diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
index a785652ee5340..22afc50e63151 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmit.scala
@@ -303,6 +303,10 @@ private[spark] class SparkSubmit extends Logging {
     val isKubernetesClient = clusterManager == KUBERNETES && deployMode == CLIENT
     val isKubernetesClusterModeDriver = isKubernetesClient &&
       sparkConf.getBoolean("spark.kubernetes.submitInDriver", false)
+    val isCustomClasspathInClusterModeDisallowed =
+      !sparkConf.get(ALLOW_CUSTOM_CLASSPATH_BY_PROXY_USER_IN_CLUSTER_MODE) &&
+      args.proxyUser != null &&
+      (isYarnCluster || isMesosCluster || isStandAloneCluster || isKubernetesCluster)
 
     if (!isMesosCluster && !isStandAloneCluster) {
       // Resolve maven dependencies if there are any and add classpath to jars. Add them to py-files
@@ -860,6 +864,14 @@ private[spark] class SparkSubmit extends Logging {
     if (args.verbose) {
       childArgs ++= Seq("--verbose")
     }
+
+    if (childClasspath.nonEmpty && isCustomClasspathInClusterModeDisallowed) {
+      childClasspath.clear()
+      logWarning(s"Ignore classpath ${childClasspath.mkString(", ")} with proxy user specified " +
+        s"in Cluster mode when ${ALLOW_CUSTOM_CLASSPATH_BY_PROXY_USER_IN_CLUSTER_MODE.key} is " +
+        s"disabled")
+    }
+
     (childArgs.toSeq, childClasspath.toSeq, sparkConf, childMainClass)
   }
 
@@ -913,6 +925,10 @@ private[spark] class SparkSubmit extends Logging {
       logInfo(s"Classpath elements:\n${childClasspath.mkString("\n")}")
       logInfo("\n")
     }
+    assert(!(args.deployMode == "cluster" && args.proxyUser != null && childClasspath.nonEmpty) ||
+      sparkConf.get(ALLOW_CUSTOM_CLASSPATH_BY_PROXY_USER_IN_CLUSTER_MODE),
+      s"Classpath of spark-submit should not change in cluster mode if proxy user is specified " +
+        s"when ${ALLOW_CUSTOM_CLASSPATH_BY_PROXY_USER_IN_CLUSTER_MODE.key} is disabled")
     val loader = getSubmitClassLoader(sparkConf)
     for (jar <- childClasspath) {
       addJarToClasspath(jar, loader)
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
index 5570ab6d90446..10a6eaff537e8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/package.scala
@@ -2256,4 +2256,11 @@ package object config {
       .version("3.2.0")
       .stringConf
       .createOptional
+
+  private[spark] val ALLOW_CUSTOM_CLASSPATH_BY_PROXY_USER_IN_CLUSTER_MODE =
+    ConfigBuilder("spark.submit.proxyUser.allowCustomClasspathInClusterMode")
+      .internal()
+      .version("3.4.0")
+      .booleanConf
+      .createWithDefault(false)
 }