diff --git a/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock b/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock
index fd471e750194..b18ac57cd1c3 100644
--- a/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock
+++ b/datafusion-cli/Cargo.lock
@@ -980,6 +980,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "concat-idents"
+version = "1.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f76990911f2267d837d9d0ad060aa63aaad170af40904b29461734c339030d4d"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.61",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "const-random"
 version = "0.1.18"
@@ -1286,6 +1296,7 @@ name = "datafusion-functions-aggregate"
 version = "38.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow",
+ "concat-idents",
  "datafusion-common",
  "datafusion-execution",
  "datafusion-expr",
diff --git a/datafusion/functions-aggregate/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/functions-aggregate/Cargo.toml
index f97647565364..ef09273dfa50 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions-aggregate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/functions-aggregate/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 arrow = { workspace = true }
+concat-idents = "1.1.5"
 datafusion-common = { workspace = true }
 datafusion-execution = { workspace = true }
 datafusion-expr = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/expr_builder.rs b/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/expr_builder.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..594203ae7497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/expr_builder.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// 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 std::sync::Arc;
+
+use datafusion_expr::{expr::AggregateFunction, Expr};
+use sqlparser::ast::NullTreatment;
+
+pub struct ExprBuilder {
+    udf: Arc<crate::AggregateUDF>,
+    /// List of expressions to feed to the functions as arguments
+    args: Vec<Expr>,
+    /// Whether this is a DISTINCT aggregation or not
+    distinct: bool,
+    /// Optional filter
+    filter: Option<Box<Expr>>,
+    /// Optional ordering
+    order_by: Option<Vec<Expr>>,
+    null_treatment: Option<NullTreatment>,
+}
+
+impl ExprBuilder {
+    pub fn new(udf: Arc<crate::AggregateUDF>, args: Vec<Expr>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            udf,
+            args,
+            distinct: false,
+            filter: None,
+            order_by: None,
+            null_treatment: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new_distinct(udf: Arc<crate::AggregateUDF>, args: Vec<Expr>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            udf,
+            args,
+            distinct: true,
+            filter: None,
+            order_by: None,
+            null_treatment: None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ExprBuilder {
+    pub fn build(self) -> Expr {
+        Expr::AggregateFunction(AggregateFunction::new_udf(
+            self.udf,
+            self.args,
+            self.distinct,
+            self.filter,
+            self.order_by,
+            self.null_treatment,
+        ))
+    }
+
+    pub fn order_by(mut self, order_by: Vec<Expr>) -> Self {
+        self.order_by = Some(order_by);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn filter(mut self, filter: Box<Expr>) -> Self {
+        self.filter = Some(filter);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn null_treatment(mut self, null_treatment: NullTreatment) -> Self {
+        self.null_treatment = Some(null_treatment);
+        self
+    }
+}
diff --git a/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/first_last.rs b/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/first_last.rs
index 5d3d48344014..2bf4daf4f0f9 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/first_last.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/first_last.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 make_udaf_expr_and_func!(
     FirstValue,
     first_value,
+    expression,
+    order_by,
     "Returns the first value in a group of values.",
     first_value_udaf
 );
diff --git a/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/lib.rs b/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/lib.rs
index e76a43e39899..0849f0713026 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/lib.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/lib.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 pub mod macros;
 
 pub mod covariance;
+pub mod expr_builder;
 pub mod first_last;
 
 use datafusion_common::Result;
@@ -66,8 +67,13 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 /// Fluent-style API for creating `Expr`s
 pub mod expr_fn {
+    pub use super::covariance::covar_pop;
     pub use super::covariance::covar_samp;
     pub use super::first_last::first_value;
+
+    pub use super::covariance::covar_pop_builder;
+    pub use super::covariance::covar_samp_builder;
+    pub use super::first_last::first_value_builder;
 }
 
