diff --git a/dev/spark-test-image-util/docs/build-docs b/dev/spark-test-image-util/docs/build-docs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6ff9c7cd9455c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/spark-test-image-util/docs/build-docs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v docker)" ]; then
+  echo "Error: Docker is not installed." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+DOCKER_CACHE_IMG="ghcr.io/apache/spark/apache-spark-github-action-image-docs-cache:master"
+REPO_OWNER="apache/spark"
+REPOSITORY="apache-spark-ci-image-docs"
+IMG_TAG=$(date +%s)
+IMG_NAME="${REPOSITORY}:${IMG_TAG}"
+IMG_URL="$REPO_OWNER/$IMG_NAME"
+DOCKER_MOUNT_SPARK_HOME="/__w/spark/spark"
+BUILD_DOCS_SCRIPT_PATH="${DOCKER_MOUNT_SPARK_HOME}/dev/spark-test-image-util/docs/run-in-container"
+
+FWDIR="$(cd "`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"`"; pwd)"
+SPARK_HOME="$(cd "`dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"`"/../../..; pwd)"
+
+# 1.Compile spark outside the container to prepare for generating documents inside the container.
+build/sbt -Phive -Pkinesis-asl clean unidoc package
+
+# 2.Build container image.
+docker buildx build \
+  --cache-from type=registry,ref="${DOCKER_CACHE_IMG}" \
+  --tag "${IMG_URL}" "${FWDIR}" \
+  --file "${SPARK_HOME}/dev/spark-test-image/docs/Dockerfile"
+
+# 3.Build docs on container: `error docs`, `scala doc`, `python doc`, `sql doc`.
+docker run \
+  --mount type=bind,source="${SPARK_HOME}",target="${DOCKER_MOUNT_SPARK_HOME}" \
+  --interactive --tty "${IMG_URL}" \
+  /bin/bash -c "sh ${BUILD_DOCS_SCRIPT_PATH}"
+
+# 4.Build docs on host: `r doc`.
+#
+# Why does `r` document need to be compiled outside the container?
+# Because when compiling inside the container, the permission of the directory
+# `/__w/spark/spark/R/pkg/docs` automatically generated by `RScript` is `dr-xr--r-x`,
+# and when writing to subsequent files, will throw an error as:
+# `! [EACCES] Failed to copy '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/pkgdown/BS5/assets/katex-auto.js'
+# to '/__w/spark/spark/R/pkg/docs/katex-auto.js': permission denied`
+export SKIP_ERRORDOC=1
+export SKIP_SCALADOC=1
+export SKIP_PYTHONDOC=1
+export SKIP_SQLDOC=1
+cd docs
+bundle exec jekyll build
+
+# 5.Remove container image.
+IMG_ID=$(docker images | grep "${IMG_TAG}" | awk '{print $3}')
+docker image rm --force "${IMG_ID}"
+
+echo "Build doc done."
diff --git a/dev/spark-test-image-util/docs/run-in-container b/dev/spark-test-image-util/docs/run-in-container
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1d43c602f7c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/spark-test-image-util/docs/run-in-container
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# 1.Set env variable.
+export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-arm64
+export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+export SPARK_DOCS_IS_BUILT_ON_HOST=1
+# We expect to compile the R document on the host.
+export SKIP_RDOC=1
+
+# 2.Install bundler.
+gem install bundler -v 2.4.22
+cd /__w/spark/spark/docs
+bundle install
+
+# 3.Build docs, includes: `error docs`, `scala doc`, `python doc`, `sql doc`, excludes: `r doc`.
+# We need this link to make sure `python3` points to `python3.9` which contains the prerequisite packages.
+ln -s "$(which python3.9)" "/usr/local/bin/python3"
+
+# Build docs first with SKIP_API to ensure they are buildable without requiring any
+# language docs to be built beforehand.
+cd /__w/spark/spark/docs
+bundle exec jekyll build
diff --git a/docs/_plugins/build_api_docs.rb b/docs/_plugins/build_api_docs.rb
index 79aad9695a3c7..e2ddcca6cdde5 100644
--- a/docs/_plugins/build_api_docs.rb
+++ b/docs/_plugins/build_api_docs.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ def print_header(text)
 end
 
 def build_spark_if_necessary
+  # If spark has already been compiled on the host, skip here.
+  if ENV['SPARK_DOCS_IS_BUILT_ON_HOST'] == '1'
+    return
+  end
+
   if $spark_package_is_built
     return
   end
@@ -116,6 +121,16 @@ def copy_and_update_java_docs(source, dest, scala_source)
   File.open(css_file, 'a') { |f| f.write("\n" + css.join()) }
 end
 
+def build_spark_scala_and_java_docs_if_necessary
+  # If spark's docs has already been compiled on the host, skip here.
+  if ENV['SPARK_DOCS_IS_BUILT_ON_HOST'] == '1'
+    return
+  end
+
+  command = "build/sbt -Pkinesis-asl unidoc"
+  puts "Running '#{command}'..."
+  system(command) || raise("Unidoc generation failed")
+end
 
 def build_scala_and_java_docs
   build_spark_if_necessary
@@ -123,9 +138,7 @@ def build_scala_and_java_docs
   print_header "Building Scala and Java API docs."
   cd(SPARK_PROJECT_ROOT)
 
-  command = "build/sbt -Pkinesis-asl unidoc"
-  puts "Running '#{command}'..."
-  system(command) || raise("Unidoc generation failed")
+  build_spark_scala_and_java_docs_if_necessary
 
   puts "Moving back into docs dir."
   cd("docs")