diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriver.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriver.scala
index 390b9b6d68cab..1bc5c3c62f045 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriver.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkSQLCLIDriver.scala
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.Driver
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Utilities
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.processors._
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.session.SessionState
+import org.apache.log4j.{Level, Logger}
 import org.apache.thrift.transport.TSocket
 
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
@@ -275,6 +276,10 @@ private[hive] class SparkSQLCLIDriver extends CliDriver with Logging {
 
   private val console = new SessionState.LogHelper(LOG)
 
+  if (sessionState.getIsSilent) {
+    Logger.getRootLogger.setLevel(Level.WARN)
+  }
+
   private val isRemoteMode = {
     SparkSQLCLIDriver.isRemoteMode(sessionState)
   }