diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
index 0f1b6539ee2..776c9e3f4ee 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/hbase/admin.rb
@@ -1383,6 +1383,16 @@ module Hbase
       @admin.modifyNamespace(nsb.build)
     end
 
+    #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Get namespace's rsgroup
+    def get_namespace_rsgroup(namespace_name)
+      # Fail if namespace name is not a string
+      raise(ArgumentError, 'Namespace name must be of type String') unless namespace_name.is_a?(String)
+      nsd = @admin.getNamespaceDescriptor(namespace_name)
+      raise(ArgumentError, 'Namespace does not exist') unless nsd
+      nsd.getConfigurationValue("hbase.rsgroup.name")
+    end
+
     #----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Drops a table
     def drop_namespace(namespace_name)
diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell.rb b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell.rb
index 96b7fe22995..889c143cd2c 100644
--- a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell.rb
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell.rb
@@ -627,5 +627,6 @@ Shell.load_command_group(
     rename_rsgroup
     alter_rsgroup_config
     show_rsgroup_config
+    get_namespace_rsgroup
   ]
 )
diff --git a/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/get_namespace_rsgroup.rb b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/get_namespace_rsgroup.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a4991d16943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/get_namespace_rsgroup.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+#
+
+module Shell
+  module Commands
+    class GetNamespaceRsgroup < Command
+      def help
+        <<-EOF
+Get the group name the given NameSpace is a member of.
+
+Example:
+
+  hbase> get_namespace_rsgroup 'namespace_name'
+
+EOF
+      end
+
+      def command(namespace_name)
+        group_name = admin.get_namespace_rsgroup(namespace_name)
+        unless group_name.nil?
+          formatter.row([group_name])
+        end
+        formatter.footer(1)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
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