diff --git a/src/daft-connect/src/translation/logical_plan.rs b/src/daft-connect/src/translation/logical_plan.rs
index 947e0cd0d3..6fefe34c05 100644
--- a/src/daft-connect/src/translation/logical_plan.rs
+++ b/src/daft-connect/src/translation/logical_plan.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ use eyre::{bail, Context};
 use spark_connect::{relation::RelType, Relation};
 use tracing::warn;
 
-use crate::translation::logical_plan::{aggregate::aggregate, project::project, range::range};
+use crate::translation::logical_plan::{
+    aggregate::aggregate, join::join, project::project, range::range,
+};
 
 mod aggregate;
+mod join;
 mod project;
 mod range;
 
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ pub fn to_logical_plan(relation: Relation) -> eyre::Result<LogicalPlanBuilder> {
         RelType::Aggregate(a) => {
             aggregate(*a).wrap_err("Failed to apply aggregate to logical plan")
         }
+        RelType::Join(j) => join(*j).wrap_err("Failed to apply join to logical plan"),
         plan => bail!("Unsupported relation type: {plan:?}"),
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/daft-connect/src/translation/logical_plan/join.rs b/src/daft-connect/src/translation/logical_plan/join.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70423cea51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/daft-connect/src/translation/logical_plan/join.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+use daft_logical_plan::LogicalPlanBuilder;
+use eyre::{bail, WrapErr};
+use spark_connect::join::JoinType;
+use tracing::warn;
+
+use crate::translation::{to_daft_expr, to_logical_plan};
+
+pub fn join(join: spark_connect::Join) -> eyre::Result<LogicalPlanBuilder> {
+    let spark_connect::Join {
+        left,
+        right,
+        join_condition,
+        join_type,
+        using_columns,
+        join_data_type,
+    } = join;
+
+    let Some(left) = left else {
+        bail!("Left side of join is required");
+    };
+
+    let Some(right) = right else {
+        bail!("Right side of join is required");
+    };
+
+    if let Some(join_condition) = join_condition {
+        bail!("Join conditions are not yet supported; use using_columns (join keys) instead; got {join_condition:?}");
+    }
+
+    let join_type = JoinType::try_from(join_type)
+        .wrap_err_with(|| format!("Invalid join type: {join_type:?}"))?;
+
+    let join_type = to_daft_join_type(join_type)?;
+
+    let using_columns_exprs: Vec<_> = using_columns
+        .iter()
+        .map(|s| daft_dsl::col(s.as_str()))
+        .collect();
+
+    if let Some(join_data_type) = join_data_type {
+        warn!("Ignoring join data type {join_data_type:?} for join; not yet implemented");
+    }
+
+    let left = to_logical_plan(*left)?;
+    let right = to_logical_plan(*right)?;
+
+    Ok(left.join(
+        &right,
+        // join_conditions.clone(), // todo(correctness): is this correct?
+        // join_conditions,         // todo(correctness): is this correct?
+        using_columns_exprs.clone(),
+        using_columns_exprs,
+        join_type,
+        None,
+        None,
+        None,
+        false, // todo(correctness): we want join keys or not
+    )?)
+}
+
+fn to_daft_join_type(join_type: JoinType) -> eyre::Result<daft_core::join::JoinType> {
+    match join_type {
+        JoinType::Unspecified => {
+            bail!("Join type must be specified; got Unspecified")
+        }
+        JoinType::Inner => Ok(daft_core::join::JoinType::Inner),
+        JoinType::FullOuter => {
+            bail!("Full outer joins not yet supported") // todo(completeness): add support for full outer joins if it is not already implemented
+        }
+        JoinType::LeftOuter => Ok(daft_core::join::JoinType::Left), // todo(correctness): is this correct?
+        JoinType::RightOuter => Ok(daft_core::join::JoinType::Right),
+        JoinType::LeftAnti => Ok(daft_core::join::JoinType::Anti), // todo(correctness): is this correct?
+        JoinType::LeftSemi => bail!("Left semi joins not yet supported"), // todo(completeness): add support for left semi joins if it is not already implemented
+        JoinType::Cross => bail!("Cross joins not yet supported"), // todo(completeness): add support for cross joins if it is not already implemented
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/connect/test_join.py b/tests/connect/test_join.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..403c21dcc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/connect/test_join.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pyspark.sql.functions import col
+
+
+def test_join(spark_session):
+    # Create two DataFrames with overlapping IDs
+    df1 = spark_session.range(5)
+    df2 = spark_session.range(3, 7)
+
+    # Perform inner join on 'id' column
+    joined_df = df1.join(df2, "id", "inner")
+
+    # Verify join results
+    # assert joined_df.count() == 2, "Inner join should only return matching rows"
+    
+    # Convert to pandas to verify exact results
+    joined_pandas = joined_df.toPandas()
+    assert set(joined_pandas["id"].tolist()) == {3, 4}, "Inner join should only contain IDs 3 and 4"
+
+    # Test left outer join
+    left_joined_pandas = df1.join(df2, "id", "left").toPandas()
+    assert set(left_joined_pandas["id"].tolist()) == {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}, "Left join should keep all rows from left DataFrame"
+
+    # Test right outer join 
+    right_joined_pandas = df1.join(df2, "id", "right").toPandas()
+    assert set(right_joined_pandas["id"].tolist()) == {3, 4, 5, 6}, "Right join should keep all rows from right DataFrame"