diff --git a/velox/functions/prestosql/JsonFunctions.cpp b/velox/functions/prestosql/JsonFunctions.cpp
index 2387a38a9b09..444605fc00f4 100644
--- a/velox/functions/prestosql/JsonFunctions.cpp
+++ b/velox/functions/prestosql/JsonFunctions.cpp
@@ -474,6 +474,49 @@ class JsonParseFunction : public exec::VectorFunction {
   mutable std::vector<FastSortKey> fastSortKeys_;
 };
 
+// This function is called when $internal$json_string_to_array/map/row
+// is called. It is used for expressions like 'Cast(json_parse(x) as
+// ARRAY<...>)' etc. This is an optimization to avoid parsing the json string
+// twice.
+class JsonInternalCastFunction : public exec::VectorFunction {
+ public:
+  void apply(
+      const SelectivityVector& rows,
+      std::vector<VectorPtr>& args,
+      const TypePtr& resultType,
+      exec::EvalCtx& context,
+      VectorPtr& result) const override {
+    VELOX_CHECK_EQ(args.size(), 1);
+    const auto& arg = *args[0];
+    jsonCastOperator_.castFrom(arg, context, rows, resultType, result);
+  }
+
+  static std::vector<std::shared_ptr<exec::FunctionSignature>>
+  signaturesArray() {
+    return {exec::FunctionSignatureBuilder()
+                .argumentType("varchar")
+                .returnType("array(unknown)")
+                .build()};
+  }
+
+  static std::vector<std::shared_ptr<exec::FunctionSignature>> signaturesMap() {
+    return {exec::FunctionSignatureBuilder()
+                .argumentType("varchar")
+                .returnType("map(unknown, unknown)")
+                .build()};
+  }
+
+  static std::vector<std::shared_ptr<exec::FunctionSignature>> signaturesRow() {
+    return {exec::FunctionSignatureBuilder()
+                .argumentType("varchar")
+                .returnType("row(unknown)")
+                .build()};
+  }
+
+ private:
+  mutable JsonCastOperator jsonCastOperator_;
+};
+
 } // namespace
 
 VELOX_DECLARE_VECTOR_FUNCTION(
@@ -490,4 +533,19 @@ VELOX_DECLARE_STATEFUL_VECTOR_FUNCTION(
       return std::make_shared<JsonParseFunction>();
     });
 
+VELOX_DECLARE_VECTOR_FUNCTION(
+    udf_$internal$_json_string_to_array,
+    JsonInternalCastFunction::signaturesArray(),
+    std::make_unique<JsonInternalCastFunction>());
+
+VELOX_DECLARE_VECTOR_FUNCTION(
+    udf_$internal$_json_string_to_map,
+    JsonInternalCastFunction::signaturesMap(),
+    std::make_unique<JsonInternalCastFunction>());
+
+VELOX_DECLARE_VECTOR_FUNCTION(
+    udf_$internal$_json_string_to_row,
+    JsonInternalCastFunction::signaturesRow(),
+    std::make_unique<JsonInternalCastFunction>());
+
 } // namespace facebook::velox::functions
diff --git a/velox/functions/prestosql/registration/JsonFunctionsRegistration.cpp b/velox/functions/prestosql/registration/JsonFunctionsRegistration.cpp
index e9f2073224fe..1e0c90cff290 100644
--- a/velox/functions/prestosql/registration/JsonFunctionsRegistration.cpp
+++ b/velox/functions/prestosql/registration/JsonFunctionsRegistration.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ void registerJsonFunctions(const std::string& prefix) {
   VELOX_REGISTER_VECTOR_FUNCTION(udf_json_format, prefix + "json_format");
 
   VELOX_REGISTER_VECTOR_FUNCTION(udf_json_parse, prefix + "json_parse");
+
+  VELOX_REGISTER_VECTOR_FUNCTION(
+      udf_$internal$_json_string_to_array,
+      prefix + "$internal$json_string_to_array_cast");
+
+  VELOX_REGISTER_VECTOR_FUNCTION(
+      udf_$internal$_json_string_to_map,
+      prefix + "$internal$json_string_to_map_cast");
+
+  VELOX_REGISTER_VECTOR_FUNCTION(
+      udf_$internal$_json_string_to_row,
+      prefix + "$internal$json_string_to_row_cast");
 }
 
