diff --git a/src/common/function/src/function_registry.rs b/src/common/function/src/function_registry.rs
index 0ce3f8abefb3..a728eaf67f96 100644
--- a/src/common/function/src/function_registry.rs
+++ b/src/common/function/src/function_registry.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use crate::scalars::expression::ExpressionFunction;
 use crate::scalars::json::JsonFunction;
 use crate::scalars::matches::MatchesFunction;
 use crate::scalars::math::MathFunction;
+use crate::scalars::sleep::SleepFunction;
 use crate::scalars::timestamp::TimestampFunction;
 use crate::scalars::vector::VectorFunction;
 use crate::system::SystemFunction;
@@ -122,6 +123,9 @@ pub static FUNCTION_REGISTRY: Lazy<Arc<FunctionRegistry>> = Lazy::new(|| {
     // Vector related functions
     VectorFunction::register(&function_registry);
 
+    // Sleep function
+    SleepFunction::register(&function_registry);
+
     // Geo functions
     #[cfg(feature = "geo")]
     crate::scalars::geo::GeoFunctions::register(&function_registry);
diff --git a/src/common/function/src/scalars.rs b/src/common/function/src/scalars.rs
index 8a2556d733ce..87f0821aca95 100644
--- a/src/common/function/src/scalars.rs
+++ b/src/common/function/src/scalars.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub mod geo;
 pub mod json;
 pub mod matches;
 pub mod math;
+pub mod sleep;
 pub mod vector;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/common/function/src/scalars/sleep.rs b/src/common/function/src/scalars/sleep.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe48808ac943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/function/src/scalars/sleep.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Greptime Team
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use std::{fmt, thread};
+
+use common_query::error::{InvalidFuncArgsSnafu, Result};
+use common_query::prelude::{Signature, Volatility};
+use datatypes::prelude::ConcreteDataType;
+use datatypes::value::Value;
+use datatypes::vectors::{Int64Vector, VectorRef};
+use snafu::ensure;
+
+use crate::function::{Function, FunctionContext};
+use crate::function_registry::FunctionRegistry;
+
+/// Sleep function that pauses execution for specified seconds
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
+pub(crate) struct SleepFunction;
+
+impl SleepFunction {
+    pub fn register(registry: &FunctionRegistry) {
+        registry.register(Arc::new(SleepFunction));
+    }
+}
+
+const NAME: &str = "sleep";
+
+impl Function for SleepFunction {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        NAME
+    }
+
+    fn return_type(&self, _input_types: &[ConcreteDataType]) -> Result<ConcreteDataType> {
+        Ok(ConcreteDataType::int64_datatype())
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        // Accept int32, int64 and float64 types
+        Signature::uniform(
+            1,
+            vec![
+                ConcreteDataType::int32_datatype(),
+                ConcreteDataType::int64_datatype(),
+                ConcreteDataType::float64_datatype(),
+            ],
+            Volatility::Volatile,
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn eval(&self, _func_ctx: FunctionContext, columns: &[VectorRef]) -> Result<VectorRef> {
+        ensure!(
+            columns.len() == 1,
+            InvalidFuncArgsSnafu {
+                err_msg: format!(
+                    "The length of the args is not correct, expect exactly one, have: {}",
+                    columns.len()
+                ),
+            }
+        );
+
+        let vector = &columns[0];
+        let mut result = Vec::with_capacity(vector.len());
+
+        for i in 0..vector.len() {
+            let secs = match vector.get(i) {
+                Value::Int64(x) => x as f64,
+                Value::Int32(x) => x as f64,
+                Value::Float64(x) => x.into_inner(),
+                _ => {
+                    result.push(None);
+                    continue;
+                }
+            };
+            // Sleep for the specified seconds TODO: use tokio::time::sleep when the scalars are async
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs_f64(secs));
+            result.push(Some(secs as i64));
+        }
+
+        Ok(Arc::new(Int64Vector::from(result)))
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for SleepFunction {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "SLEEP")
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use std::time::Instant;
+
+    use datatypes::value::Value;
+    use datatypes::vectors::{Float64Vector, Int32Vector};
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_sleep() {
