diff --git a/src/Parsers/ASTProjectionSelectQuery.cpp b/src/Parsers/ASTProjectionSelectQuery.cpp
index 90d9ede7337..4bb1d2eef30 100644
--- a/src/Parsers/ASTProjectionSelectQuery.cpp
+++ b/src/Parsers/ASTProjectionSelectQuery.cpp
@@ -143,10 +143,19 @@ ASTPtr ASTProjectionSelectQuery::cloneToASTSelect() const
     if (groupBy())
         select_query->setExpression(ASTSelectQuery::Expression::GROUP_BY, groupBy()->clone());
 
+    /// Attach settings to prevent AST transformations. We already have ignored AST optimizations
+    /// for projection queries. Only remaining settings need to be added here.
+    ///
+    /// NOTE: `count_distinct_implementation` has already been selected during the creation of the
+    /// projection, so there will be no countDistinct(...) to rewrite in projection queries.
+    /// Ideally, we should aim for a unique and normalized query representation that remains
+    /// unchanged after the AST rewrite. For instance, we can add -OrEmpty, realIn as the default
+    /// behavior w.r.t -OrNull, nullIn.
     auto settings_query = std::make_shared<ASTSetQuery>();
     SettingsChanges settings_changes;
-    settings_changes.insertSetting("optimize_aggregators_of_group_by_keys", false);
-    settings_changes.insertSetting("optimize_group_by_function_keys", false);
+    settings_changes.insertSetting("aggregate_functions_null_for_empty", false);
+    settings_changes.insertSetting("transform_null_in", false);
+    settings_changes.insertSetting("legacy_column_name_of_tuple_literal", false);
     settings_query->changes = std::move(settings_changes);
     settings_query->is_standalone = false;
     select_query->setExpression(ASTSelectQuery::Expression::SETTINGS, std::move(settings_query));
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01710_projection_with_ast_rewrite_settings.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01710_projection_with_ast_rewrite_settings.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee824fc9e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01710_projection_with_ast_rewrite_settings.reference
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+81920
+81920
+81920
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01710_projection_with_ast_rewrite_settings.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01710_projection_with_ast_rewrite_settings.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1286b0e74eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01710_projection_with_ast_rewrite_settings.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS aggregate_functions_null_for_empty;
+
+CREATE TABLE aggregate_functions_null_for_empty (`x` UInt32, `y` UInt64, PROJECTION p (SELECT sum(y))) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY tuple();
+
+INSERT INTO aggregate_functions_null_for_empty SELECT number, number * 2 FROM numbers(8192 * 10) SETTINGS aggregate_functions_null_for_empty = true;
+
+SELECT count() FROM aggregate_functions_null_for_empty;
+
+DROP TABLE aggregate_functions_null_for_empty;
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS transform_null_in;
+
+CREATE TABLE transform_null_in (`x` UInt32, `y` UInt64, PROJECTION p (SELECT sum(y in (1,2,3)))) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY tuple();
+
+INSERT INTO transform_null_in SELECT number, number * 2 FROM numbers(8192 * 10) SETTINGS transform_null_in = true;
+
+SELECT count() FROM transform_null_in;
+
+DROP TABLE transform_null_in;
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS legacy_column_name_of_tuple_literal;
+
+CREATE TABLE legacy_column_name_of_tuple_literal (`x` UInt32, `y` UInt64, PROJECTION p (SELECT sum(y in (1,2,3)))) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY tuple();
+
+INSERT INTO legacy_column_name_of_tuple_literal SELECT number, number * 2 FROM numbers(8192 * 10) SETTINGS legacy_column_name_of_tuple_literal = true;
+
+SELECT count() FROM legacy_column_name_of_tuple_literal;
+
+DROP TABLE legacy_column_name_of_tuple_literal;