diff --git a/python/docs/source/reference/pyspark.rst b/python/docs/source/reference/pyspark.rst
index 9a6fbb651716f..798cda64d4d09 100644
--- a/python/docs/source/reference/pyspark.rst
+++ b/python/docs/source/reference/pyspark.rst
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Spark Context APIs
     SparkContext.getJobTags
     SparkContext.getLocalProperty
     SparkContext.getOrCreate
+    SparkContext.getSystemProperty
     SparkContext.hadoopFile
     SparkContext.hadoopRDD
     SparkContext.listArchives
diff --git a/python/pyspark/core/context.py b/python/pyspark/core/context.py
index 4225a20f64c94..63d41c11dafda 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/core/context.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/core/context.py
@@ -554,6 +554,28 @@ def setSystemProperty(cls, key: str, value: str) -> None:
         assert SparkContext._jvm is not None
         SparkContext._jvm.java.lang.System.setProperty(key, value)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def getSystemProperty(cls, key: str) -> str:
+        """
+        Get a Java system property, such as `java.home`.
+
+        .. versionadded:: 4.0.0
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        key : str
+            The key of a new Java system property.
+
+        Examples
+        --------
+        >>> sc.getSystemProperty("SPARK_SUBMIT")
+        'true'
+        >>> _ = sc.getSystemProperty("java.home")
+        """
+        SparkContext._ensure_initialized()
+        assert SparkContext._jvm is not None
+        return SparkContext._jvm.java.lang.System.getProperty(key)
+
     @property
     def version(self) -> str:
         """