diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlParser.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlParser.scala
index e530b4c9407a6..16e19141c3bb6 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlParser.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/SparkSqlParser.scala
@@ -505,7 +505,8 @@ class SparkSqlAstBuilder extends AstBuilder {
           } else {
             None
           }
-          (Seq.empty, Option(name), props.toSeq, recordHandler)
+          val finalProps = props ++ Seq("field.delim" -> props.getOrElse("field.delim", "\t"))
+          (Seq.empty, Option(name), finalProps.toSeq, recordHandler)
 
         case null =>
           // Use default (serde) format.
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveScriptTransformationSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveScriptTransformationSuite.scala
index 0876709c31899..266c526b1a24b 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveScriptTransformationSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/execution/HiveScriptTransformationSuite.scala
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.`lazy`.LazySimpleSerDe
 import org.scalatest.exceptions.TestFailedException
 
 import org.apache.spark.{SparkException, TestUtils}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.Row
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Attribute, AttributeReference, Expression}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._
@@ -438,4 +439,66 @@ class HiveScriptTransformationSuite extends BaseScriptTransformationSuite with T
       assert(e2.contains("array<double> cannot be converted to Hive TypeInfo"))
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-32685: When use specified serde, filed.delim's default value is '\t'") {
+    val query1 = sql(
+      """
+        |SELECT split(value, "\t") FROM (
+        |SELECT TRANSFORM(a, b, c)
+        |USING 'cat'
+        |FROM (SELECT 1 AS a, 2 AS b, 3 AS c) t
+        |) temp;
+      """.stripMargin)
+    checkAnswer(query1, identity, Row(Seq("2", "3")) :: Nil)
+
+    val query2 = sql(
+      """
+        |SELECT split(value, "\t") FROM (
+        |SELECT TRANSFORM(a, b, c)
+        |  ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe'
+        |USING 'cat'
+        |  ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe'
+        |  WITH SERDEPROPERTIES (
+        |   'serialization.last.column.takes.rest' = 'true'
+        |  )
+        |FROM (SELECT 1 AS a, 2 AS b, 3 AS c) t
+        |) temp;
+      """.stripMargin)
+    checkAnswer(query2, identity, Row(Seq("2", "3")) :: Nil)
+
+    val query3 = sql(
+      """
+        |SELECT split(value, "&") FROM (
+        |SELECT TRANSFORM(a, b, c)
+        |  ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe'
+        |  WITH SERDEPROPERTIES (
+        |   'field.delim' = '&'
+        |  )
+        |USING 'cat'
+        |  ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe'
+        |  WITH SERDEPROPERTIES (
+        |   'serialization.last.column.takes.rest' = 'true',
+        |   'field.delim' = '&'
+        |  )
+        |FROM (SELECT 1 AS a, 2 AS b, 3 AS c) t
+        |) temp;
+      """.stripMargin)
+    checkAnswer(query3, identity, Row(Seq("2", "3")) :: Nil)
+
+    val query4 = sql(
+      """
+        |SELECT split(value, "&") FROM (
+        |SELECT TRANSFORM(a, b, c)
+        |  ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe'
+        |USING 'cat'
+        |  ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySimpleSerDe'
+        |  WITH SERDEPROPERTIES (
+        |   'serialization.last.column.takes.rest' = 'true',
+        |   'field.delim' = '&'
+        |  )
+        |FROM (SELECT 1 AS a, 2 AS b, 3 AS c) t
+        |) temp;
+      """.stripMargin)
+    checkAnswer(query4, identity, Row(null) :: Nil)
+  }
 }