diff --git a/docs/sql-ref-literals.md b/docs/sql-ref-literals.md
index b83f7f0a97c24..3dbed846d40b8 100644
--- a/docs/sql-ref-literals.md
+++ b/docs/sql-ref-literals.md
@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ double literals:
 decimal_digits  { D | exponent [ D ] }  | digit [ ... ] { exponent [ D ] | [ exponent ] D }
 ```
 
+float literals:
+```sql
+decimal_digits  { F | exponent [ F ] }  | digit [ ... ] { exponent [ F ] | [ exponent ] F }
+```
+
 While decimal_digits is defined as
 ```sql
 [ + | - ] { digit [ ... ] . [ digit [ ... ] ] | . digit [ ... ] }
@@ -239,6 +244,10 @@ E [ + | - ] digit [ ... ]
 
     Case insensitive, indicates `DOUBLE`, which is an 8-byte double-precision floating point number.
 
+* **F**
+
+    Case insensitive, indicates `FLOAT`, which is a 4-byte single-precision floating point number.
+
 * **BD**
 
     Case insensitive, indicates `DECIMAL`, with the total number of digits as precision and the number of digits to right of decimal point as scale.
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/antlr4/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/SqlBase.g4 b/sql/catalyst/src/main/antlr4/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/SqlBase.g4
index 691fde8d48f94..0e278edf97616 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/antlr4/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/SqlBase.g4
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/antlr4/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/SqlBase.g4
@@ -988,6 +988,7 @@ number
     | MINUS? SMALLINT_LITERAL         #smallIntLiteral
     | MINUS? TINYINT_LITERAL          #tinyIntLiteral
     | MINUS? DOUBLE_LITERAL           #doubleLiteral
+    | MINUS? FLOAT_LITERAL            #floatLiteral
     | MINUS? BIGDECIMAL_LITERAL       #bigDecimalLiteral
     ;
 
@@ -1776,6 +1777,11 @@ DECIMAL_VALUE
     : DECIMAL_DIGITS {isValidDecimal()}?
     ;
 
+FLOAT_LITERAL
+    : DIGIT+ EXPONENT? 'F'
+    | DECIMAL_DIGITS EXPONENT? 'F' {isValidDecimal()}?
+    ;
+
 DOUBLE_LITERAL
     : DIGIT+ EXPONENT? 'D'
     | DECIMAL_DIGITS EXPONENT? 'D' {isValidDecimal()}?
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/AstBuilder.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/AstBuilder.scala
index d08bcb1420176..acb16e98a3fb8 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/AstBuilder.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/parser/AstBuilder.scala
@@ -2030,6 +2030,15 @@ class AstBuilder(conf: SQLConf) extends SqlBaseBaseVisitor[AnyRef] with Logging
       Long.MinValue, Long.MaxValue, LongType.simpleString)(_.toLong)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create a Float Literal expression.
+   */
+  override def visitFloatLiteral(ctx: FloatLiteralContext): Literal = {
+    val rawStrippedQualifier = ctx.getText.substring(0, ctx.getText.length - 1)
+    numericLiteral(ctx, rawStrippedQualifier,
+      Float.MinValue, Float.MaxValue, FloatType.simpleString)(_.toFloat)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a Double Literal expression.
    */
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/literals.sql b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/literals.sql
index 108cfd766af2c..9f0eefc16a8cd 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/literals.sql
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/literals.sql
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ select 9223372036854775808, -9223372036854775809;
 select 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890;
 select 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890.0;
 
+-- float
+select 1F, 1.2F, .10f, 0.10f;
+select -1F, -1.2F, -.10F, -0.10F;
+select -3.4028235E39f;
+
 -- double
 select 1D, 1.2D, 1e10, 1.5e5, .10D, 0.10D, .1e5, .9e+2, 0.9e+2, 900e-1, 9.e+1;
 select -1D, -1.2D, -1e10, -1.5e5, -.10D, -0.10D, -.1e5;
@@ -55,6 +60,7 @@ select 1E309, -1E309;
 
 -- decimal parsing
 select 0.3, -0.8, .5, -.18, 0.1111, .1111;
+select 0.3 F, 0.4 D, 0.5 BD;
 
