diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3fe3cb06c78..1d246a80be5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ csv-core = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 csv-async = { version = "^1.1", optional = true }
 
 regex = { version = "^1.3", optional = true }
+regex-syntax = { version = "^0.6", optional = true }
 streaming-iterator = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 fallible-streaming-iterator = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ full = [
     "io_avro_compression",
     "io_avro_async",
     "regex",
+    "regex-syntax",
     "compute",
     # parses timezones used in timestamp conversions
     "chrono-tz",
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ compute_filter = []
 compute_hash = ["multiversion"]
 compute_if_then_else = []
 compute_length = []
-compute_like = ["regex"]
+compute_like = ["regex", "regex-syntax"]
 compute_limit = []
 compute_merge_sort = ["itertools", "compute_sort"]
 compute_nullif = ["compute_comparison"]
diff --git a/src/compute/like.rs b/src/compute/like.rs
index cc7517e823f..bf363972a1a 100644
--- a/src/compute/like.rs
+++ b/src/compute/like.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,41 @@ fn is_like_pattern(c: char) -> bool {
     c == '%' || c == '_'
 }
 
+/// Transforms a like `pattern` to a regex compatible pattern. To achieve that, it does:
+///
+/// 1. Replace like wildcards for regex expressions as the pattern will be evaluated using regex match: `%` => `.*` and `_` => `.`
+/// 2. Escape regex meta characters to match them and not be evaluated as regex special chars. For example: `.` => `\\.`
+/// 3. Replace escaped like wildcards removing the escape characters to be able to match it as a regex. For example: `\\%` => `%`
 fn replace_pattern(pattern: &str) -> String {
-    pattern.replace('%', ".*").replace('_', ".")
+    let mut result = String::new();
+    let text = String::from(pattern);
+    let mut chars_iter = text.chars().peekable();
+    while let Some(c) = chars_iter.next() {
+        if c == '\\' {
+            let next = chars_iter.peek();
+            match next {
+                Some(next) if is_like_pattern(*next) => {
+                    result.push(*next);
+                    // Skipping the next char as it is already appended
+                    chars_iter.next();
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    result.push('\\');
+                    result.push('\\');
+                }
+            }
+        } else if regex_syntax::is_meta_character(c) {
+            result.push('\\');
+            result.push(c);
+        } else if c == '%' {
+            result.push_str(".*");
+        } else if c == '_' {
+            result.push('.');
+        } else {
+            result.push(c);
+        }
+    }
+    result
 }
 
 #[inline]
@@ -108,7 +141,10 @@ fn a_like_utf8_scalar<O: Offset, F: Fn(bool) -> bool>(
 
     let values = if !rhs.contains(is_like_pattern) {
         Bitmap::from_trusted_len_iter(lhs.values_iter().map(|x| op(x == rhs)))
-    } else if rhs.ends_with('%') && !rhs[..rhs.len() - 1].contains(is_like_pattern) {
+    } else if rhs.ends_with('%')
+        && !rhs.ends_with("\\%")
+        && !rhs[..rhs.len() - 1].contains(is_like_pattern)
+    {
         // fast path, can use starts_with
         let starts_with = &rhs[..rhs.len() - 1];
         Bitmap::from_trusted_len_iter(lhs.values_iter().map(|x| op(x.starts_with(starts_with))))
@@ -260,7 +296,10 @@ fn a_like_binary_scalar<O: Offset, F: Fn(bool) -> bool>(
 
     let values = if !pattern.contains(is_like_pattern) {
         Bitmap::from_trusted_len_iter(lhs.values_iter().map(|x| op(x == rhs)))
-    } else if pattern.ends_with('%') && !pattern[..pattern.len() - 1].contains(is_like_pattern) {
+    } else if pattern.ends_with('%')
+        && !pattern.ends_with("\\%")
+        && !pattern[..pattern.len() - 1].contains(is_like_pattern)
+    {
         // fast path, can use starts_with
         let starts_with = &rhs[..rhs.len() - 1];
         Bitmap::from_trusted_len_iter(lhs.values_iter().map(|x| op(x.starts_with(starts_with))))
diff --git a/tests/it/compute/like.rs b/tests/it/compute/like.rs
index 61cb01cc13f..3bd4c6aaf3d 100644
--- a/tests/it/compute/like.rs
+++ b/tests/it/compute/like.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,28 @@ fn test_like_binary_scalar() -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_like_utf8_scalar() -> Result<()> {
+    let array = Utf8Array::<i32>::from_slice(&["Arrow", "Arrow", "Arrow", "BA"]);
+
+    let result = like_utf8_scalar(&array, "A%").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(result, BooleanArray::from_slice(&[true, true, true, false]));
+
+    let result = like_utf8_scalar(&array, "Arrow").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(result, BooleanArray::from_slice(&[true, true, true, false]));
+
+    let array = Utf8Array::<i32>::from_slice(&["A%", "Arrow"]);
+
+    let result = like_utf8_scalar(&array, "A\\%").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(result, BooleanArray::from_slice(&[true, false]));
+
+    let array = Utf8Array::<i32>::from_slice(&["A_row", "Arrow"]);
+    let result = like_utf8_scalar(&array, "A\\_row").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(result, BooleanArray::from_slice(&[true, false]));
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_nlike_binary_scalar() -> Result<()> {
     let array = BinaryArray::<i32>::from_slice(&["Arrow", "Arrow", "Arrow", "BA"]);