diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/StringUtils.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/StringUtils.scala
index 643b83b1741ae..f4faa8c7d3612 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/StringUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/StringUtils.scala
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util
 
 import java.util.regex.{Pattern, PatternSyntaxException}
 
-import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
+import scala.collection.mutable
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.isNotBlank
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String
 
+
 object StringUtils {
 
   /**
@@ -90,12 +93,145 @@ object StringUtils {
     funcNames.toSeq
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Split the text into one or more SQLs with bracketed comments reserved
+   *
+   * Highlighted Corner Cases: semicolon in double quotes, single quotes or inline comments.
+   * Expected Behavior: The blanks will be trimed and a blank line will be omitted.
+   *
+   * @param text One or more SQLs separated by semicolons
+   * @return the trimmed SQL array (Array is for Java introp)
+   */
+  def split(text: String): Array[String] = {
+    val D_QUOTE: Char = '"'
+    val S_QUOTE: Char = '\''
+    val Q_QUOTE: Char = '`'
+    val SEMICOLON: Char = ';'
+    val ESCAPE: Char = '\\'
+    val DOT = '.'
+    val STAR = '*'
+    val DASH = '-'
+    val SINGLE_COMMENT = "--"
+    val BRACKETED_COMMENT_START = "/*"
+    val BRACKETED_COMMENT_END = "*/"
+    val FORWARD_SLASH = '/'
+
+    sealed trait Flag
+    case object Common extends Flag
+    trait Quote extends Flag {
+      def toChar: Char
+      def sameAs(quoteChar: Char): Boolean = { toChar == quoteChar }
+    }
+    object Quote {
+      def validate(quoteChar: Char): Boolean = {
+        List(D_QUOTE, S_QUOTE, Q_QUOTE).contains(quoteChar)
+      }
+
+      def apply(quoteChar: Char): Quote = quoteChar match {
+        case D_QUOTE => DoubleQuote
+        case S_QUOTE => SingleQuote
+        case Q_QUOTE => QuasiQuote
+        case _ =>
+          throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"$quoteChar is not a character for quoting")
+      }
+    }
+    trait Comment extends Flag
+    trait OpenAndClose {
+      def openBy(text: String): Boolean
+      def closeBy(text: String): Boolean
+    }
+    // the cursor stands on a doulbe quoted string
+    case object DoubleQuote extends Quote with OpenAndClose {
+      override def openBy(text: String): Boolean = text.startsWith(D_QUOTE.toString)
+      override def closeBy(text: String): Boolean = text.startsWith(D_QUOTE.toString)
+      override def toChar: Char = D_QUOTE
+    }
+    // the cursor stands on a quasiquoted string
+    case object QuasiQuote extends Quote with OpenAndClose {
+      override def openBy(text: String): Boolean = text.startsWith(Q_QUOTE.toString)
+      override def closeBy(text: String): Boolean = text.startsWith(Q_QUOTE.toString)
+      override def toChar: Char = Q_QUOTE
+    }
+    // the cursor stands on a single quoted string
+    case object SingleQuote extends Quote with OpenAndClose {
+      override def openBy(text: String): Boolean = text.startsWith(S_QUOTE.toString)
+      override def closeBy(text: String): Boolean = text.startsWith(S_QUOTE.toString)
+      override def toChar: Char = S_QUOTE
+    }
+    // the cursor stands in the SINGLE_COMMENT
+    case object SingleComment extends Comment {
+      def openBy(text: String): Boolean = text.startsWith(SINGLE_COMMENT)
+    }
+    // the cursor stands in the BRACKETED_COMMENT
+    case object BracketedComment extends Comment with OpenAndClose {
+      override def openBy(text: String): Boolean = text.startsWith(BRACKETED_COMMENT_START)
+      override def closeBy(text: String): Boolean = text.startsWith(BRACKETED_COMMENT_END)
+    }
+
+    var flag: Flag = Common
+    var cursor: Int = 0
+    val ret: mutable.ArrayBuffer[String] = mutable.ArrayBuffer()
+    var currentSQL: mutable.StringBuilder = mutable.StringBuilder.newBuilder
+
+    while (cursor < text.length) {
+      val current: Char = text(cursor)
+      val remaining = text.substring(cursor)
+
+      (flag, current) match {
+        // if it stands on the opening of a bracketed comment, consume 2 characters
+        case (Common, FORWARD_SLASH) if BracketedComment.openBy(remaining) =>
+          flag = BracketedComment
+          currentSQL.append(BRACKETED_COMMENT_START)
+          cursor += 2
+        // if it stands on the ending of a bracketed comment, consume 2 characters
+        case (BracketedComment, STAR) if BracketedComment.closeBy(remaining) =>
+          flag = Common
+          currentSQL.append(BRACKETED_COMMENT_END)
+          cursor += 2
+
+        // if it stands on the opening of inline comment, move cursor at the end of this line
+        case (Common, DASH) if SingleComment.openBy(remaining) =>
+          cursor += remaining.takeWhile(x => x != '\n').length
+
+        // if it stands on a normal semicolon, stage the current sql and move the cursor on
+        case (Common, SEMICOLON) =>
+          ret += currentSQL.toString.trim
+          currentSQL.clear()
+          cursor += 1
+
+        // if it stands on the openning of quotes, mark the flag and move on
+        case (Common, quoteChar) if Quote.validate(quoteChar) =>
+          flag = Quote(quoteChar)
+          currentSQL += current
+          cursor += 1
+        // if it stands on '\' in the quotes, consume 2 characters to avoid the ESCAPE of " or '
+        case (quote: Quote, ESCAPE) if remaining.length >= 2 =>
+          currentSQL.append(remaining.take(2))
+          cursor += 2
+        // if it stands on the ending of quotes, clear the flag and move on
+        case (quote: Quote, quoteChar) if quote.sameAs(quoteChar) =>
+          flag = Common
+          currentSQL += current
+          cursor += 1
+
+        // move on and push the char to the currentSQL
+        case _ =>
+          currentSQL += current
+          cursor += 1
+      }
+    }
+
+    ret += currentSQL.toString.trim
+    ret.filter(isNotBlank).toArray
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Concatenation of sequence of strings to final string with cheap append method
    * and one memory allocation for the final string.
    */
   class StringConcat {
-    private val strings = new ArrayBuffer[String]
+    private val strings = new mutable.ArrayBuffer[String]
     private var length: Int = 0
 
