diff --git a/datafusion/optimizer/src/propagate_empty_relation.rs b/datafusion/optimizer/src/propagate_empty_relation.rs
index 18ddc361a0692..1f5bffcd3c0b4 100644
--- a/datafusion/optimizer/src/propagate_empty_relation.rs
+++ b/datafusion/optimizer/src/propagate_empty_relation.rs
@@ -170,6 +170,34 @@ impl OptimizerRule for PropagateEmptyRelation {
                             schema: Arc::clone(&join.schema),
                         }),
                     )),
+                    JoinType::LeftMark if left_empty => Ok(Transformed::yes(
+                        LogicalPlan::EmptyRelation(EmptyRelation {
+                            produce_one_row: false,
+                            schema: Arc::clone(&join.schema),
+                        }),
+                    )),
+                    // Left mark join with an empty right side preserves all left rows
+                    // and marks every row as not matched.
+                    JoinType::LeftMark if right_empty => {
+                        Ok(Transformed::yes(build_false_mark_projection(
+                            Arc::clone(&join.left),
+                            &join.schema,
+                        )?))
+                    }
+                    JoinType::RightMark if right_empty => Ok(Transformed::yes(
+                        LogicalPlan::EmptyRelation(EmptyRelation {
+                            produce_one_row: false,
+                            schema: Arc::clone(&join.schema),
+                        }),
+                    )),
+                    // Right mark join with an empty left side preserves all right rows
+                    // and marks every row as not matched.
+                    JoinType::RightMark if left_empty => {
+                        Ok(Transformed::yes(build_false_mark_projection(
+                            Arc::clone(&join.right),
+                            &join.schema,
+                        )?))
+                    }
                     _ => Ok(Transformed::no(plan)),
                 }
             }
@@ -321,6 +349,32 @@ fn build_null_padded_projection(
     )?))
 }
 
+/// Builds a Projection that replaces an eliminated mark join with the surviving
+/// side's columns plus `FALSE` for the synthetic mark column.
+fn build_false_mark_projection(
+    surviving_plan: Arc<LogicalPlan>,
+    join_schema: &DFSchemaRef,
+) -> Result<LogicalPlan> {
+    let mark_index = join_schema.fields().len().saturating_sub(1);
+    let exprs = join_schema
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(i, (qualifier, field))| {
+            if i == mark_index {
+                lit(false).alias_qualified(qualifier.cloned(), field.name())
+            } else {
+                Expr::Column(Column::new(qualifier.cloned(), field.name()))
+            }
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    Ok(LogicalPlan::Projection(Projection::try_new_with_schema(
+        exprs,
+        surviving_plan,
+        Arc::clone(join_schema),
+    )?))
+}
+
 /// Returns `true` if any grouping set in the list of GROUP BY expressions is
 /// the empty set `()`.
 ///
@@ -656,6 +710,46 @@ mod tests {
         assert_anti_join_empty_join_table_is_base_table(false)
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_left_mark_join_right_empty_false_mark() -> Result<()> {
+        let left =
+            LogicalPlanBuilder::from(test_table_scan_with_name("left")?).build()?;
+        let right_empty = LogicalPlanBuilder::from(test_table_scan_with_name("right")?)
+            .filter(lit(false))?
+            .build()?;
+
+        let plan = LogicalPlanBuilder::from(left)
+            .join_using(
+                right_empty,
+                JoinType::LeftMark,
+                vec![Column::from_name("a".to_string())],
+            )?
+            .build()?;
+
+        let expected = "Projection: left.a, left.b, left.c, Boolean(false) AS mark\n  TableScan: left";
+        assert_together_optimized_plan(plan, expected, true)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_right_mark_join_left_empty_false_mark() -> Result<()> {
+        let left_empty = LogicalPlanBuilder::from(test_table_scan_with_name("left")?)
+            .filter(lit(false))?
+            .build()?;
+        let right =
+            LogicalPlanBuilder::from(test_table_scan_with_name("right")?).build()?;
+
+        let plan = LogicalPlanBuilder::from(left_empty)
+            .join_using(
+                right,
+                JoinType::RightMark,
+                vec![Column::from_name("a".to_string())],
+            )?
+            .build()?;
+
+        let expected = "Projection: right.a, right.b, right.c, Boolean(false) AS mark\n  TableScan: right";
+        assert_together_optimized_plan(plan, expected, true)
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_join_empty_propagation_rules_noop() -> Result<()> {
         // these cases should not result in an empty relation
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/subquery.slt b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/subquery.slt
index dd195b0ff4871..6330012c90ca1 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/subquery.slt
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/subquery.slt
@@ -2348,3 +2348,36 @@ DROP TABLE sq_count_customer;
 
 statement ok
 DROP TABLE sq_count_orders;
+
+# Mark joins must preserve their synthetic mark column when the subquery input
+# is optimized to EmptyRelation.
+statement ok
+CREATE TABLE mark_join_empty_t1(id INT, flag BOOLEAN);
+
+statement ok
+CREATE TABLE mark_join_empty_t2(id INT);
+
+statement ok
+INSERT INTO mark_join_empty_t1 VALUES (1, TRUE);
+
+statement ok
+INSERT INTO mark_join_empty_t2 VALUES (1);
+
+query IB
+SELECT *
+FROM mark_join_empty_t1
+WHERE EXISTS (
+    SELECT 1
+    FROM mark_join_empty_t2
+    WHERE mark_join_empty_t2.id = mark_join_empty_t1.id
+      AND 1 = 0
+)
+OR flag = TRUE;
+----
+1 true
+
+statement ok
+DROP TABLE mark_join_empty_t1;
+
+statement ok
+DROP TABLE mark_join_empty_t2;