diff --git a/docs/source/user-guide/configs.md b/docs/source/user-guide/configs.md
index d78e6111d..2bea501e5 100644
--- a/docs/source/user-guide/configs.md
+++ b/docs/source/user-guide/configs.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Comet provides the following configuration settings.
 | spark.comet.exec.filter.enabled | Whether to enable filter by default. | true |
 | spark.comet.exec.globalLimit.enabled | Whether to enable globalLimit by default. | true |
 | spark.comet.exec.hashJoin.enabled | Whether to enable hashJoin by default. | true |
+| spark.comet.exec.initCap.enabled | Whether to enable initCap by default. | false |
 | spark.comet.exec.localLimit.enabled | Whether to enable localLimit by default. | true |
 | spark.comet.exec.memoryPool | The type of memory pool to be used for Comet native execution. Available memory pool types are 'greedy', 'fair_spill', 'greedy_task_shared', 'fair_spill_task_shared', 'greedy_global' and 'fair_spill_global', By default, this config is 'greedy_task_shared'. | greedy_task_shared |
 | spark.comet.exec.project.enabled | Whether to enable project by default. | true |
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometExpressionSuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometExpressionSuite.scala
index 8c2759a38..039ad1f20 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometExpressionSuite.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometExpressionSuite.scala
@@ -1364,8 +1364,14 @@ class CometExpressionSuite extends CometTestBase with AdaptiveSparkPlanHelper {
           sql(s"create table $table(id int, name varchar(20)) using parquet")
           sql(
             s"insert into $table values(1, 'james smith'), (2, 'michael rose'), " +
-              "(3, 'robert williams'), (4, 'rames rose'), (5, 'james smith')")
-          checkSparkAnswerAndOperator(s"SELECT initcap(name) FROM $table")
+              "(3, 'robert williams'), (4, 'rames rose'), (5, 'james smith'), " +
+              "(6, 'robert rose-smith'), (7, 'james ähtäri')")
+          if (CometConf.COMET_EXEC_INITCAP_ENABLED.get()) {
+            // TODO: remove this if clause https://github.com/apache/datafusion-comet/issues/1052
+            checkSparkAnswerAndOperator(s"SELECT initcap(name) FROM $table")
+          } else {
+            checkSparkAnswer(s"SELECT initcap(name) FROM $table")
+          }
         }
       }
     }