diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/higherOrderFunctions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/higherOrderFunctions.scala
index ed26bb375de2..5781268148e2 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/higherOrderFunctions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/higherOrderFunctions.scala
@@ -344,8 +344,13 @@ case class MapFilter(
     Examples:
       > SELECT _FUNC_(array(1, 2, 3), x -> x % 2 == 1);
        [1,3]
+      > SELECT _FUNC_(array(0, 2, 3), (x, i) -> x > i);
+       [2,3]
   """,
-  since = "2.4.0")
+  since = "2.4.0",
+  note = """
+    The inner function may use the index argument since 3.0.0.
+  """)
 case class ArrayFilter(
     argument: Expression,
     function: Expression)
@@ -357,10 +362,19 @@ case class ArrayFilter(
 
   override def bind(f: (Expression, Seq[(DataType, Boolean)]) => LambdaFunction): ArrayFilter = {
     val ArrayType(elementType, containsNull) = argument.dataType
-    copy(function = f(function, (elementType, containsNull) :: Nil))
+    function match {
+      case LambdaFunction(_, arguments, _) if arguments.size == 2 =>
+        copy(function = f(function, (elementType, containsNull) :: (IntegerType, false) :: Nil))
+      case _ =>
+        copy(function = f(function, (elementType, containsNull) :: Nil))
+    }
   }
 
-  @transient lazy val LambdaFunction(_, Seq(elementVar: NamedLambdaVariable), _) = function
+  @transient lazy val (elementVar, indexVar) = {
+    val LambdaFunction(_, (elementVar: NamedLambdaVariable) +: tail, _) = function
+    val indexVar = tail.headOption.map(_.asInstanceOf[NamedLambdaVariable])
+    (elementVar, indexVar)
+  }
 
   override def nullSafeEval(inputRow: InternalRow, argumentValue: Any): Any = {
     val arr = argumentValue.asInstanceOf[ArrayData]
@@ -369,6 +383,9 @@ case class ArrayFilter(
     var i = 0
     while (i < arr.numElements) {
       elementVar.value.set(arr.get(i, elementVar.dataType))
+      if (indexVar.isDefined) {
+        indexVar.get.value.set(i)
+      }
       if (f.eval(inputRow).asInstanceOf[Boolean]) {
         buffer += elementVar.value.get
       }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/HigherOrderFunctionsSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/HigherOrderFunctionsSuite.scala
index b83d03025d21..4cdee447fa45 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/HigherOrderFunctionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/HigherOrderFunctionsSuite.scala
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ class HigherOrderFunctionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper
     ArrayFilter(expr, createLambda(et, cn, f)).bind(validateBinding)
   }
 
+  def filter(expr: Expression, f: (Expression, Expression) => Expression): Expression = {
+    val ArrayType(et, cn) = expr.dataType
+    ArrayFilter(expr, createLambda(et, cn, IntegerType, false, f)).bind(validateBinding)
+  }
+
   def transformKeys(expr: Expression, f: (Expression, Expression) => Expression): Expression = {
     val MapType(kt, vt, vcn) = expr.dataType
     TransformKeys(expr, createLambda(kt, false, vt, vcn, f)).bind(validateBinding)
@@ -218,9 +223,11 @@ class HigherOrderFunctionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper
 
     val isEven: Expression => Expression = x => x % 2 === 0
     val isNullOrOdd: Expression => Expression = x => x.isNull || x % 2 === 1
+    val indexIsEven: (Expression, Expression) => Expression = { case (_, idx) => idx % 2 === 0 }
 
     checkEvaluation(filter(ai0, isEven), Seq(2))
     checkEvaluation(filter(ai0, isNullOrOdd), Seq(1, 3))
+    checkEvaluation(filter(ai0, indexIsEven), Seq(1, 3))
     checkEvaluation(filter(ai1, isEven), Seq.empty)
     checkEvaluation(filter(ai1, isNullOrOdd), Seq(1, null, 3))
     checkEvaluation(filter(ain, isEven), null)
@@ -234,13 +241,17 @@ class HigherOrderFunctionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper
     val startsWithA: Expression => Expression = x => x.startsWith("a")
 
     checkEvaluation(filter(as0, startsWithA), Seq("a0", "a2"))
+    checkEvaluation(filter(as0, indexIsEven), Seq("a0", "a2"))
     checkEvaluation(filter(as1, startsWithA), Seq("a"))
+    checkEvaluation(filter(as1, indexIsEven), Seq("a", "c"))
     checkEvaluation(filter(asn, startsWithA), null)
 
     val aai = Literal.create(Seq(Seq(1, 2, 3), null, Seq(4, 5)),
       ArrayType(ArrayType(IntegerType, containsNull = false), containsNull = true))
     checkEvaluation(transform(aai, ix => filter(ix, isNullOrOdd)),
       Seq(Seq(1, 3), null, Seq(5)))
+    checkEvaluation(transform(aai, ix => filter(ix, indexIsEven)),
+      Seq(Seq(1, 3), null, Seq(4)))
   }
 
   test("ArrayExists") {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameFunctionsSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameFunctionsSuite.scala
index 7d044638db57..2e59ac273eff 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameFunctionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrameFunctionsSuite.scala
@@ -2190,6 +2190,30 @@ class DataFrameFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession {
     testNonPrimitiveType()
   }
 
+  test("filter function - index argument") {
+    val df = Seq(
+      Seq("c", "a", "b"),
+      Seq("b", null, "c", null),
+      Seq.empty,
+      null
+    ).toDF("s")
+
+    def testIndexArgument(): Unit = {
+      checkAnswer(df.selectExpr("filter(s, (x, i) -> i % 2 == 0)"),
+        Seq(
+          Row(Seq("c", "b")),
+          Row(Seq("b", "c")),
+          Row(Seq.empty),
+          Row(null)))
+    }
+
+    // Test with local relation, the Project will be evaluated without codegen
+    testIndexArgument()
+    // Test with cached relation, the Project will be evaluated with codegen
+    df.cache()
+    testIndexArgument()
+  }
+
   test("filter function - invalid") {
     val df = Seq(
       (Seq("c", "a", "b"), 1),
@@ -2199,9 +2223,9 @@ class DataFrameFunctionsSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession {
     ).toDF("s", "i")
 
     val ex1 = intercept[AnalysisException] {
-      df.selectExpr("filter(s, (x, y) -> x + y)")
+      df.selectExpr("filter(s, (x, y, z) -> x + y)")
     }
-    assert(ex1.getMessage.contains("The number of lambda function arguments '2' does not match"))
+    assert(ex1.getMessage.contains("The number of lambda function arguments '3' does not match"))
 
     val ex2 = intercept[AnalysisException] {
       df.selectExpr("filter(i, x -> x)")