diff --git a/src/coffea/nanoevents/factory.py b/src/coffea/nanoevents/factory.py
index 9ef58a409..5ff86c581 100644
--- a/src/coffea/nanoevents/factory.py
+++ b/src/coffea/nanoevents/factory.py
@@ -471,6 +471,12 @@ def from_parquet(
             io.IOBase,
         )
 
+        if isinstance(file, dict):
+            file, filespec_treepath = next(iter(file.items()))
+            if filespec_treepath is not None:
+                warnings.warn(
+                    f'For parquet file="{file}", treepath="{filespec_treepath}" is ignored when opening files'
+                )
         if (
             delayed
             and not isinstance(schemaclass, FunctionType)
diff --git a/src/coffea/nanoevents/mapping/parquet.py b/src/coffea/nanoevents/mapping/parquet.py
index ee95acc2e..61a2792d4 100644
--- a/src/coffea/nanoevents/mapping/parquet.py
+++ b/src/coffea/nanoevents/mapping/parquet.py
@@ -195,11 +195,35 @@ def preload_column_source(self, uuid, path_in_source, source):
         key = self.key_root() + tuple_to_key((uuid, path_in_source))
         self._cache[key] = source
 
-    def get_column_handle(self, columnsource, name):
+    def get_column_handle(self, columnsource, name, allow_missing):
+        if allow_missing:
+            return (
+                ParquetSourceMapping.UprootLikeShim(columnsource, name)
+                if name in columnsource.file.schema_arrow.names
+                else None
+            )
         return ParquetSourceMapping.UprootLikeShim(columnsource, name)
 
-    def extract_column(self, columnhandle, start, stop, **kwargs):
-        return columnhandle.array(entry_start=start, entry_stop=stop)
+    def extract_column(self, columnhandle, start, stop, allow_missing, **kwargs):
+        if allow_missing and columnhandle is None:
+            return awkward.contents.IndexedOptionArray(
+                awkward.index.Index64(numpy.full(stop - start, -1, dtype=numpy.int64)),
+                awkward.contents.NumpyArray(numpy.array([], dtype=bool)),
+            )
+        elif not allow_missing and columnhandle is None:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "Received columnhandle of None when missing column in file is not allowed!"
+            )
+
+        the_array = columnhandle.array(entry_start=start, entry_stop=stop)
+
+        if allow_missing:
+            the_array = awkward.contents.IndexedOptionArray(
+                awkward.index.Index64(numpy.arange(stop - start, dtype=numpy.int64)),
+                awkward.contents.NumpyArray(the_array),
+            )
+
+        return the_array
 
     def __len__(self):
         return self._stop - self._start
diff --git a/tests/samples/nano_dimuon.parquet b/tests/samples/nano_dimuon.parquet
index 7ceb0e22d..86938471b 100644
Binary files a/tests/samples/nano_dimuon.parquet and b/tests/samples/nano_dimuon.parquet differ
diff --git a/tests/samples/nano_dimuon_semver.parquet b/tests/samples/nano_dimuon_semver.parquet
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ceb0e22d
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diff --git a/tests/samples/nano_dy.parquet b/tests/samples/nano_dy.parquet
index 5de5990c8..40186c2a1 100644
Binary files a/tests/samples/nano_dy.parquet and b/tests/samples/nano_dy.parquet differ
diff --git a/tests/samples/nano_dy_semver.parquet b/tests/samples/nano_dy_semver.parquet
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5de5990c8
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diff --git a/tests/test_nanoevents.py b/tests/test_nanoevents.py
index e099d9a25..c6055911f 100644
--- a/tests/test_nanoevents.py
+++ b/tests/test_nanoevents.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def crossref(events):
 
 suffixes = [
     "root",
-    #    "parquet",
+    "parquet",
 ]