diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/CliSuite.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/CliSuite.scala
index 4ccc17cf070c8..6e042ac41d9da 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/CliSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/CliSuite.scala
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import scala.concurrent.Promise
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.hive.conf.HiveConf.ConfVars
+import org.apache.hadoop.hive.contrib.udaf.example.UDAFExampleMax
 import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
@@ -290,8 +291,18 @@ class CliSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll with Logging {
     val tmpDir = Utils.createTempDir(namePrefix = "SPARK-21451")
     runCliWithin(
       1.minute,
-      Seq(s"--conf", s"spark.hadoop.${ConfVars.METASTOREWAREHOUSE}=$tmpDir"))(
+      Seq("--conf", s"spark.hadoop.${ConfVars.METASTOREWAREHOUSE}=$tmpDir"))(
       "set spark.sql.warehouse.dir;" -> tmpDir.getAbsolutePath)
     tmpDir.delete()
   }
+
+  test("Support hive.aux.jars.path") {
+    val hiveContribJar = HiveTestUtils.getHiveContribJar.getCanonicalPath
+    runCliWithin(
+      1.minute,
+      Seq("--conf", s"spark.hadoop.${ConfVars.HIVEAUXJARS}=$hiveContribJar"))(
+      s"CREATE TEMPORARY FUNCTION example_max AS '${classOf[UDAFExampleMax].getName}';" -> "",
+      "SELECT example_max(1);" -> "1"
+    )
+  }
 }