diff --git a/external/avro/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/AvroReadSchemaSuite.scala b/external/avro/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/AvroReadSchemaSuite.scala
index a480bb90b5a73..aa58cbd3e2433 100644
--- a/external/avro/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/AvroReadSchemaSuite.scala
+++ b/external/avro/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/AvroReadSchemaSuite.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ class AvroReadSchemaSuite
   extends ReadSchemaSuite
   with AddColumnIntoTheMiddleTest
   with HideColumnInTheMiddleTest
+  with AddNestedColumnTest
+  with HideNestedColumnTest
   with ChangePositionTest {
 
   override val format: String = "avro"
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/ReadNestedSchemaTest.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/ReadNestedSchemaTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2b0fdfe277810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/ReadNestedSchemaTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources
+
+import java.io.File
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, Row}
+
+
+/**
+ * Add a nested column.
+ */
+trait AddNestedColumnTest extends ReadSchemaTest {
+
+  private def testAdd(df1: DataFrame, df2: DataFrame, expectedRows: Seq[Row]): Unit = {
+    withTempPath { dir =>
+      val path = dir.getCanonicalPath
+
+      val dir1 = s"$path${File.separator}part=one"
+      val dir2 = s"$path${File.separator}part=two"
+
+      df1.write.format(format).options(options).save(dir1)
+      df2.write.format(format).options(options).save(dir2)
+
+      val df = spark.read
+        .schema(df2.schema)
+        .format(format)
+        .options(options)
+        .load(path)
+
+      checkAnswer(df, expectedRows)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("add a nested column at the end of the leaf struct column") {
+    testAdd(
+      sql("SELECT 1 c1, named_struct('c3', 2, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 3, 'c6', 4)) c2"),
+      sql("SELECT 1 c1, named_struct('c3', 2, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 3, 'c6', 4, 'c7', 5)) c2"),
+      Seq(
+        Row(1, Row(2, Row(3, 4, null)), "one"),
+        Row(1, Row(2, Row(3, 4, 5)), "two")))
+  }
+
+  test("add a nested column in the middle of the leaf struct column") {
+    testAdd(
+      sql("SELECT 1 c1, named_struct('c3', 2, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 3, 'c6', 4)) c2"),
+      sql("SELECT 1 c1, named_struct('c3', 2, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 3, 'c7', 5, 'c6', 4)) c2"),
+      Seq(
+        Row(1, Row(2, Row(3, null, 4)), "one"),
+        Row(1, Row(2, Row(3, 5, 4)), "two")))
+  }
+
+  test("add a nested column at the end of the middle struct column") {
+    testAdd(
+      sql("SELECT 1 c1, named_struct('c3', 2, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 3, 'c6', 4)) c2"),
+      sql("SELECT 1 c1, named_struct('c3', 2, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 3, 'c6', 4), 'c7', 5) c2"),
+      Seq(
+        Row(1, Row(2, Row(3, 4), null), "one"),
+        Row(1, Row(2, Row(3, 4), 5), "two")))
+  }
+
+  test("add a nested column in the middle of the middle struct column") {
+    testAdd(
+      sql("SELECT 1 c1, named_struct('c3', 2, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 3, 'c6', 4)) c2"),
+      sql("SELECT 1 c1, named_struct('c3', 2, 'c7', 5, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 3, 'c6', 4)) c2"),
+      Seq(
+        Row(1, Row(2, null, Row(3, 4)), "one"),
+        Row(1, Row(2, 5, Row(3, 4)), "two")))
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Hide a nested column.
+ */
+trait HideNestedColumnTest extends ReadSchemaTest {
+
+  private def testHide(df1: DataFrame, df2: DataFrame, df3: DataFrame, expectedRows: Seq[Row]) = {
+    withTempPath { dir =>
+      val path = dir.getCanonicalPath
+
+      val dir1 = s"$path${File.separator}part=one"
+      val dir2 = s"$path${File.separator}part=two"
+      val dir3 = s"$path${File.separator}part=three"
+
+      df1.write.format(format).options(options).save(dir1)
+      df2.write.format(format).options(options).save(dir2)
+      df3.write.format(format).options(options).save(dir3)
+
+      val df = spark.read
+        .schema(df1.schema)
+        .format(format)
+        .options(options)
+        .load(path)
+
+      checkAnswer(df, expectedRows)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("hide a nested column at the end of the leaf struct column") {
+    testHide(
+      sql("SELECT 1 c1, named_struct('c3', 2, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 3, 'c6', 4)) c2"),
+      sql("SELECT 5 c1, named_struct('c3', 6, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 7, 'c6', 8, 'c7', 9)) c2"),
+      sql("SELECT 0 c1, named_struct('c3', 1, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 2, 'c6', 3, 'c8', 4)) c2"),
+      Seq(
+        Row(1, Row(2, Row(3, 4)), "one"),
+        Row(5, Row(6, Row(7, 8)), "two"),
+        Row(0, Row(1, Row(2, 3)), "three")))
+  }
+
+  test("hide a nested column in the middle of the leaf struct column") {
+    testHide(
+      sql("SELECT 1 c1, named_struct('c3', 2, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 3, 'c6', 4)) c2"),
+      sql("SELECT 5 c1, named_struct('c3', 6, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 7, 'c7', 8, 'c6', 9)) c2"),
+      sql("SELECT 0 c1, named_struct('c3', 1, 'c4', named_struct('c7', 2, 'c5', 3, 'c6', 4)) c2"),
+      Seq(
+        Row(1, Row(2, Row(3, 4)), "one"),
+        Row(5, Row(6, Row(7, 9)), "two"),
+        Row(0, Row(1, Row(3, 4)), "three")))
+  }
+
+  test("hide a nested column at the end of the middle struct column") {
+    testHide(
+      sql("SELECT 1 c1, named_struct('c3', 2, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 3, 'c6', 4)) c2"),
+      sql("SELECT 5 c1, named_struct('c3', 6, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 7, 'c6', 8), 'c7', 9) c2"),
+      sql("SELECT 0 c1, named_struct('c3', 1, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 2, 'c6', 3), 'c8', 4) c2"),
+      Seq(
+        Row(1, Row(2, Row(3, 4)), "one"),
+        Row(5, Row(6, Row(7, 8)), "two"),
+        Row(0, Row(1, Row(2, 3)), "three")))
+  }
+
+  test("hide a nested column in the middle of the middle struct column") {
+    testHide(
+      sql("SELECT 1 c1, named_struct('c3', 2, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 3, 'c6', 4)) c2"),
+      sql("SELECT 5 c1, named_struct('c3', 6, 'c7', 7, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 8, 'c6', 9)) c2"),
+      sql("SELECT 0 c1, named_struct('c7', 1, 'c3', 2, 'c4', named_struct('c5', 3, 'c6', 4)) c2"),
+      Seq(
+        Row(1, Row(2, Row(3, 4)), "one"),
+        Row(5, Row(6, Row(8, 9)), "two"),
+        Row(0, Row(2, Row(3, 4)), "three")))
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/ReadSchemaSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/ReadSchemaSuite.scala
index 802fda8302073..8c95349ef3be7 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/ReadSchemaSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/ReadSchemaSuite.scala
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class JsonReadSchemaSuite
   extends ReadSchemaSuite
   with AddColumnIntoTheMiddleTest
   with HideColumnInTheMiddleTest
+  with AddNestedColumnTest
+  with HideNestedColumnTest
   with ChangePositionTest
   with IntegralTypeTest
   with ToDoubleTypeTest
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@ class OrcReadSchemaSuite
   extends ReadSchemaSuite
   with AddColumnIntoTheMiddleTest
   with HideColumnInTheMiddleTest
+  with AddNestedColumnTest
+  with HideNestedColumnTest
   with ChangePositionTest {
 
