diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/BaseScriptTransformationExec.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/BaseScriptTransformationExec.scala
index 1c87c48ae7cb..b66f94ae1107 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/BaseScriptTransformationExec.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/BaseScriptTransformationExec.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.execution
 
-import java.io.{BufferedReader, InputStream, InputStreamReader, OutputStream}
+import java.io._
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 
-import org.apache.spark.{SparkException, TaskContext}
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkException, SparkFiles, TaskContext}
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.{CatalystTypeConverters, InternalRow}
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ trait BaseScriptTransformationExec extends UnaryExecNode {
   protected def initProc: (OutputStream, Process, InputStream, CircularBuffer) = {
     val cmd = List("/bin/bash", "-c", script)
     val builder = new ProcessBuilder(cmd.asJava)
+      .directory(new File(SparkFiles.getRootDirectory()))
+    val path = System.getenv("PATH") + File.pathSeparator +
+      SparkFiles.getRootDirectory()
+    builder.environment().put("PATH", path)
 
     val proc = builder.start()
     val inputStream = proc.getInputStream
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/test_script.py b/sql/core/src/test/resources/test_script.py
index 82ef7b38f0c1..75b4f106d3a1 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/test_script.py
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/test_script.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#! /usr/bin/python
+
 # 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.
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/BaseScriptTransformationSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/BaseScriptTransformationSuite.scala
index cf9ee1ef6db7..a25e4b8f8ea0 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/BaseScriptTransformationSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/BaseScriptTransformationSuite.scala
@@ -470,6 +470,119 @@ abstract class BaseScriptTransformationSuite extends SparkPlanTest with SQLTestU
           Row("3\u00014\u00015") :: Nil)
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-33934: Add SparkFile's root dir to env property PATH") {
+    assume(TestUtils.testCommandAvailable("python"))
+    val scriptFilePath = copyAndGetResourceFile("test_script.py", ".py").getAbsoluteFile
+    withTempView("v") {
+      val df = Seq(
+        (1, "1", 1.0, BigDecimal(1.0), new Timestamp(1)),
+        (2, "2", 2.0, BigDecimal(2.0), new Timestamp(2)),
+        (3, "3", 3.0, BigDecimal(3.0), new Timestamp(3))
+      ).toDF("a", "b", "c", "d", "e") // Note column d's data type is Decimal(38, 18)
+      df.createTempView("v")
+
+      // test 'python /path/to/script.py' with local file
+      checkAnswer(
+        sql(
+          s"""
+             |SELECT
+             |TRANSFORM(a, b, c, d, e)
+             |  ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
+             |  FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
+             |  USING 'python $scriptFilePath' AS (a, b, c, d, e)
+             |  ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
+             |  FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
+             |FROM v
+        """.stripMargin), identity, df.select(
+          'a.cast("string"),
+          'b.cast("string"),
+          'c.cast("string"),
+          'd.cast("string"),
+          'e.cast("string")).collect())
+
+      // test '/path/to/script.py' with script not executable
+      val e1 = intercept[TestFailedException] {
+        checkAnswer(
+          sql(
+            s"""
+               |SELECT
+               |TRANSFORM(a, b, c, d, e)
+               |  ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
+               |  FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
+               |  USING '$scriptFilePath' AS (a, b, c, d, e)
+               |  ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
+               |  FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
+               |FROM v
+        """.stripMargin), identity, df.select(
+            'a.cast("string"),
+            'b.cast("string"),
+            'c.cast("string"),
+            'd.cast("string"),
+            'e.cast("string")).collect())
+      }.getMessage
+      assert(e1.contains("Permission denied"))
+
+      // test `/path/to/script.py' with script executable
+      scriptFilePath.setExecutable(true)
+      checkAnswer(
+        sql(
+          s"""
+             |SELECT
+             |TRANSFORM(a, b, c, d, e)
+             |  ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
+             |  FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
+             |  USING '$scriptFilePath' AS (a, b, c, d, e)
+             |  ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
+             |  FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
+             |FROM v
+        """.stripMargin), identity, df.select(
+          'a.cast("string"),
+          'b.cast("string"),
+          'c.cast("string"),
+          'd.cast("string"),
+          'e.cast("string")).collect())
+
+      scriptFilePath.setExecutable(false)
+      sql(s"ADD FILE ${scriptFilePath.getAbsolutePath}")
+
+      // test `script.py` when file added
+      checkAnswer(
+        sql(
+          s"""
+             |SELECT TRANSFORM(a, b, c, d, e)
+             |  ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
+             |  FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
+             |  USING '${scriptFilePath.getName}' AS (a, b, c, d, e)
+             |  ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
+             |  FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
+             |FROM v
+        """.stripMargin), identity, df.select(
+          'a.cast("string"),
+          'b.cast("string"),
+          'c.cast("string"),
+          'd.cast("string"),
+          'e.cast("string")).collect())
+
+      // test `python script.py` when file added
+      checkAnswer(
+        sql(
+          s"""
+             |SELECT TRANSFORM(a, b, c, d, e)
+             |  ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
+             |  FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
+             |  USING 'python ${scriptFilePath.getName}' AS (a, b, c, d, e)
+             |  ROW FORMAT DELIMITED
+             |  FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t'
+             |FROM v
+        """.stripMargin), identity, df.select(
+          'a.cast("string"),
+          'b.cast("string"),
+          'c.cast("string"),
+          'd.cast("string"),
+          'e.cast("string")).collect())
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 case class ExceptionInjectingOperator(child: SparkPlan) extends UnaryExecNode {