diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/PingDatasource.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/PingDatasource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..480f3c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/PingDatasource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.app.function;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.api.IDatasourceFunction;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.DataSourceId;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.FunctionDataSource;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.MetadataProvider;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.constraints.AlgebricksAbsolutePartitionConstraint;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.properties.INodeDomain;
+
+public class PingDatasource extends FunctionDataSource {
+
+    private static final DataSourceId PING_DATASOURCE_ID =
+            new DataSourceId(PingRewriter.PING.getNamespace(), PingRewriter.PING.getName());
+
+    public PingDatasource(INodeDomain domain) throws AlgebricksException {
+        super(PING_DATASOURCE_ID, domain);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected IDatasourceFunction createFunction(MetadataProvider metadataProvider,
+            AlgebricksAbsolutePartitionConstraint locations) {
+        return new PingFunction(locations);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/PingFunction.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/PingFunction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c37ed7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/PingFunction.java
@@ -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.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.app.function;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRecordReader;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.AbstractDatasourceFunction;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.constraints.AlgebricksAbsolutePartitionConstraint;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+
+public class PingFunction extends AbstractDatasourceFunction {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public PingFunction(AlgebricksAbsolutePartitionConstraint locations) {
+        super(locations);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IRecordReader<char[]> createRecordReader(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, int partition)
+            throws HyracksDataException {
+        return new PingReader(ctx.getJobletContext().getServiceContext().getNodeId());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/PingReader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/PingReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70a03ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/PingReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.app.function;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.external.api.IRawRecord;
+import org.apache.asterix.external.input.record.CharArrayRecord;
+
+public class PingReader extends FunctionReader {
+
+    private final String nodeId;
+    private boolean consumed = false;
+
+    public PingReader(String nodeId) {
+        this.nodeId = nodeId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasNext() throws Exception {
+        return !consumed;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IRawRecord<char[]> next() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        consumed = true;
+        CharArrayRecord record = new CharArrayRecord();
+        record.reset();
+        record.append(("{\"node\":\"" + nodeId + "\"}").toCharArray());
+        record.endRecord();
+        return record;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/PingRewriter.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/PingRewriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fab648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/app/function/PingRewriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.app.function;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.common.functions.FunctionConstants;
+import org.apache.asterix.metadata.declared.FunctionDataSource;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.IOptimizationContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.AbstractFunctionCallExpression;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+
+public class PingRewriter extends FunctionRewriter {
+
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier PING = new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS, "ping", 0);
+    public static final PingRewriter INSTANCE = new PingRewriter(PING);
+
+    private PingRewriter(FunctionIdentifier functionId) {
+        super(functionId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected FunctionDataSource toDatasource(IOptimizationContext context, AbstractFunctionCallExpression f)
+            throws AlgebricksException {
+        return new PingDatasource(context.getComputationNodeDomain());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/util/MetadataBuiltinFunctions.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/util/MetadataBuiltinFunctions.java
index c143a63..83ceec7 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/util/MetadataBuiltinFunctions.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/util/MetadataBuiltinFunctions.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.app.function.DatasetResourcesRewriter;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.function.DatasetRewriter;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.function.FeedRewriter;
+import org.apache.asterix.app.function.PingRewriter;
 import org.apache.asterix.app.function.StorageComponentsRewriter;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.utils.RecordUtil;
@@ -48,7 +49,11 @@
         BuiltinFunctions.addUnnestFun(StorageComponentsRewriter.STORAGE_COMPONENTS, false);
         BuiltinFunctions.addDatasourceFunction(StorageComponentsRewriter.STORAGE_COMPONENTS,
                 StorageComponentsRewriter.INSTANCE);
-
+        // Ping function
+        BuiltinFunctions.addPrivateFunction(PingRewriter.PING,
+                (expression, env, mp) -> RecordUtil.FULLY_OPEN_RECORD_TYPE, true);
+        BuiltinFunctions.addUnnestFun(PingRewriter.PING, true);
+        BuiltinFunctions.addDatasourceFunction(PingRewriter.PING, PingRewriter.INSTANCE);
     }
 
     private MetadataBuiltinFunctions() {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/ping/ping.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/ping/ping.1.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f4f062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/misc/ping/ping.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+set `import-private-functions` `true`;
+select value val from ping() val order by val.node;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/ping/ping.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/ping/ping.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53d479d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/misc/ping/ping.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{ "node": "asterix_nc1" }
+{ "node": "asterix_nc2" }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
index a8f15ab..8817bc8 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
@@ -3678,6 +3678,11 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="misc">
+      <compilation-unit name="ping">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">ping</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="misc">
       <compilation-unit name="case_01">
         <output-dir compare="Text">case_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>