diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectors.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectors.scala
index 9d8437b068d5..dffd38217af5 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectors.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveInspectors.scala
@@ -817,6 +817,14 @@ private[hive] trait HiveInspectors {
     cache
   }
 
+  def wrap(
+    row: Array[Any],
+    wrappers: Array[(Any) => Any],
+    cache: Array[AnyRef],
+    dataTypes: Array[DataType]): Array[AnyRef] = {
+    wrap(row.toSeq, wrappers, cache, dataTypes)
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param dataType Catalyst data type
    * @return Hive java object inspector (recursively), not the Writable ObjectInspector
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/hiveUDFs.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/hiveUDFs.scala
index 32ade60e20d0..b08d89bb6099 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/hiveUDFs.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/hiveUDFs.scala
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ private[hive] case class HiveSimpleUDF(
     name: String, funcWrapper: HiveFunctionWrapper, children: Seq[Expression])
   extends Expression
   with HiveInspectors
-  with CodegenFallback
   with Logging
   with UserDefinedExpression {
 
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ private[hive] case class HiveSimpleUDF(
   lazy val function = funcWrapper.createFunction[UDF]()
 
   @transient
-  private lazy val method =
+  protected lazy val method =
     function.getResolver.getEvalMethod(children.map(_.dataType.toTypeInfo).asJava)
 
   @transient
@@ -77,22 +76,22 @@ private[hive] case class HiveSimpleUDF(
 
   // Create parameter converters
   @transient
-  private lazy val conversionHelper = new ConversionHelper(method, arguments)
+  protected lazy val conversionHelper = new ConversionHelper(method, arguments)
 
   override lazy val dataType = javaTypeToDataType(method.getGenericReturnType)
 
   @transient
-  private lazy val wrappers = children.map(x => wrapperFor(toInspector(x), x.dataType)).toArray
+  protected lazy val wrappers = children.map(x => wrapperFor(toInspector(x), x.dataType)).toArray
 
   @transient
   lazy val unwrapper = unwrapperFor(ObjectInspectorFactory.getReflectionObjectInspector(
     method.getGenericReturnType, ObjectInspectorOptions.JAVA))
 
   @transient
-  private lazy val cached: Array[AnyRef] = new Array[AnyRef](children.length)
+  protected lazy val cached: Array[AnyRef] = new Array[AnyRef](children.length)
 
   @transient
-  private lazy val inputDataTypes: Array[DataType] = children.map(_.dataType).toArray
+  protected lazy val inputDataTypes: Array[DataType] = children.map(_.dataType).toArray
 
   // TODO: Finish input output types.
   override def eval(input: InternalRow): Any = {
@@ -104,6 +103,67 @@ private[hive] case class HiveSimpleUDF(
     unwrapper(ret)
   }
 
+  protected def doGenCode(ctx: CodegenContext, ev: ExprCode): ExprCode = {
+    val refTerm = ctx.addReferenceObj("this", this)
+    val evals = children.map(_.genCode(ctx))
+    val resultType = CodeGenerator.boxedType(dataType)
+    val resultTerm = ctx.freshName("result")
+    val inputsTerm = ctx.freshName("inputs")
+    val inputsWrapTerm = ctx.freshName("inputsWrap")
+
+    val initInputs =
+      s"""
+         |Object[] $inputsTerm = new Object[${evals.size}];
+         |""".stripMargin
+
+    val setInputs = evals.zipWithIndex.map {
+      case (eval, i) =>
+        s"""
+           |if (${eval.isNull}) {
+           |  $inputsTerm[$i] = null;
+           |} else {
+           |  $inputsTerm[$i] = ${eval.value};
+           |}
+           |""".stripMargin
+    }
+
+    val inputsWrap = {
+      s"""
+         |Object[] $inputsWrapTerm = $refTerm.wrap($inputsTerm, $refTerm.wrappers(),
+         |  $refTerm.cached(), $refTerm.inputDataTypes());
+         |""".stripMargin
+    }
+
+    ev.copy(code =
+      code"""
+        |${evals.map(_.code).mkString("\n")}
+        |$initInputs
+        |${setInputs.mkString("\n")}
+        |$inputsWrap
+        |$resultType $resultTerm = null;
+        |boolean ${ev.isNull} = false;
+        |try {
+        |  $resultTerm = ($resultType) $refTerm.unwrapper().apply(
+        |    org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.FunctionRegistry.invoke(
+        |      $refTerm.method(),
+        |      $refTerm.function(),
+        |      $refTerm.conversionHelper().convertIfNecessary($inputsWrapTerm)));
+        |  ${ev.isNull} = $resultTerm == null;
+        |} catch (Throwable e) {
+        |  throw QueryExecutionErrors.failedExecuteUserDefinedFunctionError(
+        |    "${funcWrapper.functionClassName}",
+        |    "${children.map(_.dataType.catalogString).mkString(", ")}",
+        |    "${dataType.catalogString}",
+        |    e);
+        |}
+        |${CodeGenerator.javaType(dataType)} ${ev.value} = ${CodeGenerator.defaultValue(dataType)};
+        |if (!${ev.isNull}) {
+        |  ${ev.value} = $resultTerm;
+        |}
+        |""".stripMargin
+    )
+  }
+
   override def toString: String = {
     s"$nodeName#${funcWrapper.functionClassName}(${children.mkString(",")})"
   }
@@ -194,6 +254,7 @@ private[hive] case class HiveGenericUDF(
 
