diff --git a/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/mod.rs b/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/mod.rs
index 49db0d31a8e9c..d5511e2970f4d 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/mod.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ mod sort_fuzz;
 mod aggregation_fuzzer;
 mod equivalence;
 
+mod pruning;
+
 mod limit_fuzz;
 mod sort_preserving_repartition_fuzz;
 mod window_fuzz;
diff --git a/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/pruning.rs b/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/pruning.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9a1e520e627cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datafusion/core/tests/fuzz_cases/pruning.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+// 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
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+// 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.
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use arrow_array::{Array, RecordBatch, StringArray};
+use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema};
+use bytes::{BufMut, Bytes, BytesMut};
+use datafusion::{
+    datasource::{
+        listing::PartitionedFile,
+        physical_plan::{parquet::ParquetExecBuilder, FileScanConfig},
+    },
+    prelude::*,
+};
+use datafusion_common::DFSchema;
+use datafusion_execution::object_store::ObjectStoreUrl;
+use datafusion_physical_expr::PhysicalExpr;
+use datafusion_physical_plan::{collect, filter::FilterExec, ExecutionPlan};
+use itertools::Itertools;
+use object_store::{memory::InMemory, path::Path, ObjectStore, PutPayload};
+use parquet::{
+    arrow::ArrowWriter,
+    file::properties::{EnabledStatistics, WriterProperties},
+};
+use rand::seq::SliceRandom;
+use url::Url;
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_fuzz_utf8() {
+    // Fuzz testing for UTF8 predicate pruning
+    // The basic idea is that query results should always be the same with or without stats/pruning
+    // If we get this right we at least guarantee that there are no incorrect results
+    // There may still be suboptimal pruning or stats but that's something we can try to catch
+    // with more targeted tests.
+
+    // Since we know where the edge cases might be we don't do random black box fuzzing.
+    // Instead we fuzz on specific pre-defined axis:
+    //
+    // - Which characters are in each value. We want to make sure to include characters that when
+    //   incremented, truncated or otherwise manipulated might cause issues.
+    // - The values in each row group. This impacts which min/max stats are generated for each rg.
+    //   We'll generate combinations of the characters with lengths ranging from 1 to 4.
+    // - Truncation of statistics to 1, 2 or 3 characters as well as no truncation.
+
+    let mut rng = rand::thread_rng();
+
+    let characters = [
+        "z",
+        "0",
+        "~",
+        "ß",
+        "℣",
+        "%", // this one is useful for like/not like tests since it will result in randomly inserted wildcards
+        "_", // this one is useful for like/not like tests since it will result in randomly inserted wildcards
+        "\u{7F}",
+        "\u{7FF}",
+        "\u{FF}",
+        "\u{10FFFF}",
+        "\u{D7FF}",
+        "\u{FDCF}",
+        // null character
+        "\u{0}",
+    ];
+
+    let value_lengths = [1, 2, 3];
+
+    // generate all combinations of characters with lengths ranging from 1 to 4
+    let mut values = vec![];
+    for length in &value_lengths {
+        values.extend(
+            characters
+                .iter()
+                .cloned()
+                .combinations(*length)
+                // now get all permutations of each combination
+                .flat_map(|c| c.into_iter().permutations(*length))
+                // and join them into strings
+                .map(|c| c.join("")),
+        );
+    }
+
+    println!("Generated {} values", values.len());
+
+    // randomly pick 100 values
+    values.shuffle(&mut rng);
+    values.truncate(100);
+
+    let mut row_groups = vec![];
+    // generate all combinations of values for row groups (1 or 2 values per rg, more is unessecarry since we only get min/max stats out)
+    for rg_length in [1, 2] {
+        row_groups.extend(values.iter().cloned().combinations(rg_length));
+    }
+
+    println!("Generated {} row groups", row_groups.len());
+
+    // Randomly pick 100 row groups (combinations of said values)
+    row_groups.shuffle(&mut rng);
+    row_groups.truncate(100);
+
+    let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("a", DataType::Utf8, false)]));
+    let df_schema = DFSchema::try_from(schema.clone()).unwrap();
+
+    let store = InMemory::new();
+    let mut files = vec![];
+    for (idx, truncation_length) in [Some(1), Some(2), None].iter().enumerate() {
