diff --git a/R/pkg/NAMESPACE b/R/pkg/NAMESPACE
index 5de7aeb8d2..11403f6346 100644
--- a/R/pkg/NAMESPACE
+++ b/R/pkg/NAMESPACE
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ exportMethods("%<=>%",
               "hour",
               "hypot",
               "ifelse",
+              "ilike",
               "initcap",
               "input_file_name",
               "instr",
diff --git a/R/pkg/R/column.R b/R/pkg/R/column.R
index 9fa117ccb6..f1fd30e144 100644
--- a/R/pkg/R/column.R
+++ b/R/pkg/R/column.R
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ column_functions1 <- c(
   "desc", "desc_nulls_first", "desc_nulls_last",
   "isNaN", "isNull", "isNotNull"
 )
-column_functions2 <- c("like", "rlike", "getField", "getItem", "contains")
+column_functions2 <- c("like", "rlike", "ilike", "getField", "getItem", "contains")
 
 createOperator <- function(op) {
   setMethod(op,
diff --git a/R/pkg/R/generics.R b/R/pkg/R/generics.R
index 9da818bdfb..ad29a7019e 100644
--- a/R/pkg/R/generics.R
+++ b/R/pkg/R/generics.R
@@ -725,6 +725,9 @@ setGeneric("like", function(x, ...) { standardGeneric("like") })
 #' @rdname columnfunctions
 setGeneric("rlike", function(x, ...) { standardGeneric("rlike") })
 
+#' @rdname columnfunctions
+setGeneric("ilike", function(x, ...) { standardGeneric("ilike") })
+
 #' @rdname startsWith
 setGeneric("startsWith", function(x, prefix) { standardGeneric("startsWith") })
 
diff --git a/R/pkg/tests/fulltests/test_sparkSQL.R b/R/pkg/tests/fulltests/test_sparkSQL.R
index bd5c25074b..1d8ac2b6bf 100644
--- a/R/pkg/tests/fulltests/test_sparkSQL.R
+++ b/R/pkg/tests/fulltests/test_sparkSQL.R
@@ -2130,6 +2130,8 @@ test_that("higher order functions", {
       expr("transform(xs, (x, i) -> CASE WHEN ((i % 2.0) = 0.0) THEN x ELSE (- x) END)"),
     array_exists("vs", function(v) rlike(v, "FAILED")) ==
       expr("exists(vs, v -> (v RLIKE 'FAILED'))"),
+    array_exists("vs", function(v) ilike(v, "failed")) ==
+      expr("exists(vs, v -> (v ILIKE 'failed'))"),
     array_forall("xs", function(x) x > 0) ==
       expr("forall(xs, x -> x > 0)"),
     array_filter("xs", function(x, i) x > 0 | i %% 2 == 0) ==