+        let f = SleepFunction;
+        assert_eq!("sleep", f.name());
+        assert_eq!(
+            ConcreteDataType::int64_datatype(),
+            f.return_type(&[]).unwrap()
+        );
+
+        let times = vec![Some(1_i64), None, Some(2_i64)];
+        let args: Vec<VectorRef> = vec![Arc::new(Int64Vector::from(times.clone()))];
+
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let vector = f.eval(FunctionContext::default(), &args).unwrap();
+        let elapsed = start.elapsed();
+
+        assert_eq!(3, vector.len());
+        assert!(elapsed.as_secs() >= 3); // Should sleep for total of 3 seconds
+
+        assert_eq!(vector.get(0), Value::Int64(1));
+        assert_eq!(vector.get(1), Value::Null);
+        assert_eq!(vector.get(2), Value::Int64(2));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_sleep_float64() {
+        let f = SleepFunction;
+        let times = vec![Some(0.5_f64), None, Some(1.5_f64)];
+        let args: Vec<VectorRef> = vec![Arc::new(Float64Vector::from(times))];
+
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let vector = f.eval(FunctionContext::default(), &args).unwrap();
+        let elapsed = start.elapsed();
+
+        assert_eq!(3, vector.len());
+        assert!(elapsed.as_secs_f64() >= 2.0);
+
+        assert_eq!(vector.get(0), Value::Int64(0));
+        assert_eq!(vector.get(1), Value::Null);
+        assert_eq!(vector.get(2), Value::Int64(1));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_sleep_int32() {
+        let f = SleepFunction;
+        let times = vec![Some(1_i32), None, Some(2_i32)];
+        let args: Vec<VectorRef> = vec![Arc::new(Int32Vector::from(times))];
+
+        let start = Instant::now();
+        let vector = f.eval(FunctionContext::default(), &args).unwrap();
+        let elapsed = start.elapsed();
+
+        assert_eq!(3, vector.len());
+        assert!(elapsed.as_secs() >= 3);
+
+        assert_eq!(vector.get(0), Value::Int64(1));
+        assert_eq!(vector.get(1), Value::Null);
+        assert_eq!(vector.get(2), Value::Int64(2));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/servers/src/postgres/fixtures.rs b/src/servers/src/postgres/fixtures.rs
index 34761d5d35ec..35fd56163682 100644
--- a/src/servers/src/postgres/fixtures.rs
+++ b/src/servers/src/postgres/fixtures.rs
@@ -117,9 +117,17 @@ pub(crate) fn process<'a>(query: &str, query_ctx: QueryContextRef) -> Option<Vec
 
 static LIMIT_CAST_PATTERN: Lazy<Regex> =
     Lazy::new(|| Regex::new("(?i)(LIMIT\\s+\\d+)::bigint").unwrap());
+
+static PG_SLEEP_PATTERN: Lazy<Regex> =
+    Lazy::new(|| Regex::new("(?i)pg_sleep\\s*\\((.*?)\\)").unwrap());
+
 pub(crate) fn rewrite_sql(query: &str) -> Cow<'_, str> {
     //TODO(sunng87): remove this when we upgraded datafusion to 43 or newer
     let query = LIMIT_CAST_PATTERN.replace_all(query, "$1");
+
+    // tricky way to support both sleep in mysql and pg_sleep in postgres
+    let query = PG_SLEEP_PATTERN.replace_all(&query, "sleep($1)");
+
     // DBeaver tricky replacement for datafusion not support sql
     // TODO: add more here
     query
diff --git a/tests/cases/standalone/common/function/sleep.result b/tests/cases/standalone/common/function/sleep.result
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..13d21d64f797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/standalone/common/function/sleep.result
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+select sleep(0.1);
+
++---------------------+
+| sleep(Float64(0.1)) |
++---------------------+
+| 0                   |
++---------------------+
+
+select sleep(1) as a;
+
++---+
+| a |
++---+
+| 1 |
++---+
+
+-- should fail it is for postgres
+select pg_sleep(0.1);
+
+Error: 3000(PlanQuery), Failed to plan SQL: Error during planning: Invalid function 'pg_sleep'.
+Did you mean 'sleep'?
+
+-- SQLNESS PROTOCOL POSTGRES
+select pg_sleep(0.5);
+
++---------------------+
+| sleep(Float64(0.5)) |
++---------------------+
+| 0                   |
++---------------------+
+
+-- SQLNESS PROTOCOL POSTGRES
+select pg_sleep(2) as b;
+
++---+
+| b |
++---+
+| 2 |
++---+
+
diff --git a/tests/cases/standalone/common/function/sleep.sql b/tests/cases/standalone/common/function/sleep.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f817995b86a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/standalone/common/function/sleep.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+select sleep(0.1);
+
+select sleep(1) as a;
+
+-- should fail it is for postgres
+select pg_sleep(0.1);
+
+-- SQLNESS PROTOCOL POSTGRES
+select pg_sleep(0.5);
+
+-- SQLNESS PROTOCOL POSTGRES
+select pg_sleep(2) as b;