diff --git a/presto-native-sidecar-plugin/pom.xml b/presto-native-sidecar-plugin/pom.xml
index e998e698f929e..6a6298953d51c 100644
--- a/presto-native-sidecar-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/presto-native-sidecar-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.facebook.presto</groupId>
+            <artifactId>presto-analyzer</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.facebook.airlift</groupId>
             <artifactId>units</artifactId>
@@ -288,6 +294,7 @@
                             <excludes>
                                 <exclude>**/TestNativeSidecar*.java</exclude>
                                 <exclude>**/TestNativeExpressionInterpreter.java</exclude>
+                                <exclude>**/TestNativeExpressionOptimizer.java</exclude>
                             </excludes>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
diff --git a/presto-native-sidecar-plugin/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/sidecar/expressions/NativeExpressionOptimizer.java b/presto-native-sidecar-plugin/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/sidecar/expressions/NativeExpressionOptimizer.java
index bb669b43782ba..d5e5702033a16 100644
--- a/presto-native-sidecar-plugin/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/sidecar/expressions/NativeExpressionOptimizer.java
+++ b/presto-native-sidecar-plugin/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/sidecar/expressions/NativeExpressionOptimizer.java
@@ -345,12 +345,15 @@ public RowExpression visitExpression(RowExpression originalExpression, Void cont
         @Override
         public RowExpression visitLambda(LambdaDefinitionExpression lambda, Void context)
         {
-            if (canBeReplaced(lambda.getBody())) {
+            if (canBeReplaced(lambda)) {
+                RowExpression replacement = resolver.apply(lambda);
+                // Sidecar optimizes only the body of lambda expression.
+                RowExpression optimizedBody = ((LambdaDefinitionExpression) replacement).getBody().accept(this, context);
                 return new LambdaDefinitionExpression(
                         lambda.getSourceLocation(),
                         lambda.getArgumentTypes(),
                         lambda.getArguments(),
-                        toRowExpression(lambda.getSourceLocation(), resolver.apply(lambda.getBody()), lambda.getBody().getType()));
+                        toRowExpression(lambda.getSourceLocation(), optimizedBody, optimizedBody.getType()));
             }
             return lambda;
         }
diff --git a/presto-native-sidecar-plugin/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/sidecar/expressions/TestNativeExpressionOptimizer.java b/presto-native-sidecar-plugin/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/sidecar/expressions/TestNativeExpressionOptimizer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1df9d84e123c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/presto-native-sidecar-plugin/src/test/java/com/facebook/presto/sidecar/expressions/TestNativeExpressionOptimizer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed 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 com.facebook.presto.sidecar.expressions;
+
+import com.facebook.presto.metadata.FunctionAndTypeManager;
+import com.facebook.presto.metadata.MetadataManager;
+import com.facebook.presto.operator.scalar.FunctionAssertions;
+import com.facebook.presto.sidecar.NativeSidecarPluginQueryRunner;
+import com.facebook.presto.spi.relation.ExpressionOptimizer;
+import com.facebook.presto.spi.relation.RowExpression;
+import com.facebook.presto.sql.TestingRowExpressionTranslator;
+import com.facebook.presto.sql.tree.Expression;
+import com.facebook.presto.tests.DistributedQueryRunner;
+import org.intellij.lang.annotations.Language;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import static com.facebook.airlift.testing.Closeables.closeAllRuntimeException;
+import static com.facebook.presto.SessionTestUtils.TEST_SESSION;
+import static com.facebook.presto.metadata.MetadataManager.createTestMetadataManager;
+import static com.facebook.presto.sidecar.expressions.NativeExpressionOptimizerFactory.NAME;
+import static com.facebook.presto.sql.expressions.AbstractTestExpressionInterpreter.SYMBOL_TYPES;
+import static com.facebook.presto.sql.expressions.AbstractTestExpressionInterpreter.assertRowExpressionEvaluationEquals;
+
+public class TestNativeExpressionOptimizer
+{
+    private final DistributedQueryRunner queryRunner;
+    private final MetadataManager metadata;
+    private final TestingRowExpressionTranslator translator;
+    private final NativeExpressionOptimizer expressionOptimizer;
+
+    public TestNativeExpressionOptimizer()
+            throws Exception
+    {
+        this.queryRunner = NativeSidecarPluginQueryRunner.getQueryRunner();
+        FunctionAndTypeManager functionAndTypeManager = queryRunner.getCoordinator().getFunctionAndTypeManager();
+        this.metadata = createTestMetadataManager(functionAndTypeManager);
+        this.translator = new TestingRowExpressionTranslator(metadata);
+        this.expressionOptimizer = (NativeExpressionOptimizer) queryRunner.getCoordinator()
+                .getExpressionManager()
+                .getExpressionOptimizer(NAME);
+    }
+
+    @AfterClass(alwaysRun = true)
+    public void tearDown()
+    {
+        closeAllRuntimeException(queryRunner);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testLambdaBodyConstantFolding()
+    {
+        // Simple lambda constant folding.
+        assertOptimizedEquals(
+                "transform(ARRAY[unbound_long, unbound_long2], x -> 1 + 1)",
+                "transform(ARRAY[unbound_long, unbound_long2], x -> 2)");
+        assertOptimizedEquals(
+                "transform(ARRAY[unbound_long, unbound_long2], x -> cast('123' AS integer))",
+                "transform(ARRAY[unbound_long, unbound_long2], x -> 123)");
+        assertOptimizedEquals(
+                "transform(ARRAY[unbound_long, unbound_long2], x -> cast(json_parse('[1, 2]') AS ARRAY<INTEGER>)[1] + 1)",
+                "transform(ARRAY[unbound_long, unbound_long2], x -> 2)");
+
+        // Nested lambda constant folding.
+        assertOptimizedEquals(
+                "transform(ARRAY[unbound_long, unbound_long2], x -> transform(ARRAY[1, 2], y -> 1 + 1))",
+                "transform(ARRAY[unbound_long, unbound_long2], x -> transform(ARRAY[1, 2], y -> 2))");
+        // Multiple lambda occurrences constant folding.
+        assertOptimizedEquals(
+                "filter(transform(ARRAY[unbound_long, unbound_long2], x -> 1 + 1), x -> true and false)",
+                "filter(transform(ARRAY[unbound_long, unbound_long2], x -> 2), x -> false)");
+    }
+
+    private void assertOptimizedEquals(@Language("SQL") String actual, @Language("SQL") String expected)
+    {
+        RowExpression optimizedActual = optimize(actual, ExpressionOptimizer.Level.OPTIMIZED);
+        RowExpression optimizedExpected = optimize(expected, ExpressionOptimizer.Level.OPTIMIZED);
+        assertRowExpressionEvaluationEquals(optimizedActual, optimizedExpected);
+    }
+
+    private RowExpression optimize(@Language("SQL") String expression, ExpressionOptimizer.Level level)
+    {
+        RowExpression parsedExpression = sqlToRowExpression(expression);
+        Function<com.facebook.presto.spi.relation.VariableReferenceExpression, Object> variableResolver = variable -> null;
+        return expressionOptimizer.optimize(parsedExpression, level, TEST_SESSION.toConnectorSession(), variableResolver);
+    }
+
+    private RowExpression sqlToRowExpression(String expression)
+    {
+        Expression parsedExpression = FunctionAssertions.createExpression(expression, metadata, SYMBOL_TYPES);
+        return translator.translate(parsedExpression, SYMBOL_TYPES);
+    }
+}