diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/JavaSparkHiveExample.java b/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/JavaSparkHiveExample.java
index 575a463e8725..7639fb8d84fb 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/JavaSparkHiveExample.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/JavaSparkHiveExample.java
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
     // ...
     // $example off:spark_hive$
 
+    // Hive serde's are also supported with serde properties.
+	String sqlQuery = "CREATE TABLE src_serde(key decimal(38,18), value int) USING hive" +
+      " OPTIONS (SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.RegexSerDe', input.regex '([^ ]*) ([^ ]*)')";
+	spark.sql(sqlQuery);
+	spark.sql("LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH 'examples/src/main/resources/kv7.txt' INTO TABLE src_serde");
+	// Executed the data with the specified serde properties.
+	spark.sql("SELECT key, value FROM src_serde ORDER BY key, value").show();
     spark.stop();
   }
 }
diff --git a/examples/src/main/python/sql/hive.py b/examples/src/main/python/sql/hive.py
index 1f83a6fb48b9..b437c89ae26c 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/python/sql/hive.py
+++ b/examples/src/main/python/sql/hive.py
@@ -92,5 +92,13 @@
     # |  5| val_5|  5| val_5|
     # ...
     # $example off:spark_hive$
+    
+    # Hive serde's are also supported with serde properties.
+    sqlQuery = """CREATE TABLE src_serde(key decimal(38,18), value int) USING hive
+      OPTIONS (SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.RegexSerDe', input.regex '([^ ]*) ([^ ]*)')"""
+    spark.sql(sqlQuery)
+    spark.sql("LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH 'examples/src/main/resources/kv7.txt' INTO TABLE src_serde")
+    # Executed the data with the specified serde properties.
+    spark.sql("SELECT key, value FROM src_serde ORDER BY key, value").show()
 
     spark.stop()
diff --git a/examples/src/main/resources/kv7.txt b/examples/src/main/resources/kv7.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b83c46099bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/src/main/resources/kv7.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+-4400 4400
+1E+99 0
+1E-99 0
+0 0
+100 100
+10 10
+1 1
+0.1 0
+0.01 0
+200 200
+20 20
+2 2
+0 0
+0.2 0
+0.02 0
+0.3 0
+0.33 0
+0.333 0
+-0.3 0
+-0.33 0
+-0.333 0
+1.0 1
+2 2
+3.14 3
+-1.12 -1
+-1.12 -1
+-1.122 -11
+1.12 1
+1.122 1
+124.00 124
+125.2 125
+-1255.49 -1255
+3.14 3
+3.14 3
+3.140 4
+0.9999999999999999999999999 1
+-1234567890.1234567890 -1234567890
+1234567890.1234567800 1234567890
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/SparkHiveExample.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/SparkHiveExample.scala
index e5f75d53edc8..4f94a149bfbc 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/SparkHiveExample.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/hive/SparkHiveExample.scala
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ object SparkHiveExample {
     // ...
     // $example off:spark_hive$
 
+    // Hive serde's are also supported with serde properties.
+    val sqlQuery = "CREATE TABLE src_serde(key decimal(38,18), value int) USING hive" +
+      " OPTIONS (SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.RegexSerDe', input.regex '([^ ]*) ([^ ]*)')"
+    sql(sqlQuery)
+    sql("LOAD DATA LOCAL INPATH 'examples/src/main/resources/kv7.txt' INTO TABLE src_serde")
+    // Executed the data with the specified serde properties.
+    sql("SELECT key, value FROM src_serde ORDER BY key, value").show()
     spark.stop()
   }
 }