diff --git a/ddl/ddl.go b/ddl/ddl.go
index f791c02d1b737..ca13d058e8db8 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl.go
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ var (
 	// ErrUnsupportedPartitionByRangeColumns returns for does unsupported partition by range columns.
 	ErrUnsupportedPartitionByRangeColumns = terror.ClassDDL.New(mysql.ErrUnsupportedDDLOperation, fmt.Sprintf(mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrUnsupportedDDLOperation], "partition by range columns"))
 	errUnsupportedCreatePartition         = terror.ClassDDL.New(mysql.ErrUnsupportedDDLOperation, fmt.Sprintf(mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrUnsupportedDDLOperation], "partition type, treat as normal table"))
+	errTablePartitionDisabled             = terror.ClassDDL.New(mysql.ErrUnsupportedDDLOperation, "Partitions are ignored because Table Partition is disabled, please set 'tidb_enable_table_partition' if you need to need to enable it")
 	errUnsupportedIndexType               = terror.ClassDDL.New(mysql.ErrUnsupportedDDLOperation, fmt.Sprintf(mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrUnsupportedDDLOperation], "index type"))
 
 	// ErrDupKeyName returns for duplicated key name
diff --git a/ddl/partition.go b/ddl/partition.go
index 8249281836980..bc612fb650d27 100644
--- a/ddl/partition.go
+++ b/ddl/partition.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func buildTablePartitionInfo(ctx sessionctx.Context, d *ddl, s *ast.CreateTableS
 		}
 	}
 	if !enable {
-		ctx.GetSessionVars().StmtCtx.AppendWarning(errUnsupportedCreatePartition)
+		ctx.GetSessionVars().StmtCtx.AppendWarning(errTablePartitionDisabled)
 	}
 
 	pi := &model.PartitionInfo{
diff --git a/session/session.go b/session/session.go
index 4b719242e0a13..44e12de2a0736 100644
--- a/session/session.go
+++ b/session/session.go
@@ -1853,6 +1853,7 @@ var builtinGlobalVariable = []string{
 	variable.TiDBRetryLimit,
 	variable.TiDBDisableTxnAutoRetry,
 	variable.TiDBEnableWindowFunction,
+	variable.TiDBEnableTablePartition,
 	variable.TiDBEnableVectorizedExpression,
 	variable.TiDBEnableFastAnalyze,
 	variable.TiDBExpensiveQueryTimeThreshold,
diff --git a/session/session_test.go b/session/session_test.go
index 8839fb6b44236..19446b5f5ecd4 100644
--- a/session/session_test.go
+++ b/session/session_test.go
@@ -2493,6 +2493,22 @@ func (s *testSessionSuite2) TestCommitRetryCount(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, NotNil)
 }
 
+func (s *testSessionSuite2) TestEnablePartition(c *C) {
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKitWithInit(c, s.store)
+	tk.MustExec("set tidb_enable_table_partition=off")
+	tk.MustQuery("show variables like 'tidb_enable_table_partition'").Check(testkit.Rows("tidb_enable_table_partition off"))
+
+	tk.MustExec("set global tidb_enable_table_partition = on")
+
+	tk.MustQuery("show variables like 'tidb_enable_table_partition'").Check(testkit.Rows("tidb_enable_table_partition off"))
+	tk.MustQuery("show global variables like 'tidb_enable_table_partition'").Check(testkit.Rows("tidb_enable_table_partition on"))
+
+	// Disable global variable cache, so load global session variable take effect immediate.
+	s.dom.GetGlobalVarsCache().Disable()
+	tk1 := testkit.NewTestKitWithInit(c, s.store)
+	tk1.MustQuery("show variables like 'tidb_enable_table_partition'").Check(testkit.Rows("tidb_enable_table_partition on"))
+}
+
 func (s *testSessionSuite2) TestTxnRetryErrMsg(c *C) {
 	tk1 := testkit.NewTestKitWithInit(c, s.store)
 	tk2 := testkit.NewTestKitWithInit(c, s.store)
diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go b/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go
index 03ffe4821b504..a1853d0c450c2 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/sysvar.go
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ var defaultSysVars = []*SysVar{
 	{ScopeSession, TiDBEnableStreaming, "0"},
 	{ScopeSession, TiDBEnableChunkRPC, "1"},
 	{ScopeSession, TxnIsolationOneShot, ""},
-	{ScopeSession, TiDBEnableTablePartition, "auto"},
+	{ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, TiDBEnableTablePartition, "auto"},
 	{ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, TiDBHashJoinConcurrency, strconv.Itoa(DefTiDBHashJoinConcurrency)},
 	{ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, TiDBProjectionConcurrency, strconv.Itoa(DefTiDBProjectionConcurrency)},
 	{ScopeGlobal | ScopeSession, TiDBHashAggPartialConcurrency, strconv.Itoa(DefTiDBHashAggPartialConcurrency)},