   override protected def withNewChildrenInternal(newChildren: IndexedSeq[Expression]): Expression =
     copy(children = newChildren)
+
   override protected def doGenCode(ctx: CodegenContext, ev: ExprCode): ExprCode = {
     val refTerm = ctx.addReferenceObj("this", this)
     val childrenEvals = children.map(_.genCode(ctx))
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveUDFSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveUDFSuite.scala
index baa25843d48b..8fb9209f9cb4 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveUDFSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveUDFSuite.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.UDF
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.HiveException
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.udf.{UDAFPercentile, UDFType}
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.udf.generic._
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.udf.generic.GenericUDF.DeferredObject
@@ -743,6 +744,38 @@ class HiveUDFSuite extends QueryTest with TestHiveSingleton with SQLTestUtils {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-42052: HiveSimpleUDF Codegen Support") {
+    withUserDefinedFunction("CodeGenHiveSimpleUDF" -> false) {
+      sql(s"CREATE FUNCTION CodeGenHiveSimpleUDF AS '${classOf[UDFStringString].getName}'")
+      withTable("HiveSimpleUDFTable") {
+        sql(s"create table HiveSimpleUDFTable as select 'Spark SQL' as v")
+        val df = sql("SELECT CodeGenHiveSimpleUDF('Hello', v) from HiveSimpleUDFTable")
+        val plan = df.queryExecution.executedPlan
+        assert(plan.isInstanceOf[WholeStageCodegenExec])
+        checkAnswer(df, Seq(Row("Hello Spark SQL")))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("SPARK-42052: HiveSimpleUDF Codegen Support w/ execution failure") {
+    withUserDefinedFunction("CodeGenHiveSimpleUDF" -> false) {
+      sql(s"CREATE FUNCTION CodeGenHiveSimpleUDF AS '${classOf[SimpleUDFAssertTrue].getName}'")
+      withTable("HiveSimpleUDFTable") {
+        sql(s"create table HiveSimpleUDFTable as select false as v")
+        val df = sql("SELECT CodeGenHiveSimpleUDF(v) from HiveSimpleUDFTable")
+        checkError(
+          exception = intercept[SparkException](df.collect()).getCause.asInstanceOf[SparkException],
+          errorClass = "FAILED_EXECUTE_UDF",
+          parameters = Map(
+            "functionName" -> s"${classOf[SimpleUDFAssertTrue].getName}",
+            "signature" -> "boolean",
+            "result" -> "boolean"
+          )
+        )
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 class TestPair(x: Int, y: Int) extends Writable with Serializable {
@@ -844,3 +877,12 @@ class ListFiles extends UDF {
     if (fileArray != null) Arrays.asList(fileArray: _*) else new ArrayList[String]()
   }
 }
+
+class SimpleUDFAssertTrue extends UDF {
+  def evaluate(condition: Boolean): Boolean = {
+    if (!condition) {
+      throw new HiveException("ASSERT_TRUE(): assertion failed.");
+    }
+    condition
+  }
+}