diff --git a/datafusion/optimizer/src/eliminate_nested_union.rs b/datafusion/optimizer/src/eliminate_nested_union.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5bcf2f9aa5307
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+++ b/datafusion/optimizer/src/eliminate_nested_union.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+//! Optimizer rule [TODO]
+use crate::{OptimizerConfig, OptimizerRule};
+use datafusion_common::Result;
+use datafusion_expr::logical_plan::{LogicalPlan, Union};
+
+use crate::optimizer::ApplyOrder;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+/// [TODO] add description
+pub struct EliminateNestedUnion;
+
+impl EliminateNestedUnion {
+    #[allow(missing_docs)]
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {}
+    }
+}
+
+impl OptimizerRule for EliminateNestedUnion {
+    fn try_optimize(
+        &self,
+        plan: &LogicalPlan,
+        config: &dyn OptimizerConfig,
+    ) -> Result<Option<LogicalPlan>> {
+        match plan {
+            LogicalPlan::Union(union) => {
+                let Union { inputs, schema } = union;
+
+                let inputs = inputs
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .flat_map(|plan| match Arc::as_ref(plan) {
+                        LogicalPlan::Union(Union { inputs, .. }) => inputs.clone(),
+                        _ => vec![Arc::clone(plan)],
+                    })
+                    .map(|plan| Ok(plan))
+                    .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
+
+                let schema = schema.clone();
+
+                Ok(Some(LogicalPlan::Union(Union { inputs, schema })))
+            }
+            _ => Ok(None),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "eliminate_nested_union"
+    }
+
+    fn apply_order(&self) -> Option<ApplyOrder> {
+        Some(ApplyOrder::BottomUp)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use datafusion_expr::Union;
+
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::test::*;
+
+    fn assert_optimized_plan_equal(plan: &LogicalPlan, expected: &str) -> Result<()> {
+        assert_optimized_plan_eq(Arc::new(EliminateNestedUnion::new()), plan, expected)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn eliminate_nothing() -> Result<()> {
+        let table_1 = test_table_scan_with_name("table_1")?;
+        let table_2 = test_table_scan_with_name("table_2")?;
+
+        let schema = table_1.schema().clone();
+
+        let plan = LogicalPlan::Union(Union {
+            inputs: vec![Arc::new(table_1), Arc::new(table_2)],
+            schema,
+        });
+
+        let expected = "\
+        Union\
+        \n  TableScan: table_1\
+        \n  TableScan: table_2";
+        assert_optimized_plan_equal(&plan, expected)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn eliminate_nested_union() -> Result<()> {
+        let table_1 = Arc::new(test_table_scan_with_name("table_1")?);
+        let table_2 = Arc::new(test_table_scan_with_name("table_2")?);
+        let table_3 = Arc::new(test_table_scan_with_name("table_3")?);
+        let table_4 = Arc::new(test_table_scan_with_name("table_4")?);
+
+        let schema = table_1.schema().clone();
+
+        let plan = LogicalPlan::Union(Union {
+            inputs: vec![
+                table_1,
+                Arc::new(LogicalPlan::Union(Union {
+                    inputs: vec![
+                        table_2,
+                        Arc::new(LogicalPlan::Union(Union {
+                            inputs: vec![table_3, table_4],
+                            schema: schema.clone(),
+                        })),
+                    ],
+                    schema: schema.clone(),
+                })),
+            ],
+            schema: schema.clone(),
+        });
+        let expected = "\
+        Union\
+        \n  TableScan: table_1\
+        \n  TableScan: table_2\
+        \n  TableScan: table_3\
+        \n  TableScan: table_4";
+        assert_optimized_plan_equal(&plan, expected)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/datafusion/optimizer/src/lib.rs b/datafusion/optimizer/src/lib.rs
index 1d12ca7e39506..b29ebe25bbb70 100644
--- a/datafusion/optimizer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/datafusion/optimizer/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pub mod eliminate_duplicated_expr;
 pub mod eliminate_filter;
 pub mod eliminate_join;
 pub mod eliminate_limit;
+pub mod eliminate_nested_union;
 pub mod eliminate_outer_join;
 pub mod eliminate_project;
 pub mod extract_equijoin_predicate;