diff --git a/ibis/backends/datafusion/compiler/values.py b/ibis/backends/datafusion/compiler/values.py
index 1241b04266f1..33cfe78f353c 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/datafusion/compiler/values.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/datafusion/compiler/values.py
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ def translate_val(op, **_):
     ops.ArrayContains: "array_contains",
     ops.ArrayLength: "array_length",
     ops.ArrayRemove: "array_remove_all",
+    ops.RegexSplit: "regex_split",
 }
 
 for _op, _name in _simple_ops.items():
diff --git a/ibis/backends/datafusion/udfs.py b/ibis/backends/datafusion/udfs.py
index 7bf52a953623..e9937031633f 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/datafusion/udfs.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/datafusion/udfs.py
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 import pyarrow.compute as pc
 import pyarrow_hotfix  # noqa: F401
 
-import ibis.expr.datatypes as dt  # noqa: TCH001
+import ibis.common.exceptions as com
+import ibis.expr.datatypes as dt
 
 
 def _extract_epoch_seconds(array) -> dt.int32:
@@ -113,3 +114,12 @@ def extract_minute_timestamp(array: dt.Timestamp(scale=9)) -> dt.int32:
 
 def extract_hour_time(array: dt.time) -> dt.int32:
     return pc.cast(pc.hour(array), pa.int32())
+
+
+def regex_split(s: str, pattern: str) -> list[str]:
+    patterns = pattern.to_pylist()
+    if len(patterns) != 1:
+        raise com.IbisError(
+            "Only a single scalar pattern is supported for DataFusion re_split"
+        )
+    return pc.split_pattern_regex(s, patterns[0])
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/test_string.py b/ibis/backends/tests/test_string.py
index 5e65aa7f9ee5..5e2cdc394917 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/test_string.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/test_string.py
@@ -1103,7 +1103,6 @@ def test_non_match_regex_search_is_false(con):
 @pytest.mark.notimpl(
     [
         "dask",
-        "datafusion",
         "impala",
         "mysql",
         "sqlite",