(path: subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-sql_' + scalaBinaryVersion, configuration: 'testOutput')
+  testCompile group: 'org.apache.kafka', name: 'kafka_' + scalaBinaryVersion, version: '0.10.0.1'
+  testCompile group: 'net.sf.jopt-simple', name: 'jopt-simple', version: '3.2'
+}
diff --git a/external/kafka-0-10/build.gradle b/external/kafka-0-10/build.gradle
index d5dc6611a97f0..9b6db7851f1d4 100644
--- a/external/kafka-0-10/build.gradle
+++ b/external/kafka-0-10/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ description = 'Spark Integration for Kafka 0.10'
 
 dependencies {
   compile project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-tags_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
-  compile project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-streaming_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
+  provided project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-core_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
+  provided project(subprojectBase + 'snappy-spark-streaming_' + scalaBinaryVersion)
 
   compile(group: 'org.apache.kafka', name: 'kafka_' + scalaBinaryVersion, version: '0.10.0.1') {
     exclude(group: 'com.sun.jmx', module: 'jmxri')
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index ca33d18d94bf5..7150a225b3de3 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ include ':snappy-spark-streaming-flume_' + scalaBinaryVersion
 include ':snappy-spark-streaming-flume-sink_' + scalaBinaryVersion
 include ':snappy-spark-streaming-kafka-0.8_' + scalaBinaryVersion
 include ':snappy-spark-streaming-kafka-0.10_' + scalaBinaryVersion
+include ':snappy-spark-sql-kafka-0.10_' + scalaBinaryVersion
 include ':snappy-spark-examples_' + scalaBinaryVersion
 include ':snappy-spark-repl_' + scalaBinaryVersion
 include ':snappy-spark-launcher_' + scalaBinaryVersion
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ project(':snappy-spark-streaming-flume_' + scalaBinaryVersion).projectDir = "$ro
 project(':snappy-spark-streaming-flume-sink_' + scalaBinaryVersion).projectDir = "$rootDir/external/flume-sink" as File
 project(':snappy-spark-streaming-kafka-0.8_' + scalaBinaryVersion).projectDir = "$rootDir/external/kafka-0-8" as File
 project(':snappy-spark-streaming-kafka-0.10_' + scalaBinaryVersion).projectDir = "$rootDir/external/kafka-0-10" as File
+project(':snappy-spark-sql-kafka-0.10_' + scalaBinaryVersion).projectDir = "$rootDir/external/kafka-0-10-sql" as File
 project(':snappy-spark-examples_' + scalaBinaryVersion).projectDir = "$rootDir/examples" as File
 project(':snappy-spark-repl_' + scalaBinaryVersion).projectDir = "$rootDir/repl" as File
 project(':snappy-spark-launcher_' + scalaBinaryVersion).projectDir = "$rootDir/launcher" as File
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/basicPhysicalOperators.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/basicPhysicalOperators.scala
index 15668c95a7b9a..d95734e06660a 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/basicPhysicalOperators.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/basicPhysicalOperators.scala
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ case class FilterExec(condition: Expression, child: SparkPlan)
     s"""
        |$generated
        |$nullChecks
-       |$numOutput.add(1);
+       |$numOutput.addLong(1);
        |${consume(ctx, resultVars)}
      """.stripMargin
   }
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ case class SampleExec(
       s"""
          | int $samplingCount = $sampler.sample();
          | while ($samplingCount-- > 0) {
-         |   $numOutput.add(1);
+         |   $numOutput.addLong(1);
          |   ${consume(ctx, input)}
          | }
        """.stripMargin.trim
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ case class SampleExec(
 
       s"""
          | if ($sampler.sample() == 0) continue;
-         | $numOutput.add(1);
+         | $numOutput.addLong(1);
          | ${consume(ctx, input)}
        """.stripMargin.trim
     }
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ case class RangeExec(range: org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.Range)
         |     $partitionEnd = end.longValue();
         |   }
         |
-        |   $numOutput.add(($partitionEnd - $number) / ${step}L);
+        |   $numOutput.addLong(($partitionEnd - $number) / ${step}L);
         | }
        """.stripMargin)
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/metric/SQLMetrics.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/metric/SQLMetrics.scala
index 8baf0bc6a879c..2d4bf03fd24b0 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/metric/SQLMetrics.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/metric/SQLMetrics.scala
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ final class SQLMetric(var metricType: String, initValue: Long = 0L)
 
   override def add(v: Long): Unit = _value += v
 
+  // avoid the runtime generic Object conversion of add(), value()
+  final def addLong(v: Long): Unit = _value += v
+
+  final def longValue: Long = _value
+
   def +=(v: Long): Unit = _value += v
 
   override def value: Long = _value