diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/ArrowPythonRunner.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/ArrowPythonRunner.scala
index 137e2fe93c790..8467feb91d144 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/ArrowPythonRunner.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/ArrowPythonRunner.scala
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ class ArrowPythonRunner(
     protected override val timeZoneId: String,
     protected override val workerConf: Map[String, String])
   extends BasePythonRunner[Iterator[InternalRow], ColumnarBatch](funcs, evalType, argOffsets)
-  with PythonArrowInput
-  with PythonArrowOutput {
+  with BasicPythonArrowInput
+  with BasicPythonArrowOutput {
 
   override val simplifiedTraceback: Boolean = SQLConf.get.pysparkSimplifiedTraceback
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/CoGroupedArrowPythonRunner.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/CoGroupedArrowPythonRunner.scala
index e3d8a943d8cf2..2661896ececc9 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/CoGroupedArrowPythonRunner.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/CoGroupedArrowPythonRunner.scala
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class CoGroupedArrowPythonRunner(
     conf: Map[String, String])
   extends BasePythonRunner[
     (Iterator[InternalRow], Iterator[InternalRow]), ColumnarBatch](funcs, evalType, argOffsets)
-  with PythonArrowOutput {
+  with BasicPythonArrowOutput {
 
   override val simplifiedTraceback: Boolean = SQLConf.get.pysparkSimplifiedTraceback
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/PythonArrowInput.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/PythonArrowInput.scala
index 79365080f8cb3..6168d0f867adb 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/PythonArrowInput.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/PythonArrowInput.scala
@@ -32,15 +32,21 @@ import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
 /**
  * A trait that can be mixed-in with [[BasePythonRunner]]. It implements the logic from
- * JVM (an iterator of internal rows) to Python (Arrow).
+ * JVM (an iterator of internal rows + additional data if required) to Python (Arrow).
  */
-private[python] trait PythonArrowInput { self: BasePythonRunner[Iterator[InternalRow], _] =>
+private[python] trait PythonArrowInput[IN] { self: BasePythonRunner[IN, _] =>
   protected val workerConf: Map[String, String]
 
   protected val schema: StructType
 
   protected val timeZoneId: String
 
+  protected def writeIteratorToArrowStream(
+      root: VectorSchemaRoot,
+      writer: ArrowStreamWriter,
+      dataOut: DataOutputStream,
+      inputIterator: Iterator[IN]): Unit
+
   protected def handleMetadataBeforeExec(stream: DataOutputStream): Unit = {
     // Write config for the worker as a number of key -> value pairs of strings
     stream.writeInt(workerConf.size)
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@ private[python] trait PythonArrowInput { self: BasePythonRunner[Iterator[Interna
   protected override def newWriterThread(
       env: SparkEnv,
       worker: Socket,
-      inputIterator: Iterator[Iterator[InternalRow]],
+      inputIterator: Iterator[IN],
       partitionIndex: Int,
       context: TaskContext): WriterThread = {
     new WriterThread(env, worker, inputIterator, partitionIndex, context) {
@@ -74,17 +80,8 @@ private[python] trait PythonArrowInput { self: BasePythonRunner[Iterator[Interna
           val writer = new ArrowStreamWriter(root, null, dataOut)
           writer.start()
 
-          while (inputIterator.hasNext) {
-            val nextBatch = inputIterator.next()
-
-            while (nextBatch.hasNext) {
-              arrowWriter.write(nextBatch.next())
-            }
+          writeIteratorToArrowStream(root, writer, dataOut, inputIterator)
 
-            arrowWriter.finish()
-            writer.writeBatch()
-            arrowWriter.reset()
-          }
           // end writes footer to the output stream and doesn't clean any resources.
           // It could throw exception if the output stream is closed, so it should be
           // in the try block.
@@ -107,3 +104,27 @@ private[python] trait PythonArrowInput { self: BasePythonRunner[Iterator[Interna
     }
   }
 }
+
+private[python] trait BasicPythonArrowInput extends PythonArrowInput[Iterator[InternalRow]] {
+  self: BasePythonRunner[Iterator[InternalRow], _] =>
+
+  protected def writeIteratorToArrowStream(
+      root: VectorSchemaRoot,
+      writer: ArrowStreamWriter,
+      dataOut: DataOutputStream,
+      inputIterator: Iterator[Iterator[InternalRow]]): Unit = {
+    val arrowWriter = ArrowWriter.create(root)
+
+    while (inputIterator.hasNext) {
+      val nextBatch = inputIterator.next()
+
+      while (nextBatch.hasNext) {
+        arrowWriter.write(nextBatch.next())
+      }
+
+      arrowWriter.finish()
+      writer.writeBatch()
+      arrowWriter.reset()
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/PythonArrowOutput.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/PythonArrowOutput.scala
index d06a0d012990b..339f114539c28 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/PythonArrowOutput.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/PythonArrowOutput.scala
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.vectorized.{ArrowColumnVector, ColumnarBatch, Column
 
 /**
  * A trait that can be mixed-in with [[BasePythonRunner]]. It implements the logic from
- * Python (Arrow) to JVM (ColumnarBatch).
+ * Python (Arrow) to JVM (output type being deserialized from ColumnarBatch).
  */
-private[python] trait PythonArrowOutput { self: BasePythonRunner[_, ColumnarBatch] =>
+private[python] trait PythonArrowOutput[OUT <: AnyRef] { self: BasePythonRunner[_, OUT] =>
 
   protected def handleMetadataAfterExec(stream: DataInputStream): Unit = { }
 
+  protected def deserializeColumnarBatch(batch: ColumnarBatch, schema: StructType): OUT
+
   protected def newReaderIterator(
       stream: DataInputStream,
       writerThread: WriterThread,
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ private[python] trait PythonArrowOutput { self: BasePythonRunner[_, ColumnarBatc
       worker: Socket,
       pid: Option[Int],
       releasedOrClosed: AtomicBoolean,
-      context: TaskContext): Iterator[ColumnarBatch] = {
+      context: TaskContext): Iterator[OUT] = {
 
     new ReaderIterator(
       stream, writerThread, startTime, env, worker, pid, releasedOrClosed, context) {
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ private[python] trait PythonArrowOutput { self: BasePythonRunner[_, ColumnarBatc
         super.handleEndOfDataSection()
       }
 
-      protected override def read(): ColumnarBatch = {
+      protected override def read(): OUT = {
         if (writerThread.exception.isDefined) {
           throw writerThread.exception.get
         }
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ private[python] trait PythonArrowOutput { self: BasePythonRunner[_, ColumnarBatc
             if (batchLoaded) {
               val batch = new ColumnarBatch(vectors)
               batch.setNumRows(root.getRowCount)
-              batch
+              deserializeColumnarBatch(batch, schema)
             } else {
               reader.close(false)
               allocator.close()
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ private[python] trait PythonArrowOutput { self: BasePythonRunner[_, ColumnarBatc
                 throw handlePythonException()
               case SpecialLengths.END_OF_DATA_SECTION =>
                 handleEndOfDataSection()
-                null
+                null.asInstanceOf[OUT]
             }
           }
         } catch handleException
@@ -116,3 +118,11 @@ private[python] trait PythonArrowOutput { self: BasePythonRunner[_, ColumnarBatc
     }
   }
 }
+
+private[python] trait BasicPythonArrowOutput extends PythonArrowOutput[ColumnarBatch] {
+  self: BasePythonRunner[_, ColumnarBatch] =>
+
+  protected def deserializeColumnarBatch(
+      batch: ColumnarBatch,
+      schema: StructType): ColumnarBatch = batch
+}