diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/expressions/filter/Predicate.java b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/expressions/filter/Predicate.java
index e58cddc274c5f..65f2bd88940a3 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/expressions/filter/Predicate.java
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/expressions/filter/Predicate.java
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@
  *    <li>Since version: 3.3.0</li>
  *   </ul>
  *  </li>
+ *  <li>Name: <code>BOOLEAN_EXPRESSION</code>
+ *   <ul>
+ *    <li>A simple wrapper for any expression that returns boolean type.</li>
+ *    <li>Since version: 4.1.0</li>
+ *   </ul>
+ *  </li>
  * </ol>
  *
  * @since 3.3.0
@@ -145,5 +151,8 @@ public class Predicate extends GeneralScalarExpression {
 
   public Predicate(String name, Expression[] children) {
     super(name, children);
+    if ("BOOLEAN_EXPRESSION".equals(name)) {
+      assert children.length == 1;
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/util/V2ExpressionSQLBuilder.java b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/util/V2ExpressionSQLBuilder.java
index 4298f31227500..2bc994acaf33f 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/util/V2ExpressionSQLBuilder.java
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/util/V2ExpressionSQLBuilder.java
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ public String build(Expression expr) {
         case "CONTAINS" -> visitContains(build(e.children()[0]), build(e.children()[1]));
         case "=", "<>", "<=>", "<", "<=", ">", ">=" ->
           visitBinaryComparison(name, e.children()[0], e.children()[1]);
+        case "BOOLEAN_EXPRESSION" ->
+          build(expr.children()[0]);
         case "+", "*", "/", "%", "&", "|", "^" ->
           visitBinaryArithmetic(name, inputToSQL(e.children()[0]), inputToSQL(e.children()[1]));
         case "-" -> {
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/V2ExpressionUtils.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/V2ExpressionUtils.scala
index 7cc03f3ac3fa6..53a5c44733986 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/V2ExpressionUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/V2ExpressionUtils.scala
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ object V2ExpressionUtils extends SQLConfHelper with Logging {
       case "ENDS_WITH" => convertBinaryExpr(expr, EndsWith)
       case "CONTAINS" => convertBinaryExpr(expr, Contains)
       case "IN" => convertExpr(expr, children => In(children.head, children.tail))
+      case "BOOLEAN_EXPRESSION" => toCatalyst(expr.children().head)
       case _ => None
     }
   }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/V2ExpressionBuilder.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/V2ExpressionBuilder.scala
index fad73a6d81464..4e6c7ef417801 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/V2ExpressionBuilder.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/V2ExpressionBuilder.scala
@@ -37,12 +37,21 @@ class V2ExpressionBuilder(e: Expression, isPredicate: Boolean = false) extends L
   def build(): Option[V2Expression] = generateExpression(e, isPredicate)
 
   def buildPredicate(): Option[V2Predicate] = {
-
     if (isPredicate) {
-      val translated = build()
+      val translated0 = build()
+      val conf = SQLConf.get
+      val alwaysCreateV2Predicate = conf.getConf(SQLConf.DATA_SOURCE_ALWAYS_CREATE_V2_PREDICATE)
+      val translated = if (alwaysCreateV2Predicate && e.dataType == BooleanType) {
+        translated0.map {
+          case p: V2Predicate => p
+          case other => new V2Predicate("BOOLEAN_EXPRESSION", Array(other))
+        }
+      } else {
+        translated0
+      }
 
       val modifiedExprOpt = if (
-        SQLConf.get.getConf(SQLConf.DATA_SOURCE_DONT_ASSERT_ON_PREDICATE)
+        conf.getConf(SQLConf.DATA_SOURCE_DONT_ASSERT_ON_PREDICATE)
           && translated.isDefined
           && !translated.get.isInstanceOf[V2Predicate]) {
 
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
index 0fe08fc719a8e..caeff591ea924 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/SQLConf.scala
@@ -1695,9 +1695,19 @@ object SQLConf {
     buildConf("spark.sql.dataSource.skipAssertOnPredicatePushdown")
       .internal()
       .doc("Enable skipping assert when expression in not translated to predicate.")
+      .version("4.0.0")
       .booleanConf
       .createWithDefault(!Utils.isTesting)
 
