diff --git a/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_writer/mod.rs b/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_writer/mod.rs
index 4cf54dc8897e..d026f971e946 100644
--- a/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_writer/mod.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/arrow/arrow_writer/mod.rs
@@ -132,7 +132,10 @@ impl<W: Write> ArrowWriter<W> {
     /// and drop any fully written `RecordBatch`
     pub fn write(&mut self, batch: &RecordBatch) -> Result<()> {
         // validate batch schema against writer's supplied schema
-        if self.arrow_schema != batch.schema() {
+        let batch_schema = batch.schema();
+        if !(Arc::ptr_eq(&self.arrow_schema, &batch_schema)
+            || self.arrow_schema.contains(&batch_schema))
+        {
             return Err(ParquetError::ArrowError(
                 "Record batch schema does not match writer schema".to_string(),
             ));
@@ -2358,4 +2361,51 @@ mod tests {
         let actual = pretty_format_batches(&batches).unwrap().to_string();
         assert_eq!(actual, expected);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_arrow_writer_metadata() {
+        let batch_schema = Schema::new(vec![Field::new("int32", DataType::Int32, false)]);
+        let file_schema = batch_schema.clone().with_metadata(
+            vec![("foo".to_string(), "bar".to_string())]
+                .into_iter()
+                .collect(),
+        );
+
+        let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(
+            Arc::new(batch_schema),
+            vec![Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3, 4])) as _],
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(1024);
+        let mut writer =
+            ArrowWriter::try_new(&mut buf, Arc::new(file_schema), None).unwrap();
+        writer.write(&batch).unwrap();
+        writer.close().unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_arrow_writer_nullable() {
+        let batch_schema = Schema::new(vec![Field::new("int32", DataType::Int32, false)]);
+        let file_schema = Schema::new(vec![Field::new("int32", DataType::Int32, true)]);
+        let file_schema = Arc::new(file_schema);
+
+        let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(
+            Arc::new(batch_schema),
+            vec![Arc::new(Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3, 4])) as _],
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(1024);
+        let mut writer =
+            ArrowWriter::try_new(&mut buf, file_schema.clone(), None).unwrap();
+        writer.write(&batch).unwrap();
+        writer.close().unwrap();
+
+        let mut read = ParquetRecordBatchReader::try_new(Bytes::from(buf), 1024).unwrap();
+        let back = read.next().unwrap().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(back.schema(), file_schema);
+        assert_ne!(back.schema(), batch.schema());
+        assert_eq!(back.column(0).as_ref(), batch.column(0).as_ref());
+    }
 }