diff --git a/datafusion/physical-plan/src/union.rs b/datafusion/physical-plan/src/union.rs
index 69901aa2fa37d..364987021a1fc 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-plan/src/union.rs
+++ b/datafusion/physical-plan/src/union.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ use arrow::record_batch::RecordBatch;
 use datafusion_common::stats::Precision;
 use datafusion_common::{exec_err, internal_err, Result};
 use datafusion_execution::TaskContext;
-use datafusion_physical_expr::EquivalenceProperties;
+use datafusion_physical_expr::{EquivalenceProperties, PhysicalSortRequirement};
 
 use futures::Stream;
 use itertools::Itertools;
@@ -225,6 +225,47 @@ impl ExecutionPlan for UnionExec {
         }
     }
 
+    /// This will do similarly to maintains_input_order, but:
+    /// 1. will return a vector of PhysicalSortRequirements rather than bools
+    /// 2. if the output ordering is a subset of the child ordering because constants were removed,
+    ///    it will return the output ordering
+    fn required_input_ordering(
+        &self,
+    ) -> Vec<Option<Vec<datafusion_physical_expr::PhysicalSortRequirement>>> {
+        if let Some(output_ordering) = self.properties().output_ordering() {
+            self.inputs()
+                .iter()
+                .map(|child| {
+                    if let Some(child_ordering) = child.output_ordering() {
+                        if output_ordering.len() <= child_ordering.len() {
+                            // verify output_ordering is a part of child_ordering
+                            let is_subset =
+                                output_ordering.iter().all(|output_ordering_expr| {
+                                    child_ordering.iter().any(|child_ordering_expr| {
+                                        output_ordering_expr == child_ordering_expr
+                                    })
+                                });
+
+                            if is_subset {
+                                Some(PhysicalSortRequirement::from_sort_exprs(
+                                    output_ordering,
+                                ))
+                            } else {
+                                None
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            None
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        None
+                    }
+                })
+                .collect()
+        } else {
+            vec![None; self.inputs().len()]
+        }
+    }
+
     fn with_new_children(
         self: Arc<Self>,
         children: Vec<Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>>,