diff --git a/datafusion-federation/src/analyzer/mod.rs b/datafusion-federation/src/analyzer/mod.rs
index 3c39684..b8f8a61 100644
--- a/datafusion-federation/src/analyzer/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion-federation/src/analyzer/mod.rs
@@ -242,14 +242,13 @@ impl FederationAnalyzerRule {
                 return Ok((None, ScanResult::Distinct(provider)));
             }
 
-            let Some(analyzer) = provider.analyzer() else {
-                // No analyzer provided
-                return Ok((None, ScanResult::None));
-            };
+            if let Some(analyzer) = provider.analyzer(&plan) {
+                // If this is the root plan node; federate the entire plan
+                let optimized = analyzer.execute_and_check(plan.clone(), config, |_, _| {})?;
+                return Ok((Some(optimized), ScanResult::None));
+            }
 
-            // If this is the root plan node; federate the entire plan
-            let optimized = analyzer.execute_and_check(plan.clone(), config, |_, _| {})?;
-            return Ok((Some(optimized), ScanResult::None));
+            sole_provider = ScanResult::Ambiguous;
         }
 
         // The plan is ambiguous; any input that is not yet optimized and has a
@@ -279,7 +278,7 @@ impl FederationAnalyzerRule {
                     return Ok(original_input);
                 };
 
-                let Some(analyzer) = provider.analyzer() else {
+                let Some(analyzer) = provider.analyzer(&original_input) else {
                     // No analyzer for this input; use the original input.
                     return Ok(original_input);
                 };
@@ -421,7 +420,7 @@ impl FederationProvider for NopFederationProvider {
         None
     }
 
-    fn analyzer(&self) -> Option<Arc<datafusion::optimizer::Analyzer>> {
+    fn analyzer(&self, _plan: &LogicalPlan) -> Option<Arc<datafusion::optimizer::Analyzer>> {
         None
     }
 }
@@ -470,7 +469,7 @@ fn contains_federated_table(plan: &LogicalPlan) -> Result<bool> {
     let federated_table_exists = plan.exists(|x| {
         if let (Some(provider), _) = get_leaf_provider(x)? {
             // federated table provider should have an analyzer
-            return Ok(provider.analyzer().is_some());
+            return Ok(provider.analyzer(plan).is_some());
         }
         Ok(false)
     })?;
diff --git a/datafusion-federation/src/lib.rs b/datafusion-federation/src/lib.rs
index af098ce..6dbb79d 100644
--- a/datafusion-federation/src/lib.rs
+++ b/datafusion-federation/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use datafusion::{
     execution::session_state::{SessionState, SessionStateBuilder},
+    logical_expr::LogicalPlan,
     optimizer::{
         analyzer::{
             resolve_grouping_function::ResolveGroupingFunction, type_coercion::TypeCoercion,
@@ -60,8 +61,9 @@ pub trait FederationProvider: Send + Sync + std::fmt::Debug {
     fn compute_context(&self) -> Option<String>;
 
     // Returns an analyzer that can cut out part of the plan
-    // to federate it.
-    fn analyzer(&self) -> Option<Arc<Analyzer>>;
+    // to federate it. The plan is provided to allow the federation provider
+    // to check if it can federate the plan before returning an analyzer.
+    fn analyzer(&self, plan: &LogicalPlan) -> Option<Arc<Analyzer>>;
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for dyn FederationProvider {
diff --git a/datafusion-federation/src/sql/executor.rs b/datafusion-federation/src/sql/executor.rs
index e51c5ff..5016d75 100644
--- a/datafusion-federation/src/sql/executor.rs
+++ b/datafusion-federation/src/sql/executor.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ pub trait SQLExecutor: Sync + Send {
     /// The specific SQL dialect (currently supports 'sqlite', 'postgres', 'flight')
     fn dialect(&self) -> Arc<dyn Dialect>;
 
+    /// Returns if this executor can execute the query that would be produced from this logical plan.
+    ///
+    /// This is used to indicate to the federation logic that part of this plan cannot be federated,
+    /// i.e. if there are UDFs that only DataFusion can execute.
+    fn can_execute_plan(&self, _logical_plan: &LogicalPlan) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
     /// Returns the analyzer rule specific for this engine to modify the logical plan before execution
     fn logical_optimizer(&self) -> Option<LogicalOptimizer> {
         None
diff --git a/datafusion-federation/src/sql/mod.rs b/datafusion-federation/src/sql/mod.rs
index be46c71..ceab70c 100644
--- a/datafusion-federation/src/sql/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion-federation/src/sql/mod.rs
@@ -75,8 +75,12 @@ impl FederationProvider for SQLFederationProvider {
         self.executor.compute_context()
     }
 
-    fn analyzer(&self) -> Option<Arc<Analyzer>> {
-        Some(Arc::clone(&self.analyzer))
+    fn analyzer(&self, plan: &LogicalPlan) -> Option<Arc<Analyzer>> {
+        if self.executor.can_execute_plan(plan) {
+            Some(Arc::clone(&self.analyzer))
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -103,6 +107,10 @@ impl AnalyzerRule for SQLFederationAnalyzerRule {
             }
         }
 
+        if !self.planner.executor.can_execute_plan(&plan) {
+            return Ok(plan);
+        }
+
         let fed_plan = FederatedPlanNode::new(plan.clone(), self.planner.clone());
         let ext_node = Extension {
             node: Arc::new(fed_plan),