diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/Master.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/Master.scala
index 29022c7419b4b..0a66cc974da7c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/Master.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/Master.scala
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ private[deploy] class Master(
   private val forwardMessageThread =
     ThreadUtils.newDaemonSingleThreadScheduledExecutor("master-forward-message-thread")
 
+  private val driverIdPattern = conf.get(DRIVER_ID_PATTERN)
+
   // For application IDs
   private def createDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss", Locale.US)
 
@@ -1175,7 +1177,7 @@ private[deploy] class Master(
   }
 
   private def newDriverId(submitDate: Date): String = {
-    val appId = "driver-%s-%04d".format(createDateFormat.format(submitDate), nextDriverNumber)
+    val appId = driverIdPattern.format(createDateFormat.format(submitDate), nextDriverNumber)
     nextDriverNumber += 1
     appId
   }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/Deploy.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/Deploy.scala
index aaeb37a17249a..bffdc79175bd9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/Deploy.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/internal/config/Deploy.scala
@@ -82,4 +82,12 @@ private[spark] object Deploy {
     .checkValue(_ > 0, "The maximum number of running drivers should be positive.")
     .createWithDefault(Int.MaxValue)
 
+  val DRIVER_ID_PATTERN = ConfigBuilder("spark.deploy.driverIdPattern")
+    .doc("The pattern for driver ID generation based on Java `String.format` method. " +
+      "The default value is `driver-%s-%04d` which represents the existing driver id string " +
+      ", e.g., `driver-20231031224459-0019`. Please be careful to generate unique IDs")
+    .version("4.0.0")
+    .stringConf
+    .checkValue(!_.format("20231101000000", 0).exists(_.isWhitespace), "Whitespace is not allowed.")
+    .createWithDefault("driver-%s-%04d")
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/MasterSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/MasterSuite.scala
index fc6c7d267e6a5..cef0e84f20f7a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/MasterSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/master/MasterSuite.scala
@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ class MasterSuite extends SparkFunSuite
   private val _waitingDrivers =
     PrivateMethod[mutable.ArrayBuffer[DriverInfo]](Symbol("waitingDrivers"))
   private val _state = PrivateMethod[RecoveryState.Value](Symbol("state"))
+  private val _newDriverId = PrivateMethod[String](Symbol("newDriverId"))
 
   private val workerInfo = makeWorkerInfo(4096, 10)
   private val workerInfos = Array(workerInfo, workerInfo, workerInfo)
@@ -1236,6 +1237,20 @@ class MasterSuite extends SparkFunSuite
   private def getState(master: Master): RecoveryState.Value = {
     master.invokePrivate(_state())
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-45753: Support driver id pattern") {
+    val master = makeMaster(new SparkConf().set(DRIVER_ID_PATTERN, "my-driver-%2$05d"))
+    val submitDate = new Date()
+    assert(master.invokePrivate(_newDriverId(submitDate)) === "my-driver-00000")
+    assert(master.invokePrivate(_newDriverId(submitDate)) === "my-driver-00001")
+  }
+
+  test("SPARK-45753: Prevent invalid driver id patterns") {
+    val m = intercept[IllegalArgumentException] {
+      makeMaster(new SparkConf().set(DRIVER_ID_PATTERN, "my driver"))
+    }.getMessage
+    assert(m.contains("Whitespace is not allowed"))
+  }
 }
 
 private class FakeRecoveryModeFactory(conf: SparkConf, ser: serializer.Serializer)