diff --git a/ibis/backends/pyspark/compiler.py b/ibis/backends/pyspark/compiler.py
index e23673dffac2..d8e5323093b9 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/pyspark/compiler.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/pyspark/compiler.py
@@ -90,6 +90,16 @@ def _aggregate(self, funcname: str, *args, where):
             args = tuple(self.if_(where, arg, NULL) for arg in args)
         return func(*args)
 
+    def visit_InSubquery(self, op, *, rel, needle):
+        if op.needle.dtype.is_struct():
+            # construct the outer struct for pyspark
+            ident = sge.to_identifier(op.rel.schema.names[0], quoted=self.quoted)
+            needle = sge.Struct.from_arg_list(
+                [sge.PropertyEQ(this=ident, expression=needle)]
+            )
+
+        return super().visit_InSubquery(op, rel=rel, needle=needle)
+
     def visit_NonNullLiteral(self, op, *, value, dtype):
         if dtype.is_floating():
             result = super().visit_NonNullLiteral(op, value=value, dtype=dtype)
diff --git a/ibis/backends/sql/compiler.py b/ibis/backends/sql/compiler.py
index a7c8fc7b5b6c..71d57b7481aa 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/sql/compiler.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/sql/compiler.py
@@ -940,7 +940,10 @@ def visit_ExistsSubquery(self, op, *, rel):
         return self.f.exists(select)
 
     def visit_InSubquery(self, op, *, rel, needle):
-        return needle.isin(query=rel.this)
+        query = rel.this
+        if not isinstance(query, sge.Select):
+            query = sg.select(STAR).from_(query)
+        return needle.isin(query=query)
 
     def visit_Array(self, op, *, exprs):
         return self.f.array(*exprs)
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/errors.py b/ibis/backends/tests/errors.py
index 29023d861795..b11cdf66a9c5 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/errors.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/errors.py
@@ -61,12 +61,13 @@
 try:
     from polars import ComputeError as PolarsComputeError
     from polars import PanicException as PolarsPanicException
+    from polars.exceptions import ColumnNotFoundError as PolarsColumnNotFoundError
     from polars.exceptions import InvalidOperationError as PolarsInvalidOperationError
     from polars.exceptions import SchemaError as PolarsSchemaError
 except ImportError:
     PolarsComputeError = PolarsPanicException = PolarsInvalidOperationError = (
         PolarsSchemaError
-    ) = None
+    ) = PolarsColumnNotFoundError = None
 
 try:
     from pyarrow import ArrowInvalid, ArrowNotImplementedError
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/test_struct.py b/ibis/backends/tests/test_struct.py
index 2ba5d1e95c89..f996e9cb6c2e 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/test_struct.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/test_struct.py
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@
 from ibis import util
 from ibis.backends.tests.errors import (
     ClickHouseDatabaseError,
+    PolarsColumnNotFoundError,
     PsycoPg2InternalError,
     PsycoPg2SyntaxError,
     Py4JJavaError,
 )
-from ibis.common.exceptions import IbisError
+from ibis.common.exceptions import IbisError, OperationNotDefinedError
 
 pytestmark = [
     pytest.mark.never(["mysql", "sqlite", "mssql"], reason="No struct support"),
@@ -234,3 +235,30 @@ def test_keyword_fields(con, nullable):
     finally:
         with contextlib.suppress(NotImplementedError):
             con.drop_table(name, force=True)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.notyet(
+    ["postgres"],
+    raises=PsycoPg2SyntaxError,
+    reason="sqlglot doesn't implement structs for postgres correctly",
+)
+@pytest.mark.notyet(
+    ["risingwave"],
+    raises=PsycoPg2InternalError,
+    reason="sqlglot doesn't implement structs for postgres correctly",
+)
+@pytest.mark.notyet(
+    ["polars"],
+    raises=PolarsColumnNotFoundError,
+    reason="doesn't seem to support IN-style subqueries on structs",
+)
+@pytest.mark.notimpl(["pandas", "dask"], raises=OperationNotDefinedError)
+def test_isin_struct(con):
+    needle1 = ibis.struct({"x": 1, "y": 2})
+    needle2 = ibis.struct({"x": 2, "y": 3})
+    haystack_t = ibis.memtable({"xs": [1, 2, 3], "ys": [2, 3, 4]})
+    haystack = ibis.struct({"x": haystack_t.xs, "y": haystack_t.ys})
+    both = needle1.isin(haystack) | needle2.isin(haystack)
+    result = con.execute(both)
+    # TODO(cpcloud): ensure the type is consistent
+    assert result is True or result is np.bool_(True)
diff --git a/ibis/backends/trino/compiler.py b/ibis/backends/trino/compiler.py
index ed2136574e39..d2511246fada 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/trino/compiler.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/trino/compiler.py
@@ -282,6 +282,16 @@ def visit_TimestampFromUNIX(self, op, *, arg, unit):
             raise com.UnsupportedOperationError(f"{unit!r} unit is not supported")
         return self.cast(res, op.dtype)
 
+    def visit_InSubquery(self, op, *, rel, needle):
+        # cast the needle to the same type as the column being queried, since
+        # trino is very strict about structs
+        if op.needle.dtype.is_struct():
+            needle = self.cast(
+                sge.Struct.from_arg_list([needle]), op.rel.schema.as_struct()
+            )
+
+        return super().visit_InSubquery(op, rel=rel, needle=needle)
+
     def visit_StructColumn(self, op, *, names, values):
         return self.cast(sge.Struct(expressions=list(values)), op.dtype)