diff --git a/e2e_test/database/timezone.slt b/e2e_test/database/timezone.slt
index 5ee196a8bf17..6a223c453bc0 100644
--- a/e2e_test/database/timezone.slt
+++ b/e2e_test/database/timezone.slt
@@ -71,3 +71,11 @@ set time zone 12.3;
 
 statement error
 set time zone interval '1' hour;
+
+# support a special case for clients which would send when initializing the connection
+statement ok
+SET TIME ZONE INTERVAL '+00:00' HOUR TO MINUTE;
+
+# only support '+00:00'
+statement error
+SET TIME ZONE INTERVAL '+01:00' HOUR TO MINUTE;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/sqlparser/src/parser.rs b/src/sqlparser/src/parser.rs
index 1ee9b0639216..061446e588d3 100644
--- a/src/sqlparser/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/sqlparser/src/parser.rs
@@ -4289,6 +4289,26 @@ impl Parser<'_> {
             let value = alt((
                 Keyword::DEFAULT.value(SetTimeZoneValue::Default),
                 Keyword::LOCAL.value(SetTimeZoneValue::Local),
+                preceded(
+                    Keyword::INTERVAL,
+                    cut_err(Self::parse_literal_interval.try_map(|e| match e {
+                        // support a special case for clients which would send when initializing the connection
+                        // like: SET TIME ZONE INTERVAL '+00:00' HOUR TO MINUTE;
+                        Expr::Value(v) => match v {
+                            Value::Interval { value, .. } => {
+                                if value != "+00:00" {
+                                    return Err(StrError("only support \"+00:00\" ".into()));
+                                }
+                                Ok(SetTimeZoneValue::Ident(Ident::with_quote_unchecked(
+                                    '\'',
+                                    "UTC".to_string(),
+                                )))
+                            }
+                            _ => Err(StrError("expect Value::Interval".into())),
+                        },
+                        _ => Err(StrError("expect Expr::Value".into())),
+                    })),
+                ),
                 Self::parse_identifier.map(SetTimeZoneValue::Ident),
                 Self::parse_value.map(SetTimeZoneValue::Literal),
             ))