The invention discloses a self-locking sunshade supporting rod which comprises a telescopic rod and a steering mechanism connected with the telescopic rod in a matched manner. The telescopic rod comprises an inner tube, an outer tube and a locking device, the steering mechanism comprises a mounting seat and an adjusting seat, the locking device comprises a locking sleeve, a locking cylinder cover, a locking ring and an elastic sleeve, a wedge-shaped clamp groove is formed in the inner wall of the elastic sleeve, a wedge-shaped clamping portion is arranged at the lower end of the locking ring in an extending manner, a first spring is arranged between the locking cylinder cover and the elastic sleeve, the steering mechanism further comprises an adjusting nut, a mounting plate and an adjusting ring are arranged in a mounting hole of the mounting seat, a connecting column is arranged at the center of the inner end of the adjusting seat, a free end of the connecting column is fixedly connected with the adjusting nut, a plurality of first projections are arranged at the inner end of the adjusting seat, a plurality of second projections engaged with the first projections are arranged at the end of the adjusting ring, and a second spring is arranged between the adjusting nut and the mounting plate. The self-locking sunshade supporting rod is convenient to operate, capable of automatically locking, high in stability and fine in use effect.