diff --git a/native/core/src/execution/datafusion/planner.rs b/native/core/src/execution/datafusion/planner.rs
index 6f41bf0ad..d80e22f1b 100644
--- a/native/core/src/execution/datafusion/planner.rs
+++ b/native/core/src/execution/datafusion/planner.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ use datafusion::{
     },
     prelude::SessionContext,
 };
+use datafusion_functions_nested::concat::ArrayAppend;
 use datafusion_physical_expr::aggregate::{AggregateExprBuilder, AggregateFunctionExpr};
 
 use datafusion_comet_proto::{
@@ -107,7 +108,8 @@ use datafusion_common::{
 };
 use datafusion_expr::expr::find_df_window_func;
 use datafusion_expr::{
-    AggregateUDF, WindowFrame, WindowFrameBound, WindowFrameUnits, WindowFunctionDefinition,
+    AggregateUDF, ScalarUDF, WindowFrame, WindowFrameBound, WindowFrameUnits,
+    WindowFunctionDefinition,
 };
 use datafusion_physical_expr::expressions::{Literal, StatsType};
 use datafusion_physical_expr::window::WindowExpr;
@@ -691,6 +693,33 @@ impl PhysicalPlanner {
                     expr.ordinal as usize,
                 )))
             }
+            ExprStruct::ArrayAppend(expr) => {
+                let left =
+                    self.create_expr(expr.left.as_ref().unwrap(), Arc::clone(&input_schema))?;
+                let right =
+                    self.create_expr(expr.right.as_ref().unwrap(), Arc::clone(&input_schema))?;
+                let return_type = left.data_type(&input_schema)?;
+                let args = vec![Arc::clone(&left), right];
+                let datafusion_array_append =
+                    Arc::new(ScalarUDF::new_from_impl(ArrayAppend::new()));
+                let array_append_expr: Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr> = Arc::new(ScalarFunctionExpr::new(
+                    "array_append",
+                    datafusion_array_append,
+                    args,
+                    return_type,
+                ));
+
+                let is_null_expr: Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr> = Arc::new(IsNullExpr::new(left));
+                let null_literal_expr: Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr> =
+                    Arc::new(Literal::new(ScalarValue::Null));
+
+                let case_expr = CaseExpr::try_new(
+                    None,
+                    vec![(is_null_expr, null_literal_expr)],
+                    Some(array_append_expr),
+                )?;
+                Ok(Arc::new(case_expr))
+            }
             expr => Err(ExecutionError::GeneralError(format!(
                 "Not implemented: {:?}",
                 expr
diff --git a/native/proto/src/proto/expr.proto b/native/proto/src/proto/expr.proto
index 3a8193f4a..220f5e521 100644
--- a/native/proto/src/proto/expr.proto
+++ b/native/proto/src/proto/expr.proto
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ message Expr {
     ToJson to_json = 55;
     ListExtract list_extract = 56;
     GetArrayStructFields get_array_struct_fields = 57;
+    BinaryExpr array_append = 58;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/QueryPlanSerde.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/QueryPlanSerde.scala
index 2a86c5c36..4a130ad0d 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/QueryPlanSerde.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/QueryPlanSerde.scala
@@ -2237,7 +2237,12 @@ object QueryPlanSerde extends Logging with ShimQueryPlanSerde with CometExprShim
             withInfo(expr, "unsupported arguments for GetArrayStructFields", child)
             None
           }
-
+        case _ if expr.prettyName == "array_append" =>
+          createBinaryExpr(
+            expr.children(0),
+            expr.children(1),
+            inputs,
+            (builder, binaryExpr) => builder.setArrayAppend(binaryExpr))
         case _ =>
           withInfo(expr, s"${expr.prettyName} is not supported", expr.children: _*)
           None
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometExpressionSuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometExpressionSuite.scala
index 0d00867d1..5079f1910 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometExpressionSuite.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/CometExpressionSuite.scala
@@ -2313,4 +2313,28 @@ class CometExpressionSuite extends CometTestBase with AdaptiveSparkPlanHelper {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("array_append") {
+    // array append has been added in Spark 3.4 and in Spark 4.0 it gets written to ArrayInsert
+    assume(isSpark34Plus && !isSpark40Plus)
+    Seq(true, false).foreach { dictionaryEnabled =>
+      withTempDir { dir =>
+        val path = new Path(dir.toURI.toString, "test.parquet")
+        makeParquetFileAllTypes(path, dictionaryEnabled = dictionaryEnabled, 10000)
+        spark.read.parquet(path.toString).createOrReplaceTempView("t1");
+        checkSparkAnswerAndOperator(spark.sql("Select array_append(array(_1),false) from t1"))
+        checkSparkAnswerAndOperator(
+          spark.sql("SELECT array_append(array(_2, _3, _4), 4) FROM t1"))
+        checkSparkAnswerAndOperator(
+          spark.sql("SELECT array_append(array(_2, _3, _4), null) FROM t1"));
+        checkSparkAnswerAndOperator(
+          spark.sql("SELECT array_append(array(_6, _7), CAST(6.5 AS DOUBLE)) FROM t1"));
+        checkSparkAnswerAndOperator(spark.sql("SELECT array_append(array(_8), 'test') FROM t1"));
+        checkSparkAnswerAndOperator(spark.sql("SELECT array_append(array(_19), _19) FROM t1"));
+        checkSparkAnswerAndOperator(
+          spark.sql("SELECT array_append((CASE WHEN _2 =_3 THEN array(_4) END), _4) FROM t1"));
+      }
+
+    }
+  }
 }