diff --git a/datafusion/sql/src/planner.rs b/datafusion/sql/src/planner.rs
index 0f04281aa23b..a92e64597e82 100644
--- a/datafusion/sql/src/planner.rs
+++ b/datafusion/sql/src/planner.rs
@@ -439,6 +439,25 @@ impl<'a, S: ContextProvider> SqlToRel<'a, S> {
             }
             SQLDataType::Bytea => Ok(DataType::Binary),
             SQLDataType::Interval => Ok(DataType::Interval(IntervalUnit::MonthDayNano)),
+            SQLDataType::Struct(fields) => {
+                let fields = fields
+                    .iter()
+                    .enumerate()
+                    .map(|(idx, field)| {
+                        let data_type = self.convert_data_type(&field.field_type)?;
+                        let field_name = match &field.field_name{
+                            Some(ident) => ident.clone(),
+                            None => Ident::new(format!("c{idx}"))
+                        };
+                        Ok(Arc::new(Field::new(
+                            self.normalizer.normalize(field_name),
+                            data_type,
+                            true,
+                        )))
+                    })
+                    .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
+                Ok(DataType::Struct(Fields::from(fields)))
+            }
             // Explicitly list all other types so that if sqlparser
             // adds/changes the `SQLDataType` the compiler will tell us on upgrade
             // and avoid bugs like https://github.com/apache/datafusion/issues/3059
@@ -472,7 +491,6 @@ impl<'a, S: ContextProvider> SqlToRel<'a, S> {
             | SQLDataType::Bytes(_)
             | SQLDataType::Int64
             | SQLDataType::Float64
-            | SQLDataType::Struct(_)
             | SQLDataType::JSONB
             | SQLDataType::Unspecified
             => not_impl_err!(
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/struct.slt b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/struct.slt
index 46a08709c3a3..749daa7e20e7 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/struct.slt
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/struct.slt
@@ -31,6 +31,33 @@ CREATE TABLE values(
   (3, 3.3, 'c', NULL)
 ;
 
+
+# named and named less struct fields
+statement ok
+CREATE TABLE struct_values (
+    s1 struct<INT>,
+    s2 struct<a INT,b VARCHAR>
+) AS VALUES
+  (struct(1), struct(1, 'string1')),
+  (struct(2), struct(2, 'string2')),
+  (struct(3), struct(3, 'string3'))
+;
+
+query ??
+select * from struct_values;
+----
+{c0: 1} {a: 1, b: string1}
+{c0: 2} {a: 2, b: string2}
+{c0: 3} {a: 3, b: string3}
+
+query TT
+select arrow_typeof(s1), arrow_typeof(s2) from struct_values;
+----
+Struct([Field { name: "c0", data_type: Int32, nullable: true, dict_id: 0, dict_is_ordered: false, metadata: {} }]) Struct([Field { name: "a", data_type: Int32, nullable: true, dict_id: 0, dict_is_ordered: false, metadata: {} }, Field { name: "b", data_type: Utf8, nullable: true, dict_id: 0, dict_is_ordered: false, metadata: {} }])
+Struct([Field { name: "c0", data_type: Int32, nullable: true, dict_id: 0, dict_is_ordered: false, metadata: {} }]) Struct([Field { name: "a", data_type: Int32, nullable: true, dict_id: 0, dict_is_ordered: false, metadata: {} }, Field { name: "b", data_type: Utf8, nullable: true, dict_id: 0, dict_is_ordered: false, metadata: {} }])
+Struct([Field { name: "c0", data_type: Int32, nullable: true, dict_id: 0, dict_is_ordered: false, metadata: {} }]) Struct([Field { name: "a", data_type: Int32, nullable: true, dict_id: 0, dict_is_ordered: false, metadata: {} }, Field { name: "b", data_type: Utf8, nullable: true, dict_id: 0, dict_is_ordered: false, metadata: {} }])
+
+
 # struct[i]
 query IRT
 select struct(1, 3.14, 'h')['c0'], struct(3, 2.55, 'b')['c1'], struct(2, 6.43, 'a')['c2'];