diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/PostgreSQLDialect.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/PostgreSQLDialect.scala
index e7f0e571804d..c87fce0f3efb 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/PostgreSQLDialect.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/PostgreSQLDialect.scala
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis
 
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Cast
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.postgreSQL.PostgreCastToBoolean
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.postgreSQL.{PostgreCastToBoolean, PostgreCastToFloat}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.LogicalPlan
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.Rule
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
-import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{BooleanType, StringType}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{BooleanType, FloatType, StringType}
 
 object PostgreSQLDialect {
   val postgreSQLDialectRules: List[Rule[LogicalPlan]] =
-    CastToBoolean ::
+    CastToBoolean :: CastToFloat ::
       Nil
 
   object CastToBoolean extends Rule[LogicalPlan] with Logging {
@@ -46,4 +46,21 @@ object PostgreSQLDialect {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  object CastToFloat extends Rule[LogicalPlan] with Logging {
+    override def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = {
+      // The SQL configuration `spark.sql.dialect` can be changed in runtime.
+      // To make sure the configuration is effective, we have to check it during rule execution.
+      val conf = SQLConf.get
+      if (conf.usePostgreSQLDialect) {
+        plan.transformExpressions {
+          case Cast(child, dataType, timeZoneId)
+            if child.dataType != FloatType && dataType == FloatType =>
+            PostgreCastToFloat(child, timeZoneId)
+        }
+      } else {
+        plan
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
index f3b58fa3137b..ced9bfb3e1c2 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ abstract class CastBase extends UnaryExpression with TimeZoneAwareExpression wit
   }
 
   // FloatConverter
-  private[this] def castToFloat(from: DataType): Any => Any = from match {
+  protected[this] def castToFloat(from: DataType): Any => Any = from match {
     case StringType =>
       buildCast[UTF8String](_, s => {
         val floatStr = s.toString
@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ abstract class CastBase extends UnaryExpression with TimeZoneAwareExpression wit
       (c, evPrim, evNull) => code"$evPrim = (long) $c;"
   }
 
-  private[this] def castToFloatCode(from: DataType, ctx: CodegenContext): CastFunction = {
+  protected[this] def castToFloatCode(from: DataType, ctx: CodegenContext): CastFunction = {
     from match {
       case StringType =>
         val floatStr = ctx.freshVariable("floatStr", StringType)
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/postgreSQL/PostgreCastToFloat.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/postgreSQL/PostgreCastToFloat.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd958bddb554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/postgreSQL/PostgreCastToFloat.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ * 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.catalyst.expressions.postgreSQL
+
+import java.util.Locale
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.TypeCheckResult
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{Cast, CastBase, Expression, TimeZoneAwareExpression}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen.Block._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen.CodegenContext
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
+import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String
+
+case class PostgreCastToFloat(child: Expression, timeZoneId: Option[String])
+  extends CastBase {
+
+  override def dataType: DataType = FloatType
+
+  override def toString: String = s"PostgreCastToFloat($child as ${dataType.simpleString})"
+
+  override def nullable: Boolean = child.nullable
+
+  override protected def ansiEnabled =
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("PostgreSQL dialect doesn't support ansi mode")
+
+  override def withTimeZone(timeZoneId: String): TimeZoneAwareExpression =
+    copy(timeZoneId = Option(timeZoneId))
+
+  override def checkInputDataTypes(): TypeCheckResult = child.dataType match {
+    case StringType | LongType | IntegerType | NullType |
+         ShortType | DoubleType | ByteType =>
+      TypeCheckResult.TypeCheckSuccess
+    case _: DecimalType => TypeCheckResult.TypeCheckSuccess
+    case _ =>
+      TypeCheckResult.TypeCheckFailure(s"cannot cast type ${child.dataType} to float")
+  }
+
+  def processFloatingPointSpecialLiterals(v: String, isFloat: Boolean): Any = {
+    v.trim.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) match {
+      case "inf" | "+inf" | "infinity" | "+infinity" =>
+        if (isFloat) Float.PositiveInfinity else Double.PositiveInfinity
+      case "-inf" | "-infinity" =>
+        if (isFloat) Float.NegativeInfinity else Double.NegativeInfinity
+      case "nan" =>
+        if (isFloat) Float.NaN else Double.NaN
+      case _ => throw new AnalysisException(s"invalid input syntax for type double precision: $v")
+    }
+  }
+
+  override def castToFloat(from: DataType): Any => Any = from match {
+    case StringType =>
+      buildCast[UTF8String](_, s => {
+        val floatStr = s.toString
+        try floatStr.toFloat catch {
+          case _: NumberFormatException =>
+            processFloatingPointSpecialLiterals(floatStr, true)
+        }
+      })
+    case x: NumericType =>
+      super.castToFloat(from)
+  }
+
+  override def castToFloatCode(from: DataType, ctx: CodegenContext): CastFunction = from match {
+    case StringType =>
+      val floatStr = ctx.freshVariable("floatStr", StringType)
+      (c, evPrim, evNull) =>
+        code"""
+          final String $floatStr = $c.toString();
+          try {
+            $evPrim = Float.valueOf($floatStr);
+          } catch (java.lang.NumberFormatException e) {
+            final Float f = (Float) processFloatingPointSpecialLiterals($floatStr, true);
+            if (f == null) {
+              throw new AnalysisException("invalid input syntax for type double precision: $c")
+            } else {
+              $evPrim = f.floatValue();
+            }
+          }
+        """
+    case DecimalType() =>
+      super.castToFloatCode(from, ctx)
+    case x: NumericType =>
+      super.castToFloatCode(from, ctx)
+  }
+  override def sql: String = s"CAST(${child.sql} AS ${dataType.sql})"
+}