diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/pom.xml b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/pom.xml
index 325c21e22dac..5764d9c3f865 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/pom.xml
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/avro/user-with-nullable-array.avsc</exclude>
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/avro/user-with-fixed-decimal.avsc</exclude>
                         <exclude>src/test/resources/avro/all-minus-enum.avsc</exclude>
+                        <exclude>src/test/resources/avro/TestParquetReader.parquet</exclude>
                     </excludes>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/parquet/utils/ParquetUtils.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/parquet/utils/ParquetUtils.java
index 0f00df8e9968..e7c1c371f2a7 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/parquet/utils/ParquetUtils.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/parquet/utils/ParquetUtils.java
@@ -168,9 +168,11 @@ public static ParquetConfig createParquetConfig(final PropertyContext context, f
         final ParquetFileWriter.Mode mode = overwrite ? ParquetFileWriter.Mode.OVERWRITE : ParquetFileWriter.Mode.CREATE;
         parquetConfig.setWriterMode(mode);
 
-        final String compressionTypeValue = context.getProperty(ParquetUtils.COMPRESSION_TYPE).getValue();
-        final CompressionCodecName codecName = CompressionCodecName.valueOf(compressionTypeValue);
-        parquetConfig.setCompressionCodec(codecName);
+        if(context.getProperty(ParquetUtils.COMPRESSION_TYPE).isSet()) {
+            final String compressionTypeValue = context.getProperty(ParquetUtils.COMPRESSION_TYPE).getValue();
+            final CompressionCodecName codecName = CompressionCodecName.valueOf(compressionTypeValue);
+            parquetConfig.setCompressionCodec(codecName);
+        }
 
         // Optional properties
 
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/parquet/TestParquetProcessor.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/parquet/TestParquetProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..21a81dcfbb34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/parquet/TestParquetProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.nifi.parquet;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.nifi.components.PropertyDescriptor;
+import org.apache.nifi.flowfile.FlowFile;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.AbstractProcessor;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessContext;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.ProcessSession;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.Relationship;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.exception.ProcessException;
+import org.apache.nifi.processor.util.StandardValidators;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.RecordReader;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.RecordReaderFactory;
+import org.apache.nifi.serialization.record.Record;
+import org.apache.nifi.util.StringUtils;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+public class TestParquetProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
+
+    public static final PropertyDescriptor READER = new PropertyDescriptor.Builder()
+            .name("reader")
+            .description("reader")
+            .identifiesControllerService(ParquetReader.class)
+            .required(true)
+            .build();
+
+    public static final PropertyDescriptor PATH = new PropertyDescriptor.Builder()
+            .name("path")
+            .description("path")
+            .required(true)
+            .addValidator(StandardValidators.NON_EMPTY_VALIDATOR)
+            .build();
+
+    public static final Relationship SUCCESS = new Relationship.Builder()
+            .name("success")
+            .description("success")
+            .build();
+
+    @Override
+    public void onTrigger(ProcessContext context, ProcessSession session) throws ProcessException {
+        FlowFile flowFile = session.get();
+        final RecordReaderFactory readerFactory = context.getProperty(READER).asControllerService(RecordReaderFactory.class);
+
+        final List<String> records = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        byte[] parquetBytes;
+
+        // read the parquet file into bytes since we can't use a FileInputStream since it doesn't support mark/reset
+        try {
+            parquetBytes = IOUtils.toByteArray(new File(context.getProperty(PATH).getValue()).toURI());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new ProcessException(e);
+        }
+
+        try (final InputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(parquetBytes);
+             final RecordReader reader = readerFactory.createRecordReader(flowFile, in, getLogger())) {
+            Record record;
+            while ((record = reader.nextRecord()) != null) {
+                records.add(record.toString());
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new ProcessException(e);
+        }
+
+        flowFile = session.write(flowFile, (out) -> out.write(StringUtils.join(records, "\n").getBytes()));
+        session.transfer(flowFile, SUCCESS);
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    protected List<PropertyDescriptor> getSupportedPropertyDescriptors() {
+        return new ArrayList<PropertyDescriptor>() {{ add(READER); add(PATH); }};
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<Relationship> getRelationships() {
+        return new HashSet<Relationship>() {{ add(SUCCESS); }};
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/parquet/TestParquetReader.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/parquet/TestParquetReader.java
index 1dcf721b7b7a..f0db498ce9bc 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/parquet/TestParquetReader.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/parquet/TestParquetReader.java
@@ -26,10 +26,13 @@
 import org.apache.nifi.components.PropertyDescriptor;
 import org.apache.nifi.controller.ConfigurationContext;
 import org.apache.nifi.logging.ComponentLog;
+import org.apache.nifi.reporting.InitializationException;
 import org.apache.nifi.serialization.MalformedRecordException;
 import org.apache.nifi.serialization.RecordReader;
 import org.apache.nifi.util.MockComponentLog;
 import org.apache.nifi.util.MockConfigurationContext;
+import org.apache.nifi.util.TestRunner;
+import org.apache.nifi.util.TestRunners;
 import org.apache.parquet.avro.AvroParquetWriter;
 import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetWriter;
 import org.junit.Assume;
@@ -43,10 +46,10 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
-
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 public class TestParquetReader {
@@ -106,6 +109,26 @@ public void testReadUsers() throws IOException, MalformedRecordException {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testReader() throws InitializationException, IOException  {
+        final TestRunner runner = TestRunners.newTestRunner(TestParquetProcessor.class);
+        final String path = "src/test/resources/TestParquetReader.parquet";
+
+        final ParquetReader parquetReader = new ParquetReader();
+
+        runner.addControllerService("reader", parquetReader);
+        runner.enableControllerService(parquetReader);
+
+        runner.enqueue(Paths.get(path));
+
+        runner.setProperty(TestParquetProcessor.READER, "reader");
+        runner.setProperty(TestParquetProcessor.PATH, path);
+
+        runner.run();
+        runner.assertAllFlowFilesTransferred(TestParquetProcessor.SUCCESS, 1);
+    }
+
+
     private Schema getSchema(final String schemaFilePath) throws IOException {
         final File schemaFile = new File(schemaFilePath);
         final String schemaString = IOUtils.toString(new FileInputStream(schemaFile), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
@@ -124,4 +147,5 @@ private ParquetWriter<GenericRecord> createParquetWriter(final Schema schema, fi
 
         return writer;
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/src/test/resources/TestParquetReader.parquet b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/src/test/resources/TestParquetReader.parquet
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef05efd3c497
Binary files /dev/null and b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-parquet-bundle/nifi-parquet-processors/src/test/resources/TestParquetReader.parquet differ