diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/recommendation/ALS.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/recommendation/ALS.scala
index 0955d3e6e1f8..efccdda71e27 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/recommendation/ALS.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/recommendation/ALS.scala
@@ -262,13 +262,16 @@ private[recommendation] trait ALSParams extends ALSModelParams with HasMaxIter w
  * @param rank rank of the matrix factorization model
  * @param userFactors a DataFrame that stores user factors in two columns: `id` and `features`
  * @param itemFactors a DataFrame that stores item factors in two columns: `id` and `features`
+ * @param blockSize number of records for each block, adjust this parameter to improve
+ *                  the efficiency of cartesian product
  */
 @Since("1.3.0")
 class ALSModel private[ml] (
     @Since("1.4.0") override val uid: String,
     @Since("1.4.0") val rank: Int,
     @transient val userFactors: DataFrame,
-    @transient val itemFactors: DataFrame)
+    @transient val itemFactors: DataFrame,
+    @Since("2.2.0") var blockSize: Int = 4096)
   extends Model[ALSModel] with ALSModelParams with MLWritable {
 
   /** @group setParam */
@@ -283,6 +286,13 @@ class ALSModel private[ml] (
   @Since("1.3.0")
   def setPredictionCol(value: String): this.type = set(predictionCol, value)
 
+  /** @group setParam */
+  @Since("2.2.0")
+  def setBlockSize(blockSize: Int): this.type = {
+    this.blockSize = blockSize
+    this
+  }
+
   /** @group expertSetParam */
   @Since("2.2.0")
   def setColdStartStrategy(value: String): this.type = set(coldStartStrategy, value)
@@ -341,7 +351,7 @@ class ALSModel private[ml] (
    */
   @Since("2.2.0")
   def recommendForAllUsers(numItems: Int): DataFrame = {
-    recommendForAll(userFactors, itemFactors, $(userCol), $(itemCol), numItems)
+    recommendForAll(userFactors, itemFactors, $(userCol), $(itemCol), numItems, blockSize)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -352,7 +362,7 @@ class ALSModel private[ml] (
    */
   @Since("2.2.0")
   def recommendForAllItems(numUsers: Int): DataFrame = {
-    recommendForAll(itemFactors, userFactors, $(itemCol), $(userCol), numUsers)
+    recommendForAll(itemFactors, userFactors, $(itemCol), $(userCol), numUsers, blockSize)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -375,6 +385,7 @@ class ALSModel private[ml] (
    * @param srcOutputColumn name of the column for the source ID in the output DataFrame
    * @param dstOutputColumn name of the column for the destination ID in the output DataFrame
    * @param num max number of recommendations for each record
+   * @param blockSize number of records for each block
    * @return a DataFrame of (srcOutputColumn: Int, recommendations), where recommendations are
    *         stored as an array of (dstOutputColumn: Int, rating: Float) Rows.
    */
@@ -383,11 +394,12 @@ class ALSModel private[ml] (
       dstFactors: DataFrame,
       srcOutputColumn: String,
       dstOutputColumn: String,
-      num: Int): DataFrame = {
+      num: Int,
+      blockSize: Int = 4096): DataFrame = {
     import srcFactors.sparkSession.implicits._
 
-    val srcFactorsBlocked = blockify(srcFactors.as[(Int, Array[Float])])
-    val dstFactorsBlocked = blockify(dstFactors.as[(Int, Array[Float])])
+    val srcFactorsBlocked = blockify(srcFactors.as[(Int, Array[Float])], blockSize)
+    val dstFactorsBlocked = blockify(dstFactors.as[(Int, Array[Float])], blockSize)
     val ratings = srcFactorsBlocked.crossJoin(dstFactorsBlocked)
       .as[(Seq[(Int, Array[Float])], Seq[(Int, Array[Float])])]
       .flatMap { case (srcIter, dstIter) =>
@@ -425,7 +437,6 @@ class ALSModel private[ml] (
 
