diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/config.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/config.scala
index 53a184cba7a4d..58d6210e8b30d 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/config.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/config.scala
@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ package object config extends Logging {
       .stringConf
       .createOptional
 
+  private[spark] val KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR_MEMORY_OVERHEAD_FACTOR =
+    ConfigBuilder("spark.kubernetes.executor.memoryOverheadFactor")
+      .doc("The additional percentage of the executor heap to request from Kubernetes for pods" +
+        " memory limits, e.g. 0.10 for 10% overhead.  This is overridden by" +
+        " spark.kubernetes.executor.memoryOverhead")
+      .doubleConf
+      .checkValue(_ > 0, "Overhead factors must be positive")
+      .createWithDefault(0.1)
+
   // Note that while we set a default for this when we start up the
   // scheduler, the specific default value is dynamically determined
   // based on the executor memory.
@@ -113,6 +122,15 @@ package object config extends Logging {
       .bytesConf(ByteUnit.MiB)
       .createOptional
 
+  private[spark] val KUBERNETES_DRIVER_MEMORY_OVERHEAD_FACTOR =
+    ConfigBuilder("spark.kubernetes.driver.memoryOverheadFactor")
+      .doc("The additional percentage of the driver heap to request from Kubernetes for pod" +
+        " memory limits, e.g. 0.10 for 10% overhead.  This is overridden by" +
+        " spark.kubernetes.driver.memoryOverhead")
+      .doubleConf
+      .checkValue(_ > 0, "Overhead factors must be positive")
+      .createWithDefault(0.1)
+
   private[spark] val KUBERNETES_DRIVER_LABEL_PREFIX = "spark.kubernetes.driver.label."
   private[spark] val KUBERNETES_DRIVER_ANNOTATION_PREFIX = "spark.kubernetes.driver.annotation."
   private[spark] val KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR_LABEL_PREFIX = "spark.kubernetes.executor.label."
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/constants.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/constants.scala
index 2c2ccf31b9dd9..3e882ac39b1f7 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/constants.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/constants.scala
@@ -100,6 +100,5 @@ package object constants {
   private[spark] val ANNOTATION_EXECUTOR_NODE_AFFINITY = "scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/affinity"
   private[spark] val DRIVER_CONTAINER_NAME = "spark-kubernetes-driver"
   private[spark] val KUBERNETES_MASTER_INTERNAL_URL = "https://kubernetes.default.svc"
-  private[spark] val MEMORY_OVERHEAD_FACTOR = 0.10
   private[spark] val MEMORY_OVERHEAD_MIN_MIB = 384L
 }
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/submitsteps/BaseDriverConfigurationStep.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/submitsteps/BaseDriverConfigurationStep.scala
index b76c77a656d2d..748d9f36fdd0d 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/submitsteps/BaseDriverConfigurationStep.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/submitsteps/BaseDriverConfigurationStep.scala
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ private[spark] class BaseDriverConfigurationStep(
       org.apache.spark.internal.config.DRIVER_MEMORY.key,
       org.apache.spark.internal.config.DRIVER_MEMORY.defaultValueString)
   private val memoryOverheadMiB = submissionSparkConf
-      .get(KUBERNETES_DRIVER_MEMORY_OVERHEAD)
-      .getOrElse(math.max((MEMORY_OVERHEAD_FACTOR * driverMemoryMiB).toInt,
-          MEMORY_OVERHEAD_MIN_MIB))
+    .get(KUBERNETES_DRIVER_MEMORY_OVERHEAD)
+    .getOrElse(math.max(
+      (submissionSparkConf.get(KUBERNETES_DRIVER_MEMORY_OVERHEAD_FACTOR) * driverMemoryMiB).toInt,
+      MEMORY_OVERHEAD_MIN_MIB))
   private val driverContainerMemoryWithOverheadMiB = driverMemoryMiB + memoryOverheadMiB
   private val driverDockerImage = submissionSparkConf.get(DRIVER_DOCKER_IMAGE)
 
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/kubernetes/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/kubernetes/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend.scala
index a6f2fdcd3c710..870ab7e2d9eaa 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/kubernetes/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/kubernetes/KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend.scala
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ private[spark] class KubernetesClusterSchedulerBackend(
 
   private val memoryOverheadMiB = conf
     .get(KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR_MEMORY_OVERHEAD)
-    .getOrElse(math.max((MEMORY_OVERHEAD_FACTOR * executorMemoryMiB).toInt,
+    .getOrElse(math.max(
+      (conf.get(KUBERNETES_EXECUTOR_MEMORY_OVERHEAD_FACTOR) * executorMemoryMiB).toInt,
       MEMORY_OVERHEAD_MIN_MIB))
   private val executorMemoryWithOverheadMiB = executorMemoryMiB + memoryOverheadMiB