diff --git a/docs/sql-programming-guide.md b/docs/sql-programming-guide.md
index 2b393f30d143..92379539290d 100644
--- a/docs/sql-programming-guide.md
+++ b/docs/sql-programming-guide.md
@@ -1524,6 +1524,14 @@ that these options will be deprecated in future release as more optimizations ar
       Configures the number of partitions to use when shuffling data for joins or aggregations.
     </td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><code>spark.sql.typeCoercion.mode</code></td>
+    <td><code>default</code></td>
+    <td>
+      Since Spark 2.4, the <code>hive</code> mode is introduced for Hive compatiblity.
+      Spark SQL has its native type cocersion mode, which is enabled by default.
+    </td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
 ## Broadcast Hint for SQL Queries
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/TypeCoercion.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/TypeCoercion.scala
index ec7e7761dc4c..9e2754442760 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/TypeCoercion.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/TypeCoercion.scala
@@ -122,12 +122,21 @@ object TypeCoercion {
     case _ => None
   }
 
+  private def findCommonTypeForBinaryComparison(
+      dt1: DataType, dt2: DataType, conf: SQLConf): Option[DataType] = {
+    if (conf.isHiveTypeCoercionMode) {
+      findHiveCommonTypeForBinary(dt1, dt2)
+    } else {
+      findNativeCommonTypeForBinary(dt1, dt2, conf)
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * This function determines the target type of a comparison operator when one operand
    * is a String and the other is not. It also handles when one op is a Date and the
    * other is a Timestamp by making the target type to be String.
    */
-  private def findCommonTypeForBinaryComparison(
+  private def findNativeCommonTypeForBinary(
       dt1: DataType, dt2: DataType, conf: SQLConf): Option[DataType] = (dt1, dt2) match {
     // We should cast all relative timestamp/date/string comparison into string comparisons
     // This behaves as a user would expect because timestamp strings sort lexicographically.
@@ -158,6 +167,28 @@ object TypeCoercion {
     case (l, r) => None
   }
 
+  /**
+   * This function follow hive's binary comparison action:
+   * https://github.com/apache/hive/blob/rel/release-3.0.0/ql/src/java/
+   * org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/exec/FunctionRegistry.java#L802
+   */
+  private def findHiveCommonTypeForBinary(
+      dt1: DataType, dt2: DataType): Option[DataType] = (dt1, dt2) match {
+    case (StringType, DateType) => Some(DateType)
+    case (DateType, StringType) => Some(DateType)
+    case (StringType, TimestampType) => Some(TimestampType)
+    case (TimestampType, StringType) => Some(TimestampType)
+    case (TimestampType, DateType) => Some(TimestampType)
+    case (DateType, TimestampType) => Some(TimestampType)
+    case (StringType, NullType) => Some(StringType)
+    case (NullType, StringType) => Some(StringType)
+    case (StringType | TimestampType, r: NumericType) => Some(DoubleType)
+    case (l: NumericType, StringType | TimestampType) => Some(DoubleType)
+    case (l: StringType, r: AtomicType) if r != StringType => Some(r)
+    case (l: AtomicType, r: StringType) if l != StringType => Some(l)
+    case _ => None
+  }
+
   /**
    * Case 2 type widening (see the classdoc comment above for TypeCoercion).
    *
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 13f31a6b2eb9..bfb06ccfbf85 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
@@ -1116,6 +1116,15 @@ object SQLConf {
       .booleanConf
       .createWithDefault(true)
 
+  val typeCoercionMode =
+    buildConf("spark.sql.typeCoercion.mode")
+      .doc("Since Spark 2.4, the 'hive' mode is introduced for Hive compatiblity. " +
+        "Spark SQL has its native type cocersion mode, which is enabled by default.")
+      .stringConf
+      .transform(_.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT))
+      .checkValues(Set("default", "hive"))
+      .createWithDefault("default")
+
   val REPLACE_EXCEPT_WITH_FILTER = buildConf("spark.sql.optimizer.replaceExceptWithFilter")
     .internal()
     .doc("When true, the apply function of the rule verifies whether the right node of the" +
@@ -1563,6 +1572,8 @@ class SQLConf extends Serializable with Logging {
 
   def pandasRespectSessionTimeZone: Boolean = getConf(PANDAS_RESPECT_SESSION_LOCAL_TIMEZONE)
 
+  def isHiveTypeCoercionMode: Boolean = getConf(SQLConf.typeCoercionMode).equals("hive")
+
   def replaceExceptWithFilter: Boolean = getConf(REPLACE_EXCEPT_WITH_FILTER)
 
   def decimalOperationsAllowPrecisionLoss: Boolean = getConf(DECIMAL_OPERATIONS_ALLOW_PREC_LOSS)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/TypeCoercionModeSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/TypeCoercionModeSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eff87ee1f803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/TypeCoercionModeSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.execution
+
+import java.sql.{Date, Timestamp}
+
+import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
+
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkFunSuite}
+import org.apache.spark.sql._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
+
+class TypeCoercionModeSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
+
+  private var originalActiveSparkSession: Option[SparkSession] = _
+  private var originalInstantiatedSparkSession: Option[SparkSession] = _
+
+  override protected def beforeAll(): Unit = {
+    originalActiveSparkSession = SparkSession.getActiveSession
+    originalInstantiatedSparkSession = SparkSession.getDefaultSession
+
+    SparkSession.clearActiveSession()
+    SparkSession.clearDefaultSession()
+  }
+
+  override protected def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    originalActiveSparkSession.foreach(ctx => SparkSession.setActiveSession(ctx))
+    originalInstantiatedSparkSession.foreach(ctx => SparkSession.setDefaultSession(ctx))
+  }
+
+  private def checkAnswer(actual: => DataFrame, expectedAnswer: Seq[Row]): Unit = {
+    QueryTest.checkAnswer(actual, expectedAnswer) match {
+      case Some(errorMessage) => fail(errorMessage)
+      case None =>
+    }
+  }
+
+  private var sparkSession: SparkSession = _
+
+  private def withTypeCoercionMode[T](typeCoercionMode: String)(f: SparkSession => T): T = {
+    try {
+      val sparkConf = new SparkConf(false)
+        .setMaster("local")
+        .setAppName(this.getClass.getName)
+        .set("spark.ui.enabled", "false")
+        .set("spark.driver.allowMultipleContexts", "true")
+        .set(SQLConf.typeCoercionMode.key, typeCoercionMode)
+
+      sparkSession = SparkSession.builder().config(sparkConf).getOrCreate()
+      f(sparkSession)
+    } finally {
+      if (sparkSession != null) {
+        sparkSession.sql("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS v")
+        sparkSession.stop()
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("CommonTypeForBinaryComparison: StringType vs NumericType") {
+    val str1 = Long.MaxValue.toString + "1"
+    val str2 = Int.MaxValue.toString + "1"
+    val str3 = "10"
+    val str4 = "0"
+    val str5 = "-0.4"
+    val str6 = "0.6"
+
+    val data = Seq(str1, str2, str3, str4, str5, str6)
+
+    val q1 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 > 0"
+    val q2 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 > 0L"
+    val q3 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 = 0"
+    val q4 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 in (0)"
+
+    withTypeCoercionMode("hive") { spark =>
+      import spark.implicits._
+      data.toDF("c1").createOrReplaceTempView("v")
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q1), Row(str1) :: Row(str2) :: Row(str3) :: Row(str6) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q2), Row(str1) :: Row(str2) :: Row(str3) :: Row(str6) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q3), Row(str4) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q4), Row(str4) :: Nil)
+    }
+
+    withTypeCoercionMode("default") { spark =>
+      import spark.implicits._
+      data.toDF("c1").createOrReplaceTempView("v")
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q1), Row(str3) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q2), Row(str2) :: Row(str3) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q3), Row(str4) :: Row(str5) :: Row(str6) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q4), Row(str4) :: Nil)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("CommonTypeForBinaryComparison: StringType vs DateType") {
+    val v1 = Date.valueOf("2017-09-22")
+    val v2 = Date.valueOf("2017-09-09")
+
+    val data = Seq(v1, v2)
+
+    val q1 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 > '2017-8-1'"
+    val q2 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 > '2014'"
+    val q3 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 > cast('2017-8-1' as date)"
