diff --git a/airflow/providers/apache/spark/hooks/spark_submit.py b/airflow/providers/apache/spark/hooks/spark_submit.py
index b6b5b9396899a..ec9b69909c0cc 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/apache/spark/hooks/spark_submit.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/apache/spark/hooks/spark_submit.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def get_ui_field_behaviour() -> dict[str, Any]:
     def __init__(
         self,
         conf: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        properties_file: str | None = None,
         conn_id: str = "spark_default",
         files: str | None = None,
         py_files: str | None = None,
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ def __init__(
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__()
         self._conf = conf or {}
+        self._properties_file = properties_file
         self._conn_id = conn_id
         self._files = files
         self._py_files = py_files
@@ -287,6 +289,8 @@ def _build_spark_submit_command(self, application: str) -> list[str]:
                 "--conf",
                 f"spark.kubernetes.namespace={self._connection['namespace']}",
             ]
+        if self._properties_file:
+            connection_cmd += ["--properties-file", self._properties_file]
         if self._files:
             connection_cmd += ["--files", self._files]
         if self._py_files:
diff --git a/airflow/providers/apache/spark/operators/spark_submit.py b/airflow/providers/apache/spark/operators/spark_submit.py
index 0620a44c0ea46..44b874b6ca0f5 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/apache/spark/operators/spark_submit.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/apache/spark/operators/spark_submit.py
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class SparkSubmitOperator(BaseOperator):
     template_fields: Sequence[str] = (
         "_application",
         "_conf",
+        "_properties-file"
         "_files",
         "_py_files",
         "_jars",
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ def __init__(
         *,
         application: str = "",
         conf: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        properties_file: str | None = None,
         conn_id: str = "spark_default",
         files: str | None = None,
         py_files: str | None = None,
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ def __init__(
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self._application = application
         self._conf = conf
+        self._properties_file = properties_file
         self._files = files
         self._py_files = py_files
         self._archives = archives
@@ -163,6 +166,7 @@ def on_kill(self) -> None:
     def _get_hook(self) -> SparkSubmitHook:
         return SparkSubmitHook(
             conf=self._conf,
+            properties_file=self._properties_file,
             conn_id=self._conn_id,
             files=self._files,
             py_files=self._py_files,