diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/resources/data/files/hive-hcatalog-core-0.13.1.jar b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/resources/data/files/hive-hcatalog-core-0.13.1.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37af9aafad8a
Binary files /dev/null and b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/resources/data/files/hive-hcatalog-core-0.13.1.jar differ
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/CliSuite.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/CliSuite.scala
index b070fa8eaa46..b41218426fb9 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/CliSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/CliSuite.scala
@@ -151,4 +151,20 @@ class CliSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Logging {
         -> "hive_test"
     )
   }
+
+  test("Single command with --jars") {
+    val jarFile =
+      Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader
+        .getResource("data/files/hive-hcatalog-core-0.13.1.jar")
+    runCliWithin(1.minute,
+      Seq(
+        "--jars",
+        s"$jarFile",
+        "-e",
+        """CREATE TABLE t1(a string, b string) ROW FORMAT
+          | SERDE 'org.apache.hive.hcatalog.data.JsonSerDe';""".stripMargin))(
+      ""
+        -> "OK"
+    )
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala
index 0b6f7a334a71..294fc3bd7d5e 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/TableReader.scala
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class HadoopTableReader(
     makeRDDForTable(
       hiveTable,
       Class.forName(
-        relation.tableDesc.getSerdeClassName, true, Utils.getSparkClassLoader)
+        relation.tableDesc.getSerdeClassName, true, Utils.getContextOrSparkClassLoader)
         .asInstanceOf[Class[Deserializer]],
       filterOpt = None)
 
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/IsolatedClientLoader.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/IsolatedClientLoader.scala
index 196a3d836cab..e957588971ec 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/IsolatedClientLoader.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/IsolatedClientLoader.scala
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ private[hive] class IsolatedClientLoader(
     name.startsWith("com.google") ||
     name.startsWith("java.lang.") ||
     name.startsWith("java.net") ||
+    name.startsWith("org.apache.hadoop.conf") ||
+    name.startsWith("org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde") || // TODO keep adding?
     sharedPrefixes.exists(name.startsWith)
 
   /** True if `name` refers to a spark class that must see specific version of Hive. */
@@ -150,7 +152,9 @@ private[hive] class IsolatedClientLoader(
         defineClass(name, bytes, 0, bytes.length)
       } else if (!isSharedClass(name)) {
         logDebug(s"hive class: $name - ${getResource(classToPath(name))}")
-        super.loadClass(name, resolve)
+        try super.loadClass(name, resolve) catch {
+          case _: ClassNotFoundException => baseClassLoader.loadClass(name)
+        }
       } else {
         logDebug(s"shared class: $name")
         baseClassLoader.loadClass(name)