diff --git a/cli/src/main/scala/com/ibm/sparktc/sparkbench/workload/MultipleSuiteKickoff.scala b/cli/src/main/scala/com/ibm/sparktc/sparkbench/workload/MultipleSuiteKickoff.scala
index f7755c72..76d014b8 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/scala/com/ibm/sparktc/sparkbench/workload/MultipleSuiteKickoff.scala
+++ b/cli/src/main/scala/com/ibm/sparktc/sparkbench/workload/MultipleSuiteKickoff.scala
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ object MultipleSuiteKickoff {
   private def runSuitesSerially(suiteSeq: Seq[Suite], spark: SparkSession): Unit =
     suiteSeq.foreach(SuiteKickoff.run(_, spark))
 
-  private def createSparkContext: SparkSession = SparkSession.builder.getOrCreate
+  private def createSparkContext: SparkSession = SparkSession.builder.enableHiveSupport().getOrCreate
 }