   /**
    * Blockifies factors to improve the efficiency of cross join
-   * TODO: SPARK-20443 - expose blockSize as a param?
    */
   private def blockify(
       factors: Dataset[(Int, Array[Float])],
diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/recommendation/MatrixFactorizationModel.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/recommendation/MatrixFactorizationModel.scala
index ac709ad72f0c..8636d6b5c3de 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/recommendation/MatrixFactorizationModel.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/recommendation/MatrixFactorizationModel.scala
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.BoundedPriorityQueue
  *                     the features computed for this user.
  * @param productFeatures RDD of tuples where each tuple represents the productId
  *                        and the features computed for this product.
+ * @param blockSize Number of records for each block, adjust this parameter to improve
+ *                  the efficiency of cartesian product
  *
  * @note If you create the model directly using constructor, please be aware that fast prediction
  * requires cached user/product features and their associated partitioners.
@@ -55,7 +57,8 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.BoundedPriorityQueue
 class MatrixFactorizationModel @Since("0.8.0") (
     @Since("0.8.0") val rank: Int,
     @Since("0.8.0") val userFeatures: RDD[(Int, Array[Double])],
-    @Since("0.8.0") val productFeatures: RDD[(Int, Array[Double])])
+    @Since("0.8.0") val productFeatures: RDD[(Int, Array[Double])],
+    @Since("2.2.0") var blockSize: Int = 4096)
   extends Saveable with Serializable with Logging {
 
   require(rank > 0)
@@ -215,7 +218,8 @@ class MatrixFactorizationModel @Since("0.8.0") (
    */
   @Since("1.4.0")
   def recommendProductsForUsers(num: Int): RDD[(Int, Array[Rating])] = {
-    MatrixFactorizationModel.recommendForAll(rank, userFeatures, productFeatures, num).map {
+    MatrixFactorizationModel.recommendForAll(rank, userFeatures, productFeatures, num, blockSize)
+      .map {
       case (user, top) =>
         val ratings = top.map { case (product, rating) => Rating(user, product, rating) }
         (user, ratings)
@@ -233,12 +237,20 @@ class MatrixFactorizationModel @Since("0.8.0") (
    */
   @Since("1.4.0")
   def recommendUsersForProducts(num: Int): RDD[(Int, Array[Rating])] = {
-    MatrixFactorizationModel.recommendForAll(rank, productFeatures, userFeatures, num).map {
+    MatrixFactorizationModel.recommendForAll(rank, productFeatures, userFeatures, num, blockSize)
+      .map {
       case (product, top) =>
         val ratings = top.map { case (user, rating) => Rating(user, product, rating) }
         (product, ratings)
     }
   }
+
+  /** Sets blockSize, which will be used for recommendForAll. */
+  @Since("2.3.0")
+  def setBlockSize(blockSize: Int): this.type = {
+    this.blockSize = blockSize
+    this
+  }
 }
 
 @Since("1.3.0")
@@ -278,6 +290,7 @@ object MatrixFactorizationModel extends Loader[MatrixFactorizationModel] {
    * @param srcFeatures src features to receive recommendations
    * @param dstFeatures dst features used to make recommendations
    * @param num number of recommendations for each record
+   * @param blockSize number of records for each block
    * @return an RDD of (srcId: Int, recommendations), where recommendations are stored as an array
    *         of (dstId, rating) pairs.
    */
@@ -285,7 +298,8 @@ object MatrixFactorizationModel extends Loader[MatrixFactorizationModel] {
       rank: Int,
       srcFeatures: RDD[(Int, Array[Double])],
       dstFeatures: RDD[(Int, Array[Double])],
-      num: Int): RDD[(Int, Array[(Int, Double)])] = {
+      num: Int,
+      blockSize: Int = 4096): RDD[(Int, Array[(Int, Double)])] = {
     val srcBlocks = blockify(srcFeatures)
     val dstBlocks = blockify(dstFeatures)
     val ratings = srcBlocks.cartesian(dstBlocks).flatMap { case (srcIter, dstIter) =>
@@ -313,7 +327,6 @@ object MatrixFactorizationModel extends Loader[MatrixFactorizationModel] {
 