 } // namespace facebook::velox::functions
diff --git a/velox/functions/prestosql/tests/JsonFunctionsTest.cpp b/velox/functions/prestosql/tests/JsonFunctionsTest.cpp
index c336cfd76170..1d250ae56b85 100644
--- a/velox/functions/prestosql/tests/JsonFunctionsTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/functions/prestosql/tests/JsonFunctionsTest.cpp
@@ -142,6 +142,26 @@ class JsonFunctionsTest : public functions::test::FunctionBaseTest {
     EXPECT_EQ(jsonResult, varcharResult);
     return jsonResult;
   }
+
+  void checkInternalFn(
+      const std::string& functionName,
+      const TypePtr& returnType,
+      const RowVectorPtr& data,
+      const VectorPtr& expected) {
+    auto inputFeild =
+        std::make_shared<core::FieldAccessTypedExpr>(VARCHAR(), "c0");
+
+    auto expression = std::make_shared<core::CallTypedExpr>(
+        returnType, std::vector<core::TypedExprPtr>{inputFeild}, functionName);
+
+    SelectivityVector rows(data->size());
+    std::vector<VectorPtr> result(1);
+    exec::ExprSet exprSet({expression}, &execCtx_);
+    exec::EvalCtx evalCtx(&execCtx_, &exprSet, data.get());
+
+    exprSet.eval(rows, evalCtx, result);
+    velox::test::assertEqualVectors(expected, result[0]);
+  };
 };
 
 TEST_F(JsonFunctionsTest, jsonFormat) {
@@ -876,6 +896,79 @@ TEST_F(JsonFunctionsTest, jsonExtract) {
   VELOX_ASSERT_THROW(jsonExtract(kJson, "$.store.keys()"), "Invalid JSON path");
 }
 
+// The following tests ensure that the internal json functions
+// $internal$json_string_to_array/map/row_cast can be invoked without issues
+// from Prestissimo. The actual functionality is tested in JsonCastTest.
+
+TEST_F(JsonFunctionsTest, jsonStringToArrayCast) {
+  // Array of strings.
+  auto data = makeRowVector({makeNullableFlatVector<std::string>(
+      {R"(["red","blue"])"_sv,
+       R"([null,null,"purple"])"_sv,
+       "[]"_sv,
+       "null"_sv})});
+  auto expected = makeNullableArrayVector<StringView>(
+      {{{"red"_sv, "blue"_sv}},
+       {{std::nullopt, std::nullopt, "purple"_sv}},
+       {{}},
+       std::nullopt});
+
+  checkInternalFn(
+      "$internal$json_string_to_array_cast", ARRAY(VARCHAR()), data, expected);
+
+  // Array of integers.
+  data = makeRowVector({makeNullableFlatVector<std::string>(
+      {R"(["10212","1015353"])"_sv, R"(["10322","285000"])"})});
+  expected =
+      makeNullableArrayVector<int64_t>({{10212, 1015353}, {10322, 285000}});
+
+  checkInternalFn(
+      "$internal$json_string_to_array_cast", ARRAY(BIGINT()), data, expected);
+}
+
+TEST_F(JsonFunctionsTest, jsonStringToMapCast) {
+  // Map of strings.
+  auto data = makeRowVector({makeFlatVector<std::string>(
+      {R"({"red":1,"blue":2})"_sv,
+       R"({"green":3,"magenta":4})"_sv,
+       R"({"violet":1,"blue":2})"_sv,
+       R"({"yellow":1,"blue":2})"_sv,
+       R"({"purple":10,"cyan":5})"_sv})});
+
+  auto expected = makeMapVector<StringView, int64_t>(
+      {{{"red"_sv, 1}, {"blue"_sv, 2}},
+       {{"green"_sv, 3}, {"magenta"_sv, 4}},
+       {{"violet"_sv, 1}, {"blue"_sv, 2}},
+       {{"yellow"_sv, 1}, {"blue"_sv, 2}},
+       {{"purple"_sv, 10}, {"cyan"_sv, 5}}});
+
+  checkInternalFn(
+      "$internal$json_string_to_map_cast",
+      MAP(VARCHAR(), BIGINT()),
+      data,
+      expected);
+}
+
+TEST_F(JsonFunctionsTest, jsonStringToRowCast) {
+  // Row of strings.
+  auto data = makeRowVector({makeFlatVector<std::string>(
+      {R"({"red":1,"blue":2})"_sv,
+       R"({"red":3,"blue":4})"_sv,
+       R"({"red":1,"blue":2})"_sv,
+       R"({"red":1,"blue":2})"_sv,
+       R"({"red":10,"blue":5})"_sv})});
+
+  auto expected = makeRowVector(
+      {makeFlatVector<int64_t>({1, 3, 1, 1, 10}),
+       makeFlatVector<int64_t>({2, 4, 2, 2, 5})});
+
+  checkInternalFn(
+      "$internal$json_string_to_row_cast",
+      ROW({{"red", BIGINT()}, {"blue", BIGINT()}}),
+      data,
+      expected);
+}
+
 } // namespace
 
