diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/execution/session_state.rs b/datafusion/core/src/execution/session_state.rs
index 2949b17537d9..bb102ea0e437 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/execution/session_state.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/execution/session_state.rs
@@ -545,6 +545,16 @@ impl SessionState {
 
         let sql_expr = self.sql_to_expr_with_alias(sql, &dialect)?;
 
+        self.create_logical_expr_from_sql_expr(sql_expr, df_schema)
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a datafusion style AST [`Expr`] from a SQL expression.
+    #[cfg(feature = "sql")]
+    pub fn create_logical_expr_from_sql_expr(
+        &self,
+        sql_expr: SQLExprWithAlias,
+        df_schema: &DFSchema,
+    ) -> datafusion_common::Result<Expr> {
         let provider = SessionContextProvider {
             state: self,
             tables: HashMap::new(),
@@ -2095,6 +2105,36 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(sql_to_expr(&state).is_err())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "sql")]
+    fn test_create_logical_expr_from_sql_expr() {
+        let state = SessionStateBuilder::new().with_default_features().build();
+
+        let provider = SessionContextProvider {
+            state: &state,
+            tables: HashMap::new(),
+        };
+
+        let schema = Schema::new(vec![Field::new("a", DataType::Int32, true)]);
+        let df_schema = DFSchema::try_from(schema).unwrap();
+        let dialect = state.config.options().sql_parser.dialect;
+        let query = SqlToRel::new_with_options(&provider, state.get_parser_options());
+
+        for sql in ["[1,2,3]", "a > 10", "SUM(a)"] {
+            let sql_expr = state.sql_to_expr(sql, &dialect).unwrap();
+            let from_str = query
+                .sql_to_expr(sql_expr, &df_schema, &mut PlannerContext::new())
+                .unwrap();
+
+            let sql_expr_with_alias =
+                state.sql_to_expr_with_alias(sql, &dialect).unwrap();
+            let from_expr = state
+                .create_logical_expr_from_sql_expr(sql_expr_with_alias, &df_schema)
+                .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(from_str, from_expr);
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_from_existing() -> Result<()> {
         fn employee_batch() -> RecordBatch {