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 47cd3c7d62a7..6dda541b9c01 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
@@ -522,6 +522,15 @@ object SQLConf {
       .checkValue(_ >= 0, "The non-empty partition ratio must be positive number.")
       .createWithDefault(0.2)
 
+  val ADAPTIVE_OPTIMIZER_EXCLUDED_RULES =
+    buildConf("spark.sql.adaptive.optimizer.excludedRules")
+      .doc("Configures a list of rules to be disabled in the adaptive optimizer, in which the " +
+        "rules are specified by their rule names and separated by comma. The optimizer will log " +
+        "the rules that have indeed been excluded.")
+      .version("3.1.0")
+      .stringConf
+      .createOptional
+
   val SUBEXPRESSION_ELIMINATION_ENABLED =
     buildConf("spark.sql.subexpressionElimination.enabled")
       .internal()
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AQEOptimizer.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AQEOptimizer.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c82b264a600e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AQEOptimizer.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.adaptive
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.LogicalPlan
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.RuleExecutor
+import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
+import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
+
+/**
+ * The optimizer for re-optimizing the logical plan used by AdaptiveSparkPlanExec.
+ */
+class AQEOptimizer(conf: SQLConf) extends RuleExecutor[LogicalPlan] {
+  private val defaultBatches = Seq(
+    Batch("Demote BroadcastHashJoin", Once,
+      DemoteBroadcastHashJoin(conf)),
+    Batch("Eliminate Join to Empty Relation", Once, EliminateJoinToEmptyRelation)
+  )
+
+  final override protected def batches: Seq[Batch] = {
+    val excludedRules = conf.getConf(SQLConf.ADAPTIVE_OPTIMIZER_EXCLUDED_RULES)
+      .toSeq.flatMap(Utils.stringToSeq)
+    defaultBatches.flatMap { batch =>
+      val filteredRules = batch.rules.filter { rule =>
+        val exclude = excludedRules.contains(rule.ruleName)
+        if (exclude) {
+          logInfo(s"Optimization rule '${rule.ruleName}' is excluded from the optimizer.")
+        }
+        !exclude
+      }
+      if (batch.rules == filteredRules) {
+        Some(batch)
+      } else if (filteredRules.nonEmpty) {
+        Some(Batch(batch.name, batch.strategy, filteredRules: _*))
+      } else {
+        logInfo(s"Optimization batch '${batch.name}' is excluded from the optimizer " +
+          s"as all enclosed rules have been excluded.")
+        None
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveSparkPlanExec.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveSparkPlanExec.scala
index d4018f8ce3a9..014358b663bb 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveSparkPlanExec.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveSparkPlanExec.scala
@@ -76,13 +76,7 @@ case class AdaptiveSparkPlanExec(
   }
 
   // The logical plan optimizer for re-optimizing the current logical plan.
-  @transient private val optimizer = new RuleExecutor[LogicalPlan] {
-    // TODO add more optimization rules
-    override protected def batches: Seq[Batch] = Seq(
-      Batch("Demote BroadcastHashJoin", Once, DemoteBroadcastHashJoin(conf)),
-      Batch("Eliminate Join to Empty Relation", Once, EliminateJoinToEmptyRelation)
-    )
-  }
+  @transient private val optimizer = new AQEOptimizer(conf)
 
   @transient private val removeRedundantProjects = RemoveRedundantProjects(conf)
   @transient private val ensureRequirements = EnsureRequirements(conf)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveQueryExecSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveQueryExecSuite.scala
index 3bd079cf6543..f892e66954f0 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveQueryExecSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/adaptive/AdaptiveQueryExecSuite.scala
@@ -1184,6 +1184,25 @@ class AdaptiveQueryExecSuite
     }
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-32717: AQEOptimizer should respect excludedRules configuration") {
+    withSQLConf(
+      SQLConf.ADAPTIVE_EXECUTION_ENABLED.key -> "true",
+      SQLConf.AUTO_BROADCASTJOIN_THRESHOLD.key -> Long.MaxValue.toString,
+      // This test is a copy of test(SPARK-32573), in order to test the configuration
+      // `spark.sql.adaptive.optimizer.excludedRules` works as expect.
+      SQLConf.ADAPTIVE_OPTIMIZER_EXCLUDED_RULES.key -> EliminateJoinToEmptyRelation.ruleName) {
+      val (plan, adaptivePlan) = runAdaptiveAndVerifyResult(
+        "SELECT * FROM testData2 t1 WHERE t1.b NOT IN (SELECT b FROM testData3)")
+      val bhj = findTopLevelBroadcastHashJoin(plan)
+      assert(bhj.size == 1)
+      val join = findTopLevelBaseJoin(adaptivePlan)
+      // this is different compares to test(SPARK-32573) due to the rule
+      // `EliminateJoinToEmptyRelation` has been excluded.
+      assert(join.nonEmpty)
+      checkNumLocalShuffleReaders(adaptivePlan)
+    }
+  }
+
   test("SPARK-32649: Eliminate inner and semi join to empty relation") {
     withSQLConf(
       SQLConf.ADAPTIVE_EXECUTION_ENABLED.key -> "true",