diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodFactory.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodFactory.scala
index 066d7e9f70ca..bcacb3934d36 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodFactory.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodFactory.scala
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ private[spark] class ExecutorPodFactory(
   private val executorCores = sparkConf.getDouble("spark.executor.cores", 1)
   private val executorLimitCores = sparkConf.get(KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR_LIMIT_CORES)
 
+  private val executorJarsDownloadDir = sparkConf.get(JARS_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION)
+
   /**
    * Configure and construct an executor pod with the given parameters.
    */
@@ -145,7 +147,8 @@ private[spark] class ExecutorPodFactory(
       (ENV_EXECUTOR_CORES, math.ceil(executorCores).toInt.toString),
       (ENV_EXECUTOR_MEMORY, executorMemoryString),
       (ENV_APPLICATION_ID, applicationId),
-      (ENV_EXECUTOR_ID, executorId)) ++ executorEnvs)
+      (ENV_EXECUTOR_ID, executorId),
+      (ENV_MOUNTED_CLASSPATH, s"$executorJarsDownloadDir/*")) ++ executorEnvs)
       .map(env => new EnvVarBuilder()
         .withName(env._1)
         .withValue(env._2)
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodFactorySuite.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodFactorySuite.scala
index 884da8aabd88..7cfbe54c9539 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodFactorySuite.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorPodFactorySuite.scala
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ class ExecutorPodFactorySuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Bef
       ENV_EXECUTOR_CORES -> "1",
       ENV_EXECUTOR_MEMORY -> "1g",
       ENV_APPLICATION_ID -> "dummy",
-      ENV_EXECUTOR_POD_IP -> null) ++ additionalEnvVars
+      ENV_EXECUTOR_POD_IP -> null,
+      ENV_MOUNTED_CLASSPATH -> "/var/spark-data/spark-jars/*") ++ additionalEnvVars
 
     assert(executor.getSpec.getContainers.size() === 1)
     assert(executor.getSpec.getContainers.get(0).getEnv.size() === defaultEnvs.size)