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 93fab14d66f61..85b4a81e245dd 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
@@ -1361,6 +1361,17 @@ object SQLConf {
       .booleanConf
       .createWithDefault(false)
 
+  val RECURSIVE_FILE_LOOKUP =
+    buildConf("spark.sql.sources.recursiveFileLookup")
+      .doc("If dynamic partitioning is used to write the output of UNION or UNION ALL " +
+        "queries into table files with hive.execution.engine=tez, HIVE-17275 add a sub dir " +
+        "in table or partition location. If true, Spark will fetch all files on each location" +
+        " dir and sub dir. Default value is false, Spark just fetch files on each location dir")
+      .version("3.2.0")
+      .internal()
+      .booleanConf
+      .createWithDefault(false)
+
   // Whether to automatically resolve ambiguity in join conditions for self-joins.
   // See SPARK-6231.
   val DATAFRAME_SELF_JOIN_AUTO_RESOLVE_AMBIGUITY =
@@ -4235,6 +4246,8 @@ class SQLConf extends Serializable with Logging {
 
   def ignoreDataLocality: Boolean = getConf(SQLConf.IGNORE_DATA_LOCALITY)
 
+  def recursiveFileLookup: Boolean = getConf(SQLConf.RECURSIVE_FILE_LOOKUP)
+
   def csvFilterPushDown: Boolean = getConf(CSV_FILTER_PUSHDOWN_ENABLED)
 
   def jsonFilterPushDown: Boolean = getConf(JSON_FILTER_PUSHDOWN_ENABLED)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/InMemoryFileIndex.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/InMemoryFileIndex.scala
index 6c3deee2c3173..b0782fd3d9e9c 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/InMemoryFileIndex.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/InMemoryFileIndex.scala
@@ -94,10 +94,29 @@ class InMemoryFileIndex(
     val files = listLeafFiles(rootPaths)
     cachedLeafFiles =
       new mutable.LinkedHashMap[Path, FileStatus]() ++= files.map(f => f.getPath -> f)
-    cachedLeafDirToChildrenFiles = files.toArray.groupBy(_.getPath.getParent)
+    cachedLeafDirToChildrenFiles = if (sparkSession.sessionState.conf.recursiveFileLookup) {
+      recursiveDirChildrenFiles(files)
+    } else {
+      files.toArray.groupBy(_.getPath.getParent)
+    }
     cachedPartitionSpec = null
   }
 
+  def recursiveDirChildrenFiles(files: mutable.LinkedHashSet[FileStatus])
+  : Map[Path, Array[FileStatus]] = {
+    // rootPaths is table / partition location
+    val rootParents = rootPaths.map(_.getParent).toSet
+    val reorganized = new mutable.LinkedHashMap[Path, mutable.LinkedHashSet[FileStatus]]()
+    files.foreach { f => // f is a file, not a directory.
+      var parent = f.getPath.getParent
+      while (parent != null && !rootParents.contains(parent)) {
+        reorganized.getOrElseUpdate(parent, new mutable.LinkedHashSet[FileStatus]()).add(f)
+        parent = parent.getParent
+      }
+    }
+    reorganized.mapValues(_.toArray).toMap
+  }
+
   override def equals(other: Any): Boolean = other match {
     case hdfs: InMemoryFileIndex => rootPaths.toSet == hdfs.rootPaths.toSet
     case _ => false
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileIndexSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileIndexSuite.scala
index fcaf8df4f9a02..7a240a7da9000 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileIndexSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/FileIndexSuite.scala
@@ -477,6 +477,38 @@ class FileIndexSuite extends SharedSparkSession {
     }
   }
 
+  test("recursive dir children files") {
+    withTempDir { dir =>
+      val fs = new Path(dir.getPath).getFileSystem(
+        spark.sessionState.newHadoopConfWithOptions(Map.empty))
+      val allFiles = new mutable.LinkedHashSet[FileStatus]()
+      val partitionDirectory = new File(dir, "a=foo")
+      partitionDirectory.mkdir()
+      for (i <- 1 to 8) {
+        val file0 = new File(partitionDirectory, i + ".txt")
+        stringToFile(file0, "text")
+        allFiles.add(fs.getFileStatus(new Path(file0.getPath)))
+        if (i % 2 == 0) {
+          val subDirectory = new File(partitionDirectory, "i=" + i)
+          subDirectory.mkdir()
+          for (ii <- 1 to 8) {
+            val file1 = new File(subDirectory, ii + ".txt")
+            stringToFile(file1, "text")
+            allFiles.add(fs.getFileStatus(new Path(file1.getPath)))
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      val path = fs.getFileStatus(new Path(partitionDirectory.getPath)).getPath
+      val fileIndex = new InMemoryFileIndex(spark, Seq(path), Map.empty, None)
+      val files = fileIndex.listLeafFiles(Seq(path))
+      val leafDirToChildrenFiles = fileIndex.recursiveDirChildrenFiles(files)
+      assert(leafDirToChildrenFiles.size == 5)
+      val actualFiles = leafDirToChildrenFiles(path)
+      assert(allFiles.size == actualFiles.length)
+      assert(actualFiles.forall(actualFiles.contains))
+    }
+  }
+
   test("SPARK-31047 - Improve file listing for ViewFileSystem") {
     val path = mock(classOf[Path])
     val dfs = mock(classOf[ViewFileSystem])