diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl.cu b/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl.cu
index 56eb34bbe2f..46b3206f731 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl.cu
@@ -1179,6 +1179,19 @@ rmm::device_buffer reader::impl::decompress_page_data(
                                     codec_stats{parquet::SNAPPY, 0, 0},
                                     codec_stats{parquet::BROTLI, 0, 0}};
 
+  auto is_codec_supported = [&codecs](int8_t codec) {
+    if (codec == parquet::UNCOMPRESSED) return true;
+    return std::find_if(codecs.begin(), codecs.end(), [codec](auto& cstats) {
+             return codec == cstats.compression_type;
+           }) != codecs.end();
+  };
+  CUDF_EXPECTS(std::all_of(chunks.begin(),
+                           chunks.end(),
+                           [&is_codec_supported](auto const& chunk) {
+                             return is_codec_supported(chunk.codec);
+                           }),
+               "Unsupported compression type");
+
   for (auto& codec : codecs) {
     for_each_codec_page(codec.compression_type, [&](size_t page) {
       auto page_uncomp_size = pages[page].uncompressed_page_size;
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/data/parquet/spark_zstd.parquet b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/data/parquet/spark_zstd.parquet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..99b584aa557
Binary files /dev/null and b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/data/parquet/spark_zstd.parquet differ
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_parquet.py b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_parquet.py
index 58ba77d0b0e..727200293f7 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_parquet.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/test_parquet.py
@@ -2420,3 +2420,10 @@ def test_parquet_reader_decimal_columns():
     expected = pd.read_parquet(buffer, columns=["col3", "col2", "col1"])
 
     assert_eq(actual, expected)
+
+
+def test_parquet_reader_unsupported_compression(datadir):
+    fname = datadir / "spark_zstd.parquet"
+
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+        cudf.read_parquet(fname)