diff --git a/dataframe-arrow/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/io/arrowReadingImpl.kt b/dataframe-arrow/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/io/arrowReadingImpl.kt
index d7d67b6a87..2ae863c2b2 100644
--- a/dataframe-arrow/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/io/arrowReadingImpl.kt
+++ b/dataframe-arrow/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/io/arrowReadingImpl.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import org.apache.arrow.vector.Float8Vector
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.IntVector
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.LargeVarBinaryVector
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.LargeVarCharVector
+import org.apache.arrow.vector.NullVector
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.SmallIntVector
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.TimeMicroVector
 import org.apache.arrow.vector.TimeMilliVector
@@ -172,6 +173,10 @@ private fun StructVector.values(range: IntRange): List<Map<String, Any?>?> = ran
     getObject(it)
 }
 
+private fun NullVector.values(range: IntRange): List<Nothing?> = range.map {
+    getObject(it) as Nothing?
+}
+
 private fun VarCharVector.values(range: IntRange): List<String?> = range.map {
     if (isNull(it)) {
         null
@@ -204,6 +209,12 @@ private fun LargeVarCharVector.values(range: IntRange): List<String?> = range.ma
     }
 }
 
+internal fun nothingType(nullable: Boolean): KType = if (nullable) {
+    typeOf<List<Nothing?>>()
+} else {
+    typeOf<List<Nothing>>()
+}.arguments.first().type!!
+
 private inline fun <reified T> List<T?>.withTypeNullable(
     expectedNulls: Boolean,
     nullabilityOptions: NullabilityOptions,
@@ -212,6 +223,15 @@ private inline fun <reified T> List<T?>.withTypeNullable(
     return this to typeOf<T>().withNullability(nullable)
 }
 
+@JvmName("withTypeNullableNothingList")
+private fun List<Nothing?>.withTypeNullable(
+    expectedNulls: Boolean,
+    nullabilityOptions: NullabilityOptions,
+): Pair<List<Nothing?>, KType> {
+    val nullable = nullabilityOptions.applyNullability(this, expectedNulls)
+    return this to nothingType(nullable)
+}
+
 private fun readField(root: VectorSchemaRoot, field: Field, nullability: NullabilityOptions): AnyBaseCol {
     try {
         val range = 0 until root.rowCount
@@ -245,6 +265,7 @@ private fun readField(root: VectorSchemaRoot, field: Field, nullability: Nullabi
             is TimeStampMilliVector -> vector.values(range).withTypeNullable(field.isNullable, nullability)
             is TimeStampSecVector -> vector.values(range).withTypeNullable(field.isNullable, nullability)
             is StructVector -> vector.values(range).withTypeNullable(field.isNullable, nullability)
+            is NullVector -> vector.values(range).withTypeNullable(field.isNullable, nullability)
             else -> {
                 throw NotImplementedError("reading from ${vector.javaClass.canonicalName} is not implemented")
             }
diff --git a/dataframe-arrow/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/io/exampleEstimatesAssertions.kt b/dataframe-arrow/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/io/exampleEstimatesAssertions.kt
index 3366e3055b..66a2713518 100644
--- a/dataframe-arrow/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/io/exampleEstimatesAssertions.kt
+++ b/dataframe-arrow/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/dataframe/io/exampleEstimatesAssertions.kt
@@ -158,4 +158,12 @@ internal fun assertEstimations(exampleFrame: AnyFrame, expectedNullable: Boolean
     timeNanoCol.forEachIndexed { i, element ->
         assertValueOrNull(iBatch(i), element, LocalTime.ofNanoOfDay(iBatch(i).toLong()))
     }
+
+    exampleFrame.getColumnOrNull("nulls")?.let { nullCol ->
+        nullCol.type() shouldBe nothingType(hasNulls)
+        assert(hasNulls)
+        nullCol.values().forEach {
+            assert(it == null)
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dataframe-arrow/src/test/resources/test-illegal.arrow.feather b/dataframe-arrow/src/test/resources/test-illegal.arrow.feather
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diff --git a/dataframe-arrow/src/test/resources/test-illegal.arrow.ipc b/dataframe-arrow/src/test/resources/test-illegal.arrow.ipc
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diff --git a/dataframe-arrow/src/test/resources/test-with-nulls.arrow.feather b/dataframe-arrow/src/test/resources/test-with-nulls.arrow.feather
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diff --git a/dataframe-arrow/src/test/resources/test-with-nulls.arrow.ipc b/dataframe-arrow/src/test/resources/test-with-nulls.arrow.ipc
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