diff --git a/executor/builder.go b/executor/builder.go
index 7da5f7ab8ce55..88d35167352af 100644
--- a/executor/builder.go
+++ b/executor/builder.go
@@ -1588,6 +1588,7 @@ func (b *executorBuilder) buildUnionAll(v *plannercore.PhysicalUnionAll) Executo
 	}
 	e := &UnionExec{
 		baseExecutor: newBaseExecutor(b.ctx, v.Schema(), v.ID(), childExecs...),
+		concurrency:  b.ctx.GetSessionVars().Concurrency.UnionConcurrency,
 	}
 	return e
 }
diff --git a/executor/executor.go b/executor/executor.go
index 9e738f356b17d..c30fb18846637 100644
--- a/executor/executor.go
+++ b/executor/executor.go
@@ -1405,6 +1405,8 @@ func (e *MaxOneRowExec) Next(ctx context.Context, req *chunk.Chunk) error {
 //                              +-------------+
 type UnionExec struct {
 	baseExecutor
+	concurrency int
+	childIDChan chan int
 
 	stopFetchData atomic.Value
 
@@ -1412,9 +1414,9 @@ type UnionExec struct {
 	resourcePools []chan *chunk.Chunk
 	resultPool    chan *unionWorkerResult
 
-	childrenResults []*chunk.Chunk
-	wg              sync.WaitGroup
-	initialized     bool
+	results     []*chunk.Chunk
+	wg          sync.WaitGroup
+	initialized bool
 }
 
 // unionWorkerResult stores the result for a union worker.
@@ -1437,9 +1439,6 @@ func (e *UnionExec) Open(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if err := e.baseExecutor.Open(ctx); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	for _, child := range e.children {
-		e.childrenResults = append(e.childrenResults, newFirstChunk(child))
-	}
 	e.stopFetchData.Store(false)
 	e.initialized = false
 	e.finished = make(chan struct{})
@@ -1447,22 +1446,33 @@ func (e *UnionExec) Open(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (e *UnionExec) initialize(ctx context.Context) {
-	e.resultPool = make(chan *unionWorkerResult, len(e.children))
-	e.resourcePools = make([]chan *chunk.Chunk, len(e.children))
-	for i := range e.children {
+	if e.concurrency > len(e.children) {
+		e.concurrency = len(e.children)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < e.concurrency; i++ {
+		e.results = append(e.results, newFirstChunk(e.children[0]))
+	}
+	e.resultPool = make(chan *unionWorkerResult, e.concurrency)
+	e.resourcePools = make([]chan *chunk.Chunk, e.concurrency)
+	e.childIDChan = make(chan int, len(e.children))
+	for i := 0; i < e.concurrency; i++ {
 		e.resourcePools[i] = make(chan *chunk.Chunk, 1)
-		e.resourcePools[i] <- e.childrenResults[i]
+		e.resourcePools[i] <- e.results[i]
 		e.wg.Add(1)
 		go e.resultPuller(ctx, i)
 	}
+	for i := 0; i < len(e.children); i++ {
+		e.childIDChan <- i
+	}
+	close(e.childIDChan)
 	go e.waitAllFinished()
 }
 
