diff --git a/datafusion/optimizer/src/simplify_expressions/expr_simplifier.rs b/datafusion/optimizer/src/simplify_expressions/expr_simplifier.rs
index 40be1f85391d6..c5dd0c36d0683 100644
--- a/datafusion/optimizer/src/simplify_expressions/expr_simplifier.rs
+++ b/datafusion/optimizer/src/simplify_expressions/expr_simplifier.rs
@@ -1476,13 +1476,28 @@ impl<'a, S: SimplifyInfo> TreeNodeRewriter for Simplifier<'a, S> {
                 negated,
                 escape_char: _,
                 case_insensitive: _,
-            }) if !is_null(&expr)
-                && matches!(
-                    pattern.as_ref(),
-                    Expr::Literal(ScalarValue::Utf8(Some(pattern_str))) if pattern_str == "%"
-                ) =>
+            }) if matches!(
+                pattern.as_ref(),
+                Expr::Literal(ScalarValue::Utf8(Some(pattern_str))) if pattern_str == "%"
+            ) || matches!(
+                pattern.as_ref(),
+                Expr::Literal(ScalarValue::LargeUtf8(Some(pattern_str))) if pattern_str == "%"
+            ) || matches!(
+                pattern.as_ref(),
+                Expr::Literal(ScalarValue::Utf8View(Some(pattern_str))) if pattern_str == "%"
+            ) =>
             {
-                Transformed::yes(lit(!negated))
+                // exp LIKE '%' is
+                //   - when exp is not NULL, it's true
+                //   - when exp is NULL, it's NULL
+                // exp NOT LIKE '%' is
+                //   - when exp is not NULL, it's false
+                //   - when exp is NULL, it's NULL
+                Transformed::yes(Expr::Case(Case {
+                    expr: Some(Box::new(Expr::IsNotNull(expr))),
+                    when_then_expr: vec![(Box::new(lit(true)), Box::new(lit(!negated)))],
+                    else_expr: None,
+                }))
             }
 
             // a is not null/unknown --> true (if a is not nullable)
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/string/string.slt b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/string/string.slt
index 9e97712b68717..68111ba34696e 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/string/string.slt
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/string/string.slt
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ statement ok
 create table test_substr as
 select arrow_cast(col1, 'Utf8') as c1 from test_substr_base;
 
+query BBB
+SELECT
+    NULL LIKE '%',
+    '' LIKE '%',
+    'a' LIKE '%'
+----
+NULL true true
+
 # TODO: move it back to `string_query.slt.part` after fixing the issue
 # see detail: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/12637
 # Test pattern with wildcard characters
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/string/string_query.slt.part b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/string/string_query.slt.part
index c4975b5b8c8dc..57fb09bca9e42 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/string/string_query.slt.part
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/string/string_query.slt.part
@@ -873,6 +873,58 @@ NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL
 #Raphael datafusionДатаФусион false false false false
 #NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL NULL
 
+# TODO (https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/12637) uncomment additional test projections
+query TTBB
+SELECT ascii_1, unicode_1,
+      ascii_1 LIKE '%' AS ascii_1_like_percent,
+      unicode_1 LIKE '%' AS unicode_1_like_percent
+      -- ascii_1 LIKE '%%' AS ascii_1_like_percent_percent, -- TODO enable after fixing https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/12637
+      -- unicode_1 LIKE '%%' AS unicode_1_like_percent_percent -- TODO enable after fixing https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/12637
+FROM test_basic_operator
+----
+Andrew datafusion📊🔥 true true
+Xiangpeng datafusion数据融合 true true
+Raphael datafusionДатаФусион true true
+under_score un iść core true true
+percent pan Tadeusz ma iść w kąt true true
+(empty) (empty) true true
+NULL NULL NULL NULL
+NULL NULL NULL NULL
+
+# TODO (https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/12637) uncomment additional test projections
+query TTBB
+SELECT ascii_1, unicode_1,
+      ascii_1 NOT LIKE '%' AS ascii_1_not_like_percent,
+      unicode_1 NOT LIKE '%' AS unicode_1_not_like_percent
+      -- ascii_1 NOT LIKE '%%' AS ascii_1_not_like_percent_percent, -- TODO enable after fixing https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/12637
+      -- unicode_1 NOT LIKE '%%' AS unicode_1_not_like_percent_percent -- TODO enable after fixing https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/12637
+FROM test_basic_operator
+----
+Andrew datafusion📊🔥 false false
+Xiangpeng datafusion数据融合 false false
+Raphael datafusionДатаФусион false false
+under_score un iść core false false
+percent pan Tadeusz ma iść w kąt false false
+(empty) (empty) false false
+NULL NULL NULL NULL
+NULL NULL NULL NULL
+
+query T
+SELECT ascii_1 FROM test_basic_operator WHERE ascii_1 LIKE '%'
+----
+Andrew
+Xiangpeng
+Raphael
+under_score
+percent
+(empty)
+
+# TODO: move it back to `string_query.slt.part` after fixing the issue
+# see detail: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/12637
+query T
+SELECT ascii_1 FROM test_basic_operator WHERE ascii_1 NOT LIKE '%'
+----
+
 # Test pattern without wildcard characters
 query TTBBBB
 select ascii_1, unicode_1,