diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/antlr4/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/SqlBase.g4 b/sql/catalyst/src/main/antlr4/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/SqlBase.g4
index 1ecb3d1958f4..0e820c40a32b 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/antlr4/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/SqlBase.g4
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/antlr4/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/SqlBase.g4
@@ -532,7 +532,9 @@ predicate
     : NOT? kind=BETWEEN lower=valueExpression AND upper=valueExpression
     | NOT? kind=IN '(' expression (',' expression)* ')'
     | NOT? kind=IN '(' query ')'
-    | NOT? kind=(RLIKE | LIKE) pattern=valueExpression
+    | NOT? kind=LIKE pattern=valueExpression
+    | NOT? kind=RLIKE regex=regexString
+    | NOT? kind=RLIKE pattern=valueExpression
     | IS NOT? kind=NULL
     ;
 
@@ -576,6 +578,10 @@ constant
     | STRING+                                                                                  #stringLiteral
     ;
 
+regexString
+    : STRING+                                                                                  #regexPattern
+    ;
+
 comparisonOperator
     : EQ | NEQ | NEQJ | LT | LTE | GT | GTE | NSEQ
     ;
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/AstBuilder.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/AstBuilder.scala
index e1db1ef5b869..c5bdedd5f186 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/AstBuilder.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/AstBuilder.scala
@@ -954,7 +954,11 @@ class AstBuilder extends SqlBaseBaseVisitor[AnyRef] with Logging {
       case SqlBaseParser.LIKE =>
         invertIfNotDefined(Like(e, expression(ctx.pattern)))
       case SqlBaseParser.RLIKE =>
-        invertIfNotDefined(RLike(e, expression(ctx.pattern)))
+        if (ctx.pattern != null) {
+          invertIfNotDefined(RLike(e, expression(ctx.pattern)))
+        } else {
+          invertIfNotDefined(RLike(e, expression(ctx.regex)))
+        }
       case SqlBaseParser.NULL if ctx.NOT != null =>
         IsNotNull(e)
       case SqlBaseParser.NULL =>
@@ -1398,6 +1402,10 @@ class AstBuilder extends SqlBaseBaseVisitor[AnyRef] with Logging {
     Literal(createString(ctx))
   }
 
+  override def visitRegexPattern(ctx: RegexPatternContext): Literal = withOrigin(ctx) {
+    Literal(ctx.STRING().asScala.map(regexString).mkString)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a String from a string literal context. This supports multiple consecutive string
    * literals, these are concatenated, for example this expression "'hello' 'world'" will be
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ParserUtils.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ParserUtils.scala
index 6fbc33fad735..218d52e4d483 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ParserUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ParserUtils.scala
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ object ParserUtils {
   /** Convert a string node into a string. */
   def string(node: TerminalNode): String = unescapeSQLString(node.getText)
 
+  /** Convert a string node to a regex string. */
+  def regexString(node: TerminalNode): String = {
+    node.getText.slice(1, node.getText.size - 1)
+  }
+
   /** Get the origin (line and position) of the token. */
   def position(token: Token): Origin = {
     val opt = Option(token)
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ExpressionParserSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ExpressionParserSuite.scala
index e7f3b64a7113..1994bec6fc0e 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ExpressionParserSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/ExpressionParserSuite.scala
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ class ExpressionParserSuite extends PlanTest {
     assertEqual("a not rlike 'pattern%'", !('a rlike "pattern%"))
     assertEqual("a regexp 'pattern%'", 'a rlike "pattern%")
     assertEqual("a not regexp 'pattern%'", !('a rlike "pattern%"))
+
+    assertEqual("a rlike '^\\x20[\\x20-\\x23]+$'", 'a rlike "^\\x20[\\x20-\\x23]+$")
+    assertEqual("a rlike 'pattern\\\\'", 'a rlike "pattern\\\\")
+    assertEqual("a rlike 'pattern\\t\\n'", 'a rlike "pattern\\t\\n")
+    intercept("a rlike 'pattern\\'", "mismatched input")
   }
 
   test("is null expressions") {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DatasetSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DatasetSuite.scala
index 5b5cd28ad0c9..f5beab567029 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DatasetSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DatasetSuite.scala
@@ -1168,6 +1168,16 @@ class DatasetSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSQLContext {
     val ds = Seq(WithMapInOption(Some(Map(1 -> 1)))).toDS()
     checkDataset(ds, WithMapInOption(Some(Map(1 -> 1))))
   }
+
+  test("do not unescaped regex pattern string") {
+    val data = Seq("\u0020\u0021\u0023", "abc")
+    val df = data.toDF()
+    val rlike1 = df.filter("value rlike '^\\x20[\\x20-\\x23]+$'")
+    val rlike2 = df.filter($"value".rlike("^\\x20[\\x20-\\x23]+$"))
+    val rlike3 = df.filter("value rlike '^\\\\x20[\\\\x20-\\\\x23]+$'")
+    checkAnswer(rlike1, rlike2)
+    assert(rlike3.count() == 0)
+  }
 }
 
 case class WithImmutableMap(id: String, map_test: scala.collection.immutable.Map[Long, String])