diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Expression.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Expression.scala
index c215735ab1c9..ce0b8ed6d18d 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Expression.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Expression.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{TypeCheckResult, TypeCoercion}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen.Block._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.trees.TreeNode
+import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
@@ -120,7 +121,8 @@ abstract class Expression extends TreeNode[Expression] {
 
   private def reduceCodeSize(ctx: CodegenContext, eval: ExprCode): Unit = {
     // TODO: support whole stage codegen too
-    if (eval.code.length > 1024 && ctx.INPUT_ROW != null && ctx.currentVars == null) {
+    val splitThreshold = SQLConf.get.methodSplitThreshold
+    if (eval.code.length > splitThreshold && ctx.INPUT_ROW != null && ctx.currentVars == null) {
       val setIsNull = if (!eval.isNull.isInstanceOf[LiteralValue]) {
         val globalIsNull = ctx.addMutableState(CodeGenerator.JAVA_BOOLEAN, "globalIsNull")
         val localIsNull = eval.isNull
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/CodeGenerator.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/CodeGenerator.scala
index d5857e060a2c..b868a0f4fa28 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/CodeGenerator.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/codegen/CodeGenerator.scala
@@ -910,12 +910,13 @@ class CodegenContext {
     val blocks = new ArrayBuffer[String]()
     val blockBuilder = new StringBuilder()
     var length = 0
+    val splitThreshold = SQLConf.get.methodSplitThreshold
     for (code <- expressions) {
       // We can't know how many bytecode will be generated, so use the length of source code
       // as metric. A method should not go beyond 8K, otherwise it will not be JITted, should
       // also not be too small, or it will have many function calls (for wide table), see the
       // results in BenchmarkWideTable.
-      if (length > 1024) {
+      if (length > splitThreshold) {
         blocks += blockBuilder.toString()
         blockBuilder.clear()
         length = 0
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 e8529550b8fc..8d76c4dc4f69 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
@@ -812,6 +812,18 @@ object SQLConf {
     .intConf
     .createWithDefault(65535)
 
+  val CODEGEN_METHOD_SPLIT_THRESHOLD = buildConf("spark.sql.codegen.methodSplitThreshold")
+    .internal()
+    .doc("The threshold of source-code splitting in the codegen. When the number of characters " +
+      "in a single Java function (without comment) exceeds the threshold, the function will be " +
+      "automatically split to multiple smaller ones. We cannot know how many bytecode will be " +
+      "generated, so use the code length as metric. When running on HotSpot, a function's " +
+      "bytecode should not go beyond 8KB, otherwise it will not be JITted; it also should not " +
+      "be too small, otherwise there will be many function calls.")
+    .intConf
+    .checkValue(threshold => threshold > 0, "The threshold must be a positive integer.")
+    .createWithDefault(1024)
+
   val WHOLESTAGE_SPLIT_CONSUME_FUNC_BY_OPERATOR =
     buildConf("spark.sql.codegen.splitConsumeFuncByOperator")
       .internal()
@@ -1733,6 +1745,8 @@ class SQLConf extends Serializable with Logging {
 
   def hugeMethodLimit: Int = getConf(WHOLESTAGE_HUGE_METHOD_LIMIT)
 
+  def methodSplitThreshold: Int = getConf(CODEGEN_METHOD_SPLIT_THRESHOLD)
+
   def wholeStageSplitConsumeFuncByOperator: Boolean =
     getConf(WHOLESTAGE_SPLIT_CONSUME_FUNC_BY_OPERATOR)