diff --git a/backends-clickhouse/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/backendsapi/clickhouse/CHBackend.scala b/backends-clickhouse/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/backendsapi/clickhouse/CHBackend.scala
index 86a69f8422808..163f7568f7131 100644
--- a/backends-clickhouse/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/backendsapi/clickhouse/CHBackend.scala
+++ b/backends-clickhouse/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/backendsapi/clickhouse/CHBackend.scala
@@ -376,6 +376,15 @@ object CHBackendSettings extends BackendSettingsApi with Logging {
     )
   }
 
+  // Move the pre-prejection for a aggregation ahead of the expand node
+  // for example, select a, b, sum(c+d) from t group by a, b with cube
+  def enablePushdownPreProjectionAheadExpand(): Boolean = {
+    SparkEnv.get.conf.getBoolean(
+      "spark.gluten.sql.columnar.backend.ch.enable_pushdown_preprojection_ahead_expand",
+      true
+    )
+  }
+
   override def enableNativeWriteFiles(): Boolean = {
     GlutenConfig.getConf.enableNativeWriter.getOrElse(false)
   }
diff --git a/backends-clickhouse/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/backendsapi/clickhouse/CHRuleApi.scala b/backends-clickhouse/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/backendsapi/clickhouse/CHRuleApi.scala
index fb5147157d94c..550044d3798c8 100644
--- a/backends-clickhouse/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/backendsapi/clickhouse/CHRuleApi.scala
+++ b/backends-clickhouse/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/backendsapi/clickhouse/CHRuleApi.scala
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ private object CHRuleApi {
     injector.injectTransform(_ => EliminateLocalSort)
     injector.injectTransform(_ => CollapseProjectExecTransformer)
     injector.injectTransform(c => RewriteSortMergeJoinToHashJoinRule.apply(c.session))
+    injector.injectTransform(c => PushdownExtraProjectionBeforeExpand.apply(c.session))
     injector.injectTransform(
       c => SparkPlanRules.extendedColumnarRule(c.conf.extendedColumnarTransformRules)(c.session))
     injector.injectTransform(c => InsertTransitions(c.outputsColumnar))
diff --git a/backends-clickhouse/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/GlutenClickHouseTPCHSuite.scala b/backends-clickhouse/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/GlutenClickHouseTPCHSuite.scala
index c517afcb29056..dbaab25939ab0 100644
--- a/backends-clickhouse/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/GlutenClickHouseTPCHSuite.scala
+++ b/backends-clickhouse/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/GlutenClickHouseTPCHSuite.scala
@@ -547,5 +547,20 @@ class GlutenClickHouseTPCHSuite extends GlutenClickHouseTPCHAbstractSuite {
     compareResultsAgainstVanillaSpark(sql, true, { _ => })
     spark.sql("drop table cross_join_t")
   }
+
+  test("Pushdown aggregation pre-projection ahead expand") {
+    spark.sql("create table t1(a bigint, b bigint, c bigint, d bigint) using parquet")
+    spark.sql("insert into t1 values(1,2,3,4), (1,2,4,5), (1,3,4,5), (2,3,4,5)")
+    var sql = """
+                | select a, b , sum(d+c) from t1 group by a,b with cube
+                | order by a,b
+                |""".stripMargin
+    compareResultsAgainstVanillaSpark(sql, true, { _ => })
+    sql = """
+            | select a, b , sum(a+c), sum(b+d) from t1 group by a,b with cube
+            | order by a,b
+            |""".stripMargin
+    spark.sql("drop table t1")
+  }
 }
 // scalastyle:off line.size.limit