-func (e *UnionExec) resultPuller(ctx context.Context, childID int) {
+func (e *UnionExec) resultPuller(ctx context.Context, workerID int) {
 	result := &unionWorkerResult{
 		err: nil,
 		chk: nil,
-		src: e.resourcePools[childID],
+		src: e.resourcePools[workerID],
 	}
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
@@ -1476,23 +1486,26 @@ func (e *UnionExec) resultPuller(ctx context.Context, childID int) {
 		}
 		e.wg.Done()
 	}()
-	for {
-		if e.stopFetchData.Load().(bool) {
-			return
-		}
-		select {
-		case <-e.finished:
-			return
-		case result.chk = <-e.resourcePools[childID]:
-		}
-		result.err = Next(ctx, e.children[childID], result.chk)
-		if result.err == nil && result.chk.NumRows() == 0 {
-			return
-		}
-		e.resultPool <- result
-		if result.err != nil {
-			e.stopFetchData.Store(true)
-			return
+	for childID := range e.childIDChan {
+		for {
+			if e.stopFetchData.Load().(bool) {
+				return
+			}
+			select {
+			case <-e.finished:
+				return
+			case result.chk = <-e.resourcePools[workerID]:
+			}
+			result.err = Next(ctx, e.children[childID], result.chk)
+			if result.err == nil && result.chk.NumRows() == 0 {
+				e.resourcePools[workerID] <- result.chk
+				break
+			}
+			e.resultPool <- result
+			if result.err != nil {
+				e.stopFetchData.Store(true)
+				return
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -1522,12 +1535,16 @@ func (e *UnionExec) Close() error {
 	if e.finished != nil {
 		close(e.finished)
 	}
-	e.childrenResults = nil
+	e.results = nil
 	if e.resultPool != nil {
 		for range e.resultPool {
 		}
 	}
 	e.resourcePools = nil
+	if e.childIDChan != nil {
+		for range e.childIDChan {
+		}
+	}
 	return e.baseExecutor.Close()
 }
 
diff --git a/executor/executor_test.go b/executor/executor_test.go
index 12e6507e447ec..7708e1f4f4b79 100644
--- a/executor/executor_test.go
+++ b/executor/executor_test.go
@@ -1342,6 +1342,18 @@ func (s *testSuiteP2) TestUnion(c *C) {
 	tk.MustQuery("select count(distinct a), sum(distinct a), avg(distinct a) from (select a from t union all select b from t) tmp;").Check(testkit.Rows("1 1.000 1.0000000"))
 }
 
+func (s *testSuite2) TestUnionLimit(c *C) {
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(c, s.store)
+	tk.MustExec("use test")
+	tk.MustExec("drop table if exists union_limit")
+	tk.MustExec("create table union_limit (id int) partition by hash(id) partitions 30")
+	for i := 0; i < 60; i++ {
+		tk.MustExec(fmt.Sprintf("insert into union_limit values (%d)", i))
+	}
+	// Cover the code for worker count limit in the union executor.
+	tk.MustQuery("select * from union_limit limit 10")
+}
+
 func (s *testSuiteP1) TestNeighbouringProj(c *C) {
 	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(c, s.store)
 	tk.MustExec("use test")
diff --git a/session/session.go b/session/session.go
index 43d53a054c453..e0991e7921ef4 100644
--- a/session/session.go
+++ b/session/session.go
@@ -1934,6 +1934,7 @@ var builtinGlobalVariable = []string{
 	variable.TiDBHashAggPartialConcurrency,
 	variable.TiDBHashAggFinalConcurrency,
 	variable.TiDBWindowConcurrency,
+	variable.TiDBUnionConcurrency,
 	variable.TiDBBackoffLockFast,
 	variable.TiDBBackOffWeight,
 	variable.TiDBConstraintCheckInPlace,
diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/session.go b/sessionctx/variable/session.go
index 7c01644460f4d..a3d9f1901d33b 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/session.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/session.go
@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@ func NewSessionVars() *SessionVars {
 		HashAggPartialConcurrency:  DefTiDBHashAggPartialConcurrency,
 		HashAggFinalConcurrency:    DefTiDBHashAggFinalConcurrency,
 		WindowConcurrency:          DefTiDBWindowConcurrency,
+		UnionConcurrency:           DefTiDBUnionConcurrency,
 	}
 	vars.MemQuota = MemQuota{
 		MemQuotaQuery: config.GetGlobalConfig().MemQuotaQuery,
@@ -1160,6 +1161,8 @@ func (s *SessionVars) SetSystemVar(name string, val string) error {
 		s.HashAggFinalConcurrency = tidbOptPositiveInt32(val, DefTiDBHashAggFinalConcurrency)
 	case TiDBWindowConcurrency:
 		s.WindowConcurrency = tidbOptPositiveInt32(val, DefTiDBWindowConcurrency)
+	case TiDBUnionConcurrency:
+		s.UnionConcurrency = tidbOptPositiveInt32(val, DefTiDBUnionConcurrency)
 	case TiDBDistSQLScanConcurrency:
 		s.DistSQLScanConcurrency = tidbOptPositiveInt32(val, DefDistSQLScanConcurrency)
 	case TiDBIndexSerialScanConcurrency:
@@ -1459,6 +1462,9 @@ type Concurrency struct {
 
