diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/tpch/q12_shipping_broadcast.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/tpch/q12_shipping_broadcast.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94b5d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/queries/tpch/q12_shipping_broadcast.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+
+
+DROP dataverse tpch IF EXISTS;
+CREATE  dataverse tpch;
+
+USE tpch;
+
+
+CREATE TYPE LineItemType AS {
+  l_linenumber : integer
+}
+
+CREATE TYPE OrderType AS {
+  o_orderkey : integer
+}
+
+CREATE DATASET LineItem(LineItemType) PRIMARY KEY l_linenumber;
+
+CREATE DATASET Orders(OrderType) PRIMARY KEY o_orderkey;
+
+/** The plan tests that the expression for different switch-case branches are not extracted.*/
+SELECT l.l_shipmode,
+       sum(CASE
+             WHEN o.o_orderpriority = '1-URGENT' or o.o_orderpriority = '2-HIGH' THEN 1 +  o.o_orderpriority * 0
+             ELSE 0 + o.o_orderpriority * 0
+           END) high_line_count,
+       sum(CASE o.o_orderpriority = '1-URGENT' or o.o_orderpriority = '2-HIGH'
+             WHEN true THEN 0 + o.o_orderpriority * 0
+             ELSE 1 +  o.o_orderpriority * 0
+           END) low_line_count
+FROM  LineItem l,
+      Orders o
+WHERE l.l_orderkey /*+ bcast */ = o.o_orderkey AND l.l_commitdate < l.l_receiptdate AND
+      l.l_shipdate < l.l_commitdate AND l.l_receiptdate >= '1994-01-01' AND
+      l.l_receiptdate < '1995-01-01' AND (l.l_shipmode = 'MAIL' OR l.l_shipmode = 'SHIP')
+GROUP BY l.l_shipmode
+ORDER BY l.l_shipmode
+;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/results/tpch/q12_shipping_broadcast.plan b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/results/tpch/q12_shipping_broadcast.plan
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..773b4db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/optimizerts/results/tpch/q12_shipping_broadcast.plan
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+-- DISTRIBUTE_RESULT  |PARTITIONED|
+  -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+    -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
+      -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
+        -- SORT_MERGE_EXCHANGE [$$12(ASC) ]  |PARTITIONED|
+          -- PRE_CLUSTERED_GROUP_BY[$$104]  |PARTITIONED|
+                  {
+                    -- AGGREGATE  |LOCAL|
+                      -- NESTED_TUPLE_SOURCE  |LOCAL|
+                  }
+            -- HASH_PARTITION_MERGE_EXCHANGE MERGE:[$$104(ASC)] HASH:[$$104]  |PARTITIONED|
+              -- SORT_GROUP_BY[$$86]  |PARTITIONED|
+                      {
+                        -- AGGREGATE  |LOCAL|
+                          -- NESTED_TUPLE_SOURCE  |LOCAL|
+                      }
+                -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                  -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
+                    -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                      -- HYBRID_HASH_JOIN [$$93][$$86]  |PARTITIONED|
+                        -- HASH_PARTITION_EXCHANGE [$$93]  |PARTITIONED|
+                          -- UNNEST  |UNPARTITIONED|
+                            -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |UNPARTITIONED|
+                        -- HASH_PARTITION_EXCHANGE [$$86]  |PARTITIONED|
+                          -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
+                            -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                              -- HYBRID_HASH_JOIN [$$94][$$90]  |PARTITIONED|
+                                -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                  -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
+                                    -- STREAM_SELECT  |PARTITIONED|
+                                      -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
+                                        -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
+                                          -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                            -- DATASOURCE_SCAN  |PARTITIONED|