+        // parquet files only support 32767 row groups per file, so chunk up into multiple files so we don't error if running on a large number of row groups
+        for (rg_idx, row_groups) in row_groups.chunks(32766).enumerate() {
+            let buf = write_parquet_file(
+                *truncation_length,
+                schema.clone(),
+                row_groups.to_vec(),
+            )
+            .await;
+            let filename = format!("test_fuzz_utf8_{idx}_{rg_idx}.parquet");
+            files.push((filename.clone(), buf.len()));
+            let payload = PutPayload::from(buf);
+            let path = Path::from(filename);
+            store.put(&path, payload).await.unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+
+    println!("Generated {} parquet files", files.len());
+
+    let ctx = SessionContext::new();
+
+    ctx.register_object_store(&Url::parse("memory://").unwrap(), Arc::new(store));
+
+    let mut predicates = vec![];
+    for value in values {
+        predicates.push(col("a").eq(lit(value.clone())));
+        predicates.push(col("a").not_eq(lit(value.clone())));
+        predicates.push(col("a").lt(lit(value.clone())));
+        predicates.push(col("a").lt_eq(lit(value.clone())));
+        predicates.push(col("a").gt(lit(value.clone())));
+        predicates.push(col("a").gt_eq(lit(value.clone())));
+        predicates.push(col("a").like(lit(value.clone())));
+        predicates.push(col("a").not_like(lit(value.clone())));
+        predicates.push(col("a").like(lit(format!("%{}", value.clone()))));
+        predicates.push(col("a").like(lit(format!("{}%", value.clone()))));
+        predicates.push(col("a").not_like(lit(format!("%{}", value.clone()))));
+        predicates.push(col("a").not_like(lit(format!("{}%", value.clone()))));
+    }
+
+    for predicate in predicates {
+        println!("Testing predicate {:?}", predicate);
+        let phys_expr_predicate = ctx
+            .create_physical_expr(predicate.clone(), &df_schema)
+            .unwrap();
+        let expected = execute_with_predicate(
+            &files,
+            phys_expr_predicate.clone(),
+            false,
+            schema.clone(),
+            &ctx,
+        )
+        .await;
+        let with_pruning = execute_with_predicate(
+            &files,
+            phys_expr_predicate,
+            true,
+            schema.clone(),
+            &ctx,
+        )
+        .await;
+        assert_eq!(expected, with_pruning);
+    }
+}
+
+async fn execute_with_predicate(
+    files: &[(String, usize)],
+    predicate: Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr>,
+    prune_stats: bool,
+    schema: Arc<Schema>,
+    ctx: &SessionContext,
+) -> Vec<String> {
+    let scan =
+        FileScanConfig::new(ObjectStoreUrl::parse("memory://").unwrap(), schema.clone())
+            .with_file_group(
+                files
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|(path, size)| PartitionedFile::new(path.clone(), *size as u64))
+                    .collect(),
+            );
+    let mut builder = ParquetExecBuilder::new(scan);
+    if prune_stats {
+        builder = builder.with_predicate(predicate.clone())
+    }
+    let exec = Arc::new(builder.build()) as Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>;
+    let exec =
+        Arc::new(FilterExec::try_new(predicate, exec).unwrap()) as Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>;
+
+    let batches = collect(exec, ctx.task_ctx()).await.unwrap();
+    let mut values = vec![];
+    for batch in batches {
+        let column = batch
+            .column(0)
+            .as_any()
+            .downcast_ref::<StringArray>()
+            .unwrap();
+        for i in 0..column.len() {
+            values.push(column.value(i).to_string());
+        }
+    }
+    values
+}
+
+async fn write_parquet_file(
+    truncation_length: Option<usize>,
+    schema: Arc<Schema>,
+    row_groups: Vec<Vec<String>>,
+) -> Bytes {
+    let mut buf = BytesMut::new().writer();
+    let mut props = WriterProperties::builder();
+    if let Some(truncation_length) = truncation_length {
+        props = props.set_max_statistics_size(truncation_length);
+    }
+    props = props.set_statistics_enabled(EnabledStatistics::Chunk); // row group level
+    let props = props.build();
+    {
+        let mut writer =
+            ArrowWriter::try_new(&mut buf, schema.clone(), Some(props)).unwrap();
+        for rg_values in row_groups.iter() {
+            let arr = StringArray::from_iter_values(rg_values.iter());
+            let batch =
+                RecordBatch::try_new(schema.clone(), vec![Arc::new(arr)]).unwrap();
+            writer.write(&batch).unwrap();
+            writer.flush().unwrap(); // finishes the current row group and starts a new one
+        }
+        writer.finish().unwrap();
+    }
+    buf.into_inner().freeze()
+}