diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b57efb74e..dba642930 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 target
 Cargo.lock
+/venv
 .idea
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
diff --git a/datafusion/tests/test_dataframe.py b/datafusion/tests/test_dataframe.py
index bed0a91a6..30506a7c6 100644
--- a/datafusion/tests/test_dataframe.py
+++ b/datafusion/tests/test_dataframe.py
@@ -156,6 +156,30 @@ def test_join():
     assert table.to_pydict() == expected
 
 
+def test_distinct():
+    ctx = SessionContext()
+
+    batch = pa.RecordBatch.from_arrays(
+        [pa.array([1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]), pa.array([4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 6])],
+        names=["a", "b"],
+    )
+    df_a = (
+        ctx.create_dataframe([[batch]])
+        .distinct()
+        .sort(column("a").sort(ascending=True))
+    )
+
+    batch = pa.RecordBatch.from_arrays(
+        [pa.array([1, 2, 3]), pa.array([4, 5, 6])],
+        names=["a", "b"],
+    )
+    df_b = ctx.create_dataframe([[batch]]).sort(
+        column("a").sort(ascending=True)
+    )
+
+    assert df_a.collect() == df_b.collect()
+
+
 def test_window_lead(df):
     df = df.select(
         column("a"),
diff --git a/src/dataframe.rs b/src/dataframe.rs
index 80963f7f0..87f38c170 100644
--- a/src/dataframe.rs
+++ b/src/dataframe.rs
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ impl PyDataFrame {
         Ok(pretty::print_batches(&batches)?)
     }
 
+    /// Filter out duplicate rows
+    fn distinct(&self) -> PyResult<Self> {
+        let df = self.df.distinct()?;
+        Ok(Self::new(df))
+    }
+
     fn join(
         &self,
         right: PyDataFrame,
@@ -147,7 +153,7 @@ impl PyDataFrame {
                     "The join type {} does not exist or is not implemented",
                     how
                 ))
-                .into())
+                .into());
             }
         };