diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansi_sql_mode_test.yml b/.github/workflows/ansi_sql_mode_test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e68b04b5420f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansi_sql_mode_test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+name: ANSI SQL mode test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  ansi_sql_test:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+    if: github.repository == 'apache/spark'
+    with:
+      ansi_enabled: true
+
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 67f57218d316..fbd5db251334 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ on:
     - cron: '0 13 * * *'
     # Java 17
     - cron: '0 16 * * *'
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      ansi_enabled:
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
 
 jobs:
   configure-jobs:
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
           echo '::set-output name=java::8'
           echo '::set-output name=branch::master' # Default branch to run on. CHANGE here when a branch is cut out.
           echo '::set-output name=type::regular'
-          echo '::set-output name=envs::{}'
+          echo '::set-output name=envs::{"SPARK_ANSI_SQL_MODE": "${{ inputs.ansi_enabled }}"}'
           echo '::set-output name=hadoop::hadoop3'
         fi
 
@@ -311,6 +317,7 @@ jobs:
       SKIP_UNIDOC: true
       SKIP_MIMA: true
       METASPACE_SIZE: 1g
+      SPARK_ANSI_SQL_MODE: ${{ inputs.ansi_enabled }}
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Spark repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -398,6 +405,7 @@ jobs:
       GITHUB_PREV_SHA: ${{ github.event.before }}
       SPARK_LOCAL_IP: localhost
       SKIP_MIMA: true
+      SPARK_ANSI_SQL_MODE: ${{ inputs.ansi_enabled }}
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Spark repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -671,6 +679,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     env:
       SPARK_LOCAL_IP: localhost
+      SPARK_ANSI_SQL_MODE: ${{ inputs.ansi_enabled }}
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Spark repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
index c7aec8e023b2..edb388e21987 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
@@ -2706,7 +2706,7 @@ object SQLConf {
       "standard directly, but their behaviors align with ANSI SQL's style")
     .version("3.0.0")
     .booleanConf
-    .createWithDefault(false)
+    .createWithDefault(sys.env.get("SPARK_ANSI_SQL_MODE").contains("true"))
 
   val ENFORCE_RESERVED_KEYWORDS = buildConf("spark.sql.ansi.enforceReservedKeywords")
     .doc(s"When true and '${ANSI_ENABLED.key}' is true, the Spark SQL parser enforces the ANSI " +