diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/logging/FileAppender.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/logging/FileAppender.scala
index 2f9ad4c8cc3e1..892cff483d0ea 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/logging/FileAppender.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/logging/FileAppender.scala
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.{IntParam, Utils}
 /**
  * Continuously appends the data from an input stream into the given file.
  */
-private[spark] class FileAppender(inputStream: InputStream, file: File, bufferSize: Int = 8192)
+private[spark] class FileAppender(inputStream: InputStream, file: File, conf: SparkConf,
+    bufferSize: Int = 8192)
   extends Logging {
   @volatile private var outputStream: FileOutputStream = null
   @volatile private var markedForStop = false     // has the appender been asked to stopped
+  val fileOutEnabled: Boolean = conf.getBoolean("spark.executorLog.enabled", true)
 
   // Thread that reads the input stream and writes to file
   private val writingThread = new Thread("File appending thread for " + file) {
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ private[spark] class FileAppender(inputStream: InputStream, file: File, bufferSi
             // asynchronously, so once appender has been flagged to stop these will be ignored
             case _: IOException if markedForStop =>  // do nothing and proceed to stop appending
           }
-          if (n > 0) {
+          if (n > 0 && fileOutEnabled) {
             appendToFile(buf, n)
           }
         }
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ private[spark] object FileAppender extends Logging {
           new RollingFileAppender(
             inputStream, file, new TimeBasedRollingPolicy(interval, pattern), conf)
       }.getOrElse {
-        new FileAppender(inputStream, file)
+        new FileAppender(inputStream, file, conf)
       }
     }
 
@@ -157,13 +159,13 @@ private[spark] object FileAppender extends Logging {
         case _ =>
           logWarning(
             s"Illegal size [$rollingSizeBytes] for rolling executor logs, rolling logs not enabled")
-          new FileAppender(inputStream, file)
+          new FileAppender(inputStream, file, conf)
       }
     }
 
     rollingStrategy match {
       case "" =>
-        new FileAppender(inputStream, file)
+        new FileAppender(inputStream, file, conf)
       case "time" =>
         createTimeBasedAppender()
       case "size" =>
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ private[spark] object FileAppender extends Logging {
         logWarning(
           s"Illegal strategy [$rollingStrategy] for rolling executor logs, " +
             s"rolling logs not enabled")
-        new FileAppender(inputStream, file)
+        new FileAppender(inputStream, file, conf)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/logging/RollingFileAppender.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/logging/RollingFileAppender.scala
index 5d8cec8447b53..bfb03e4ea4485 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/logging/RollingFileAppender.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/logging/RollingFileAppender.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ private[spark] class RollingFileAppender(
     val rollingPolicy: RollingPolicy,
     conf: SparkConf,
     bufferSize: Int = RollingFileAppender.DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE
-  ) extends FileAppender(inputStream, activeFile, bufferSize) {
+  ) extends FileAppender(inputStream, activeFile, conf, bufferSize) {
 
   import RollingFileAppender._
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/FileAppenderSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/FileAppenderSuite.scala
index cd0ed5b036bf9..17a8e7db3e5ac 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/FileAppenderSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/util/FileAppenderSuite.scala
@@ -55,12 +55,23 @@ class FileAppenderSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Logging {
     // The `header` should not be covered
     val header = "Add header"
     Files.write(header, testFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
-    val appender = new FileAppender(inputStream, testFile)
+    val appender = new FileAppender(inputStream, testFile, new SparkConf())
     inputStream.close()
     appender.awaitTermination()
     assert(Files.toString(testFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8) === header + testString)
   }
 
+  test("basic file appender disable") {
+    val testString = (1 to 1000).mkString(", ")
+    val inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(testString.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+    val sparkConf = new SparkConf()
+    sparkConf.set("spark.executorLog.enabled", "false")
+    val appender = new FileAppender(inputStream, testFile, sparkConf)
+    inputStream.close()
+    appender.awaitTermination()
+    assert(Files.toString(testFile, StandardCharsets.UTF_8) === "")
+  }
+
   test("rolling file appender - time-based rolling") {
     // setup input stream and appender
     val testOutputStream = new PipedOutputStream()