+  val DATA_SOURCE_ALWAYS_CREATE_V2_PREDICATE =
+    buildConf("spark.sql.dataSource.alwaysCreateV2Predicate")
+      .internal()
+      .doc("When true, the v2 push-down framework always wraps the expression that returns " +
+        "boolean type with a v2 Predicate so that it can be pushed down.")
+      .version("4.1.0")
+      .booleanConf
+      .createWithDefault(true)
+
   // This is used to set the default data source
   val DEFAULT_DATA_SOURCE_NAME = buildConf("spark.sql.sources.default")
     .doc("The default data source to use in input/output.")
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/PushablePredicateSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/PushablePredicateSuite.scala
index 8b99e3aa6981a..2d2c3ae110bf2 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/PushablePredicateSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/connector/PushablePredicateSuite.scala
@@ -18,38 +18,71 @@
 package org.apache.spark.sql.connector
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.QueryTest
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Literal
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Cast, Literal}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.expressions.filter.{AlwaysTrue, Predicate => V2Predicate}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.v2.PushablePredicate
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SharedSparkSession
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.BooleanType
 
 class PushablePredicateSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession {
 
-  test("PushablePredicate None returned - flag on") {
-    withSQLConf(SQLConf.DATA_SOURCE_DONT_ASSERT_ON_PREDICATE.key -> "true") {
-      val pushable = PushablePredicate.unapply(Literal.create("string"))
-      assert(!pushable.isDefined)
-    }
-  }
-
-  test("PushablePredicate success - flag on") {
-    withSQLConf(SQLConf.DATA_SOURCE_DONT_ASSERT_ON_PREDICATE.key -> "true") {
-      val pushable = PushablePredicate.unapply(Literal.create(true))
-      assert(pushable.isDefined)
+  test("simple boolean expression should always return v2 Predicate") {
+    Seq(true, false).foreach { createV2Predicate =>
+      Seq(true, false).foreach { noAssert =>
+        withSQLConf(
+          SQLConf.DATA_SOURCE_ALWAYS_CREATE_V2_PREDICATE.key -> createV2Predicate.toString,
+          SQLConf.DATA_SOURCE_DONT_ASSERT_ON_PREDICATE.key -> noAssert.toString) {
+          val pushable = PushablePredicate.unapply(Literal.create(true))
+          assert(pushable.isDefined)
+          assert(pushable.get.isInstanceOf[AlwaysTrue])
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 
-  test("PushablePredicate success") {
-    withSQLConf(SQLConf.DATA_SOURCE_DONT_ASSERT_ON_PREDICATE.key -> "false") {
-      val pushable = PushablePredicate.unapply(Literal.create(true))
-      assert(pushable.isDefined)
+  test("non-boolean expression") {
+    Seq(true, false).foreach { createV2Predicate =>
+      Seq(true, false).foreach { noAssert =>
+        withSQLConf(
+          SQLConf.DATA_SOURCE_ALWAYS_CREATE_V2_PREDICATE.key -> createV2Predicate.toString,
+          SQLConf.DATA_SOURCE_DONT_ASSERT_ON_PREDICATE.key -> noAssert.toString) {
+          val catalystExpr = Literal.create("string")
+          if (noAssert) {
+            val pushable = PushablePredicate.unapply(catalystExpr)
+            assert(pushable.isEmpty)
+          } else {
+            intercept[java.lang.AssertionError] {
+              PushablePredicate.unapply(catalystExpr)
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 
-  test("PushablePredicate throws") {
-    withSQLConf(SQLConf.DATA_SOURCE_DONT_ASSERT_ON_PREDICATE.key -> "false") {
-      intercept[java.lang.AssertionError] {
-        PushablePredicate.unapply(Literal.create("string"))
+  test("non-trivial boolean expression") {
+    Seq(true, false).foreach { createV2Predicate =>
+      Seq(true, false).foreach { noAssert =>
+        withSQLConf(
+          SQLConf.DATA_SOURCE_ALWAYS_CREATE_V2_PREDICATE.key -> createV2Predicate.toString,
+          SQLConf.DATA_SOURCE_DONT_ASSERT_ON_PREDICATE.key -> noAssert.toString) {
+          val catalystExpr = Cast(Literal.create("true"), BooleanType)
+          if (createV2Predicate) {
+            val pushable = PushablePredicate.unapply(catalystExpr)
+            assert(pushable.isDefined)
+            assert(pushable.get.isInstanceOf[V2Predicate])
+          } else {
+            if (noAssert) {
+              val pushable = PushablePredicate.unapply(catalystExpr)
+              assert(pushable.isEmpty)
+            } else {
+              intercept[java.lang.AssertionError] {
+                PushablePredicate.unapply(catalystExpr)
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
   }