diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/Client.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/Client.scala
index fe3256b9e12be..93471a97e9ccd 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/Client.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/Client.scala
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ private[spark] class Client(
   private val driverDockerImage = sparkConf.get(
     "spark.kubernetes.driver.docker.image", s"spark-driver:$SPARK_VERSION")
   private val uploadedJars = sparkConf.getOption("spark.kubernetes.driver.uploads.jars")
+  private val driverLaunchTimeoutSecs = sparkConf.getTimeAsSeconds(
+    "spark.kubernetes.driverLaunchTimeout", s"${DEFAULT_LAUNCH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS}s")
 
   private val secretBase64String = {
     val secretBytes = new Array[Byte](128)
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ private[spark] class Client(
             .done()
           var submitSucceeded = false
           try {
-            submitCompletedFuture.get(LAUNCH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+            submitCompletedFuture.get(driverLaunchTimeoutSecs, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
             submitSucceeded = true
           } catch {
             case e: TimeoutException =>
@@ -226,17 +228,17 @@ private[spark] class Client(
                 kubernetesClient.pods().withName(kubernetesAppId).get()
               } catch {
                 case throwable: Throwable =>
-                  logError(s"Timed out while waiting $LAUNCH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS seconds for the" +
+                  logError(s"Timed out while waiting $driverLaunchTimeoutSecs seconds for the" +
                     " driver pod to start, but an error occurred while fetching the driver" +
                     " pod's details.", throwable)
-                  throw new SparkException(s"Timed out while waiting $LAUNCH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS" +
+                  throw new SparkException(s"Timed out while waiting $driverLaunchTimeoutSecs" +
                     " seconds for the driver pod to start. Unfortunately, in attempting to fetch" +
                     " the latest state of the pod, another error was thrown. Check the logs for" +
                     " the error that was thrown in looking up the driver pod.", e)
               }
               val topLevelMessage = s"The driver pod with name ${driverPod.getMetadata.getName}" +
                 s" in namespace ${driverPod.getMetadata.getNamespace} was not ready in" +
-                s" $LAUNCH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS seconds."
+                s" $driverLaunchTimeoutSecs seconds."
               val podStatusPhase = if (driverPod.getStatus.getPhase != null) {
                 s"Latest phase from the pod is: ${driverPod.getStatus.getPhase}"
               } else {
@@ -424,7 +426,7 @@ private[spark] object Client extends Logging {
   private val DRIVER_LAUNCHER_CONTAINER_NAME = "spark-kubernetes-driver-launcher"
   private val SECURE_RANDOM = new SecureRandom()
   private val SPARK_SUBMISSION_SECRET_BASE_DIR = "/var/run/secrets/spark-submission"
-  private val LAUNCH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 30
+  private val DEFAULT_LAUNCH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 60
   private val SPARK_APP_NAME_LABEL = "spark-app-name"
 
   def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {