diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/aggregate/Sum.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/aggregate/Sum.scala
index d2daaac72fc8..d442549f20e8 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/aggregate/Sum.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/aggregate/Sum.scala
@@ -71,23 +71,36 @@ case class Sum(child: Expression) extends DeclarativeAggregate with ImplicitCast
   )
 
   override lazy val updateExpressions: Seq[Expression] = {
+    val sumWithChild = resultType match {
+      case d: DecimalType =>
+        CheckOverflow(coalesce(sum, zero) + child.cast(sumDataType), d, nullOnOverflow = false)
+      case _ =>
+        coalesce(sum, zero) + child.cast(sumDataType)
+    }
+
     if (child.nullable) {
       Seq(
         /* sum = */
-        coalesce(coalesce(sum, zero) + child.cast(sumDataType), sum)
+        coalesce(sumWithChild, sum)
       )
     } else {
       Seq(
         /* sum = */
-        coalesce(sum, zero) + child.cast(sumDataType)
+        sumWithChild
       )
     }
   }
 
   override lazy val mergeExpressions: Seq[Expression] = {
+    val sumWithRight = resultType match {
+      case d: DecimalType =>
+        CheckOverflow(coalesce(sum.left, zero) + sum.right, d, nullOnOverflow = false)
+
+      case _ => coalesce(sum.left, zero) + sum.right
+    }
     Seq(
       /* sum = */
-      coalesce(coalesce(sum.left, zero) + sum.right, sum.left)
+      coalesce(sumWithRight, sum.left)
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameAggregateSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameAggregateSuite.scala
index 54327b38c100..8c0358e205b0 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameAggregateSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameAggregateSuite.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import scala.util.Random
 
 import org.scalatest.Matchers.the
 
+import org.apache.spark.SparkException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.WholeStageCodegenExec
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.adaptive.AdaptiveSparkPlanHelper
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.aggregate.{HashAggregateExec, ObjectHashAggregateExec, SortAggregateExec}
@@ -1044,6 +1045,42 @@ class DataFrameAggregateSuite extends QueryTest
     checkAnswer(sql(queryTemplate("FIRST")), Row(1))
     checkAnswer(sql(queryTemplate("LAST")), Row(3))
   }
+
+  private def exceptionOnDecimalOverflow(df: DataFrame): Unit = {
+    val msg = intercept[SparkException] {
+      df.collect()
+    }.getCause.getMessage
+    assert(msg.contains("cannot be represented as Decimal(38, 18)"))
+  }
+
+  test("SPARK-32018: Throw exception on decimal overflow at partial aggregate phase") {
+    val decimalString = "1" + "0" * 19
+    val union = spark.range(0, 1, 1, 1).union(spark.range(0, 11, 1, 1))
+    val hashAgg = union
+      .select(expr(s"cast('$decimalString' as decimal (38, 18)) as d"), lit("1").as("key"))
+      .groupBy("key")
+      .agg(sum($"d").alias("sumD"))
+      .select($"sumD")
+    exceptionOnDecimalOverflow(hashAgg)
+
+    val sortAgg = union
+      .select(expr(s"cast('$decimalString' as decimal (38, 18)) as d"), lit("a").as("str"),
+      lit("1").as("key")).groupBy("key")
+      .agg(sum($"d").alias("sumD"), min($"str").alias("minStr")).select($"sumD", $"minStr")
+    exceptionOnDecimalOverflow(sortAgg)
+  }
+
+  test("SPARK-32018: Throw exception on decimal overflow at merge aggregation phase") {
+    val decimalString = "5" + "0" * 19
+    val union = spark.range(0, 1, 1, 1).union(spark.range(0, 1, 1, 1))
+      .union(spark.range(0, 1, 1, 1))
+    val agg = union
+      .select(expr(s"cast('$decimalString' as decimal (38, 18)) as d"), lit("1").as("key"))
+      .groupBy("key")
+      .agg(sum($"d").alias("sumD"))
+      .select($"sumD")
+    exceptionOnDecimalOverflow(agg)
+  }
 }
 
 case class B(c: Option[Double])