     /**
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/StringUtilsSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/StringUtilsSuite.scala
index 616ec12032dbd..14d1e79e07906 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/StringUtilsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/StringUtilsSuite.scala
@@ -44,6 +44,74 @@ class StringUtilsSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     assert(filterPattern(names, " d* ") === Nil)
   }
 
+  test("split the SQL text") {
+    val statement = "select * from tmp.dada;"
+    assert(StringUtils.split(statement) === Array("select * from tmp.dada"))
+
+    // blanks will be omitted
+    val statements = " select * from tmp.data;;select * from tmp.ata;"
+    assert(StringUtils.split(statements) ===
+      Array("select * from tmp.data", "select * from tmp.ata"))
+
+    val escapedSingleQuote =
+      raw"""
+           |select "\';"
+         """.stripMargin.trim
+    val escapedDoubleQuote =
+      raw"""
+           |select "\";"
+         """.stripMargin.trim
+    assert(StringUtils.split(escapedSingleQuote) === Array(escapedSingleQuote))
+    assert(StringUtils.split(escapedDoubleQuote) === Array(escapedDoubleQuote))
+
+    val semicolonInDoubleQuotes =
+      """
+        |select "^;^"
+      """.stripMargin.trim
+    val semicolonInSingleQuotes =
+      """
+        |select '^;^'
+      """.stripMargin.trim
+    assert(StringUtils.split(semicolonInDoubleQuotes) === Array(semicolonInDoubleQuotes))
+    assert(StringUtils.split(semicolonInSingleQuotes) === Array(semicolonInSingleQuotes))
+
+    val inlineComments =
+      """
+        |select 1; --;;;;;;;;
+        |select "---";
+      """.stripMargin
+    val select1 = "select 1"
+    val selectComments =
+      """
+        |select "---"
+      """.stripMargin.trim
+    assert(StringUtils.split(inlineComments) === Array(select1, selectComments))
+
+    val bracketedComment1 = "select 1 /*;*/" // Good
+    assert(StringUtils.split(bracketedComment1) === Array(bracketedComment1))
+    val bracketedComment2 = "select 1 /* /* ; */" // Good
+    assert(StringUtils.split(bracketedComment2) === Array(bracketedComment2))
+    val bracketedComment3 = "select 1 /* */ ; */" // Bad
+    assert(StringUtils.split(bracketedComment3).head === "select 1 /* */")
+    val bracketedComment4 = "select 1 /**/  ; /* */" // Good
+    assert(StringUtils.split(bracketedComment4).head === "select 1 /**/")
+    val bracketedComment5 = "select 1 /**/ ; /**/" // Good
+    assert(StringUtils.split(bracketedComment5).head === "select 1 /**/")
+    val bracketedComment6 = "select /* bla bla */ 1" // Hints are reserved
+    assert(StringUtils.split(bracketedComment6).head === bracketedComment6)
+
+    val qQuote1 = "select 1 as `;`" // Good
+    assert(StringUtils.split(qQuote1) === Array(qQuote1))
+    val qQuote2 = "select 1 as ``;`" // Bad
+    assert(StringUtils.split(qQuote2) === Array("select 1 as ``", "`"))
+
+    // The splitter rule of the following two cases does not match the actual antlr4 rule
+    // We should not make the splitter two complicated
+    // val bracketedComment6 = "select 1 /**/ ; */" // Good
+    // val bracketedComment7 = "select 1 /* */ ; /* */" // Bad
+    // val qQuote3 = "select 1 as ```;`" // Good
+  }
+
   test("string concatenation") {
     def concat(seq: String*): String = {
       seq.foldLeft(new StringConcat())((acc, s) => {acc.append(s); acc}).toString
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml b/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml
