diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala
index c575e95485cea..097b371ea0722 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala
@@ -172,12 +172,12 @@ object JDBCRDD extends Logging {
    *
    * @param sc - Your SparkContext.
    * @param schema - The Catalyst schema of the underlying database table.
-   * @param requiredColumns - The names of the columns to SELECT.
+   * @param requiredColumns - The names of the columns or aggregate columns to SELECT.
    * @param filters - The filters to include in all WHERE clauses.
    * @param parts - An array of JDBCPartitions specifying partition ids and
    *    per-partition WHERE clauses.
    * @param options - JDBC options that contains url, table and other information.
-   * @param outputSchema - The schema of the columns to SELECT.
+   * @param outputSchema - The schema of the columns or aggregate columns to SELECT.
    * @param groupByColumns - The pushed down group by columns.
    *
    * @return An RDD representing "SELECT requiredColumns FROM fqTable".
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ object JDBCRDD extends Logging {
 }
 
 /**
- * An RDD representing a table in a database accessed via JDBC.  Both the
- * driver code and the workers must be able to access the database; the driver
+ * An RDD representing a query is related to a table in a database accessed via JDBC.
+ * Both the driver code and the workers must be able to access the database; the driver
  * needs to fetch the schema while the workers need to fetch the data.
  */
 private[jdbc] class JDBCRDD(
@@ -237,11 +237,7 @@ private[jdbc] class JDBCRDD(
   /**
    * `columns`, but as a String suitable for injection into a SQL query.
    */
-  private val columnList: String = {
-    val sb = new StringBuilder()
-    columns.foreach(x => sb.append(",").append(x))
-    if (sb.isEmpty) "1" else sb.substring(1)
-  }
+  private val columnList: String = if (columns.isEmpty) "1" else columns.mkString(",")
 
   /**
    * `filters`, but as a WHERE clause suitable for injection into a SQL query.
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRelation.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRelation.scala
index 60d88b6690587..8098fa0b83a95 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRelation.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRelation.scala
@@ -278,12 +278,18 @@ private[sql] case class JDBCRelation(
   }
 
   override def buildScan(requiredColumns: Array[String], filters: Array[Filter]): RDD[Row] = {
+    // When pushDownPredicate is false, all Filters that need to be pushed down should be ignored
+    val pushedFilters = if (jdbcOptions.pushDownPredicate) {
+      filters
+    } else {
+      Array.empty[Filter]
+    }
     // Rely on a type erasure hack to pass RDD[InternalRow] back as RDD[Row]
     JDBCRDD.scanTable(
       sparkSession.sparkContext,
       schema,
       requiredColumns,
-      filters,
+      pushedFilters,
       parts,
       jdbcOptions).asInstanceOf[RDD[Row]]
   }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
index 95a91616f80cc..8842db2a2aca4 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
@@ -1723,6 +1723,40 @@ class JDBCSuite extends QueryTest
       Row("fred", 1) :: Nil)
   }
 
+  test(
+    "SPARK-36574: pushDownPredicate=false should prevent push down filters to JDBC data source") {
+    val df = spark.read.format("jdbc")
+      .option("Url", urlWithUserAndPass)
+      .option("dbTable", "test.people")
+    val df1 = df
+      .option("pushDownPredicate", false)
+      .load()
+      .filter("theid = 1")
+      .select("name", "theid")
+    val df2 = df
+      .option("pushDownPredicate", true)
+      .load()
+      .filter("theid = 1")
+      .select("name", "theid")
+    val df3 = df
+      .load()
+      .select("name", "theid")
+
+    def getRowCount(df: DataFrame): Long = {
+      val queryExecution = df.queryExecution
+      val rawPlan = queryExecution.executedPlan.collect {
+        case p: DataSourceScanExec => p
+      } match {
+        case Seq(p) => p
+        case _ => fail(s"More than one PhysicalRDD found\n$queryExecution")
+      }
+      rawPlan.execute().count()
+    }
+
+    assert(getRowCount(df1) == df3.count)
+    assert(getRowCount(df2) < df3.count)
+  }
+
   test("SPARK-26383 throw IllegalArgumentException if wrong kind of driver to the given url") {
     val e = intercept[IllegalArgumentException] {
       val opts = Map(