diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile
index a1fc63789bc61..6ed37fc637b31 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+ARG java_image_tag=8-jre-slim
 
-FROM openjdk:8-jre-slim
+FROM openjdk:${java_image_tag}
 
 ARG spark_uid=185
 
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/README.md b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/README.md
index d7ad35a175a61..18b91916208d6 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/README.md
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/README.md
@@ -6,13 +6,17 @@ title: Spark on Kubernetes Integration Tests
 # Running the Kubernetes Integration Tests
 
 Note that the integration test framework is currently being heavily revised and
-is subject to change. Note that currently the integration tests only run with Java 8.
+is subject to change.
 
 The simplest way to run the integration tests is to install and run Minikube, then run the following from this
 directory:
 
     ./dev/dev-run-integration-tests.sh
 
+To run tests with Java 11 instead of Java 8, use `--java-image-tag` to specify the base image.
+
+    ./dev/dev-run-integration-tests.sh --java-image-tag 11-jre-slim
+
 The minimum tested version of Minikube is 0.23.0. The kube-dns addon must be enabled. Minikube should
 run with a minimum of 4 CPUs and 6G of memory:
 
@@ -183,7 +187,14 @@ to the wrapper scripts and using the wrapper scripts will simply set these appro
       A specific image tag to use, when set assumes images with those tags are already built and available in the 
       specified image repository.  When set to <code>N/A</code> (the default) fresh images will be built.
     </td>
-    <td><code>N/A</code>
+    <td><code>N/A</code></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><code>spark.kubernetes.test.javaImageTag</code></td>
+    <td>
+      A specific OpenJDK base image tag to use, when set uses it instead of 8-jre-slim.
+    </td>
+    <td><code>8-jre-slim</code></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><code>spark.kubernetes.test.imageTagFile</code></td>
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/dev/dev-run-integration-tests.sh b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/dev/dev-run-integration-tests.sh
index 1f0a8035cea7b..76d6e1c1e8499 100755
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/dev/dev-run-integration-tests.sh
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/dev/dev-run-integration-tests.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ DEPLOY_MODE="minikube"
 IMAGE_REPO="docker.io/kubespark"
 SPARK_TGZ="N/A"
 IMAGE_TAG="N/A"
+JAVA_IMAGE_TAG=
 BASE_IMAGE_NAME=
 JVM_IMAGE_NAME=
 PYTHON_IMAGE_NAME=
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ while (( "$#" )); do
       IMAGE_TAG="$2"
       shift
       ;;
+    --java-image-tag)
+      JAVA_IMAGE_TAG="$2"
+      shift
+      ;;
     --deploy-mode)
       DEPLOY_MODE="$2"
       shift
@@ -120,6 +125,11 @@ properties=(
   -Dtest.include.tags=$INCLUDE_TAGS
 )
 
+if [ -n "$JAVA_IMAGE_TAG" ];
+then
+  properties=( ${properties[@]} -Dspark.kubernetes.test.javaImageTag=$JAVA_IMAGE_TAG )
+fi
+
 if [ -n $NAMESPACE ];
 then
   properties=( ${properties[@]} -Dspark.kubernetes.test.namespace=$NAMESPACE )
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/pom.xml b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 8e1043f77db6d..369dfd491826c 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     <spark.kubernetes.test.sparkTgz></spark.kubernetes.test.sparkTgz>
     <spark.kubernetes.test.unpackSparkDir>${project.build.directory}/spark-dist-unpacked</spark.kubernetes.test.unpackSparkDir>
     <spark.kubernetes.test.imageTag>N/A</spark.kubernetes.test.imageTag>
+    <spark.kubernetes.test.javaImageTag>8-jre-slim</spark.kubernetes.test.javaImageTag>
     <spark.kubernetes.test.imageTagFile>${project.build.directory}/imageTag.txt</spark.kubernetes.test.imageTagFile>
     <spark.kubernetes.test.deployMode>minikube</spark.kubernetes.test.deployMode>
     <spark.kubernetes.test.imageRepo>docker.io/kubespark</spark.kubernetes.test.imageRepo>
@@ -109,6 +110,9 @@
                 <argument>--image-tag</argument>
                 <argument>${spark.kubernetes.test.imageTag}</argument>
 