index 4a4629fae2706..1e519ae6aacd7 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/pom.xml
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@
       <artifactId>selenium-htmlunit-driver</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
       <artifactId>spark-sql_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriver.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriver.scala
index 463cf1680efde..9cfdc4e3258c6 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriver.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriver.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
 import jline.console.ConsoleReader
 import jline.console.history.FileHistory
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils
+import org.apache.commons.lang.{StringUtils => ApacheStringUtils}
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.{CliDriver, CliSessionState, OptionsProcessor}
@@ -37,14 +37,16 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.{Credentials, UserGroupInformation}
 import org.apache.log4j.Level
 import org.apache.thrift.transport.TSocket
+import sun.misc.{Signal, SignalHandler}
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
 import org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkHadoopUtil
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.StringUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.security.HiveDelegationTokenProvider
-import org.apache.spark.util.ShutdownHookManager
+import org.apache.spark.util.{ShutdownHookManager, Utils}
 
 /**
  * This code doesn't support remote connections in Hive 1.2+, as the underlying CliDriver
@@ -143,8 +145,8 @@ private[hive] object SparkSQLCLIDriver extends Logging {
       // See also: code in ExecDriver.java
       var loader = conf.getClassLoader
       val auxJars = HiveConf.getVar(conf, HiveConf.ConfVars.HIVEAUXJARS)
-      if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(auxJars)) {
-        loader = Utilities.addToClassPath(loader, StringUtils.split(auxJars, ","))
+      if (ApacheStringUtils.isNotBlank(auxJars)) {
+        loader = Utilities.addToClassPath(loader, ApacheStringUtils.split(auxJars, ","))
       }
       conf.setClassLoader(loader)
       Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(loader)
@@ -309,12 +311,16 @@ private[hive] class SparkSQLCLIDriver extends CliDriver with Logging {
   private val conf: Configuration =
     if (sessionState != null) sessionState.getConf else new Configuration()
 
-  // Force initializing SparkSQLEnv. This is put here but not object SparkSQLCliDriver
-  // because the Hive unit tests do not go through the main() code path.
   if (!isRemoteMode) {
-    SparkSQLEnv.init()
-    if (sessionState.getIsSilent) {
-      SparkSQLEnv.sparkContext.setLogLevel(Level.WARN.toString)
+    // Utils.isTesing consists of env[SPARK_TESTING] or props[spark.testing]
+    // env is multi-process-level, props is single-process-level
+    // CliSuite with env[SPARK_TESTING] requires SparkSQLEnv
+    // props[spark.testing] acts as a switcher for SparkSQLCLIDriverSuite
+    if (!sys.props.contains("spark.testing")) {
+      SparkSQLEnv.init()
+      if (sessionState.getIsSilent) {
+        SparkSQLEnv.sparkContext.setLogLevel(Level.WARN.toString)
+      }
     }
   } else {
     // Hive 1.2 + not supported in CLI
@@ -331,6 +337,65 @@ private[hive] class SparkSQLCLIDriver extends CliDriver with Logging {
     console.printInfo(s"Spark master: $master, Application Id: $appId")
   }
 