   override val format: String = "orc"
@@ -109,6 +113,8 @@ class VectorizedOrcReadSchemaSuite
   extends ReadSchemaSuite
   with AddColumnIntoTheMiddleTest
   with HideColumnInTheMiddleTest
+  with AddNestedColumnTest
+  with HideNestedColumnTest
   with ChangePositionTest
   with BooleanTypeTest
   with IntegralTypeTest
@@ -132,6 +138,8 @@ class ParquetReadSchemaSuite
   extends ReadSchemaSuite
   with AddColumnIntoTheMiddleTest
   with HideColumnInTheMiddleTest
+  with AddNestedColumnTest
+  with HideNestedColumnTest
   with ChangePositionTest {
 
   override val format: String = "parquet"
@@ -152,6 +160,8 @@ class VectorizedParquetReadSchemaSuite
   extends ReadSchemaSuite
   with AddColumnIntoTheMiddleTest
   with HideColumnInTheMiddleTest
+  with AddNestedColumnTest
+  with HideNestedColumnTest
   with ChangePositionTest {
 
   override val format: String = "parquet"
@@ -172,6 +182,8 @@ class MergedParquetReadSchemaSuite
   extends ReadSchemaSuite
   with AddColumnIntoTheMiddleTest
   with HideColumnInTheMiddleTest
+  with AddNestedColumnTest
+  with HideNestedColumnTest
   with ChangePositionTest {
 
   override val format: String = "parquet"