 	// IndexSerialScanConcurrency is the number of concurrent index serial scan worker.
 	IndexSerialScanConcurrency int
+
+	// UnionConcurrency is the number of concurrent union worker.
+	UnionConcurrency int
 }
 
 // MemQuota defines memory quota values.
diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go b/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go
index 11ece6ebfbba3..74e7e693e24f5 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ var defaultSysVars = []*SysVar{
 	{ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, TiDBHashAggPartialConcurrency, strconv.Itoa(DefTiDBHashAggPartialConcurrency)},
 	{ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, TiDBHashAggFinalConcurrency, strconv.Itoa(DefTiDBHashAggFinalConcurrency)},
 	{ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, TiDBWindowConcurrency, strconv.Itoa(DefTiDBWindowConcurrency)},
+	{ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, TiDBUnionConcurrency, strconv.Itoa(DefTiDBUnionConcurrency)},
 	{ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, TiDBBackoffLockFast, strconv.Itoa(kv.DefBackoffLockFast)},
 	{ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, TiDBBackOffWeight, strconv.Itoa(kv.DefBackOffWeight)},
 	{ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, TiDBRetryLimit, strconv.Itoa(DefTiDBRetryLimit)},
diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/tidb_vars.go b/sessionctx/variable/tidb_vars.go
index f9126b377fddb..de2941b94199c 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/tidb_vars.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/tidb_vars.go
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ const (
 	// tidb_window_concurrency is used for window parallel executor.
 	TiDBWindowConcurrency = "tidb_window_concurrency"
 
+	// tidb_union_concurrency is used for union executor.
+	TiDBUnionConcurrency = "tidb_union_concurrency"
+
 	// tidb_backoff_lock_fast is used for tikv backoff base time in milliseconds.
 	TiDBBackoffLockFast = "tidb_backoff_lock_fast"
 
@@ -480,6 +483,7 @@ const (
 	DefTiDBHashAggPartialConcurrency   = 4
 	DefTiDBHashAggFinalConcurrency     = 4
 	DefTiDBWindowConcurrency           = 4
+	DefTiDBUnionConcurrency            = 4
 	DefTiDBForcePriority               = mysql.NoPriority
 	DefTiDBUseRadixJoin                = false
 	DefEnableWindowFunction            = true
diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/varsutil.go b/sessionctx/variable/varsutil.go
index e9214009fa7af..8134a3f7e4bc5 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/varsutil.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/varsutil.go
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ func ValidateSetSystemVar(vars *SessionVars, name string, value string, scope Sc
 		TiDBHashAggPartialConcurrency,
 		TiDBHashAggFinalConcurrency,
 		TiDBWindowConcurrency,
+		TiDBUnionConcurrency,
 		TiDBDistSQLScanConcurrency,
 		TiDBIndexSerialScanConcurrency, TiDBDDLReorgWorkerCount,
 		TiDBBackoffLockFast, TiDBBackOffWeight,
diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/varsutil_test.go b/sessionctx/variable/varsutil_test.go
index 2444b288bd83a..77286d2bd5d97 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/varsutil_test.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/varsutil_test.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func (s *testVarsutilSuite) TestNewSessionVars(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(vars.HashAggPartialConcurrency, Equals, DefTiDBHashAggPartialConcurrency)
 	c.Assert(vars.HashAggFinalConcurrency, Equals, DefTiDBHashAggFinalConcurrency)
 	c.Assert(vars.WindowConcurrency, Equals, DefTiDBWindowConcurrency)
+	c.Assert(vars.UnionConcurrency, Equals, DefTiDBUnionConcurrency)
 	c.Assert(vars.DistSQLScanConcurrency, Equals, DefDistSQLScanConcurrency)
 	c.Assert(vars.MaxChunkSize, Equals, DefMaxChunkSize)
 	c.Assert(vars.DMLBatchSize, Equals, DefDMLBatchSize)