+  // method body imported from Hive and translated from Java to Scala
+  override def processLine(line: String, allowInterrupting: Boolean): Int = {
+    var oldSignal: SignalHandler = null
+    var interruptSignal: Signal = null
+
+    if (allowInterrupting) {
+      // Remember all threads that were running at the time we started line processing.
+      // Hook up the custom Ctrl+C handler while processing this line
+      interruptSignal = new Signal("INT")
+      oldSignal = Signal.handle(interruptSignal, new SignalHandler() {
+        private val cliThread = Thread.currentThread()
+        private var interruptRequested: Boolean = false
+
+        override def handle(signal: Signal) {
+          val initialRequest = !interruptRequested
+          interruptRequested = true
+
+          // Kill the VM on second ctrl+c
+          if (!initialRequest) {
+            console.printInfo("Exiting the JVM")
+            System.exit(127)
+          }
+
+          // Interrupt the CLI thread to stop the current statement and return
+          // to prompt
+          console.printInfo("Interrupting... Be patient, this might take some time.")
+          console.printInfo("Press Ctrl+C again to kill JVM")
+
+          // First, kill any running Spark jobs
+          // TODO
+        }
+      })
+    }
+
+    try {
+      var lastRet: Int = 0
+      var ret: Int = 0
+
+      for (command <- StringUtils.split(line)) {
+        ret = processCmd(command)
+        // wipe cli query state
+        sessionState.setCommandType(null)
+        lastRet = ret
+        val ignoreErrors = HiveConf.getBoolVar(conf, HiveConf.ConfVars.CLIIGNOREERRORS)
+        if (ret != 0 && !ignoreErrors) {
+          CommandProcessorFactory.clean(conf.asInstanceOf[HiveConf])
+          return ret
+        }
+      }
+      CommandProcessorFactory.clean(conf.asInstanceOf[HiveConf]);
+      lastRet
+    } finally {
+      // Once we are done processing the line, restore the old handler
+      if (oldSignal != null && interruptSignal != null) {
+        Signal.handle(interruptSignal, oldSignal)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   override def processCmd(cmd: String): Int = {
     val cmd_trimmed: String = cmd.trim()
     val cmd_lower = cmd_trimmed.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriverSuite.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriverSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d1151cc9851dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriverSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.spark.sql.hive.thriftserver
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.cli.CliSessionState
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.conf.HiveConf
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState
+import org.mockito.ArgumentMatcher
+import org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.argThat
+import org.mockito.Mockito._
+
+import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
+
+class SparkSQLCLIDriverSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
+
+  def matchSQL(sqlText: String, candidates: String*): Unit = {
+    class SQLMatcher extends ArgumentMatcher[String] {
+      override def matches(command: String): Boolean =
+        candidates.contains(command.asInstanceOf[String])
+    }
+
+    val conf = new HiveConf(classOf[SessionState])
+    val sessionState = new CliSessionState(conf)
+    SessionState.start(sessionState)
+    val cli = mock(classOf[SparkSQLCLIDriver])
+
+    when(cli.processCmd(argThat(new SQLMatcher))).thenReturn(0)
+    assert(cli.processLine(sqlText) == 0)
+  }
+
+  test("SPARK-26312: sql text splitting for the processCmd method") {
+    // semicolon in a string
+    val sql =
+      """
+        |select "^;^"
+      """.stripMargin.trim
+    matchSQL(sql, sql)
+
+    // normal statements
+    val statements =
+      """
+        |select d from data;
+        |select a from data
+      """.stripMargin
+    val dStatement = "select d from data"
+    val aStatement = "select a from data"
+    matchSQL(statements, dStatement, aStatement)
+  }
+}