diff --git a/src/parquet/schema/descriptor.h b/src/parquet/schema/descriptor.h
index 1686b905..7c04e59a 100644
--- a/src/parquet/schema/descriptor.h
+++ b/src/parquet/schema/descriptor.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ class ColumnDescriptor {
 
   const std::shared_ptr<schema::ColumnPath> path() const;
 
+  const schema::NodePtr& schema_node() const { return node_; }
+
   int type_length() const;
 
   int type_precision() const;