 -- super large scientific notation double literals should still be valid doubles
 select 123456789012345678901234567890123456789e10d, 123456789012345678901234567890123456789.1e10d;
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/ansi/literals.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/ansi/literals.sql.out
index f6720f6c5faa4..ea74bb7175e96 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/ansi/literals.sql.out
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/ansi/literals.sql.out
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- Automatically generated by SQLQueryTestSuite
--- Number of queries: 50
+-- Number of queries: 54
 
 
 -- !query
@@ -164,6 +164,36 @@ decimal can only support precision up to 38
 select 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890.0
 
 
+-- !query
+select 1F, 1.2F, .10f, 0.10f
+-- !query schema
+struct<1.0:float,1.2:float,0.1:float,0.1:float>
+-- !query output
+1.0	1.2	0.1	0.1
+
+
+-- !query
+select -1F, -1.2F, -.10F, -0.10F
+-- !query schema
+struct<-1.0:float,-1.2:float,-0.1:float,-0.1:float>
+-- !query output
+-1.0	-1.2	-0.1	-0.1
+
+
+-- !query
+select -3.4028235E39f
+-- !query schema
+struct<>
+-- !query output
+org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.parser.ParseException
+
+Numeric literal -3.4028235E39 does not fit in range [-3.4028234663852886E+38, 3.4028234663852886E+38] for type float(line 1, pos 7)
+
+== SQL ==
+select -3.4028235E39f
+-------^^^
+
+
 -- !query
 select 1D, 1.2D, 1e10, 1.5e5, .10D, 0.10D, .1e5, .9e+2, 0.9e+2, 900e-1, 9.e+1
 -- !query schema
@@ -216,6 +246,14 @@ struct<0.3:decimal(1,1),-0.8:decimal(1,1),0.5:decimal(1,1),-0.18:decimal(2,2),0.
 0.3	-0.8	0.5	-0.18	0.1111	0.1111
 
 
+-- !query
+select 0.3 F, 0.4 D, 0.5 BD
+-- !query schema
+struct<F:decimal(1,1),D:decimal(1,1),BD:decimal(1,1)>
+-- !query output
+0.3	0.4	0.5
+
+
 -- !query
 select 123456789012345678901234567890123456789e10d, 123456789012345678901234567890123456789.1e10d
 -- !query schema
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/literals.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/literals.sql.out
index f6720f6c5faa4..ea74bb7175e96 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/literals.sql.out
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/literals.sql.out
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- Automatically generated by SQLQueryTestSuite
--- Number of queries: 50
+-- Number of queries: 54
 
 
 -- !query
@@ -164,6 +164,36 @@ decimal can only support precision up to 38
 select 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890.0
 
 
+-- !query
+select 1F, 1.2F, .10f, 0.10f
+-- !query schema
+struct<1.0:float,1.2:float,0.1:float,0.1:float>
+-- !query output
+1.0	1.2	0.1	0.1
+
+
+-- !query
+select -1F, -1.2F, -.10F, -0.10F
+-- !query schema
+struct<-1.0:float,-1.2:float,-0.1:float,-0.1:float>
+-- !query output
+-1.0	-1.2	-0.1	-0.1
+
+
+-- !query
+select -3.4028235E39f
+-- !query schema
+struct<>
+-- !query output
+org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.parser.ParseException
+
+Numeric literal -3.4028235E39 does not fit in range [-3.4028234663852886E+38, 3.4028234663852886E+38] for type float(line 1, pos 7)
+
+== SQL ==
+select -3.4028235E39f
+-------^^^
+
+
 -- !query
 select 1D, 1.2D, 1e10, 1.5e5, .10D, 0.10D, .1e5, .9e+2, 0.9e+2, 900e-1, 9.e+1
 -- !query schema
@@ -216,6 +246,14 @@ struct<0.3:decimal(1,1),-0.8:decimal(1,1),0.5:decimal(1,1),-0.18:decimal(2,2),0.
 0.3	-0.8	0.5	-0.18	0.1111	0.1111
 
 
+-- !query
+select 0.3 F, 0.4 D, 0.5 BD
+-- !query schema
+struct<F:decimal(1,1),D:decimal(1,1),BD:decimal(1,1)>
+-- !query output
+0.3	0.4	0.5
+
+
 -- !query
 select 123456789012345678901234567890123456789e10d, 123456789012345678901234567890123456789.1e10d
 -- !query schema