diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/Config.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/Config.scala
index ac0ffaf0291ca..34b70dbb1efd2 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/Config.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/Config.scala
@@ -147,18 +147,20 @@ private[spark] object Config extends Logging {
       .createWithDefault(0)
 
   object ExecutorRollPolicy extends Enumeration {
-    val ID, ADD_TIME, TOTAL_GC_TIME, TOTAL_DURATION = Value
+    val ID, ADD_TIME, TOTAL_GC_TIME, TOTAL_DURATION, FAILED_TASKS = Value
   }
 
   val EXECUTOR_ROLL_POLICY =
     ConfigBuilder("spark.kubernetes.executor.rollPolicy")
       .doc("Executor roll policy: Valid values are ID, ADD_TIME, TOTAL_GC_TIME (default), " +
-        "and TOTAL_DURATION. When executor roll happens, Spark uses this policy to choose " +
-        "an executor and decomission it. The built-in policies are based on executor summary." +
+        "TOTAL_DURATION, and FAILED_TASKS. " +
+        "When executor roll happens, Spark uses this policy to choose " +
+        "an executor and decommission it. The built-in policies are based on executor summary." +
         "ID policy chooses an executor with the smallest executor ID. " +
         "ADD_TIME policy chooses an executor with the smallest add-time. " +
         "TOTAL_GC_TIME policy chooses an executor with the biggest total task GC time. " +
-        "TOTAL_DURATION policy chooses an executor with the biggest total task time. ")
+        "TOTAL_DURATION policy chooses an executor with the biggest total task time. " +
+        "FAILED_TASKS policy chooses an executor with the most number of failed tasks.")
       .version("3.3.0")
       .stringConf
       .transform(_.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT))
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorRollPlugin.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorRollPlugin.scala
index 0149845c54624..bd7297755258f 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorRollPlugin.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorRollPlugin.scala
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ class ExecutorRollDriverPlugin extends DriverPlugin with Logging {
         listWithoutDriver.sortBy(_.totalGCTime).reverse
       case ExecutorRollPolicy.TOTAL_DURATION =>
         listWithoutDriver.sortBy(_.totalDuration).reverse
+      case ExecutorRollPolicy.FAILED_TASKS =>
+        listWithoutDriver.sortBy(_.failedTasks).reverse
     }
     sortedList.headOption.map(_.id)
   }
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorRollPluginSuite.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorRollPluginSuite.scala
index dd54641446e41..239456a902e24 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorRollPluginSuite.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/cluster/k8s/ExecutorRollPluginSuite.scala
@@ -74,8 +74,17 @@ class ExecutorRollPluginSuite extends SparkFunSuite with PrivateMethodTester {
     Option.empty, Option.empty, Map(), Option.empty, Set(), Option.empty, Map(), Map(), 1,
     false, Set())
 
+  // The biggest failedTasks
+  val execWithBiggestFailedTasks = new ExecutorSummary("5", "host:port", true, 1,
+    10, 10, 1, 1, 1,
+    5, 0, 1, 100,
+    1, 100, 100,
+    10, false, 20, new Date(1639300003000L),
+    Option.empty, Option.empty, Map(), Option.empty, Set(), Option.empty, Map(), Map(), 1,
+    false, Set())
+
   val list = Seq(driverSummary, execWithSmallestID, execWithSmallestAddTime,
-    execWithBiggestTotalGCTime, execWithBiggestTotalDuration)
+    execWithBiggestTotalGCTime, execWithBiggestTotalDuration, execWithBiggestFailedTasks)
 
   test("Empty executor list") {
     ExecutorRollPolicy.values.foreach { value =>
@@ -112,4 +121,8 @@ class ExecutorRollPluginSuite extends SparkFunSuite with PrivateMethodTester {
   test("Policy: TOTAL_DURATION") {
     assertEquals(Some("4"), plugin.invokePrivate(_choose(list, ExecutorRollPolicy.TOTAL_DURATION)))
   }
+
+  test("Policy: FAILED_TASKS") {
+    assertEquals(Some("5"), plugin.invokePrivate(_choose(list, ExecutorRollPolicy.FAILED_TASKS)))
+  }
 }