+                                              -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                                -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                -- BROADCAST_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                  -- STREAM_PROJECT  |PARTITIONED|
+                                    -- ASSIGN  |PARTITIONED|
+                                      -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                        -- DATASOURCE_SCAN  |PARTITIONED|
+                                          -- ONE_TO_ONE_EXCHANGE  |PARTITIONED|
+                                            -- EMPTY_TUPLE_SOURCE  |PARTITIONED|
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/tpch-sql-sugar/q12_shipping_broadcast/q12_shipping_broadcast.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/tpch-sql-sugar/q12_shipping_broadcast/q12_shipping_broadcast.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0db8d36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/tpch-sql-sugar/q12_shipping_broadcast/q12_shipping_broadcast.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse tpch if exists;
+create  dataverse tpch;
+
+use tpch;
+
+
+create type tpch.LineItemType as
+ closed {
+  l_orderkey : integer,
+  l_partkey : integer,
+  l_suppkey : integer,
+  l_linenumber : integer,
+  l_quantity : integer,
+  l_extendedprice : double,
+  l_discount : double,
+  l_tax : double,
+  l_returnflag : string,
+  l_linestatus : string,
+  l_shipdate : string,
+  l_commitdate : string,
+  l_receiptdate : string,
+  l_shipinstruct : string,
+  l_shipmode : string,
+  l_comment : string
+}
+
+create type tpch.OrderType as
+ closed {
+  o_orderkey : integer,
+  o_custkey : integer,
+  o_orderstatus : string,
+  o_totalprice : double,
+  o_orderdate : string,
+  o_orderpriority : string,
+  o_clerk : string,
+  o_shippriority : integer,
+  o_comment : string
+}
+
+create type tpch.CustomerType as
+ closed {
+  c_custkey : integer,
+  c_name : string,
+  c_address : string,
+  c_nationkey : integer,
+  c_phone : string,
+  c_acctbal : double,
+  c_mktsegment : string,
+  c_comment : string
+}
+
+create type tpch.SupplierType as
+ closed {
+  s_suppkey : integer,
+  s_name : string,
+  s_address : string,
+  s_nationkey : integer,
+  s_phone : string,
+  s_acctbal : double,
+  s_comment : string
+}
+
+create type tpch.NationType as
+ closed {
+  n_nationkey : integer,
+  n_name : string,
+  n_regionkey : integer,
+  n_comment : string
+}
+
+create type tpch.RegionType as
+ closed {
+  r_regionkey : integer,
+  r_name : string,
+  r_comment : string
+}
+
+create type tpch.PartType as
+ closed {
+  p_partkey : integer,
+  p_name : string,
+  p_mfgr : string,
+  p_brand : string,
+  p_type : string,
+  p_size : integer,
+  p_container : string,
+  p_retailprice : double,
+  p_comment : string
+}
+
+create type tpch.PartSuppType as
+ closed {
+  ps_partkey : integer,
+  ps_suppkey : integer,
+  ps_availqty : integer,
+  ps_supplycost : double,
+  ps_comment : string
+}
+
+create  dataset LineItem(LineItemType) primary key l_orderkey,l_linenumber;
+
+create  dataset Orders(OrderType) primary key o_orderkey;
+
+create  dataset Supplier(SupplierType) primary key s_suppkey;
+
+create  dataset Region(RegionType) primary key r_regionkey;
+
+create  dataset Nation(NationType) primary key n_nationkey;
+
+create  dataset Part(PartType) primary key p_partkey;
+
+create  dataset Partsupp(PartSuppType) primary key ps_partkey,ps_suppkey;
+
+create  dataset Customer(CustomerType) primary key c_custkey;
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/tpch-sql-sugar/q12_shipping_broadcast/q12_shipping_broadcast.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/tpch-sql-sugar/q12_shipping_broadcast/q12_shipping_broadcast.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e72e451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/tpch-sql-sugar/q12_shipping_broadcast/q12_shipping_broadcast.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 tpch;
+
+
+load  dataset LineItem using localfs ((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/lineitem.tbl`),(`format`=`delimited-text`),(`delimiter`=`|`));
+
+load  dataset Orders using localfs ((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/orders.tbl`),(`format`=`delimited-text`),(`delimiter`=`|`));
+
