diff --git a/arrow/src/array/array.rs b/arrow/src/array/array.rs
index 1ad01f4f0d4..ea813a3cc5f 100644
--- a/arrow/src/array/array.rs
+++ b/arrow/src/array/array.rs
@@ -555,7 +555,18 @@ pub fn new_null_array(data_type: &DataType, length: usize) -> ArrayRef {
             })
         }
         DataType::Decimal(_, _) => {
-            unimplemented!("Creating null Decimal array not yet supported")
+            let null_buf: Buffer = MutableBuffer::new_null(length).into();
+            make_array(unsafe {
+                ArrayData::new_unchecked(
+                    data_type.clone(),
+                    length,
+                    Some(length),
+                    Some(null_buf.clone()),
+                    0,
+                    vec![null_buf],
+                    vec![],
+                )
+            })
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/arrow/src/compute/kernels/cast.rs b/arrow/src/compute/kernels/cast.rs
index 3e0d8f5ce04..b827ae31c18 100644
--- a/arrow/src/compute/kernels/cast.rs
+++ b/arrow/src/compute/kernels/cast.rs
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ pub fn can_cast_types(from_type: &DataType, to_type: &DataType) -> bool {
             | Int64
             | UInt64
             | Float64
+            | Decimal(_, _)
             | Date64
             | Timestamp(_, _)
             | Time64(_)
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ pub fn can_cast_types(from_type: &DataType, to_type: &DataType) -> bool {
             | Int64
             | UInt64
             | Float64
+            | Decimal(_, _)
             | Date64
             | Timestamp(_, _)
             | Time64(_)
@@ -509,6 +511,7 @@ pub fn cast_with_options(
                 Float64 => {
                     cast_decimal_to_float!(array, scale, Float64Builder, f64)
                 }
+                Null => Ok(new_null_array(to_type, array.len())),
                 _ => Err(ArrowError::CastError(format!(
                     "Casting from {:?} to {:?} not supported",
                     from_type, to_type
@@ -543,6 +546,7 @@ pub fn cast_with_options(
                 Utf8 => {
                     cast_string_to_decimal!(array, StringArray, precision, scale)
                 }
+                Null => Ok(new_null_array(to_type, array.len())),
                 _ => Err(ArrowError::CastError(format!(
                     "Casting from {:?} to {:?} not supported",
                     from_type, to_type