diff --git a/docs/sql/functions.md b/docs/sql/functions.md
index cc6e19e60..ba9df148c 100644
--- a/docs/sql/functions.md
+++ b/docs/sql/functions.md
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ Kyuubi provides several auxiliary SQL functions as supplement to Spark's [Built-
 Name | Description | Return Type | Since
 --- | --- | --- | ---
 kyuubi_version | Return the version of Kyuubi Server | string | 1.3.0
+engine_name | Return the spark application name for the associated query engine | string | 1.3.0
 system_user | Return the system user name for the associated query engine | string | 1.3.0
 
diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/udf/KDFRegistry.scala b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/udf/KDFRegistry.scala
index 14c837af8..537a77117 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/udf/KDFRegistry.scala
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/udf/KDFRegistry.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ object KDFRegistry {
 
   val registeredFunctions = new ArrayBuffer[KyuubiDefinedFunction]()
 
+  val appName = SparkSession.active.sparkContext.appName
+
   val kyuubi_version: KyuubiDefinedFunction = create(
     "kyuubi_version",
     udf(() => KYUUBI_VERSION).asNonNullable(),
@@ -36,6 +38,14 @@ object KDFRegistry {
     "string",
     "1.3.0")
 
+  val engine_name: KyuubiDefinedFunction = create(
+    "engine_name",
+    udf(() => appName).asNonNullable(),
+    "Return the spark application name for the associated query engine",
+    "string",
+    "1.3.0"
+  )
+
   val system_user: KyuubiDefinedFunction = create(
     "system_user",
     udf(() => System.getProperty("user.name")).asNonNullable(),
diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/udf/KyuubiDefinedFunctionSuite.scala b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/udf/KyuubiDefinedFunctionSuite.scala
index 64b03d0bd..21e8e13e3 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/udf/KyuubiDefinedFunctionSuite.scala
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/udf/KyuubiDefinedFunctionSuite.scala
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ class KyuubiDefinedFunctionSuite extends KyuubiFunSuite {
     KDFRegistry.registeredFunctions.foreach { func =>
       newOutput += s"${func.name} | ${func.description} | ${func.returnType} | ${func.since}"
     }
-
     newOutput += ""
     TestUtils.verifyOutput(markdown, newOutput, getClass.getCanonicalName)
   }
diff --git a/kyuubi-common/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/operation/JDBCTests.scala b/kyuubi-common/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/operation/JDBCTests.scala
index 2bb533d42..13f8e0e2b 100644
--- a/kyuubi-common/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/operation/JDBCTests.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-common/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/operation/JDBCTests.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.sql.{Date, SQLException, SQLTimeoutException, Timestamp}
 
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils
 import org.apache.hive.service.rpc.thrift.{TExecuteStatementReq, TFetchResultsReq, TOpenSessionReq, TStatusCode}
 
 import org.apache.kyuubi.KYUUBI_VERSION
@@ -362,6 +363,14 @@ trait JDBCTests extends BasicJDBCTests {
     }
   }
 
+  test("kyuubi defined function - engine_name") {
+    withJdbcStatement() { statement =>
+      val rs = statement.executeQuery("SELECT engine_name()")
+      assert(rs.next())
+      assert(StringUtils.isNotBlank(rs.getString(1)))
+    }
+  }
+
   // dockerfile use kyuubi as user which is not same with non-k8s env.
   ignore("kyuubi defined function - system_user") {
     withJdbcStatement() { statement =>