diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/file_format/mod.rs b/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/file_format/mod.rs
index 295fef27b2912..2926f18a20235 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/file_format/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/file_format/mod.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ mod row_filter;
 pub(crate) use self::csv::plan_to_csv;
 pub use self::csv::CsvExec;
 pub(crate) use self::parquet::plan_to_parquet;
-pub use self::parquet::{ParquetExec, ParquetFileMetrics, ParquetFileReaderFactory};
+pub use self::parquet::{
+    ParquetExec, ParquetFileMetrics, ParquetFileReaderFactory, ParquetScanOptions,
+};
 use arrow::{
     array::{ArrayData, ArrayRef, DictionaryArray},
     buffer::Buffer,
diff --git a/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/file_format/parquet.rs b/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/file_format/parquet.rs
index a6ce44b22c8d7..f4c52e5dc699f 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/file_format/parquet.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/src/physical_plan/file_format/parquet.rs
@@ -81,11 +81,13 @@ pub struct ParquetScanOptions {
 }
 
 impl ParquetScanOptions {
+    /// Set whether to pushdown pruning predicate to the parquet scan
     pub fn with_pushdown_filters(mut self, pushdown_filters: bool) -> Self {
         self.pushdown_filters = pushdown_filters;
         self
     }
 
+    /// Set whether to reorder pruning predicate expressions in order to minimize evaluation cost
     pub fn with_reorder_predicates(mut self, reorder_predicates: bool) -> Self {
         self.reorder_predicates = reorder_predicates;
         self
@@ -182,6 +184,11 @@ impl ParquetExec {
         self.scan_options = scan_options;
         self
     }
+
+    /// Ref to the `ParquetScanOptions`
+    pub fn parquet_scan_options(&self) -> &ParquetScanOptions {
+        &self.scan_options
+    }
 }
 
 /// Stores metrics about the parquet execution for a particular parquet file.