diff --git a/rust/examples/basic_operations.rs b/rust/examples/basic_operations.rs
index 8aa91a6cb3..5c1fb46e86 100644
--- a/rust/examples/basic_operations.rs
+++ b/rust/examples/basic_operations.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ use arrow::{
 };
 use deltalake::operations::collect_sendable_stream;
 use deltalake::{action::SaveMode, DeltaOps, SchemaDataType, SchemaField};
+use parquet::{
+    basic::{Compression, ZstdLevel},
+    file::properties::WriterProperties,
+};
+
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 fn get_table_columns() -> Vec<SchemaField> {
@@ -55,15 +60,27 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), deltalake::errors::DeltaTableError> {
 
     assert_eq!(table.version(), 0);
 
+    let writer_properties = WriterProperties::builder()
+        .set_compression(Compression::ZSTD(ZstdLevel::try_new(3).unwrap()))
+        .build();
+
     let batch = get_table_batches();
-    let table = DeltaOps(table).write(vec![batch.clone()]).await?;
+    let table = DeltaOps(table)
+        .write(vec![batch.clone()])
+        .with_writer_properties(writer_properties)
+        .await?;
 
     assert_eq!(table.version(), 1);
 
+    let writer_properties = WriterProperties::builder()
+        .set_compression(Compression::ZSTD(ZstdLevel::try_new(3).unwrap()))
+        .build();
+
     // To overwrite instead of append (which is the default), use `.with_save_mode`:
     let table = DeltaOps(table)
         .write(vec![batch.clone()])
         .with_save_mode(SaveMode::Overwrite)
+        .with_writer_properties(writer_properties)
         .await?;
 
     assert_eq!(table.version(), 2);
diff --git a/rust/examples/recordbatch-writer.rs b/rust/examples/recordbatch-writer.rs
index ab61e93b1d..85f055b705 100644
--- a/rust/examples/recordbatch-writer.rs
+++ b/rust/examples/recordbatch-writer.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@ use deltalake::errors::DeltaTableError;
 use deltalake::writer::{DeltaWriter, RecordBatchWriter};
 use deltalake::*;
 use log::*;
-
 use object_store::path::Path;
+use parquet::{
+    basic::{Compression, ZstdLevel},
+    file::properties::WriterProperties,
+};
+
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -42,8 +46,13 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
         Err(err) => Err(err).unwrap(),
     };
 
-    let mut writer =
-        RecordBatchWriter::for_table(&table).expect("Failed to make RecordBatchWriter");
+    let writer_properties = WriterProperties::builder()
+        .set_compression(Compression::ZSTD(ZstdLevel::try_new(3).unwrap()))
+        .build();
+
+    let mut writer = RecordBatchWriter::for_table(&table)
+        .expect("Failed to make RecordBatchWriter")
+        .with_writer_properties(writer_properties);
 
     let records = fetch_readings();
     let batch = convert_to_batch(&table, &records);
diff --git a/rust/src/operations/write.rs b/rust/src/operations/write.rs
index 9c7b7ca3d5..d2285e7446 100644
--- a/rust/src/operations/write.rs
+++ b/rust/src/operations/write.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ pub struct WriteBuilder {
     batches: Option<Vec<RecordBatch>>,
     /// how to handle cast failures, either return NULL (safe=true) or return ERR (safe=false)
     safe_cast: bool,
+    /// Parquet writer properties
+    writer_properties: Option<WriterProperties>,
 }
 
 impl WriteBuilder {
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ impl WriteBuilder {
             write_batch_size: None,
             batches: None,
             safe_cast: false,
+            writer_properties: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -178,6 +181,12 @@ impl WriteBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Specify the writer properties to use when writing a parquet file
+    pub fn with_writer_properties(mut self, writer_properties: WriterProperties) -> Self {
+        self.writer_properties = Some(writer_properties);
+        self
+    }
+
     async fn check_preconditions(&self) -> DeltaResult<Vec<Action>> {
         match self.store.is_delta_table_location().await? {
             true => {
@@ -390,7 +399,7 @@ impl std::future::IntoFuture for WriteBuilder {
                 this.store.clone(),
                 this.target_file_size,
                 this.write_batch_size,
-                None,
+                this.writer_properties,
                 this.safe_cast,
             )
             .await?;
diff --git a/rust/src/operations/writer.rs b/rust/src/operations/writer.rs
index 64c5ba1d12..4fef892bf8 100644
--- a/rust/src/operations/writer.rs
+++ b/rust/src/operations/writer.rs
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ impl DeltaWriter {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Apply custom writer_properties to the underlying parquet writer
+    pub fn with_writer_properties(mut self, writer_properties: WriterProperties) -> Self {
+        self.config.writer_properties = writer_properties;
+        self
+    }
+
     fn divide_by_partition_values(
         &mut self,
         values: &RecordBatch,
diff --git a/rust/src/writer/record_batch.rs b/rust/src/writer/record_batch.rs
index 652f62f1e0..2b62fe686c 100644
--- a/rust/src/writer/record_batch.rs
+++ b/rust/src/writer/record_batch.rs
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ impl RecordBatchWriter {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Sets the writer properties for the underlying arrow writer.
+    pub fn with_writer_properties(mut self, writer_properties: WriterProperties) -> Self {
+        self.writer_properties = writer_properties;
+        self
+    }
+
     fn divide_by_partition_values(
         &mut self,
         values: &RecordBatch,