diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index e9ef514c4e331..0f06e6bcb0897 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ object KubernetesIntegrationTests {
         val bindingsDir = s"$sparkHome/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/bindings"
         val javaImageTag = sys.props.get("spark.kubernetes.test.javaImageTag")
         val dockerFile = sys.props.getOrElse("spark.kubernetes.test.dockerFile",
-            "resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile.java17")
+            s"$sparkHome/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile.java17")
         val extraOptions = if (javaImageTag.isDefined) {
           Seq("-b", s"java_image_tag=$javaImageTag")
         } else {
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/pom.xml b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 0bc8508cbf86c..318a903c14215 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <spark.kubernetes.test.master></spark.kubernetes.test.master>
     <spark.kubernetes.test.namespace></spark.kubernetes.test.namespace>
     <spark.kubernetes.test.serviceAccountName></spark.kubernetes.test.serviceAccountName>
-    <spark.kubernetes.test.dockerFile>resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/Dockerfile.java17</spark.kubernetes.test.dockerFile>
+    <spark.kubernetes.test.dockerFile>Dockerfile.java17</spark.kubernetes.test.dockerFile>
 
     <test.exclude.tags></test.exclude.tags>
     <test.include.tags></test.include.tags>
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/scripts/setup-integration-test-env.sh b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/scripts/setup-integration-test-env.sh
index e4a92b60c981d..d8960349f0080 100755
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/scripts/setup-integration-test-env.sh
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/integration-tests/scripts/setup-integration-test-env.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@ then
     # OpenJDK base-image tag (e.g. 8-jre-slim, 11-jre-slim)
     JAVA_IMAGE_TAG_BUILD_ARG="-b java_image_tag=$JAVA_IMAGE_TAG"
   else
-    JAVA_IMAGE_TAG_BUILD_ARG="-f $DOCKER_FILE"
+    if [[ $DOCKER_FILE = /* ]]; then
+      JAVA_IMAGE_TAG_BUILD_ARG="-f $DOCKER_FILE"
+    else
+      JAVA_IMAGE_TAG_BUILD_ARG="-f $DOCKER_FILE_BASE_PATH/$DOCKER_FILE"
+    fi
   fi
 
   # Build PySpark image