+
+    withTypeCoercionMode("hive") { spark =>
+      import spark.implicits._
+      data.toDF("c1").createTempView("v")
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q1), Row(v1) :: Row(v2) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q2), Row(v1) :: Row(v2) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q3), Row(v1) :: Row(v2) :: Nil)
+    }
+
+    withTypeCoercionMode("default") { spark =>
+      import spark.implicits._
+      data.toDF("c1").createTempView("v")
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q1), Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q2), Row(v1) :: Row(v2) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q3), Row(v1) :: Row(v2) :: Nil)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("CommonTypeForBinaryComparison: StringType vs TimestampType") {
+    val v1 = Timestamp.valueOf("2017-07-21 23:42:12.123")
+    val v2 = Timestamp.valueOf("2017-08-21 23:42:12.123")
+    val v3 = Timestamp.valueOf("2017-08-21 23:42:12")
+
+    val data = Seq(v1, v2, v3)
+
+    val q1 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 > '2017-8-1'"
+    val q2 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 < '2017-08-21 23:42:12.0'"
+    val q3 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 > cast('2017-8-1' as timestamp)"
+
+    withTypeCoercionMode("hive") { spark =>
+      import spark.implicits._
+      data.toDF("c1").createTempView("v")
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q1), Row(v2) :: Row(v3) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q2), Row(v1) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q3), Row(v2) :: Row(v3) :: Nil)
+    }
+
+    withTypeCoercionMode("default") { spark =>
+      import spark.implicits._
+      data.toDF("c1").createTempView("v")
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q1), Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q2), Row(v1) :: Row(v3) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q3), Row(v2) :: Row(v3) :: Nil)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("CommonTypeForBinaryComparison: TimestampType vs DateType") {
+    val v1 = Timestamp.valueOf("2017-07-21 23:42:12.123")
+    val v2 = Timestamp.valueOf("2017-08-21 23:42:12.123")
+
+    val data = Seq(v1, v2)
+
+    val q1 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 > cast('2017-8-1' as date)"
+    val q2 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 > cast('2017-8-1' as timestamp)"
+
+    withTypeCoercionMode("hive") { spark =>
+      import spark.implicits._
+      data.toDF("c1").createTempView("v")
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q1), Row(v2) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q2), Row(v2) :: Nil)
+    }
+
+    withTypeCoercionMode("default") { spark =>
+      import spark.implicits._
+      data.toDF("c1").createTempView("v")
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q1), Row(v2) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q2), Row(v2) :: Nil)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("CommonTypeForBinaryComparison: TimestampType vs NumericType") {
+    val v1 = Timestamp.valueOf("2017-07-21 23:42:12.123")
+    val v2 = Timestamp.valueOf("2017-08-21 23:42:12.123")
+
+    val data = Seq(v1, v2)
+
+    val q1 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 > 1"
+    val q2 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 > '2017-8-1'"
+    val q3 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 > '2017-08-01'"
+    val q4 = "SELECT c1 FROM v WHERE c1 > cast(cast('2017-08-01' as timestamp) as double)"
+
+    withTypeCoercionMode("hive") { spark =>
+      import spark.implicits._
+      data.toDF("c1").createTempView("v")
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q1), Row(v1) :: Row(v2) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q2), Row(v2) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q3), Row(v2) :: Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q4), Row(v2) :: Nil)
+    }
+
+    withTypeCoercionMode("default") { spark =>
+      import spark.implicits._
+      data.toDF("c1").createTempView("v")
+      val e1 = intercept[AnalysisException] {
+        spark.sql(q1)
+      }
+      assert(e1.getMessage.contains("data type mismatch"))
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q2), Nil)
+      checkAnswer(spark.sql(q3), Row(v2) :: Nil)
+      val e2 = intercept[AnalysisException] {
+        spark.sql(q4)
+      }
+      assert(e2.getMessage.contains("data type mismatch"))
+    }
+  }
+}