diff --git a/kyuubi-hive-beeline/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/KyuubiBeeLine.java b/kyuubi-hive-beeline/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/KyuubiBeeLine.java
index 5aad29fd789..8ef5454fa7d 100644
--- a/kyuubi-hive-beeline/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/KyuubiBeeLine.java
+++ b/kyuubi-hive-beeline/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/KyuubiBeeLine.java
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ public class KyuubiBeeLine extends BeeLine {
   private static final int ERRNO_OTHER = 2;
 
   private static final String PYTHON_MODE_PREFIX = "--python-mode";
+  private static final String IGNORE_LAUNCH_ENGINE_PREFIX = "--ignore-launch-engine";
   private boolean pythonMode = false;
+  private boolean ignoreLaunchEngine = false;
 
   public KyuubiBeeLine() {
     this(true);
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ void usage() {
     super.usage();
     output("Usage: java " + KyuubiBeeLine.class.getCanonicalName());
     output("   --python-mode                   Execute python code/script.");
+    output("Usage: java " + KyuubiBeeLine.class.getCanonicalName());
+    output("   --ignore-launch-engine          Ignore launch engine log.");
   }
 
   public boolean isPythonMode() {
@@ -101,6 +105,15 @@ public void setPythonMode(boolean pythonMode) {
     this.pythonMode = pythonMode;
   }
 
+  public boolean isIgnoreLaunchEngine() {
+    return ignoreLaunchEngine;
+  }
+
+  // Visible for testing
+  public void setIgnoreLaunchEngine(boolean ignoreLaunchEngine) {
+    this.ignoreLaunchEngine = ignoreLaunchEngine;
+  }
+
   /** Starts the program. */
   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
     mainWithInputRedirection(args, null);
@@ -169,6 +182,8 @@ int initArgs(String[] args) {
             protected void processOption(String arg, ListIterator iter) throws ParseException {
               if (PYTHON_MODE_PREFIX.equals(arg)) {
                 pythonMode = true;
+              } else if (IGNORE_LAUNCH_ENGINE_PREFIX.equals(arg)) {
+                ignoreLaunchEngine = true;
               } else {
                 super.processOption(arg, iter);
               }
diff --git a/kyuubi-hive-beeline/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/KyuubiCommands.java b/kyuubi-hive-beeline/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/KyuubiCommands.java
index fcfee49edb0..d98a8b1343c 100644
--- a/kyuubi-hive-beeline/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/KyuubiCommands.java
+++ b/kyuubi-hive-beeline/src/main/java/org/apache/hive/beeline/KyuubiCommands.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.hive.beeline;
 
 import static org.apache.kyuubi.jdbc.hive.JdbcConnectionParams.*;
+import static org.apache.kyuubi.jdbc.hive.KyuubiConnection.IGNORE_LAUNCH_ENGINE_PROPERTY;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import java.io.*;
@@ -450,6 +451,10 @@ public boolean connect(Properties props) throws IOException {
               AUTH_PASSWD, "javax.jdo.option.ConnectionPassword", "ConnectionPassword",
             });
 
+    if (beeLine.isIgnoreLaunchEngine()) {
+      props.put(IGNORE_LAUNCH_ENGINE_PROPERTY, "true");
+    }
+
     if (url == null || url.length() == 0) {
       return beeLine.error("Property \"url\" is required");
     }
diff --git a/kyuubi-hive-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/kyuubi/jdbc/hive/KyuubiConnection.java b/kyuubi-hive-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/kyuubi/jdbc/hive/KyuubiConnection.java
index 87872581c9c..cd5d97feb8b 100644
--- a/kyuubi-hive-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/kyuubi/jdbc/hive/KyuubiConnection.java
+++ b/kyuubi-hive-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/kyuubi/jdbc/hive/KyuubiConnection.java
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 public class KyuubiConnection implements SQLConnection, KyuubiLoggable {
   public static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(KyuubiConnection.class.getName());
   public static final String BEELINE_MODE_PROPERTY = "BEELINE_MODE";
+  public static final String IGNORE_LAUNCH_ENGINE_PROPERTY = "IGNORE_LAUNCH_ENGINE_LOG";
   public static final String HS2_PROXY_USER = "hive.server2.proxy.user";
   public static int DEFAULT_ENGINE_LOG_THREAD_TIMEOUT = 10 * 1000;
 
@@ -112,6 +113,8 @@ public class KyuubiConnection implements SQLConnection, KyuubiLoggable {
 
   private boolean isBeeLineMode;
 
+  private boolean ignoreLaunchEngineLog;
+
   /** Get all direct HiveServer2 URLs from a ZooKeeper based HiveServer2 URL */
   public static List<JdbcConnectionParams> getAllUrls(String zookeeperBasedHS2Url)
       throws Exception {
@@ -127,6 +130,7 @@ public static List<JdbcConnectionParams> getAllUrls(String zookeeperBasedHS2Url)
 
   public KyuubiConnection(String uri, Properties info) throws SQLException {
     isBeeLineMode = Boolean.parseBoolean(info.getProperty(BEELINE_MODE_PROPERTY));
+    ignoreLaunchEngineLog = Boolean.parseBoolean(info.getProperty(IGNORE_LAUNCH_ENGINE_PROPERTY));
     try {
       connParams = Utils.parseURL(uri, info);
     } catch (ZooKeeperHiveClientException e) {
@@ -262,7 +266,7 @@ public List<String> getExecLog() throws SQLException, ClosedOrCancelledException
           "Method getExecLog() failed. The " + "connection has been closed.");
     }
 
-    if (launchEngineOpHandle == null) {
+    if (launchEngineOpHandle == null || ignoreLaunchEngineLog) {
       return Collections.emptyList();
     }