diff --git a/src/daft-dsl/src/expr/mod.rs b/src/daft-dsl/src/expr/mod.rs
index 1dc42837e6..60fc08fc96 100644
--- a/src/daft-dsl/src/expr/mod.rs
+++ b/src/daft-dsl/src/expr/mod.rs
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ pub enum Expr {
     Subquery(Subquery),
     #[display("{_0}, {_1}")]
     InSubquery(ExprRef, Subquery),
+    #[display("{_0}")]
+    Exists(Subquery),
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Hash, Eq)]
@@ -709,7 +711,9 @@ impl Expr {
             Self::Agg(agg_expr) => agg_expr.semantic_id(schema),
             Self::ScalarFunction(sf) => scalar_function_semantic_id(sf, schema),
 
-            Self::Subquery(..) | Self::InSubquery(..) => todo!("semantic_id for subquery"),
+            Self::Subquery(..) | Self::InSubquery(..) | Self::Exists(..) => {
+                FieldID::new("__subquery__")
+            } // todo: better/unique id
         }
     }
 
@@ -719,6 +723,7 @@ impl Expr {
             Self::Column(..) => vec![],
             Self::Literal(..) => vec![],
             Self::Subquery(..) => vec![],
+            Self::Exists(..) => vec![],
 
             // One child.
             Self::Not(expr)
@@ -753,7 +758,7 @@ impl Expr {
     pub fn with_new_children(&self, children: Vec<ExprRef>) -> Self {
         match self {
             // no children
-            Self::Column(..) | Self::Literal(..) | Self::Subquery(..) => {
+            Self::Column(..) | Self::Literal(..) | Self::Subquery(..) | Self::Exists(..) => {
                 assert!(children.is_empty(), "Should have no children");
                 self.clone()
             }
@@ -990,6 +995,7 @@ impl Expr {
                 Ok(first_field.clone())
             }
             Self::InSubquery(expr, _) => Ok(Field::new(expr.name(), DataType::Boolean)),
+            Self::Exists(_) => Ok(Field::new("exists", DataType::Boolean)),
         }
     }
 
@@ -1022,6 +1028,7 @@ impl Expr {
             Self::IfElse { if_true, .. } => if_true.name(),
             Self::Subquery(subquery) => subquery.name(),
             Self::InSubquery(expr, _) => expr.name(),
+            Self::Exists(subquery) => subquery.name(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -1096,7 +1103,8 @@ impl Expr {
                 | Expr::FillNull(..)
                 | Expr::ScalarFunction { .. }
                 | Expr::Subquery(..)
-                | Expr::InSubquery(..) => Err(io::Error::new(
+                | Expr::InSubquery(..)
+                | Expr::Exists(..) => Err(io::Error::new(
                     io::ErrorKind::Other,
                     "Unsupported expression for SQL translation",
                 )),
diff --git a/src/daft-dsl/src/optimization.rs b/src/daft-dsl/src/optimization.rs
index 68d360cb00..e84035a572 100644
--- a/src/daft-dsl/src/optimization.rs
+++ b/src/daft-dsl/src/optimization.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ pub fn requires_computation(e: &Expr) -> bool {
         | Expr::Between { .. }
         | Expr::IfElse { .. }
         | Expr::Subquery { .. }
-        | Expr::InSubquery { .. } => true,
+        | Expr::InSubquery { .. }
+        | Expr::Exists(..) => true,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/daft-logical-plan/src/ops/project.rs b/src/daft-logical-plan/src/ops/project.rs
index 633ac9ec12..e2775180f4 100644
--- a/src/daft-logical-plan/src/ops/project.rs
+++ b/src/daft-logical-plan/src/ops/project.rs
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@ fn replace_column_with_semantic_id(
         Transformed::yes(new_expr.into())
     } else {
         match e.as_ref() {
-            Expr::Column(_) | Expr::Literal(_) | Expr::Subquery(_) => Transformed::no(e),
+            Expr::Column(_) | Expr::Literal(_) | Expr::Subquery(_) | Expr::Exists(_) => {
+                Transformed::no(e)
+            }
             Expr::Agg(agg_expr) => replace_column_with_semantic_id_aggexpr(
                 agg_expr.clone(),
                 subexprs_to_replace,
diff --git a/src/daft-logical-plan/src/partitioning.rs b/src/daft-logical-plan/src/partitioning.rs
index c33a90823d..78ac00b874 100644
--- a/src/daft-logical-plan/src/partitioning.rs
+++ b/src/daft-logical-plan/src/partitioning.rs
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ fn translate_clustering_spec_expr(
         },
         Expr::Literal(_) => Ok(clustering_spec_expr.clone()),
         Expr::Subquery(_) => Ok(clustering_spec_expr.clone()),
+        Expr::Exists(_) => Ok(clustering_spec_expr.clone()),
         Expr::Alias(child, name) => {
             let newchild = translate_clustering_spec_expr(child, old_colname_to_new_colname)?;
             Ok(newchild.alias(name.clone()))
diff --git a/src/daft-sql/src/planner.rs b/src/daft-sql/src/planner.rs
index e3acbc93b4..1827c23147 100644
--- a/src/daft-sql/src/planner.rs
+++ b/src/daft-sql/src/planner.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ impl Relation {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct SQLPlanner {
     catalog: SQLCatalog,
     current_relation: Option<Relation>,
@@ -1135,7 +1136,7 @@ impl SQLPlanner {
                 negated,
             } => {
                 let expr = self.plan_expr(expr)?;
-                let mut this = Self::new(self.catalog.clone());
+                let mut this = self.clone();
                 let subquery = this.plan_query(subquery)?.build();
                 let subquery = Subquery { plan: subquery };
 
@@ -1295,8 +1296,26 @@ impl SQLPlanner {
                     },
                 )
             }
-            SQLExpr::Exists { .. } => unsupported_sql_err!("EXISTS"),
-            SQLExpr::Subquery(_) => unsupported_sql_err!("SUBQUERY"),
+            SQLExpr::Exists { subquery, negated } => {
+                let mut this = self.clone();
+                let subquery = this.plan_query(subquery)?;
+                let subquery = Subquery {
+                    plan: subquery.build(),
+                };
+                if *negated {
+                    Ok(Expr::Exists(subquery).arced().not())
+                } else {
+                    Ok(Expr::Exists(subquery).arced())
+                }
+            }
+            SQLExpr::Subquery(subquery) => {
+                let mut this = self.clone();
+                let subquery = this.plan_query(subquery)?;
+                let subquery = Subquery {
+                    plan: subquery.build(),
+                };
+                Ok(Expr::Subquery(subquery).arced())
+            }
             SQLExpr::GroupingSets(_) => unsupported_sql_err!("GROUPING SETS"),
             SQLExpr::Cube(_) => unsupported_sql_err!("CUBE"),
             SQLExpr::Rollup(_) => unsupported_sql_err!("ROLLUP"),
diff --git a/src/daft-table/src/lib.rs b/src/daft-table/src/lib.rs
index adf490e9a5..82003f4e5f 100644
--- a/src/daft-table/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/daft-table/src/lib.rs
@@ -596,6 +596,9 @@ impl Table {
             InSubquery(_expr, _subquery) => Err(DaftError::ComputeError(
                 "IN <SUBQUERY> should be optimized away before evaluation. This indicates a bug in the query optimizer.".to_string(),
             )),
+            Exists(_subquery) => Err(DaftError::ComputeError(
+                "EXISTS <SUBQUERY> should be optimized away before evaluation. This indicates a bug in the query optimizer.".to_string(),
+            )),
         }?;
 
         if expected_field.name != series.field().name {