diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
index 2679e026bb00a00383350e4da688b111c9623938..805cad5cb953edc02fd0dedb941ffe642100ea86 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/Optimizer.scala
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ object PushPredicateThroughJoin extends Rule[LogicalPlan] with PredicateHelper {
         split(joinCondition.map(splitConjunctivePredicates).getOrElse(Nil), left, right)
 
       joinType match {
-        case _: InnerLike | LeftExistence(_) =>
+        case _: InnerLike |  LeftSemi | ExistenceJoin(_) =>
           // push down the single side only join filter for both sides sub queries
           val newLeft = leftJoinConditions.
             reduceLeftOption(And).map(Filter(_, left)).getOrElse(left)
@@ -949,14 +949,14 @@ object PushPredicateThroughJoin extends Rule[LogicalPlan] with PredicateHelper {
           val newJoinCond = (rightJoinConditions ++ commonJoinCondition).reduceLeftOption(And)
 
           Join(newLeft, newRight, RightOuter, newJoinCond)
-        case LeftOuter =>
+        case LeftOuter | LeftAnti =>
           // push down the right side only join filter for right sub query
           val newLeft = left
           val newRight = rightJoinConditions.
             reduceLeftOption(And).map(Filter(_, right)).getOrElse(right)
           val newJoinCond = (leftJoinConditions ++ commonJoinCondition).reduceLeftOption(And)
 
-          Join(newLeft, newRight, LeftOuter, newJoinCond)
+          Join(newLeft, newRight, joinType, newJoinCond)
         case FullOuter => j
         case NaturalJoin(_) => sys.error("Untransformed NaturalJoin node")
         case UsingJoin(_, _) => sys.error("Untransformed Using join node")
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/FilterPushdownSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/FilterPushdownSuite.scala
index 019f132d94cb259f30363f842f8413bdf077bba1..3e67282d687f5790c4af281f6b2d20fd3b30553e 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/FilterPushdownSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/optimizer/FilterPushdownSuite.scala
@@ -514,6 +514,39 @@ class FilterPushdownSuite extends PlanTest {
     comparePlans(optimized, analysis.EliminateSubqueryAliases(correctAnswer))
   }
 
+  test("joins: push down where clause into left anti join") {
+    val x = testRelation.subquery('x)
+    val y = testRelation.subquery('y)
+    val originalQuery =
+      x.join(y, LeftAnti, Some("x.b".attr === "y.b".attr))
+        .where("x.a".attr > 10)
+        .analyze
+    val optimized = Optimize.execute(originalQuery)
+    val correctAnswer =
+      x.where("x.a".attr > 10)
+        .join(y, LeftAnti, Some("x.b".attr === "y.b".attr))
+        .analyze
+    comparePlans(optimized, analysis.EliminateSubqueryAliases(correctAnswer))
+  }
+
+  test("joins: only push down join conditions to the right of a left anti join") {
+    val x = testRelation.subquery('x)
+    val y = testRelation.subquery('y)
+    val originalQuery =
+      x.join(y,
+        LeftAnti,
+        Some("x.b".attr === "y.b".attr && "y.a".attr > 10 && "x.a".attr > 10)).analyze
+    val optimized = Optimize.execute(originalQuery)
+    val correctAnswer =
+      x.join(
+        y.where("y.a".attr > 10),
+        LeftAnti,
+        Some("x.b".attr === "y.b".attr && "x.a".attr > 10))
+        .analyze
+    comparePlans(optimized, analysis.EliminateSubqueryAliases(correctAnswer))
+  }
+
+
   val testRelationWithArrayType = LocalRelation('a.int, 'b.int, 'c_arr.array(IntegerType))
 
   test("generate: predicate referenced no generated column") {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/anti-join.sql b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/anti-join.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0346f57d609adf4345ec0a6315b83d933c54a4f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/anti-join.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-- SPARK-18597: Do not push down predicates to left hand side in an anti-join
+CREATE OR REPLACE TEMPORARY VIEW tbl_a AS VALUES (1, 1), (2, 1), (3, 6) AS T(c1, c2);
+CREATE OR REPLACE TEMPORARY VIEW tbl_b AS VALUES 1 AS T(c1);
+
+SELECT *
+FROM   tbl_a
+       LEFT ANTI JOIN tbl_b ON ((tbl_a.c1 = tbl_a.c2) IS NULL OR tbl_a.c1 = tbl_a.c2);
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/anti-join.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/anti-join.sql.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6f38c4d08bc5a9fcc3b3c9621fca216934b46e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/anti-join.sql.out
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+-- Automatically generated by SQLQueryTestSuite
+-- Number of queries: 3
+
+
+-- !query 0
+CREATE OR REPLACE TEMPORARY VIEW tbl_a AS VALUES (1, 1), (2, 1), (3, 6) AS T(c1, c2)
+-- !query 0 schema
+struct<>
+-- !query 0 output
+
+
+
+-- !query 1
+CREATE OR REPLACE TEMPORARY VIEW tbl_b AS VALUES 1 AS T(c1)
+-- !query 1 schema
+struct<>
+-- !query 1 output
+
+
+
+-- !query 2
+SELECT *
+FROM   tbl_a
+       LEFT ANTI JOIN tbl_b ON ((tbl_a.c1 = tbl_a.c2) IS NULL OR tbl_a.c1 = tbl_a.c2)
+-- !query 2 schema
+struct<c1:int,c2:int>
+-- !query 2 output
+2	1
+3	6