diff --git a/vortex-dtype/src/dtype.rs b/vortex-dtype/src/dtype.rs
index 03864b73bb..6bde6e1b47 100644
--- a/vortex-dtype/src/dtype.rs
+++ b/vortex-dtype/src/dtype.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,30 @@ impl DType {
 
     /// Check if `self` and `other` are equal, ignoring nullability
     pub fn eq_ignore_nullability(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        self.as_nullable().eq(&other.as_nullable())
+        match (self, other) {
+            (Null, Null) => true,
+            (Null, _) => false,
+            (Bool(_), Bool(_)) => true,
+            (Bool(_), _) => false,
+            (Primitive(lhs_ptype, _), Primitive(rhs_ptype, _)) => lhs_ptype == rhs_ptype,
+            (Primitive(..), _) => false,
+            (Utf8(_), Utf8(_)) => true,
+            (Utf8(_), _) => false,
+            (Binary(_), Binary(_)) => true,
+            (Binary(_), _) => false,
+            (List(lhs_dtype, _), List(rhs_dtype, _)) => lhs_dtype.eq_ignore_nullability(rhs_dtype),
+            (List(..), _) => false,
+            (Struct(lhs_dtype, _), Struct(rhs_dtype, _)) => {
+                (lhs_dtype.names() == rhs_dtype.names())
+                    && (lhs_dtype
+                        .dtypes()
+                        .zip_eq(rhs_dtype.dtypes())
+                        .all(|(l, r)| l.eq_ignore_nullability(&r)))
+            }
+            (Struct(..), _) => false,
+            (Extension(lhs_extdtype), Extension(rhs_extdtype)) => lhs_extdtype == rhs_extdtype,
+            (Extension(_), _) => false,
+        }
     }
 
     /// Check if `self` is a `StructDType`
diff --git a/vortex-dtype/src/extension.rs b/vortex-dtype/src/extension.rs
index 066c3df0af..305b3dff4d 100644
--- a/vortex-dtype/src/extension.rs
+++ b/vortex-dtype/src/extension.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl From<&[u8]> for ExtMetadata {
 }
 
 /// A type descriptor for an extension type
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialOrd, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialOrd, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct ExtDType {
     id: ExtID,
@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ pub struct ExtDType {
     metadata: Option<ExtMetadata>,
 }
 
+impl PartialEq for ExtDType {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.id == other.id
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::hash::Hash for ExtDType {
+    fn hash<H: std::hash::Hasher>(&self, state: &mut H) {
+        self.id.hash(state);
+    }
+}
+
 impl ExtDType {
     /// Creates a new `ExtDType`.
     ///