diff --git a/datafusion/sql/src/expr/identifier.rs b/datafusion/sql/src/expr/identifier.rs
index e9e24b97160e5..371a80516a363 100644
--- a/datafusion/sql/src/expr/identifier.rs
+++ b/datafusion/sql/src/expr/identifier.rs
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 use arrow::datatypes::FieldRef;
 use datafusion_common::datatype::DataTypeExt;
 use datafusion_common::{
-    Column, DFSchema, Result, Span, TableReference, assert_or_internal_err,
+    Column, DFSchema, Result, ScalarValue, Span, TableReference, assert_or_internal_err,
     exec_datafusion_err, internal_err, not_impl_err, plan_datafusion_err, plan_err,
 };
 use datafusion_expr::expr::LambdaVariable;
-use datafusion_expr::planner::PlannerResult;
-use datafusion_expr::{Case, Expr};
+use datafusion_expr::planner::{PlannerResult, RawFieldAccessExpr};
+use datafusion_expr::{Case, Expr, GetFieldAccess};
 use sqlparser::ast::{CaseWhen, Expr as SQLExpr, Ident};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -144,6 +144,33 @@ impl<S: ContextProvider> SqlToRel<'_, S> {
                 })?;
             Ok(Expr::ScalarVariable(field, var_names))
         } else {
+            let root_name = self.ident_normalizer.normalize(ids[0].clone());
+            if planner_context.lambda_parameters().contains_key(&root_name) {
+                let mut expr =
+                    self.sql_identifier_to_expr(ids[0].clone(), schema, planner_context)?;
+                'fields: for id in ids.into_iter().skip(1) {
+                    let field_access = GetFieldAccess::NamedStructField {
+                        name: ScalarValue::from(self.ident_normalizer.normalize(id)),
+                    };
+                    let mut field_access_expr = RawFieldAccessExpr { expr, field_access };
+                    for planner in self.context_provider.get_expr_planners() {
+                        match planner.plan_field_access(field_access_expr, schema)? {
+                            PlannerResult::Planned(planned) => {
+                                expr = planned;
+                                continue 'fields;
+                            }
+                            PlannerResult::Original(original) => {
+                                field_access_expr = original;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return not_impl_err!(
+                        "GetFieldAccess not supported by ExprPlanner: {field_access_expr:?}"
+                    );
+                }
+                return Ok(expr);
+            }
+
             let ids = ids
                 .into_iter()
                 .map(|id| self.ident_normalizer.normalize(id))
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/array/array_transform.slt b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/array/array_transform.slt
index 5439d7441155b..707c7cd0985aa 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/array/array_transform.slt
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/array/array_transform.slt
@@ -133,6 +133,33 @@ SELECT array_transform([[10, 20]], v -> v[1]);
 ----
 [10]
 
+# dotted field access on a struct-valued lambda parameter
+query ?
+SELECT array_transform(
+  make_array(named_struct('rule_number', 1, 'rule_action', 'allow')),
+  e -> e.rule_action
+);
+----
+[allow]
+
+# dotted field access followed by a list subscript
+query ?
+SELECT array_transform(
+  make_array(named_struct('items', make_array(10, 20))),
+  e -> e.items[1]
+);
+----
+[10]
+
+# chained dotted field access on nested structs
+query ?
+SELECT array_transform(
+  make_array(named_struct('metadata', named_struct('rule_action', 'deny'))),
+  e -> e.metadata.rule_action
+);
+----
+[deny]
+
 
 # expr simplifier inside lambda body
 query TT