   /**
    * Blockifies features to improve the efficiency of cartesian product
-   * TODO: SPARK-20443 - expose blockSize as a param?
    */
   private def blockify(
       features: RDD[(Int, Array[Double])],
diff --git a/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/recommendation/ALSSuite.scala b/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/recommendation/ALSSuite.scala
index 9d31e792633c..faf5153ad7be 100644
--- a/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/recommendation/ALSSuite.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/ml/recommendation/ALSSuite.scala
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ class ALSSuite
     Seq(2, 4, 6).foreach { k =>
       val n = math.min(k, numItems).toInt
       val expectedUpToN = expected.mapValues(_.slice(0, n))
-      val topItems = model.recommendForAllUsers(k)
+      val topItems = model.setBlockSize(2048).recommendForAllUsers(k)
       assert(topItems.count() == numUsers)
       assert(topItems.columns.contains("user"))
       checkRecommendations(topItems, expectedUpToN, "item")
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ class ALSSuite
     Seq(2, 3, 4).foreach { k =>
       val n = math.min(k, numUsers).toInt
       val expectedUpToN = expected.mapValues(_.slice(0, n))
-      val topUsers = getALSModel.recommendForAllItems(k)
+      val topUsers = getALSModel.setBlockSize(2048).recommendForAllItems(k)
       assert(topUsers.count() == numItems)
       assert(topUsers.columns.contains("item"))
       checkRecommendations(topUsers, expectedUpToN, "user")
diff --git a/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/recommendation/MatrixFactorizationModelSuite.scala b/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/recommendation/MatrixFactorizationModelSuite.scala
index 2c8ed057a516..9bce5c45044a 100644
--- a/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/recommendation/MatrixFactorizationModelSuite.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/recommendation/MatrixFactorizationModelSuite.scala
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class MatrixFactorizationModelSuite extends SparkFunSuite with MLlibTestSparkCon
   test("batch predict API recommendProductsForUsers") {
     val model = new MatrixFactorizationModel(rank, userFeatures, prodFeatures)
     val topK = 10
-    val recommendations = model.recommendProductsForUsers(topK).collectAsMap()
+    val recommendations = model.setBlockSize(2048).recommendProductsForUsers(topK).collectAsMap()
 
     assert(recommendations(0)(0).rating ~== 17.0 relTol 1e-14)
     assert(recommendations(1)(0).rating ~== 39.0 relTol 1e-14)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class MatrixFactorizationModelSuite extends SparkFunSuite with MLlibTestSparkCon
   test("batch predict API recommendUsersForProducts") {
     val model = new MatrixFactorizationModel(rank, userFeatures, prodFeatures)
     val topK = 10
-    val recommendations = model.recommendUsersForProducts(topK).collectAsMap()
+    val recommendations = model.setBlockSize(2048).recommendUsersForProducts(topK).collectAsMap()
 
     assert(recommendations(2)(0).user == 1)
     assert(recommendations(2)(0).rating ~== 39.0 relTol 1e-14)
diff --git a/project/MimaExcludes.scala b/project/MimaExcludes.scala
index 3cc089dcede3..7e85d40b1c49 100644
--- a/project/MimaExcludes.scala
+++ b/project/MimaExcludes.scala
@@ -1008,6 +1008,10 @@ object MimaExcludes {
       ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleResultTypeProblem]("org.apache.spark.ml.classification.RandomForestClassificationModel.setFeatureSubsetStrategy"),
       ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleResultTypeProblem]("org.apache.spark.ml.regression.RandomForestRegressionModel.numTrees"),
       ProblemFilters.exclude[IncompatibleResultTypeProblem]("org.apache.spark.ml.regression.RandomForestRegressionModel.setFeatureSubsetStrategy")
+    ) ++ Seq(
+      // [SPARK-20443] The blockSize of MLLIB ALS should be setting by the User
+      ProblemFilters.exclude[DirectMissingMethodProblem]("org.apache.spark.ml.recommendation.ALSModel.this"),
+      ProblemFilters.exclude[DirectMissingMethodProblem]("org.apache.spark.mllib.recommendation.MatrixFactorizationModel.this")
     )
   }