diff --git a/spyt-package/src/main/python/spyt/client.py b/spyt-package/src/main/python/spyt/client.py
index 2cb0efa8..41b56d7d 100644
--- a/spyt-package/src/main/python/spyt/client.py
+++ b/spyt-package/src/main/python/spyt/client.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from .utils import default_token, default_discovery_dir, get_spark_master, set_conf, \
     SparkDiscovery, parse_memory, format_memory, base_spark_conf, parse_bool, get_spyt_home  # noqa: E402
 from .conf import validate_versions_compatibility, \
-    read_cluster_conf, SELF_VERSION  # noqa: E402
+    read_cluster_conf, SELF_VERSION, SpytDistributions  # noqa: E402
 from .standalone import get_spyt_distributions
 
 
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def spark_session(num_executors=None,
                   dynamic_allocation=False,
                   spark_conf_args=None,
                   local_conf_path=Defaults.LOCAL_CONF_PATH,
+                  spyt_distributions: SpytDistributions = None,
                   client=None,
                   spyt_version=None):
     def do_create_inner_cluster_session():
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ def do_create_inner_cluster_session():
             dynamic_allocation=dynamic_allocation,
             spark_conf_args=spark_conf_args,
             local_conf_path=local_conf_path,
+            spyt_distributions=spyt_distributions,
             client=client,
             spyt_version=spyt_version,
         )
@@ -247,6 +249,7 @@ def _build_spark_conf(num_executors=None,
                       dynamic_allocation=None,
                       spark_conf_args=None,
                       local_conf_path=None,
+                      spyt_distributions: SpytDistributions = None,
                       client=None,
                       spyt_version=None):
     is_client_mode = os.getenv("IS_SPARK_CLUSTER") is None
@@ -270,7 +273,8 @@ def _build_spark_conf(num_executors=None,
                          num_executors, cores_per_executor, executor_memory_per_core,
                          driver_memory, dynamic_allocation)
 
-    spyt_distributions = get_spyt_distributions(client)
+    if spyt_distributions is None:
+        spyt_distributions = get_spyt_distributions(client)
     remote_conf = spyt_distributions.read_remote_conf(spark_cluster_version)
     set_conf(spark_conf, remote_conf["spark_conf"])
 
@@ -305,6 +309,7 @@ def connect(num_executors=5,
             dynamic_allocation=True,
             spark_conf_args=None,
             local_conf_path=Defaults.LOCAL_CONF_PATH,
+            spyt_distributions: SpytDistributions = None,
             client=None,
             spyt_version=None):
     conf = _build_spark_conf(
@@ -318,6 +323,7 @@ def connect(num_executors=5,
         dynamic_allocation=dynamic_allocation,
         spark_conf_args=spark_conf_args,
         local_conf_path=local_conf_path,
+        spyt_distributions=spyt_distributions,
         client=client,
         spyt_version=spyt_version,
     )