diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/debug/package.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/debug/package.scala
index 53b74c7c85594..2891dd4694a94 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/debug/package.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/debug/package.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.util.Collections
 
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
+import org.apache.spark.broadcast.Broadcast
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 import org.apache.spark.sql._
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.StringUtils.StringConcat
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.streaming.{StreamExecution, StreamingQueryWrapper}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.StreamingQuery
+import org.apache.spark.sql.vectorized.ColumnarBatch
 import org.apache.spark.util.{AccumulatorV2, LongAccumulator}
 
 /**
@@ -255,5 +257,13 @@ package object debug {
     override def doConsume(ctx: CodegenContext, input: Seq[ExprCode], row: ExprCode): String = {
       consume(ctx, input)
     }
+
+    override def doExecuteBroadcast[T](): Broadcast[T] = {
+      child.executeBroadcast()
+    }
+
+    override def doExecuteColumnar(): RDD[ColumnarBatch] = {
+      child.executeColumnar()
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/debug/DebuggingSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/debug/DebuggingSuite.scala
index 8251ff159e05f..e423420c2914a 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/debug/DebuggingSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/debug/DebuggingSuite.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.debug
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
+
 import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
 import org.apache.spark.sql.functions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SharedSQLContext
@@ -48,4 +50,45 @@ class DebuggingSuite extends SparkFunSuite with SharedSQLContext {
     assert(res.forall{ case (subtree, code) =>
       subtree.contains("Range") && code.contains("Object[]")})
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-28537: DebugExec cannot debug broadcast related queries") {
+    val rightDF = spark.range(10)
+    val leftDF = spark.range(10)
+    val joinedDF = leftDF.join(rightDF, leftDF("id") === rightDF("id"))
+
+    val captured = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+    Console.withOut(captured) {
+      joinedDF.debug()
+    }
+
+    val output = captured.toString()
+    assert(output.contains(
+      """== BroadcastExchange HashedRelationBroadcastMode(List(input[0, bigint, false])) ==
+        |Tuples output: 0
+        | id LongType: {}
+        |== WholeStageCodegen ==
+        |Tuples output: 10
+        | id LongType: {java.lang.Long}
+        |== Range (0, 10, step=1, splits=2) ==
+        |Tuples output: 0
+        | id LongType: {}""".stripMargin))
+  }
+
+  test("SPARK-28537: DebugExec cannot debug columnar related queries") {
+    val df = spark.range(5)
+    df.persist()
+
+    val captured = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+    Console.withOut(captured) {
+      df.debug()
+    }
+    df.unpersist()
+
+    val output = captured.toString().replaceAll("#\\d+", "#x")
+    assert(output.contains(
+      """== InMemoryTableScan [id#xL] ==
+        |Tuples output: 0
+        | id LongType: {}
+        |""".stripMargin))
+  }
 }