diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/spark-common/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkInstrumentation.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/spark-common/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkInstrumentation.java
index 0afe0db4721..50f8a0275b7 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/spark-common/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkInstrumentation.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/spark-common/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkInstrumentation.java
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ public String[] knownMatchingTypes() {
       "org.apache.spark.util.SparkClassUtils",
       "org.apache.spark.scheduler.LiveListenerBus",
       "org.apache.spark.sql.execution.SparkPlanInfo$",
-      "org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession"
+      "org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession",
+      "org.apache.spark.sql.execution.QueryExecution"
     };
   }
 
@@ -77,6 +78,14 @@ public void methodAdvice(MethodTransformer transformer) {
             .and(isDeclaredBy(named("org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession"))),
         AbstractSparkInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$SparkSqlFailureAdvice");
 
+    // QueryExecution.assertAnalyzed() — catch all Catalyst analysis failures regardless of
+    // entry point (SparkSession.sql, Dataset.select, Dataset.filter, etc.)
+    transformer.applyAdvice(
+        isMethod()
+            .and(named("assertAnalyzed"))
+            .and(isDeclaredBy(named("org.apache.spark.sql.execution.QueryExecution"))),
+        AbstractSparkInstrumentation.class.getName() + "$QueryExecutionFailureAdvice");
+
     // LiveListenerBus class is used to manage spark listeners
     transformer.applyAdvice(
         isMethod()
@@ -141,6 +150,15 @@ public static void exit(@Advice.Thrown Throwable throwable) {
     }
   }
 
+  public static class QueryExecutionFailureAdvice {
+    @Advice.OnMethodExit(suppress = Throwable.class, onThrowable = Throwable.class)
+    public static void exit(@Advice.Thrown Throwable throwable) {
+      if (throwable != null && AbstractDatadogSparkListener.listener != null) {
+        AbstractDatadogSparkListener.listener.onSqlFailure(throwable);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   public static class LiveListenerBusAdvice {
     @Advice.OnMethodEnter(suppress = Throwable.class, skipOn = Advice.OnNonDefaultValue.class)
     // If OL is disabled in tracer config but user set it up manually don't interfere
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/spark-common/src/testFixtures/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/spark-common/src/testFixtures/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkTest.groovy
index 592c29a6047..95748c054d3 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/spark-common/src/testFixtures/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spark/spark-common/src/testFixtures/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/spark/AbstractSparkTest.groovy
@@ -223,6 +223,38 @@ abstract class AbstractSparkTest extends InstrumentationSpecification {
     }
   }
 
+  def "DataFrame analysis failure on unresolved column marks application span as error"() {
+    setup:
+    def sparkSession = SparkSession.builder()
+      .config("spark.master", "local[2]")
+      .getOrCreate()
+
+    try {
+      // Triggers AnalysisException via Dataset.select() -> QueryExecution.assertAnalyzed(),
+      // NOT through SparkSession.sql(). This exercises the QueryExecutionFailureAdvice.
+      sparkSession.range(1).toDF("id").select("nonexistent_column")
+    } catch (Exception ignored) {
+      // Expected: AnalysisException thrown by Catalyst analysis
+    }
+    sparkSession.stop()
+
+    expect:
+    assertTraces(1) {
+      trace(1) {
+        span {
+          operationName "spark.application"
+          resourceName "spark.application"
+          spanType "spark"
+          errored true
+          parent()
+          assert span.tags["error.type"] == "Spark SQL Failed"
+          assert span.tags["error.message"] =~ /(?i).*nonexistent_column.*/
+          assert span.tags["error.stack"] =~ /(?s).*AnalysisException.*/
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   def "capture SparkSubmit.runMain() errors"() {
     setup:
     def sparkSession = SparkSession.builder()