diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
index 538690725fa01..8b8f0d82732a5 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ abstract class Optimizer(catalogManager: CatalogManager)
     // This batch pushes filters and projections into scan nodes. Before this batch, the logical
     // plan may contain nodes that do not report stats. Anything that uses stats must run after
     // this batch.
-    Batch("Early Filter and Projection Push-Down", Once, earlyScanPushDownRules: _*) :+
+    Batch("Early Scan Push-Down", Once, earlyScanPushDownRules: _*) :+
     Batch("Update CTE Relation Stats", Once, UpdateCTERelationStats) :+
     // Since join costs in AQP can change between multiple runs, there is no reason that we have an
     // idempotence enforcement on this batch. We thus make it FixedPoint(1) instead of Once.
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSessionExtensions.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSessionExtensions.scala
index a4ec48142cfe2..e5be5be27923d 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSessionExtensions.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSessionExtensions.scala
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.{ColumnarRule, SparkPlan}
  * <li>Check Analysis Rules.</li>
  * <li>Optimizer Rules.</li>
  * <li>Pre CBO Rules.</li>
+ * <li>Early Scan Push-Down</li>
  * <li>Planning Strategies.</li>
  * <li>Customized Parser.</li>
  * <li>(External) Catalog listeners.</li>
@@ -226,6 +227,24 @@ class SparkSessionExtensions {
     preCBORules += builder
   }
 
+  private[this] val earlyScanPushDownRules = mutable.Buffer.empty[RuleBuilder]
+
+  private[sql] def buildEarlyScanPushDownRules(session: SparkSession): Seq[Rule[LogicalPlan]] = {
+    earlyScanPushDownRules.map(_.apply(session)).toSeq
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Inject an optimizer `Rule` builder that rewrites logical plans into the [[SparkSession]].
+   * The injected rules will be executed once after the operator optimization batch and
+   * after any push down optimization rules.
+   * 'Pre CBO Rules' and 'Early Scan Push-Down' are executed before and after
+   * `V2ScanRelationPushDown`. So the user can apply the custom rules related to pushdown
+   * after `V2ScanRelationPushDown` fails.
+   */
+  def injectEarlyScanPushDownRule(builder: RuleBuilder): Unit = {
+    earlyScanPushDownRules += builder
+  }
+
   private[this] val plannerStrategyBuilders = mutable.Buffer.empty[StrategyBuilder]
 
   private[sql] def buildPlannerStrategies(session: SparkSession): Seq[Strategy] = {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/BaseSessionStateBuilder.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/BaseSessionStateBuilder.scala
index 1e60cb8b1db2a..9d959c257de79 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/BaseSessionStateBuilder.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/internal/BaseSessionStateBuilder.scala
@@ -270,7 +270,9 @@ abstract class BaseSessionStateBuilder(
    *
    * Note that this may NOT depend on the `optimizer` function.
    */
-  protected def customEarlyScanPushDownRules: Seq[Rule[LogicalPlan]] = Nil
+  protected def customEarlyScanPushDownRules: Seq[Rule[LogicalPlan]] = {
+    extensions.buildEarlyScanPushDownRules(session)
+  }
 
   /**
    * Custom rules for rewriting plans after operator optimization and before CBO.
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSessionExtensionSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSessionExtensionSuite.scala
index 4994968fdd6ba..e8fe80c92e4f7 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSessionExtensionSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SparkSessionExtensionSuite.scala
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ class SparkSessionExtensionSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     }
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-37518: inject a early scan push down rule") {
+    withSession(Seq(_.injectEarlyScanPushDownRule(MyRule))) { session =>
+      assert(session.sessionState.optimizer.earlyScanPushDownRules.contains(MyRule(session)))
+    }
+  }
+
   test("inject spark planner strategy") {
     withSession(Seq(_.injectPlannerStrategy(MySparkStrategy))) { session =>
       assert(session.sessionState.planner.strategies.contains(MySparkStrategy(session)))