diff --git a/spark-extension/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/auron/NativeConverters.scala b/spark-extension/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/auron/NativeConverters.scala
index 2d7110120..ed7541788 100644
--- a/spark-extension/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/auron/NativeConverters.scala
+++ b/spark-extension/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/auron/NativeConverters.scala
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ object NativeConverters extends Logging {
     AuronConverters.getBooleanConf("spark.auron.datetime.extract.enabled", defaultValue = false)
   def castTrimStringEnabled: Boolean =
     AuronConverters.getBooleanConf("spark.auron.cast.trimString", defaultValue = true)
+  def singleChildFallbackEnabled: Boolean =
+    AuronConverters.getBooleanConf(
+      "spark.auron.expression.singleChildFallback.enabled",
+      defaultValue = true)
 
   /**
    * Is the data type(scalar or complex) supported by Auron.
@@ -288,6 +292,10 @@ object NativeConverters extends Logging {
       throw new NotImplementedError(s"unsupported expression: (${e.getClass}) $e")
     }
 
+    if (!singleChildFallbackEnabled) {
+      return convertExprWithFallback(sparkExpr, isPruningExpr = false, fallbackToError)
+    }
+
     try {
       // get number of inconvertible children
       var numInconvertibleChildren = 0