+load  dataset Supplier using localfs ((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/supplier.tbl`),(`format`=`delimited-text`),(`delimiter`=`|`));
+
+load  dataset Region using localfs ((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/region.tbl`),(`format`=`delimited-text`),(`delimiter`=`|`));
+
+load  dataset Nation using localfs ((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/nation.tbl`),(`format`=`delimited-text`),(`delimiter`=`|`));
+
+load  dataset Part using localfs ((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/part.tbl`),(`format`=`delimited-text`),(`delimiter`=`|`));
+
+load  dataset Partsupp using localfs ((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/partsupp.tbl`),(`format`=`delimited-text`),(`delimiter`=`|`));
+
+load  dataset Customer using localfs ((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/tpch0.001/customer.tbl`),(`format`=`delimited-text`),(`delimiter`=`|`));
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/tpch-sql-sugar/q12_shipping_broadcast/q12_shipping_broadcast.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/tpch-sql-sugar/q12_shipping_broadcast/q12_shipping_broadcast.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75b359c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/tpch-sql-sugar/q12_shipping_broadcast/q12_shipping_broadcast.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 tpch;
+
+
+SELECT l_shipmode,
+       sum(CASE WHEN o_orderpriority = '1-URGENT' or o_orderpriority = '2-HIGH' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) high_line_count,
+       sum(CASE o_orderpriority = '1-URGENT' or o_orderpriority = '2-HIGH' WHEN true THEN 0 ELSE 1 END) low_line_count
+FROM  LineItem,
+      Orders
+WHERE l_orderkey /*+ bcast */ = o_orderkey AND l_commitdate < l_receiptdate AND
+      l_shipdate < l_commitdate AND l_receiptdate >= '1994-01-01' AND
+      l_receiptdate < '1995-01-01' AND (l_shipmode = 'MAIL' OR l_shipmode = 'SHIP')
+GROUP BY l_shipmode
+ORDER BY l_shipmode
+;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
index 1030454..5a2083e 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
@@ -6617,6 +6617,11 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="tpch-sql-sugar">
+      <compilation-unit name="q12_shipping_broadcast">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">q12_shipping</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="tpch-sql-sugar">
       <compilation-unit name="q13_customer_distribution">
         <output-dir compare="Text">q13_customer_distribution</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
index 50682c9..f9fa444 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
@@ -1791,14 +1791,6 @@
 }
 {
     operand = BetweenExpr()
-    {
-      if (operand instanceof VariableExpr) {
-        String hint = getHint(token);
-        if (hint != null && hint.equals(BROADCAST_JOIN_HINT)) {
-          broadcast = true;
-        }
-      }
-    }
 
     (
       LOOKAHEAD(2)( <LT> | <GT> | <LE> | <GE> | <EQ> | <NE> | <LG> |<SIMILAR> | (<NOT> { not = true; })? (<LIKE>|<IN>))
@@ -1809,8 +1801,11 @@
                 annotation = IndexedNLJoinExpressionAnnotation.INSTANCE;
             } else if (mhint.equals(SKIP_SECONDARY_INDEX_SEARCH_HINT)) {
                 annotation = SkipSecondaryIndexSearchExpressionAnnotation.INSTANCE;
+            } else if (mhint.equals(BROADCAST_JOIN_HINT)) {
+                broadcast = true;
             }
           }
+
           String operator = token.image.toLowerCase();
           if (operator.equals("<>")){
               operator = "!=";
@@ -1820,9 +1815,8 @@
           }
           if (op == null) {
             op = new OperatorExpr();
-            op.addOperand(operand, broadcast);
+            op.addOperand(operand, false); // broadcast is always for the right branch
             op.setCurrentop(true);
-            broadcast = false;
           }
           try{
             op.addOperator(operator);
@@ -1832,16 +1826,9 @@
         }
 
        operand = BetweenExpr()
-      {
-         broadcast = false;
-         if (operand instanceof VariableExpr) {
-           String hint = getHint(token);
-           if (hint != null && hint.equals(BROADCAST_JOIN_HINT)) {
-             broadcast = true;
-           }
-         }
+       {
          op.addOperand(operand, broadcast);
-      }
+       }
     )?
 
      {