diff --git a/bigframes/dataframe.py b/bigframes/dataframe.py
index 3ec1b4b617..015a7642f8 100644
--- a/bigframes/dataframe.py
+++ b/bigframes/dataframe.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import typing
 from typing import (
     Callable,
+    Dict,
     Iterable,
     List,
     Literal,
@@ -2270,7 +2271,13 @@ def to_numpy(
 
     __array__ = to_numpy
 
-    def to_parquet(self, path: str, *, index: bool = True) -> None:
+    def to_parquet(
+        self,
+        path: str,
+        *,
+        compression: Optional[Literal["snappy", "gzip"]] = "snappy",
+        index: bool = True,
+    ) -> None:
         # TODO(swast): Can we support partition columns argument?
         # TODO(chelsealin): Support local file paths.
         # TODO(swast): Some warning that wildcard is recommended for large
@@ -2282,6 +2289,13 @@ def to_parquet(self, path: str, *, index: bool = True) -> None:
         if "*" not in path:
             raise NotImplementedError(ERROR_IO_REQUIRES_WILDCARD)
 
+        if compression not in {None, "snappy", "gzip"}:
+            raise ValueError("'{0}' is not valid for compression".format(compression))
+
+        export_options: Dict[str, Union[bool, str]] = {}
+        if compression:
+            export_options["compression"] = compression.upper()
+
         result_table = self._run_io_query(
             index=index, ordering_id=bigframes.core.io.IO_ORDERING_ID
         )
@@ -2289,7 +2303,7 @@ def to_parquet(self, path: str, *, index: bool = True) -> None:
             f"{result_table.project}.{result_table.dataset_id}.{result_table.table_id}",
             uri=path,
             format="PARQUET",
-            export_options={},
+            export_options=export_options,
         )
         _, query_job = self._block.expr._session._start_query(export_data_statement)
         self._set_internal_query_job(query_job)
diff --git a/tests/system/small/test_session.py b/tests/system/small/test_session.py
index 7655325bfc..bfe9bc8d0f 100644
--- a/tests/system/small/test_session.py
+++ b/tests/system/small/test_session.py
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ def test_read_parquet_gcs(session: bigframes.Session, scalars_dfs, gcs_folder):
     scalars_df, _ = scalars_dfs
     # Include wildcard so that multiple files can be written/read if > 1 GB.
     # https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/exporting-data#exporting_data_into_one_or_more_files
-    path = gcs_folder + "test_read_parquet_gcs*.parquet"
+    path = gcs_folder + test_read_parquet_gcs.__name__ + "*.parquet"
     df_in: bigframes.dataframe.DataFrame = scalars_df.copy()
     # GEOGRAPHY not supported in parquet export.
     df_in = df_in.drop(columns="geography_col")
@@ -823,6 +823,89 @@ def test_read_parquet_gcs(session: bigframes.Session, scalars_dfs, gcs_folder):
     pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(pd_df_in, pd_df_out)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "compression",
+    [
+        None,
+        "gzip",
+        "snappy",
+    ],
+)
+def test_read_parquet_gcs_compressed(
+    session: bigframes.Session, scalars_dfs, gcs_folder, compression
+):
+    scalars_df, _ = scalars_dfs
+    # Include wildcard so that multiple files can be written/read if > 1 GB.
+    # https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/exporting-data#exporting_data_into_one_or_more_files
+    path = (
+        gcs_folder
+        + test_read_parquet_gcs_compressed.__name__
+        + (f"_{compression}" if compression else "")
+        + "*.parquet"
+    )
+    df_in: bigframes.dataframe.DataFrame = scalars_df.copy()
+    # GEOGRAPHY not supported in parquet export.
+    df_in = df_in.drop(columns="geography_col")
+    # Make sure we can also serialize the order.
+    df_write = df_in.reset_index(drop=False)
+    df_write.index.name = f"ordering_id_{random.randrange(1_000_000)}"
+    df_write.to_parquet(path, compression=compression, index=True)
+
+    df_out = (
+        session.read_parquet(path)
+        # Restore order.
+        .set_index(df_write.index.name).sort_index()
+        # Restore index.
+        .set_index(typing.cast(str, df_in.index.name))
+    )
+
+    # DATETIME gets loaded as TIMESTAMP in parquet. See:
+    # https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/exporting-data#parquet_export_details
+    df_out = df_out.assign(
+        datetime_col=df_out["datetime_col"].astype("timestamp[us][pyarrow]")
+    )
+
+    # Make sure we actually have at least some values before comparing.
+    assert df_out.size != 0
+    pd_df_in = df_in.to_pandas()
+    pd_df_out = df_out.to_pandas()
+    pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(pd_df_in, pd_df_out)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "compression",
+    [
+        "brotli",
+        "lz4",
+        "zstd",
+        "unknown",
+    ],
+)
+def test_read_parquet_gcs_compression_not_supported(
+    session: bigframes.Session, scalars_dfs, gcs_folder, compression
+):
+    scalars_df, _ = scalars_dfs
+    # Include wildcard so that multiple files can be written/read if > 1 GB.
+    # https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/exporting-data#exporting_data_into_one_or_more_files
+    path = (
+        gcs_folder
+        + test_read_parquet_gcs_compression_not_supported.__name__
+        + (f"_{compression}" if compression else "")
+        + "*.parquet"
+    )
+    df_in: bigframes.dataframe.DataFrame = scalars_df.copy()
+    # GEOGRAPHY not supported in parquet export.
+    df_in = df_in.drop(columns="geography_col")
+    # Make sure we can also serialize the order.
+    df_write = df_in.reset_index(drop=False)
+    df_write.index.name = f"ordering_id_{random.randrange(1_000_000)}"
+
+    with pytest.raises(
+        ValueError, match=f"'{compression}' is not valid for compression"
+    ):
+        df_write.to_parquet(path, compression=compression, index=True)
+
+
 def test_read_json_gcs_bq_engine(session, scalars_dfs, gcs_folder):
     scalars_df, _ = scalars_dfs
     path = gcs_folder + "test_read_json_gcs_bq_engine_w_index*.json"
diff --git a/third_party/bigframes_vendored/pandas/core/frame.py b/third_party/bigframes_vendored/pandas/core/frame.py
index 80a5428b36..e54f984d59 100644
--- a/third_party/bigframes_vendored/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/third_party/bigframes_vendored/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ def to_parquet(
         self,
         path: str,
         *,
+        compression: Optional[Literal["snappy", "gzip"]] = "snappy",
         index: bool = True,
     ) -> None:
         """Write a DataFrame to the binary Parquet format.
@@ -143,6 +144,10 @@ def to_parquet(
                 If the data size is more than 1GB, you must use a wildcard to export
                 the data into multiple files and the size of the files varies.
 
+            compression (str, default 'snappy'):
+                Name of the compression to use. Use ``None`` for no compression.
+                Supported options: ``'gzip'``, ``'snappy'``.
+
             index (bool, default True):
                 If ``True``, include the dataframe's index(es) in the file output.
                 If ``False``, they will not be written to the file.