diff --git a/spark-extension-shims-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/auron/ShimsImpl.scala b/spark-extension-shims-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/auron/ShimsImpl.scala
index b8c825fde..44cc48d51 100644
--- a/spark-extension-shims-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/auron/ShimsImpl.scala
+++ b/spark-extension-shims-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/auron/ShimsImpl.scala
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{ArrayType, DataType, IntegerType, StringType}
 import org.apache.spark.status.ElementTrackingStore
 import org.apache.spark.storage.BlockManagerId
 import org.apache.spark.storage.FileSegment
+import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String
 
 import org.apache.auron.{protobuf => pb, sparkver}
 import org.apache.auron.common.AuronBuildInfo
@@ -578,17 +579,8 @@ class ShimsImpl extends Shims with Logging {
             .setMonotonicIncreasingIdExpr(pb.MonotonicIncreasingIdExprNode.newBuilder())
             .build())
 
-      case StringSplit(str, pat @ Literal(_, StringType), Literal(-1, IntegerType))
-          // native StringSplit implementation does not support regex, so only most frequently
-          // used cases without regex are supported
-          if Seq(",", ", ", ":", ";", "#", "@", "_", "-", "\\|", "\\.").contains(
-            pat.value.toString) =>
-        val nativePat = pat.value.toString match {
-          case "\\|" => "|"
-          case "\\." => "."
-          case other => other
-        }
-        Some(
+      case StringSplit(str, Literal(pattern: UTF8String, StringType), Literal(-1, IntegerType)) =>
+        literalStringSplitPattern(pattern.toString).map { nativePat =>
           pb.PhysicalExprNode
             .newBuilder()
             .setScalarFunction(
@@ -600,7 +592,8 @@ class ShimsImpl extends Shims with Logging {
                 .addArgs(NativeConverters
                   .convertExprWithFallback(Literal(nativePat), isPruningExpr, fallback))
                 .setReturnType(NativeConverters.convertDataType(ArrayType(StringType))))
-            .build())
+            .build()
+        }
 
       case e: TaggingExpression =>
         Some(NativeConverters.convertExprWithFallback(e.child, isPruningExpr, fallback))
@@ -617,6 +610,42 @@ class ShimsImpl extends Shims with Logging {
     }
   }
 
+  private def literalStringSplitPattern(pattern: String): Option[String] = {
+    if (pattern.isEmpty) {
+      return None
+    }
+
+    val regexMetaCharacters = Set('.', '^', '$', '|', '?', '*', '+', '(', ')', '[', ']', '{', '}')
+    val literalPattern = new StringBuilder
+    var index = 0
+    while (index < pattern.length) {
+      val ch = pattern.charAt(index)
+      if (ch == '\\') {
+        if (index + 1 >= pattern.length) {
+          return None
+        }
+        val escaped = pattern.charAt(index + 1)
+        if (regexMetaCharacters.contains(escaped) || escaped == '\\') {
+          literalPattern.append(escaped)
+          index += 2
+        } else {
+          return None
+        }
+      } else if (regexMetaCharacters.contains(ch)) {
+        return None
+      } else {
+        literalPattern.append(ch)
+        index += 1
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (literalPattern.nonEmpty) {
+      Some(literalPattern.toString)
+    } else {
+      None
+    }
+  }
+
   override def getLikeEscapeChar(expr: Expression): Char = {
     expr.asInstanceOf[Like].escapeChar
   }
diff --git a/spark-extension-shims-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/auron/AuronFunctionSuite.scala b/spark-extension-shims-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/auron/AuronFunctionSuite.scala
index 9f8825087..735abb71d 100644
--- a/spark-extension-shims-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/auron/AuronFunctionSuite.scala
+++ b/spark-extension-shims-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/auron/AuronFunctionSuite.scala
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.sql.Date
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{AuronQueryTest, Row}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.functions.{col, split}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 
 import org.apache.auron.util.AuronTestUtils
@@ -189,6 +190,46 @@ class AuronFunctionSuite extends AuronQueryTest with BaseAuronSQLSuite {
     }
   }
 
+  test("split function with literal regex patterns") {
+    withTable("t1") {
+      sql("create table t1(c1 string, c2 string, c3 string) using parquet")
+      sql("insert into t1 values('a/b/c', 'a+b+c', 'a::b::c'), (null, null, null)")
+      checkSparkAnswerAndOperator { () =>
+        sql("select c1, c2, c3 from t1").select(
+          split(col("c1"), "/"),
+          split(col("c2"), "\\+"),
+          split(col("c3"), "::"))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("split function with regex patterns falls back to Spark") {
+    withTable("t1") {
+      sql("create table t1(c1 string, c2 string, c3 string) using parquet")
+      sql("insert into t1 values('abc', 'a+b+c', 'a.b.c'), (null, null, null)")
+      val df = checkSparkAnswerAndOperator(
+        () =>
+          sql("select c1, c2, c3 from t1")
+            .select(split(col("c1"), ".+"), split(col("c2"), "[+]"), split(col("c3"), ".")),
+        requireNative = false)
+      val plan = stripAQEPlan(df.queryExecution.executedPlan)
+      assert(
+        plan.collectFirst { case op if !isNativeOrPassThrough(op) => op }.nonEmpty,
+        "regex split patterns should fall back to Spark")
+
+      val escapedBackslashDf = checkSparkAnswerAndOperator(
+        () => sql("select c2 from t1").select(split(col("c2"), "\\\\+")),
+        requireNative = false)
+      val escapedBackslashPlan = stripAQEPlan(escapedBackslashDf.queryExecution.executedPlan)
+      val escapedBackslashFallback = escapedBackslashPlan.collectFirst {
+        case op if !isNativeOrPassThrough(op) => op
+      }.nonEmpty
+      assert(
+        escapedBackslashFallback,
+        "split on repeated backslash regex should fall back to Spark")
+    }
+  }
+
   test("weekofyear function") {
     withSQLConf("spark.sql.session.timeZone" -> "America/Los_Angeles") {
       withTable("t1") {