diff --git a/parquet/src/file/metadata/writer.rs b/parquet/src/file/metadata/writer.rs
index 124bc11bddc5..0f865bfafee4 100644
--- a/parquet/src/file/metadata/writer.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/file/metadata/writer.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ impl<'a, W: Write> ThriftMetadataWriter<'a, W> {
         for (row_group_idx, row_group) in self.row_groups.iter_mut().enumerate() {
             for (column_idx, column_metadata) in row_group.columns.iter_mut().enumerate() {
                 if let Some(column_index) = &column_indexes[row_group_idx][column_idx] {
+                    // Missing indexes may also have the placeholder ColumnIndexMetaData::NONE
+                    if matches!(column_index, ColumnIndexMetaData::NONE) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     let start_offset = self.buf.bytes_written();
                     self.object_writer.write_column_index(
                         column_index,
@@ -227,22 +231,38 @@ impl<'a, W: Write> ThriftMetadataWriter<'a, W> {
             None => builder.set_row_groups(row_groups),
         };
 
-        let column_indexes: Option<ParquetColumnIndex> = column_indexes.map(|ovvi| {
-            ovvi.into_iter()
-                .map(|vi| {
-                    vi.into_iter()
-                        .map(|oi| oi.unwrap_or(ColumnIndexMetaData::NONE))
-                        .collect()
-                })
-                .collect()
-        });
-
-        // FIXME(ets): this will panic if there's a missing index.
-        let offset_indexes: Option<ParquetOffsetIndex> = offset_indexes.map(|ovvi| {
-            ovvi.into_iter()
-                .map(|vi| vi.into_iter().map(|oi| oi.unwrap()).collect())
-                .collect()
-        });
+        // test to see if all indexes for this file are empty
+        let all_none = column_indexes
+            .as_ref()
+            .is_some_and(|ci| ci.iter().all(|cii| cii.iter().all(|idx| idx.is_none())));
+        let column_indexes: Option<ParquetColumnIndex> = if all_none {
+            None
+        } else {
+            column_indexes.map(|ovvi| {
+                ovvi.into_iter()
+                    .map(|vi| {
+                        vi.into_iter()
+                            .map(|oi| oi.unwrap_or(ColumnIndexMetaData::NONE))
+                            .collect()
+                    })
+                    .collect()
+            })
+        };
+
+        // test to see if all indexes for this file are empty
+        let all_none = offset_indexes
+            .as_ref()
+            .is_some_and(|oi| oi.iter().all(|oii| oii.iter().all(|idx| idx.is_none())));
+        let offset_indexes: Option<ParquetOffsetIndex> = if all_none {
+            None
+        } else {
+            // FIXME(ets): this will panic if there's a missing index.
+            offset_indexes.map(|ovvi| {
+                ovvi.into_iter()
+                    .map(|vi| vi.into_iter().map(|oi| oi.unwrap()).collect())
+                    .collect()
+            })
+        };
 
         builder = builder.set_column_index(column_indexes);
         builder = builder.set_offset_index(offset_indexes);
diff --git a/parquet/src/file/writer.rs b/parquet/src/file/writer.rs
index cbbcadf2067c..35948af022f1 100644
--- a/parquet/src/file/writer.rs
+++ b/parquet/src/file/writer.rs
@@ -1068,6 +1068,7 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::schema::parser::parse_message_type;
     use crate::schema::types;
     use crate::schema::types::{ColumnDescriptor, ColumnPath};
+    use crate::util::test_common::file_util::get_test_file;
     use crate::util::test_common::rand_gen::RandGen;
 
     #[test]
@@ -2442,4 +2443,74 @@ mod tests {
             start += 1;
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_rewrite_no_page_indexes() {
+        let file = get_test_file("alltypes_tiny_pages.parquet");
+        let metadata = ParquetMetaDataReader::new()
+            .with_page_index_policy(PageIndexPolicy::Optional)
+            .parse_and_finish(&file)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let schema = metadata.file_metadata().schema_descr().root_schema_ptr();
+        let output = Vec::<u8>::new();
+        let mut writer = SerializedFileWriter::new(output, schema, props).unwrap();
+
+        for rg in metadata.row_groups() {
+            let mut rg_out = writer.next_row_group().unwrap();
+            for column in rg.columns() {
+                let result = ColumnCloseResult {
+                    bytes_written: column.compressed_size() as _,
+                    rows_written: rg.num_rows() as _,
+                    metadata: column.clone(),
+                    bloom_filter: None,
+                    column_index: None,
+                    offset_index: None,
+                };
+                rg_out.append_column(&file, result).unwrap();
+            }
+            rg_out.close().unwrap();
+        }
+        writer.close().unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_rewrite_missing_column_index() {
+        // this file has an INT96 column that lacks a column index entry
+        let file = get_test_file("alltypes_tiny_pages.parquet");
+        let metadata = ParquetMetaDataReader::new()
+            .with_page_index_policy(PageIndexPolicy::Optional)
+            .parse_and_finish(&file)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let props = Arc::new(WriterProperties::builder().build());
+        let schema = metadata.file_metadata().schema_descr().root_schema_ptr();
+        let output = Vec::<u8>::new();
+        let mut writer = SerializedFileWriter::new(output, schema, props).unwrap();
+
+        let column_indexes = metadata.column_index();
+        let offset_indexes = metadata.offset_index();
+
+        for (rg_idx, rg) in metadata.row_groups().iter().enumerate() {
+            let rg_column_indexes = column_indexes.and_then(|ci| ci.get(rg_idx));
+            let rg_offset_indexes = offset_indexes.and_then(|oi| oi.get(rg_idx));
+            let mut rg_out = writer.next_row_group().unwrap();
+            for (col_idx, column) in rg.columns().iter().enumerate() {
+                let column_index = rg_column_indexes.and_then(|row| row.get(col_idx)).cloned();
+                let offset_index = rg_offset_indexes.and_then(|row| row.get(col_idx)).cloned();
+                let result = ColumnCloseResult {
+                    bytes_written: column.compressed_size() as _,
+                    rows_written: rg.num_rows() as _,
+                    metadata: column.clone(),
+                    bloom_filter: None,
+                    column_index,
+                    offset_index,
+                };
+                rg_out.append_column(&file, result).unwrap();
+            }
+            rg_out.close().unwrap();
+        }
+        writer.close().unwrap();
+    }
 }