diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/test_common.py b/pandas/tests/io/test_common.py
index 4f3f613f71542..3e8488e6fadb6 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/test_common.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/test_common.py
@@ -674,3 +674,17 @@ def test_pickle_reader(reader):
     # GH 22265
     with BytesIO() as buffer:
         pickle.dump(reader, buffer)
+
+
+@td.skip_if_no("pyarrow")
+def test_pyarrow_read_csv_datetime_dtype():
+    # GH 59904
+    data = '"date"\n"20/12/2025"\n""\n"31/12/2020"'
+    result = pd.read_csv(
+        StringIO(data), parse_dates=["date"], dayfirst=True, dtype_backend="pyarrow"
+    )
+
+    expect_data = pd.to_datetime(["20/12/2025", pd.NaT, "31/12/2020"], dayfirst=True)
+    expect = pd.DataFrame({"date": expect_data})
+
+    tm.assert_frame_equal(expect, result)