diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/PropagateEmptyRelation.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/PropagateEmptyRelation.scala
index 04c23ce29a8d..6ad0793fb642 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/PropagateEmptyRelation.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/PropagateEmptyRelation.scala
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ abstract class PropagateEmptyRelationBase extends Rule[LogicalPlan] with CastSup
       case Aggregate(ge, _, _) if ge.nonEmpty && !p.isStreaming => empty(p)
       // Generators like Hive-style UDTF may return their records within `close`.
       case Generate(_: Explode, _, _, _, _, _) => empty(p)
+      case Expand(_, _, _) => empty(p)
       case _ => p
     }
   }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/PropagateEmptyRelationSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/PropagateEmptyRelationSuite.scala
index b5dcb8aa6764..1aa4f4cbceae 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/PropagateEmptyRelationSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/PropagateEmptyRelationSuite.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.dsl.plans._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Literal
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Literal.FalseLiteral
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{LocalRelation, LogicalPlan, Project}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{Expand, LocalRelation, LogicalPlan, Project}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.RuleExecutor
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{IntegerType, MetadataBuilder, StructType}
 
@@ -286,4 +286,12 @@ class PropagateEmptyRelationSuite extends PlanTest {
     val optimized = Optimize.execute(query)
     comparePlans(optimized, query)
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-37689: Expand should be supported PropagateEmptyRelation") {
+    val query = Expand(Seq(Seq('a, 'b, "null"), Seq('a, "null", 'c)), Seq('a, 'b, 'c),
+      LocalRelation.fromExternalRows(Seq('a.int, 'b.int, 'c.int), Nil)).analyze
+    val optimized = Optimize.execute(query)
+    val expected = LocalRelation.fromExternalRows(Seq('a.int, 'b.int, 'c.int), Nil)
+    comparePlans(optimized, expected)
+  }
 }