diff --git a/docs/_plugins/copy_api_dirs.rb b/docs/_plugins/copy_api_dirs.rb
index f95e4e2f97..8e2a06e4bc 100644
--- a/docs/_plugins/copy_api_dirs.rb
+++ b/docs/_plugins/copy_api_dirs.rb
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ if not (ENV['SKIP_API'] == '1')
     curr_dir = pwd
     cd("..")
 
-    puts "Running 'build/sbt clean package' from " + pwd + "; this may take a few minutes..."
-    system("build/sbt clean package") || raise("SQL doc generation failed")
+    puts "Running 'build/sbt clean package -Phive' from " + pwd + "; this may take a few minutes..."
+    system("build/sbt clean package -Phive") || raise("SQL doc generation failed")
 
     puts "Moving back into docs dir."
     cd("docs")
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/api/python/PythonSQLUtils.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/api/python/PythonSQLUtils.scala
index 89bb4f362d..38254609e8 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/api/python/PythonSQLUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/api/python/PythonSQLUtils.scala
@@ -20,10 +20,14 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.api.python
 import java.io.InputStream
 import java.nio.channels.Channels
 
+import scala.util.control.NonFatal
+
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaRDD
 import org.apache.spark.api.python.PythonRDDServer
+import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, SQLContext}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.ScalaReflection
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.FunctionRegistry
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.ExpressionInfo
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.parser.CatalystSqlParser
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.arrow.ArrowConverters
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.{SQLConf, StaticSQLConf}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.DataType
 
-private[sql] object PythonSQLUtils {
+private[sql] object PythonSQLUtils extends Logging {
   def parseDataType(typeText: String): DataType = CatalystSqlParser.parseDataType(typeText)
 
   // This is needed when generating SQL documentation for built-in functions.
@@ -44,6 +48,14 @@ private[sql] object PythonSQLUtils {
     val conf = new SQLConf()
     // Force to build static SQL configurations
     StaticSQLConf
+    // Force to build SQL configurations from Hive module
+    try {
+      val symbol = ScalaReflection.mirror.staticModule("org.apache.spark.sql.hive.HiveUtils")
+      ScalaReflection.mirror.reflectModule(symbol).instance
+    } catch {
+      case NonFatal(e) =>
+        logWarning("Cannot generated sql configurations from hive module", e)
+    }
     conf.getAllDefinedConfs
   }