diff --git a/internal/scheduler/yunikorn/resourceusage/memory.go b/internal/scheduler/yunikorn/resourceusage/memory.go
index 397f1e209..88e17cdc9 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/yunikorn/resourceusage/memory.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/yunikorn/resourceusage/memory.go
@@ -70,6 +70,26 @@ func memoryRequestBytes(podSpec *v1beta2.SparkPodSpec, memoryOverheadFactor floa
 	return memoryBytes + memoryOverheadBytes, nil
 }
 
+func executorPysparkMemoryBytes(app *v1beta2.SparkApplication) (int64, error) {
+	pysparkMemory, found := app.Spec.SparkConf["spark.executor.pyspark.memory"]
+	if app.Spec.Type != v1beta2.SparkApplicationTypePython || !found {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+
+	// This fields defaults to mebibytes if no resource suffix is specified
+	// https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/7de71a2ec78d985c2a045f13c1275101b126cec4/docs/configuration.md?plain=1#L289-L305
+	if _, err := strconv.Atoi(pysparkMemory); err == nil {
+		pysparkMemory = pysparkMemory + "m"
+	}
+
+	pysparkMemoryBytes, err := byteStringAsBytes(pysparkMemory)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+
+	return pysparkMemoryBytes, nil
+}
+
 func bytesToMi(b int64) string {
 	// this floors the value to the nearest mebibyte
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%dMi", b/1024/1024)
@@ -103,6 +123,11 @@ func executorMemoryRequest(app *v1beta2.SparkApplication) (string, error) {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
+	pysparkMemoryBytes, err := executorPysparkMemoryBytes(app)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
 	// See comment above in driver
-	return bytesToMi(requestBytes), nil
+	return bytesToMi(requestBytes + pysparkMemoryBytes), nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/scheduler/yunikorn/scheduler_test.go b/internal/scheduler/yunikorn/scheduler_test.go
index ce98cbbc8..8d44e9df9 100644
--- a/internal/scheduler/yunikorn/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/internal/scheduler/yunikorn/scheduler_test.go
@@ -223,6 +223,49 @@ func TestSchedule(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "spark.executor.pyspark.memory",
+			app: &v1beta2.SparkApplication{
+				Spec: v1beta2.SparkApplicationSpec{
+					Type: v1beta2.SparkApplicationTypePython,
+					Driver: v1beta2.DriverSpec{
+						SparkPodSpec: v1beta2.SparkPodSpec{
+							Cores:  util.Int32Ptr(1),
+							Memory: util.StringPtr("512m"),
+						},
+					},
+					Executor: v1beta2.ExecutorSpec{
+						Instances: util.Int32Ptr(2),
+						SparkPodSpec: v1beta2.SparkPodSpec{
+							Cores:  util.Int32Ptr(1),
+							Memory: util.StringPtr("512m"),
+						},
+					},
+					SparkConf: map[string]string{
+						"spark.executor.pyspark.memory": "500m",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			expected: []taskGroup{
+				{
+					Name:      "spark-driver",
+					MinMember: 1,
+					MinResource: map[string]string{
+						"cpu":    "1",
+						"memory": "896Mi", // 512Mi + 384Mi min overhead
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Name:      "spark-executor",
+					MinMember: 2,
+					MinResource: map[string]string{
+						"cpu": "1",
+						// 512Mi + 384Mi min overhead + 500Mi spark.executor.pyspark.memory
+						"memory": "1396Mi",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	scheduler := &Scheduler{}