diff --git a/src/daft-connect/src/lib.rs b/src/daft-connect/src/lib.rs
index 70171ad0d4..60965c01d1 100644
--- a/src/daft-connect/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/daft-connect/src/lib.rs
@@ -328,7 +328,10 @@ impl SparkConnectService for DaftSparkConnectService {
 
                 Ok(Response::new(response))
             }
-            _ => unimplemented_err!("Analyze plan operation is not yet implemented"),
+            op => {
+                println!("{op:#?}");
+                unimplemented_err!("Analyze plan operation is not yet implemented")
+            },
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/daft-connect/src/op.rs b/src/daft-connect/src/op.rs
index 2e8bdddf98..4e012a6c30 100644
--- a/src/daft-connect/src/op.rs
+++ b/src/daft-connect/src/op.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 pub mod execute;
+pub mod analyze;
diff --git a/src/daft-connect/src/op/analyze.rs b/src/daft-connect/src/op/analyze.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7f738134e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/daft-connect/src/op/analyze.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+use std::pin::Pin;
+
+use spark_connect::{analyze_plan_response, AnalyzePlanResponse, Relation};
+use tonic::Status;
+
+use crate::session::Session;
+
+pub type AnalyzeStream =
+    Pin<Box<dyn futures::Stream<Item = Result<AnalyzePlanResponse, Status>> + Send + Sync>>;
+
+impl Session {
+    pub async fn handle_explain_command(
+        &self,
+        command: Relation,
+        operation_id: String,
+    ) -> Result<AnalyzeStream, Status> {
+    }
+}
+
+use std::{collections::HashMap, future::ready};
+
+use common_daft_config::DaftExecutionConfig;
+use futures::stream;
+use spark_connect::{ExecutePlanResponse, Relation};
+use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
+use tonic::{codegen::tokio_stream::wrappers::ReceiverStream, Status};
+
+use crate::{op::execute::ExecuteStream, session::Session, translation};
+
+pub struct PlanIds {
+    session: String,
+    server_side_session: String,
+    operation: String,
+}
+
+impl PlanIds {
+    pub fn response(&self, result: analyze_plan_response::Result) -> AnalyzePlanResponse {
+        AnalyzePlanResponse {
+            session_id: self.session.to_string(),
+            server_side_session_id: self.server_side_session.to_string(),
+            result: Some(result),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Session {
+    pub async fn handle_explain_command(
+        &self,
+        command: Relation,
+        operation_id: String,
+    ) -> Result<ExecuteStream, Status> {
+        use futures::{StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
+
+        let context = PlanIds {
+            session: self.client_side_session_id().to_string(),
+            server_side_session: self.server_side_session_id().to_string(),
+            operation: operation_id,
+        };
+
+        let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel::<eyre::Result<ExecutePlanResponse>>(16);
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            let result = (|| -> eyre::Result<()> {
+                let plan = translation::to_logical_plan(command)?;
+                let logical_plan = plan.build();
+                let physical_plan = daft_local_plan::translate(&logical_plan)?;
+
+                let cfg = DaftExecutionConfig::default();
+                let results = daft_local_execution::run_local(
+                    &physical_plan,
+                    HashMap::new(),
+                    cfg.into(),
+                    None,
+                    CancellationToken::new(), // todo: maybe implement cancelling
+                )?;
+
+                for result in results {
+                    let result = result?;
+                    let tables = result.get_tables()?;
+
+                    for table in tables.as_slice() {
+                        let response = context.gen_response(table)?;
+                        tx.blocking_send(Ok(response)).unwrap();
+                    }
+                }
+                Ok(())
+            })();
+
+            if let Err(e) = result {
+                tx.blocking_send(Err(e)).unwrap();
+            }
+        });
+
+        let stream = ReceiverStream::new(rx);
+
+        let stream = stream
+            .map_err(|e| Status::internal(format!("Error in Daft server: {e:?}")))
+            .chain(stream::once(ready(Ok(finished))));
+
+        Ok(Box::pin(stream))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/daft-connect/src/op/execute.rs b/src/daft-connect/src/op/execute.rs
index fba3cc850d..7ec6a44324 100644
--- a/src/daft-connect/src/op/execute.rs
+++ b/src/daft-connect/src/op/execute.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mod root;
 
 pub type ExecuteStream = <DaftSparkConnectService as SparkConnectService>::ExecutePlanStream;
 
-pub struct PlanIds {
+struct PlanIds {
     session: String,
     server_side_session: String,
     operation: String,
diff --git a/tests/connect/test_explain.py b/tests/connect/test_explain.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd8c9e02c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/connect/test_explain.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
+def test_explain(spark_session):
+    # Create ranges using Spark - with overlap
+    range1 = spark_session.range(7)  # Creates DataFrame with numbers 0 to 6
+    range2 = spark_session.range(3, 10)  # Creates DataFrame with numbers 3 to 9
+
+    # Union the two ranges
+    unioned = range1.union(range2)
+
+    # Get the explain plan
+    explain_str = unioned.explain(extended=True)
+
+    # Verify explain output contains expected elements
+    assert "Union" in explain_str, "Explain plan should contain Union operation"
+    assert "Range" in explain_str, "Explain plan should contain Range operations"
+    
+    # Check that both range operations are present
+    assert "(0, 7" in explain_str, "First range parameters should be in explain plan"
+    assert "(3, 10" in explain_str, "Second range parameters should be in explain plan"