+                <argument>--java-image-tag</argument>
+                <argument>${spark.kubernetes.test.javaImageTag}</argument>
+
                 <argument>--image-tag-output-file</argument>
                 <argument>${spark.kubernetes.test.imageTagFile}</argument>
 
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/scripts/setup-integration-test-env.sh b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/scripts/setup-integration-test-env.sh
index 9e04b963fc40e..ab906604fce06 100755
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/scripts/setup-integration-test-env.sh
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/scripts/setup-integration-test-env.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ IMAGE_TAG_OUTPUT_FILE="$TEST_ROOT_DIR/target/image-tag.txt"
 DEPLOY_MODE="minikube"
 IMAGE_REPO="docker.io/kubespark"
 IMAGE_TAG="N/A"
+JAVA_IMAGE_TAG="8-jre-slim"
 SPARK_TGZ="N/A"
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ while (( "$#" )); do
       IMAGE_TAG="$2"
       shift
       ;;
+    --java-image-tag)
+      JAVA_IMAGE_TAG="$2"
+      shift
+      ;;
     --image-tag-output-file)
       IMAGE_TAG_OUTPUT_FILE="$2"
       shift
@@ -82,6 +87,9 @@ then
   IMAGE_TAG=$(uuidgen);
   cd $SPARK_INPUT_DIR
 
+  # OpenJDK base-image tag (e.g. 8-jre-slim, 11-jre-slim)
+  JAVA_IMAGE_TAG_BUILD_ARG="-b java_image_tag=$JAVA_IMAGE_TAG"
+
   # Build PySpark image
   LANGUAGE_BINDING_BUILD_ARGS="-p $DOCKER_FILE_BASE_PATH/bindings/python/Dockerfile"
 
@@ -95,7 +103,7 @@ then
   case $DEPLOY_MODE in
     cloud)
       # Build images
-      $SPARK_INPUT_DIR/bin/docker-image-tool.sh -r $IMAGE_REPO -t $IMAGE_TAG $LANGUAGE_BINDING_BUILD_ARGS build
+      $SPARK_INPUT_DIR/bin/docker-image-tool.sh -r $IMAGE_REPO -t $IMAGE_TAG $JAVA_IMAGE_TAG_BUILD_ARG $LANGUAGE_BINDING_BUILD_ARGS build
 
       # Push images appropriately
       if [[ $IMAGE_REPO == gcr.io* ]] ;
@@ -109,13 +117,13 @@ then
     docker-for-desktop)
        # Only need to build as this will place it in our local Docker repo which is all
        # we need for Docker for Desktop to work so no need to also push
-       $SPARK_INPUT_DIR/bin/docker-image-tool.sh -r $IMAGE_REPO -t $IMAGE_TAG $LANGUAGE_BINDING_BUILD_ARGS build
+       $SPARK_INPUT_DIR/bin/docker-image-tool.sh -r $IMAGE_REPO -t $IMAGE_TAG $JAVA_IMAGE_TAG_BUILD_ARG $LANGUAGE_BINDING_BUILD_ARGS build
        ;;
 
     minikube)
        # Only need to build and if we do this with the -m option for minikube we will
        # build the images directly using the minikube Docker daemon so no need to push
-       $SPARK_INPUT_DIR/bin/docker-image-tool.sh -m -r $IMAGE_REPO -t $IMAGE_TAG $LANGUAGE_BINDING_BUILD_ARGS build
+       $SPARK_INPUT_DIR/bin/docker-image-tool.sh -m -r $IMAGE_REPO -t $IMAGE_TAG $JAVA_IMAGE_TAG_BUILD_ARG $LANGUAGE_BINDING_BUILD_ARGS build
        ;;
     *)
        echo "Unrecognized deploy mode $DEPLOY_MODE" && exit 1