diff --git a/Sources/SparkConnect/SparkConnectClient.swift b/Sources/SparkConnect/SparkConnectClient.swift
index c67e30e..cb1c2e1 100644
--- a/Sources/SparkConnect/SparkConnectClient.swift
+++ b/Sources/SparkConnect/SparkConnectClient.swift
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ public actor SparkConnectClient {
     for param in self.url.path.split(separator: ";").dropFirst().filter({ !$0.isEmpty }) {
       let kv = param.split(separator: "=")
       switch String(kv[0]).lowercased() {
+      case URIParams.PARAM_SESSION_ID:
+        // SparkSession handles this.
+        break
       case URIParams.PARAM_USER_AGENT:
         clientType = String(kv[1])
       case URIParams.PARAM_TOKEN:
diff --git a/Sources/SparkConnect/SparkSession.swift b/Sources/SparkConnect/SparkSession.swift
index e565126..ed25f5e 100644
--- a/Sources/SparkConnect/SparkSession.swift
+++ b/Sources/SparkConnect/SparkSession.swift
@@ -35,11 +35,19 @@ public actor SparkSession {
   /// Runtime configuration interface for Spark.
   public let conf: RuntimeConf
 
+  let regexSessionID = /;session_id=([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/
+
   /// Create a session that uses the specified connection string and userID.
   /// - Parameters:
   ///   - connection: a string in a patter, `sc://{host}:{port}`
   init(_ connection: String) {
     self.client = SparkConnectClient(remote: connection)
+    // Since `Session ID` belongs to `SparkSession`, we handle this here.
+    if connection.contains(regexSessionID) {
+      self.sessionID = connection.firstMatch(of: regexSessionID)!.1.uppercased()
+    } else {
+      self.sessionID = UUID().uuidString
+    }
     self.conf = RuntimeConf(self.client)
   }
 
@@ -58,7 +66,7 @@ public actor SparkSession {
   }
 
   /// A unique session ID for this session from client.
-  nonisolated let sessionID: String = UUID().uuidString
+  nonisolated let sessionID: String
 
   /// Get the current session ID
   /// - Returns: the current session ID
diff --git a/Tests/SparkConnectTests/SparkSessionTests.swift b/Tests/SparkConnectTests/SparkSessionTests.swift
index c2b5aa2..5124c72 100644
--- a/Tests/SparkConnectTests/SparkSessionTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SparkConnectTests/SparkSessionTests.swift
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ struct SparkSessionTests {
     await newSpark.stop()
   }
 
+  @Test
+  func sessionID() async throws {
+    let spark1 = try await SparkSession.builder.getOrCreate()
+    await spark1.stop()
+    let remote = "sc://localhost/;session_id=\(spark1.sessionID)"
+    let spark2 = try await SparkSession.builder.remote(remote).getOrCreate()
+    await spark2.stop()
+    #expect(spark1.sessionID == spark2.sessionID)
+    #expect(spark1 == spark2)
+  }
+
   @Test func userContext() async throws {
     let spark = try await SparkSession.builder.getOrCreate()
 #if os(macOS) || os(Linux)