 } // namespace facebook::velox::functions::prestosql
diff --git a/velox/functions/prestosql/types/JsonType.cpp b/velox/functions/prestosql/types/JsonType.cpp
index 5c128815f27a..83a6ba140ad3 100644
--- a/velox/functions/prestosql/types/JsonType.cpp
+++ b/velox/functions/prestosql/types/JsonType.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "velox/functions/lib/RowsTranslationUtil.h"
 #include "velox/functions/lib/string/StringCore.h"
 #include "velox/functions/prestosql/json/JsonStringUtil.h"
-#include "velox/functions/prestosql/json/SIMDJsonUtil.h"
 #include "velox/type/Conversions.h"
 #include "velox/type/Type.h"
 
@@ -1096,79 +1095,7 @@ bool isSupportedBasicType(const TypePtr& type) {
   }
 }
 
-/// Custom operator for casts from and to Json type.
-class JsonCastOperator : public exec::CastOperator {
- public:
-  bool isSupportedFromType(const TypePtr& other) const override;
-
-  bool isSupportedToType(const TypePtr& other) const override;
-
-  void castTo(
-      const BaseVector& input,
-      exec::EvalCtx& context,
-      const SelectivityVector& rows,
-      const TypePtr& resultType,
-      VectorPtr& result) const override;
-
-  void castTo(
-      const BaseVector& input,
-      exec::EvalCtx& context,
-      const SelectivityVector& rows,
-      const TypePtr& resultType,
-      VectorPtr& result,
-      const std::shared_ptr<exec::CastHooks>& hooks) const override;
-
-  void castFrom(
-      const BaseVector& input,
-      exec::EvalCtx& context,
-      const SelectivityVector& rows,
-      const TypePtr& resultType,
-      VectorPtr& result) const override;
-
- private:
-  template <TypeKind kind>
-  void castFromJson(
-      const BaseVector& input,
-      exec::EvalCtx& context,
-      const SelectivityVector& rows,
-      BaseVector& result) const {
-    // Result is guaranteed to be a flat writable vector.
-    auto* flatResult = result.as<typename KindToFlatVector<kind>::type>();
-    exec::VectorWriter<Any> writer;
-    writer.init(*flatResult);
-    // Input is guaranteed to be in flat or constant encodings when passed in.
-    auto* inputVector = input.as<SimpleVector<StringView>>();
-    size_t maxSize = 0;
-    rows.applyToSelected([&](auto row) {
-      if (inputVector->isNullAt(row)) {
-        return;
-      }
-      auto& input = inputVector->valueAt(row);
-      maxSize = std::max(maxSize, input.size());
-    });
-    paddedInput_.resize(maxSize + simdjson::SIMDJSON_PADDING);
-    context.applyToSelectedNoThrow(rows, [&](auto row) {
-      writer.setOffset(row);
-      if (inputVector->isNullAt(row)) {
-        writer.commitNull();
-        return;
-      }
-      auto& input = inputVector->valueAt(row);
-      memcpy(paddedInput_.data(), input.data(), input.size());
-      simdjson::padded_string_view paddedInput(
-          paddedInput_.data(), input.size(), paddedInput_.size());
-      if (auto error = castFromJsonOneRow<kind>(paddedInput, writer)) {
-        context.setVeloxExceptionError(row, errors_[error]);
-        writer.commitNull();
-      }
-    });
-    writer.finish();
-  }
-
-  mutable folly::once_flag initializeErrors_;
-  mutable std::exception_ptr errors_[simdjson::NUM_ERROR_CODES];
-  mutable std::string paddedInput_;
-};
+} // namespace
 
 bool JsonCastOperator::isSupportedFromType(const TypePtr& other) const {
   if (isSupportedBasicType(other)) {
@@ -1197,6 +1124,45 @@ bool JsonCastOperator::isSupportedFromType(const TypePtr& other) const {
   }
 }
 
