diff --git a/docs/running-on-kubernetes.md b/docs/running-on-kubernetes.md
index 5e23801e15b10..4286ab19eb3ad 100644
--- a/docs/running-on-kubernetes.md
+++ b/docs/running-on-kubernetes.md
@@ -768,6 +768,22 @@ from the other deployment modes. See the [configuration page](configuration.html
     <code>myIdentifier</code>. Multiple node selector keys can be added by setting multiple configurations with this prefix.
   </td>
 </tr>
+<tr>
+  <td><code>spark.executorEnv.[EnvironmentVariableName]</code></td> 
+  <td>(none)</td>
+  <td>
+    Add the environment variable specified by <code>EnvironmentVariableName</code> to
+    the Executor process. The user can specify multiple of these to set multiple environment variables.
+  </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+  <td><code>spark.kubernetes.driverEnv.[EnvironmentVariableName]</code></td> 
+  <td>(none)</td>
+  <td>
+    Add the environment variable specified by <code>EnvironmentVariableName</code> to
+    the Driver process. The user can specify multiple of these to set multiple environment variables.
+  </td>
+</tr>
 </table>
 
 
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/config.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/config.scala
index f9c4c9c6a1e18..6e1633f6a63cb 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/config.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/config.scala
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ package object config extends Logging {
       .stringConf
       .createOptional
 
+  private[spark] val KUBERNETES_DRIVER_ENV_KEY = "spark.kubernetes.driverEnv."
+
   private[spark] val KUBERNETES_DRIVER_ANNOTATIONS =
     ConfigBuilder("spark.kubernetes.driver.annotations")
       .doc("Custom annotations that will be added to the driver pod. This should be a" +
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/submitsteps/BaseDriverConfigurationStep.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/submitsteps/BaseDriverConfigurationStep.scala
index b3f509b44054e..a8539e0772163 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/submitsteps/BaseDriverConfigurationStep.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/submitsteps/BaseDriverConfigurationStep.scala
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ private[spark] class BaseDriverConfigurationStep(
     require(!driverCustomAnnotations.contains(SPARK_APP_NAME_ANNOTATION),
         s"Annotation with key $SPARK_APP_NAME_ANNOTATION is not allowed as it is reserved for" +
             s" Spark bookkeeping operations.")
+
+    val driverCustomEnvs = submissionSparkConf.getAllWithPrefix(KUBERNETES_DRIVER_ENV_KEY).toSeq
+      .map(env => new EnvVarBuilder()
+        .withName(env._1)
+        .withValue(env._2)
+        .build())
+
     val allDriverAnnotations = driverCustomAnnotations ++ Map(SPARK_APP_NAME_ANNOTATION -> appName)
     val nodeSelector = ConfigurationUtils.parsePrefixedKeyValuePairs(
       submissionSparkConf, KUBERNETES_NODE_SELECTOR_PREFIX, "node selector")
@@ -91,6 +98,7 @@ private[spark] class BaseDriverConfigurationStep(
       .withName(DRIVER_CONTAINER_NAME)
       .withImage(driverDockerImage)
       .withImagePullPolicy(dockerImagePullPolicy)
+      .addAllToEnv(driverCustomEnvs.asJava)
       .addToEnv(driverExtraClasspathEnv.toSeq: _*)
       .addNewEnv()
         .withName(ENV_DRIVER_MEMORY)
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/kubernetes/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/kubernetes/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend.scala
index a50a9c8bb9c3b..4eae6ee3184ba 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/kubernetes/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/kubernetes/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ private[spark] class KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend(
         .withValue(cp)
         .build()
     }
-    val requiredEnv = Seq(
+    val requiredEnv = (Seq(
       (ENV_EXECUTOR_PORT, executorPort.toString),
       (ENV_DRIVER_URL, driverUrl),
       // Executor backend expects integral value for executor cores, so round it up to an int.
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ private[spark] class KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend(
       (ENV_EXECUTOR_MEMORY, executorMemoryString),
       (ENV_APPLICATION_ID, applicationId()),
       (ENV_EXECUTOR_ID, executorId),
-      (ENV_MOUNTED_CLASSPATH, s"$executorJarsDownloadDir/*"))
+      (ENV_MOUNTED_CLASSPATH, s"$executorJarsDownloadDir/*")) ++ sc.executorEnvs.toSeq)
       .map(env => new EnvVarBuilder()
         .withName(env._1)
         .withValue(env._2)
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/submitsteps/BaseDriverConfigurationStepSuite.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/submitsteps/BaseDriverConfigurationStepSuite.scala
index c7d80a16a1532..4520c40ec81c1 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/submitsteps/BaseDriverConfigurationStepSuite.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/submitsteps/BaseDriverConfigurationStepSuite.scala
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ private[spark] class BaseDriverConfigurationStepSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
   private val CUSTOM_ANNOTATION_VALUE = "customAnnotationValue"
   private val DEPRECATED_CUSTOM_ANNOTATION_KEY = "customAnnotationDeprecated"
   private val DEPRECATED_CUSTOM_ANNOTATION_VALUE = "customAnnotationDeprecatedValue"
+  private val DRIVER_CUSTOM_ENV_KEY1 = "customDriverEnv1"
+  private val DRIVER_CUSTOM_ENV_KEY2 = "customDriverEnv2"
 
   test("Set all possible configurations from the user.") {
     val sparkConf = new SparkConf()
@@ -49,6 +51,9 @@ private[spark] class BaseDriverConfigurationStepSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
         .set(s"spark.kubernetes.driver.annotation.$CUSTOM_ANNOTATION_KEY", CUSTOM_ANNOTATION_VALUE)
         .set("spark.kubernetes.driver.annotations",
             s"$DEPRECATED_CUSTOM_ANNOTATION_KEY=$DEPRECATED_CUSTOM_ANNOTATION_VALUE")
+        .set(s"$KUBERNETES_DRIVER_ENV_KEY$DRIVER_CUSTOM_ENV_KEY1", "customDriverEnv1")
+        .set(s"$KUBERNETES_DRIVER_ENV_KEY$DRIVER_CUSTOM_ENV_KEY2", "customDriverEnv2")
+
     val submissionStep = new BaseDriverConfigurationStep(
         APP_ID,
         RESOURCE_NAME_PREFIX,
@@ -74,11 +79,13 @@ private[spark] class BaseDriverConfigurationStepSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
         .asScala
         .map(env => (env.getName, env.getValue))
         .toMap
-    assert(envs.size === 4)
+    assert(envs.size === 6)
     assert(envs(ENV_SUBMIT_EXTRA_CLASSPATH) === "/opt/spark/spark-exmaples.jar")
     assert(envs(ENV_DRIVER_MEMORY) === "456m")
     assert(envs(ENV_DRIVER_MAIN_CLASS) === MAIN_CLASS)
     assert(envs(ENV_DRIVER_ARGS) === "arg1 arg2")
+    assert(envs(DRIVER_CUSTOM_ENV_KEY1) === "customDriverEnv1")
+    assert(envs(DRIVER_CUSTOM_ENV_KEY2) === "customDriverEnv2")
     val resourceRequirements = preparedDriverSpec.driverContainer.getResources
     val requests = resourceRequirements.getRequests.asScala
     assert(requests("cpu").getAmount === "2")