diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtils.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtils.scala
index 62ff2db2ecb3c..67467637805f9 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveUtils.scala
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.sql._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.CatalogTable
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.command.DDLUtils
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.DataSource
 import org.apache.spark.sql.hive.client._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf._
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ private[spark] object HiveUtils extends Logging {
   val HIVE_METASTORE_JARS = buildStaticConf("spark.sql.hive.metastore.jars")
     .doc(s"""
       | Location of the jars that should be used to instantiate the HiveMetastoreClient.
-      | This property can be one of three options: "
+      | This property can be one of four options: "
       | 1. "builtin"
       |   Use Hive ${builtinHiveVersion}, which is bundled with the Spark assembly when
       |   <code>-Phive</code> is enabled. When this option is chosen,
@@ -88,12 +89,32 @@ private[spark] object HiveUtils extends Logging {
       |   <code>${builtinHiveVersion}</code> or not defined.
       | 2. "maven"
       |   Use Hive jars of specified version downloaded from Maven repositories.
-      | 3. A classpath in the standard format for both Hive and Hadoop.
+      | 3. "path"
+      |   Use Hive jars configured by `spark.sql.hive.metastore.jars.path`
+      |   in comma separated format. Support both local or remote paths.
+      | 4. A classpath in the standard format for both Hive and Hadoop.
       """.stripMargin)
     .version("1.4.0")
     .stringConf
     .createWithDefault("builtin")
 
+  val HIVE_METASTORE_JARS_PATH = buildStaticConf("spark.sql.hive.metastore.jars.path")
+    .doc(s"Comma separated URL of Hive jars, support both local and remote paths," +
+      s"Such as: " +
+      s" 1. file://path/to/jar/xxx.jar\n" +
+      s" 2. hdfs://nameservice/path/to/jar/xxx.jar\n" +
+      s" 3. /path/to/jar/ (path without URI scheme follow conf `fs.defaultFS`'s URI schema)\n" +
+      s" 4. [http/https/ftp]://path/to/jar/xxx.jar\n" +
+      s"Notice: `http/https/ftp` doesn't support wildcard, but other URLs support" +
+      s"nested path wildcard, Such as: " +
+      s" 1. file://path/to/jar/*, file://path/to/jar/*/*\n" +
+      s" 2. hdfs://nameservice/path/to/jar/*, hdfs://nameservice/path/to/jar/*/*\n" +
+      s"When ${HIVE_METASTORE_JARS.key} is set to `path`, we will use Hive jars configured by this")
+    .version("3.1.0")
+    .stringConf
+    .toSequence
+    .createWithDefault(Nil)
+
   val CONVERT_METASTORE_PARQUET = buildConf("spark.sql.hive.convertMetastoreParquet")
     .doc("When set to true, the built-in Parquet reader and writer are used to process " +
       "parquet tables created by using the HiveQL syntax, instead of Hive serde.")
@@ -178,6 +199,7 @@ private[spark] object HiveUtils extends Logging {
    * The location of the jars that should be used to instantiate the HiveMetastoreClient.  This
    * property can be one of three options:
    *  - a classpath in the standard format for both hive and hadoop.
+   *  - path - attempt to discover the jars with paths configured by `HIVE_METASTORE_JARS_PATH`.
    *  - builtin - attempt to discover the jars that were used to load Spark SQL and use those. This
    *              option is only valid when using the execution version of Hive.
    *  - maven - download the correct version of hive on demand from maven.
@@ -186,6 +208,13 @@ private[spark] object HiveUtils extends Logging {
     conf.getConf(HIVE_METASTORE_JARS)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Hive jars paths, only work when `HIVE_METASTORE_JARS` is `path`.
+   */
+  private def hiveMetastoreJarsPath(conf: SQLConf): Seq[String] = {
+    conf.getConf(HIVE_METASTORE_JARS_PATH)
+  }
+
   /**
    * A comma separated list of class prefixes that should be loaded using the classloader that
    * is shared between Spark SQL and a specific version of Hive. An example of classes that should
@@ -336,6 +365,20 @@ private[spark] object HiveUtils extends Logging {
     val hiveMetastoreBarrierPrefixes = HiveUtils.hiveMetastoreBarrierPrefixes(sqlConf)
     val metaVersion = IsolatedClientLoader.hiveVersion(hiveMetastoreVersion)
 
+    def addLocalHiveJars(file: File): Seq[URL] = {
+      if (file.getName == "*") {
+        val files = file.getParentFile.listFiles()
+        if (files == null) {
+          logWarning(s"Hive jar path '${file.getPath}' does not exist.")
+          Nil
+        } else {
+          files.filter(_.getName.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).endsWith(".jar")).map(_.toURL).toSeq
+        }
+      } else {
+        file.toURL :: Nil
+      }
+    }
+
     val isolatedLoader = if (hiveMetastoreJars == "builtin") {
       if (builtinHiveVersion != hiveMetastoreVersion) {
         throw new IllegalArgumentException(
@@ -396,24 +439,43 @@ private[spark] object HiveUtils extends Logging {
         config = configurations,
         barrierPrefixes = hiveMetastoreBarrierPrefixes,
         sharedPrefixes = hiveMetastoreSharedPrefixes)
+    } else if (hiveMetastoreJars == "path") {
+      // Convert to files and expand any directories.
+      val jars =
+        HiveUtils.hiveMetastoreJarsPath(sqlConf)
+          .flatMap {
+            case path if path.contains("\\") && Utils.isWindows =>
+              addLocalHiveJars(new File(path))
+            case path =>
+              DataSource.checkAndGlobPathIfNecessary(
+                pathStrings = Seq(path),
+                hadoopConf = hadoopConf,
+                checkEmptyGlobPath = true,
+                checkFilesExist = false,
+                enableGlobbing = true
+              ).map(_.toUri.toURL)
+          }
+
+      logInfo(
+        s"Initializing HiveMetastoreConnection version $hiveMetastoreVersion " +
+          s"using path: ${jars.mkString(";")}")
+      new IsolatedClientLoader(
+        version = metaVersion,
+        sparkConf = conf,
+        hadoopConf = hadoopConf,
+        execJars = jars.toSeq,
+        config = configurations,
+        isolationOn = true,
+        barrierPrefixes = hiveMetastoreBarrierPrefixes,
+        sharedPrefixes = hiveMetastoreSharedPrefixes)
     } else {
       // Convert to files and expand any directories.
       val jars =
         hiveMetastoreJars
           .split(File.pathSeparator)
-          .flatMap {
-          case path if new File(path).getName == "*" =>
-            val files = new File(path).getParentFile.listFiles()
-            if (files == null) {
-              logWarning(s"Hive jar path '$path' does not exist.")
-              Nil
-            } else {
-              files.filter(_.getName.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).endsWith(".jar")).toSeq
-            }
-          case path =>
-            new File(path) :: Nil
-        }
-          .map(_.toURI.toURL)
+          .flatMap { path =>
+            addLocalHiveJars(new File(path))
+          }
 
       logInfo(
         s"Initializing HiveMetastoreConnection version $hiveMetastoreVersion " +