diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/Constants.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/Constants.scala
index 9da11047b314..385734c557a3 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/Constants.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/Constants.scala
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ private[spark] object Constants {
   val UI_PORT_NAME = "spark-ui"
 
   // Environment Variables
+  val ENV_DRIVER_POD_IP = "SPARK_DRIVER_POD_IP"
   val ENV_DRIVER_URL = "SPARK_DRIVER_URL"
   val ENV_EXECUTOR_CORES = "SPARK_EXECUTOR_CORES"
   val ENV_EXECUTOR_MEMORY = "SPARK_EXECUTOR_MEMORY"
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh
index cae004715391..42f4df88f3da 100755
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ case "$1" in
     CMD=(
       "$SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-submit"
       --conf "spark.driver.bindAddress=$SPARK_DRIVER_BIND_ADDRESS"
+      --conf "spark.executorEnv.SPARK_DRIVER_POD_IP=$SPARK_DRIVER_BIND_ADDRESS"
       --deploy-mode client
       "$@"
     )
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/BasicTestsSuite.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/BasicTestsSuite.scala
index ed38f8d70d7a..af74032694db 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/BasicTestsSuite.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/integrationtest/BasicTestsSuite.scala
@@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ private[spark] trait BasicTestsSuite { k8sSuite: KubernetesSuite =>
       runSparkRemoteCheckAndVerifyCompletion(appArgs = Array(REMOTE_PAGE_RANK_FILE_NAME))
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-42769: All executor pods have SPARK_DRIVER_POD_IP env variable", k8sTestTag) {
+    runSparkPiAndVerifyCompletion(
+      executorPodChecker = (executorPod: Pod) => {
+        doBasicExecutorPodCheck(executorPod)
+        executorPod.getSpec.getContainers.get(0).getEnv.asScala
+          .exists(envVar => envVar.getName == "SPARK_DRIVER_POD_IP")
+      })
+  }
 }
 
 private[spark] object BasicTestsSuite extends SparkFunSuite {