diff --git a/velox/expression/FunctionSignature.cpp b/velox/expression/FunctionSignature.cpp
index a1460f1355a94..d8c7f723ab024 100644
--- a/velox/expression/FunctionSignature.cpp
+++ b/velox/expression/FunctionSignature.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include "velox/expression/FunctionSignature.h"
 #include "velox/type/Type.h"
 
+constexpr folly::StringPiece ipPrefixTypeName{"IPPREFIX"};
+
 namespace facebook::velox::exec {
 
 std::string sanitizeName(const std::string& name) {
@@ -120,7 +122,8 @@ void validateBaseTypeAndCollectTypeParams(
 
     if (!isPositiveInteger(typeName) &&
         !tryMapNameToTypeKind(typeName).has_value() &&
-        !isDecimalName(typeName) && !isDateName(typeName)) {
+        !isDecimalName(typeName) && !isDateName(typeName) &&
+        !(ipPrefixTypeName == typeName)) {
       VELOX_USER_CHECK(hasType(typeName), "Type doesn't exist: '{}'", typeName);
     }
 
diff --git a/velox/expression/fuzzer/ExpressionFuzzer.cpp b/velox/expression/fuzzer/ExpressionFuzzer.cpp
index fae7b0902036e..680998ce3083b 100644
--- a/velox/expression/fuzzer/ExpressionFuzzer.cpp
+++ b/velox/expression/fuzzer/ExpressionFuzzer.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ void addCastFromDateSignature(
   signatures.push_back(makeCastSignature("date", toType));
 }
 
+void addCastFromIPPrefixSignature(
+    const std::string& toType,
+    std::vector<facebook::velox::exec::FunctionSignaturePtr>& signatures) {
+  signatures.push_back(makeCastSignature("ipprefix", toType));
+}
+
 std::vector<facebook::velox::exec::FunctionSignaturePtr>
 getSignaturesForCast() {
   std::vector<facebook::velox::exec::FunctionSignaturePtr> signatures;
@@ -149,6 +155,7 @@ getSignaturesForCast() {
   addCastFromVarcharSignature("varchar", signatures);
   addCastFromDateSignature("varchar", signatures);
   addCastFromTimestampSignature("varchar", signatures);
+  addCastFromIPPrefixSignature("varchar", signatures);
 
   // To timestamp type.
   addCastFromVarcharSignature("timestamp", signatures);
@@ -158,6 +165,9 @@ getSignaturesForCast() {
   addCastFromVarcharSignature("date", signatures);
   addCastFromTimestampSignature("date", signatures);
 
+  // To ipprefix type.
+  addCastFromVarcharSignature("ipprefix", signatures);
+
   // For each supported translation pair T --> U, add signatures of array(T) -->
   // array(U), map(varchar, T) --> map(varchar, U), row(T) --> row(U).
   auto size = signatures.size();
@@ -664,6 +674,7 @@ bool ExpressionFuzzer::isSupportedSignature(
   if (usesTypeName(signature, "opaque") ||
       usesTypeName(signature, "timestamp with time zone") ||
       usesTypeName(signature, "interval day to second") ||
+      usesTypeName(signature, "ipprefix") ||
       (!options_.enableDecimalType && usesTypeName(signature, "decimal")) ||
       (!options_.enableComplexTypes && useComplexType) ||
       (options_.enableComplexTypes && usesTypeName(signature, "unknown"))) {
diff --git a/velox/expression/fuzzer/SparkExpressionFuzzerTest.cpp b/velox/expression/fuzzer/SparkExpressionFuzzerTest.cpp
index 60e1af2281edc..4174c2c174abe 100644
--- a/velox/expression/fuzzer/SparkExpressionFuzzerTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/expression/fuzzer/SparkExpressionFuzzerTest.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
       // timestamp_millis(bigint) can generate timestamps out of the supported
       // range that make other functions throw VeloxRuntimeErrors.
       "timestamp_millis(bigint) -> timestamp",
+      "cast(ipprefix) -> varchar",
+      "cast(varchar) -> ipprefix",
   };
 
   // Required by spark_partition_id function.