diff --git a/cpp/core/config/GlutenConfig.h b/cpp/core/config/GlutenConfig.h
index 31318ff0aa0c..cd5196aa8c13 100644
--- a/cpp/core/config/GlutenConfig.h
+++ b/cpp/core/config/GlutenConfig.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ const std::string kIgnoreMissingFiles = "spark.sql.files.ignoreMissingFiles";
 
 const std::string kDefaultSessionTimezone = "spark.gluten.sql.session.timeZone.default";
 
+const std::string kSparkOverheadMemory = "spark.gluten.memoryOverhead.size.in.bytes";
+
 const std::string kSparkOffHeapMemory = "spark.gluten.memory.offHeap.size.in.bytes";
 
 const std::string kSparkTaskOffHeapMemory = "spark.gluten.memory.task.offHeap.size.in.bytes";
diff --git a/gluten-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/SparkResourceUtil.scala b/gluten-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/SparkResourceUtil.scala
index faadf3a27cb3..d298ab481a0c 100644
--- a/gluten-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/SparkResourceUtil.scala
+++ b/gluten-core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/SparkResourceUtil.scala
@@ -84,12 +84,13 @@ object SparkResourceUtil extends Logging {
   }
 
   def getMemoryOverheadSize(conf: SparkConf): Long = {
-    conf.get(EXECUTOR_MEMORY_OVERHEAD).getOrElse {
+    val overheadMib = conf.get(EXECUTOR_MEMORY_OVERHEAD).getOrElse {
       val executorMemMib = conf.get(EXECUTOR_MEMORY)
       val factor =
         conf.getDouble("spark.executor.memoryOverheadFactor", 0.1D)
       val minMib = conf.getLong("spark.executor.minMemoryOverhead", 384L)
-      ByteUnit.MiB.toBytes((executorMemMib * factor).toLong max minMib)
+      (executorMemMib * factor).toLong max minMib
     }
+    ByteUnit.MiB.toBytes(overheadMib)
   }
 }