diff --git a/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/spark/entrypoint.sh b/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/spark/entrypoint.sh
index c95e5b243fc1..f6718e15811d 100755
--- a/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/spark/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/bitnami/spark/3/debian-10/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/spark/entrypoint.sh
@@ -28,5 +28,24 @@ if [[ "$1" = "/opt/bitnami/scripts/spark/run.sh" ]]; then
     info "** Spark setup finished! **"
 fi
 
+# Spark has an special 'driver' command which is an alias for spark-submit
+# https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/master/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh
+case "$1" in
+  driver)
+    shift 1
+    CMD=(
+        "/opt/bitnami/spark/bin/spark-submit"
+        --master "${SPARK_MASTER_URL}"
+        --conf "spark.jars.ivy=/tmp/.ivy"
+        --deploy-mode client
+        "$@"
+    )
+    ;;
+  *)
+    # Non-spark-on-k8s command provided, proceeding in pass-through mode
+    CMD=("$@")
+    ;;
+esac
+
 echo ""
-exec "$@"
+exec "${CMD[@]}"
diff --git a/bitnami/spark/README.md b/bitnami/spark/README.md
index ffa208520474..a91b91a3e70f 100644
--- a/bitnami/spark/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/spark/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Non-root container images add an extra layer of security and are generally recom
 Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags [in our documentation page](https://docs.bitnami.com/tutorials/understand-rolling-tags-containers/).
 
 
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