diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index f37e5c9f7ef1..3400a848d059 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           rust-version: stable
       - name: Run tests (excluding doctests)
-        run: cargo test --profile ci --exclude datafusion-examples --exclude ffi_example_table_provider --exclude datafusion-benchmarks --workspace --lib --tests --bins --features avro,json,backtrace,integration-tests
+        run: cargo test --profile ci --exclude datafusion-examples --exclude ffi_example_table_provider --exclude datafusion-benchmarks --workspace --lib --tests --bins --features serde,avro,json,backtrace,integration-tests
       - name: Verify Working Directory Clean
         run: git diff --exit-code
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2dc3698e36d9..87275112d2a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "85934a9d0261e0fa5d4e2a5295107d743b543a6e0484a835d4b8db2da15306f9"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.8.0",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml
index af029b177607..fd1fd4164da0 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,7 +79,12 @@ recursive_protection = [
     "datafusion-physical-optimizer/recursive_protection",
     "datafusion-sql/recursive_protection",
 ]
-serde = ["dep:serde"]
+serde = [
+    "dep:serde",
+    # Enable `#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]`
+    # statements in `arrow-schema` crate
+    "arrow-schema/serde",
+]
 string_expressions = ["datafusion-functions/string_expressions"]
 unicode_expressions = [
     "datafusion-sql/unicode_expressions",
diff --git a/datafusion/core/tests/core_integration.rs b/datafusion/core/tests/core_integration.rs
index 66b4103160e7..9bcb9e41f86a 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/tests/core_integration.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/tests/core_integration.rs
@@ -42,8 +42,13 @@ mod custom_sources_cases;
 /// Run all tests that are found in the `optimizer` directory
 mod optimizer;
 
+/// Run all tests that are found in the `physical_optimizer` directory
 mod physical_optimizer;
 
+/// Run all tests that are found in the `serde` directory
+mod serde;
+
+/// Run all tests that are found in the `catalog` directory
 mod catalog;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/datafusion/core/tests/serde/mod.rs b/datafusion/core/tests/serde/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..05dde7a54186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datafusion/core/tests/serde/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// 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.
+
+/// Ensure `serde` feature from `arrow-schema` crate is re-exported.
+#[test]
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+fn ensure_serde_support() {
+    use datafusion::arrow::datatypes::DataType;
+
+    #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
+    struct WrappingStruct(DataType);
+
+    let boolean = WrappingStruct(DataType::Boolean);
+
+    let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&boolean).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!("\"Boolean\"", serialized);
+
+    let deserialized = serde_json::from_str(&serialized).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(boolean, deserialized);
+}