+template <TypeKind kind>
+void JsonCastOperator::castFromJson(
+    const BaseVector& input,
+    exec::EvalCtx& context,
+    const SelectivityVector& rows,
+    BaseVector& result) const {
+  // Result is guaranteed to be a flat writable vector.
+  auto* flatResult = result.as<typename KindToFlatVector<kind>::type>();
+  exec::VectorWriter<Any> writer;
+  writer.init(*flatResult);
+  // Input is guaranteed to be in flat or constant encodings when passed in.
+  auto* inputVector = input.as<SimpleVector<StringView>>();
+  size_t maxSize = 0;
+  rows.applyToSelected([&](auto row) {
+    if (inputVector->isNullAt(row)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    auto& input = inputVector->valueAt(row);
+    maxSize = std::max(maxSize, input.size());
+  });
+  paddedInput_.resize(maxSize + simdjson::SIMDJSON_PADDING);
+  context.applyToSelectedNoThrow(rows, [&](auto row) {
+    writer.setOffset(row);
+    if (inputVector->isNullAt(row)) {
+      writer.commitNull();
+      return;
+    }
+    auto& input = inputVector->valueAt(row);
+    memcpy(paddedInput_.data(), input.data(), input.size());
+    simdjson::padded_string_view paddedInput(
+        paddedInput_.data(), input.size(), paddedInput_.size());
+    if (auto error = castFromJsonOneRow<kind>(paddedInput, writer)) {
+      context.setVeloxExceptionError(row, errors_[error]);
+      writer.commitNull();
+    }
+  });
+  writer.finish();
+}
+
 bool JsonCastOperator::isSupportedToType(const TypePtr& other) const {
   if (other->isDate()) {
     return false;
@@ -1315,8 +1281,6 @@ class JsonTypeFactories : public CustomTypeFactories {
   }
 };
 
-} // namespace
-
 void registerJsonType() {
   registerCustomType("json", std::make_unique<const JsonTypeFactories>());
 }
diff --git a/velox/functions/prestosql/types/JsonType.h b/velox/functions/prestosql/types/JsonType.h
index 224679d64208..902fc48c7bd0 100644
--- a/velox/functions/prestosql/types/JsonType.h
+++ b/velox/functions/prestosql/types/JsonType.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "velox/expression/CastExpr.h"
+#include "velox/functions/prestosql/json/SIMDJsonUtil.h"
 #include "velox/type/SimpleFunctionApi.h"
 #include "velox/type/Type.h"
 
@@ -72,4 +73,46 @@ using Json = CustomType<JsonT>;
 
 void registerJsonType();
 
+/// Custom operator for casts from and to Json type.
+class JsonCastOperator : public exec::CastOperator {
+ public:
+  bool isSupportedFromType(const TypePtr& other) const override;
+
+  bool isSupportedToType(const TypePtr& other) const override;
+
+  void castTo(
+      const BaseVector& input,
+      exec::EvalCtx& context,
+      const SelectivityVector& rows,
+      const TypePtr& resultType,
+      VectorPtr& result) const override;
+
+  void castTo(
+      const BaseVector& input,
+      exec::EvalCtx& context,
+      const SelectivityVector& rows,
+      const TypePtr& resultType,
+      VectorPtr& result,
+      const std::shared_ptr<exec::CastHooks>& hooks) const override;
+
+  void castFrom(
+      const BaseVector& input,
+      exec::EvalCtx& context,
+      const SelectivityVector& rows,
+      const TypePtr& resultType,
+      VectorPtr& result) const override;
+
+ private:
+  template <TypeKind kind>
+  void castFromJson(
+      const BaseVector& input,
+      exec::EvalCtx& context,
+      const SelectivityVector& rows,
+      BaseVector& result) const;
+
+  mutable folly::once_flag initializeErrors_;
+  mutable std::exception_ptr errors_[simdjson::NUM_ERROR_CODES];
+  mutable std::string paddedInput_;
+};
+
 } // namespace facebook::velox