 /// Registers all enabled packages with a [`FunctionRegistry`]
diff --git a/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/macros.rs b/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/macros.rs
index 6c3348d6c1d6..1f4d2ae8425d 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/macros.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions-aggregate/src/macros.rs
@@ -48,24 +48,40 @@ macro_rules! make_udaf_expr_and_func {
                 None,
             ))
         }
+
+        create_builder!(
+            $EXPR_FN,
+            $($arg)*,
+            $DOC,
+            $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN
+        );
+
         create_func!($UDAF, $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN);
     };
-    ($UDAF:ty, $EXPR_FN:ident, $($arg:ident)*, $distinct:ident, $DOC:expr, $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN:ident) => {
+    ($UDAF:ty, $EXPR_FN:ident, $($arg:ident)*, $order_by: ident, $DOC:expr, $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN:ident) => {
         // "fluent expr_fn" style function
         #[doc = $DOC]
         pub fn $EXPR_FN(
             $($arg: datafusion_expr::Expr,)*
-            distinct: bool,
+            order_by: Option<Vec<datafusion_expr::Expr>>,
         ) -> datafusion_expr::Expr {
             datafusion_expr::Expr::AggregateFunction(datafusion_expr::expr::AggregateFunction::new_udf(
                 $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN(),
                 vec![$($arg),*],
-                distinct,
+                false,
                 None,
+                order_by,
                 None,
-                None
             ))
         }
+
+        create_builder!(
+            $EXPR_FN,
+            $($arg)*,
+            $DOC,
+            $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN
+        );
+
         create_func!($UDAF, $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN);
     };
     ($UDAF:ty, $EXPR_FN:ident, $DOC:expr, $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN:ident) => {
@@ -73,24 +89,57 @@ macro_rules! make_udaf_expr_and_func {
         #[doc = $DOC]
         pub fn $EXPR_FN(
             args: Vec<datafusion_expr::Expr>,
-            distinct: bool,
-            filter: Option<Box<datafusion_expr::Expr>>,
-            order_by: Option<Vec<datafusion_expr::Expr>>,
-            null_treatment: Option<sqlparser::ast::NullTreatment>
         ) -> datafusion_expr::Expr {
             datafusion_expr::Expr::AggregateFunction(datafusion_expr::expr::AggregateFunction::new_udf(
                 $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN(),
                 args,
-                distinct,
-                filter,
-                order_by,
-                null_treatment,
+                false,
+                None,
+                None,
+                None,
             ))
         }
+
+        create_builder!(
+            $EXPR_FN,
+            $DOC,
+            $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN
+        );
+
         create_func!($UDAF, $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN);
     };
 }
 
+macro_rules! create_builder {
+    ($EXPR_FN:ident, $($arg:ident)*, $DOC:expr, $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN:ident) => {
+        concat_idents::concat_idents!(builder_fn_name = $EXPR_FN, _builder {
+            #[doc = $DOC]
+            pub fn builder_fn_name(
+                $($arg: datafusion_expr::Expr,)*
+            ) -> crate::expr_builder::ExprBuilder {
+                crate::expr_builder::ExprBuilder::new(
+                    $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN(),
+                    vec![$($arg),*],
+                )
+            }
+        });
+    };
+
+    ($EXPR_FN:ident, $DOC:expr, $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN:ident) => {
+        concat_idents::concat_idents!(builder_fn_name = $EXPR_FN, _builder {
+            #[doc = $DOC]
+            pub fn builder_fn_name(
+                args: Vec<datafusion_expr::Expr>,
+            ) -> crate::expr_builder::ExprBuilder {
+                crate::expr_builder::ExprBuilder::new(
+                    $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN(),
+                    args,
+                )
+            }
+        });
+    };
+}
+
 macro_rules! create_func {
     ($UDAF:ty, $AGGREGATE_UDF_FN:ident) => {
         paste::paste! {
diff --git a/datafusion/proto/tests/cases/roundtrip_logical_plan.rs b/datafusion/proto/tests/cases/roundtrip_logical_plan.rs
index b5b0b4c2247a..e43193f0c43c 100644
--- a/datafusion/proto/tests/cases/roundtrip_logical_plan.rs
+++ b/datafusion/proto/tests/cases/roundtrip_logical_plan.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ use datafusion::datasource::TableProvider;
 use datafusion::execution::context::SessionState;
 use datafusion::execution::runtime_env::{RuntimeConfig, RuntimeEnv};
 use datafusion::execution::FunctionRegistry;
-use datafusion::functions_aggregate::covariance::{covar_pop, covar_samp};
-use datafusion::functions_aggregate::expr_fn::first_value;
+use datafusion::functions_aggregate::expr_fn::{
+    covar_pop, covar_pop_builder, covar_samp, covar_samp_builder, first_value,
+    first_value_builder,
+};
 use datafusion::prelude::*;
 use datafusion::test_util::{TestTableFactory, TestTableProvider};
 use datafusion_common::config::{FormatOptions, TableOptions};
@@ -621,9 +623,12 @@ async fn roundtrip_expr_api() -> Result<()> {
             lit(1),
         ),
         array_replace_all(make_array(vec![lit(1), lit(2), lit(3)]), lit(2), lit(4)),
-        first_value(vec![lit(1)], false, None, None, None),
+        first_value(lit(1), Some(vec![lit(2)])),
+        first_value_builder(lit(1)).order_by(vec![lit(3)]).build(),
         covar_samp(lit(1.5), lit(2.2)),
+        covar_samp_builder(lit(1.5), lit(2.3)).build(),
         covar_pop(lit(1.5), lit(2.2)),
+        covar_pop_builder(lit(1.5), lit(2.3)).build(),
     ];
 
     // ensure expressions created with the expr api can be round tripped