diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-extensions.yml b/.github/workflows/test-extensions.yml
index dd228a636..3426cc9df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-extensions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-extensions.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ jobs:
           tools: composer:v2
           php-version: "${{ matrix.php-version }}"
           ini-values: memory_limit=-1
-          extensions: :psr, brotli, lz4, zstd
+          extensions: :psr, brotli, lz4, zstd, snappy-https://github.com/kjdev/php-ext-snappy@0.2.1
+        env:
+            SNAPPY_CONFIGURE_PREFIX_OPTS: "CXXFLAGS=-std=c++11"
 
       - name: "List PHP Extensions"
         run: php -m
@@ -95,3 +97,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Test ZSTD"
         run: "composer test -- --group zstd-extension"
+
+      - name: "Test Snappy"
+        run: "composer test -- --group snappy-extension"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib/parquet/tests/Flow/Parquet/Tests/Integration/IO/CompressionTest.php b/src/lib/parquet/tests/Flow/Parquet/Tests/Integration/IO/CompressionTest.php
index d6f7bb400..2de93d1bb 100644
--- a/src/lib/parquet/tests/Flow/Parquet/Tests/Integration/IO/CompressionTest.php
+++ b/src/lib/parquet/tests/Flow/Parquet/Tests/Integration/IO/CompressionTest.php
@@ -223,8 +223,64 @@ public function test_writing_and_reading_file_with_lz4_raw_compression() : void
         \unlink($path);
     }
 
+    #[Group('snappy-extension')]
     public function test_writing_and_reading_file_with_snappy_compression() : void
     {
+        if (!\extension_loaded('snappy')) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('The snappy extension is not available');
+        }
+
+        $path = __DIR__ . '/var/test-writer-parquet-test-' . bin2hex(random_bytes(16)) . '.parquet';
+
+        $writer = new Writer(Compressions::SNAPPY);
+
+        $schema = Schema::with(NestedColumn::struct('struct', [
+            FlatColumn::int64('int64'),
+            FlatColumn::boolean('boolean'),
+            FlatColumn::string('string'),
+            FlatColumn::int32('int32'),
+            NestedColumn::list('list_of_int', ListElement::int32()),
+            NestedColumn::list('list_of_string', ListElement::string()),
+        ]));
+
+        $faker = Factory::create();
+        $inputData = \array_merge(...\array_map(static function (int $i) use ($faker) : array {
+            return [
+                [
+                    'struct' => [
+                        'int64' => $faker->numberBetween(0, Consts::PHP_INT64_MAX),
+                        'boolean' => $faker->boolean,
+                        'string' => $faker->text(150),
+                        'int32' => $faker->numberBetween(0, Consts::PHP_INT32_MAX),
+                        'list_of_int' => \array_map(
+                            static fn ($i) => $faker->numberBetween(0, Consts::PHP_INT32_MAX),
+                            \range(1, \random_int(2, 10))
+                        ),
+                        'list_of_string' => \array_map(
+                            static fn ($i) => $faker->text(10),
+                            \range(1, \random_int(2, 10))
+                        ),
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ];
+        }, \range(1, 100)));
+
+        $writer->write($path, $schema, $inputData);
+
+        self::assertSame(
+            $inputData,
+            \iterator_to_array((new Reader())->read($path)->values())
+        );
+        self::assertFileExists($path);
+        \unlink($path);
+    }
+
+    public function test_writing_and_reading_file_with_snappy_polyfill() : void
+    {
+        if (\extension_loaded('snappy')) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('The snappy extension is available');
+        }
+
         $path = __DIR__ . '/var/test-writer-parquet-test-' . bin2hex(random_bytes(16)) . '.parquet';
 
         $writer = new Writer(Compressions::SNAPPY);
diff --git a/src/lib/parquet/tests/Flow/Parquet/Tests/Unit/ParquetFile/CodecTest.php b/src/lib/parquet/tests/Flow/Parquet/Tests/Unit/ParquetFile/CodecTest.php
index aaa46bf6c..daff1c4d4 100644
--- a/src/lib/parquet/tests/Flow/Parquet/Tests/Unit/ParquetFile/CodecTest.php
+++ b/src/lib/parquet/tests/Flow/Parquet/Tests/Unit/ParquetFile/CodecTest.php
@@ -74,8 +74,29 @@ public function test_lz4_raw() : void
         );
     }
 
+    #[Group('snappy-extension')]
     public function test_snappy() : void
     {
+        if (!\extension_loaded('snappy')) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('The snappy extension is not available');
+        }
+
+        $data = 'this is some test data to be compressed';
+
+        $codec = new Codec((new Options()));
+
+        self::assertSame(
+            $data,
+            $codec->decompress($codec->compress($data, Compressions::SNAPPY), Compressions::SNAPPY)
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function test_snappy_polyfill() : void
+    {
+        if (\extension_loaded('snappy')) {
+            self::markTestSkipped('The snappy extension is available');
+        }
+
         $data = 'this is some test data to be compressed';
 
         $codec = new Codec((new Options()));
@@ -86,7 +107,7 @@ public function test_snappy() : void
         );
     }
 
-    public function test_uncompressed() : void
+    public function test_snappy_uncompressed() : void
     {
         $data = 'this is some test data to be compressed';