diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index b283dc9f..8f0cdf7d 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 name = "Arrow"
 uuid = "69666777-d1a9-59fb-9406-91d4454c9d45"
 authors = ["quinnj <quinn.jacobd@gmail.com>"]
-version = "2.7.1"
+version = "2.7.2"
 
 [deps]
 ArrowTypes = "31f734f8-188a-4ce0-8406-c8a06bd891cd"
diff --git a/src/append.jl b/src/append.jl
index 5a9c2596..64a638b8 100644
--- a/src/append.jl
+++ b/src/append.jl
@@ -282,9 +282,31 @@ function is_equivalent_schema(sch1::Tables.Schema, sch2::Tables.Schema)
     for (t1, t2) in zip(sch1.types, sch2.types)
         tt1 = Base.nonmissingtype(t1)
         tt2 = Base.nonmissingtype(t2)
-        if t1 == t2 ||
-           (tt1 <: AbstractVector && tt2 <: AbstractVector && eltype(tt1) == eltype(tt2))
+        if t1 == t2
             continue
+        elseif tt1 <: AbstractVector && tt2 <: AbstractVector && eltype(tt1) == eltype(tt2)
+            continue
+        elseif isstructtype(tt1) && isstructtype(tt2)
+            is_equivalent_type_by_field(tt1, tt2)
+        else
+            return false
+        end
+    end
+    true
+end
+
+function is_equivalent_type_by_field(T1, T2)
+    n1 = fieldcount(T1)
+    n2 = fieldcount(T2)
+    n1 != n2 && return false
+
+    for i = 1:n1
+        fieldname(T1, i) == fieldname(T2, i) || return false
+
+        if fieldtype(T1, i) == fieldtype(T2, i)
+            continue
+        elseif isstructtype(T1) && isstructtype(T2)
+            is_equivalent_type_by_field(T1, T2) || continue
         else
             return false
         end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index ed288b3d..6cf990a4 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1042,5 +1042,24 @@ end
                 @test tbl.f[2] === Foo493(4, 5)
             end
         end
+
+        @testset "# 504" begin
+            struct Foo504
+                x::Int
+            end
+
+            struct Bar504
+                a::Foo504
+            end
+
+            v = [Bar504(Foo504(i)) for i = 1:3]
+            io = IOBuffer()
+            Arrow.write(io, v; file=false)
+            seekstart(io)
+            Arrow.append(io, v) # testing the compatility between the schema of the arrow Table, and the "schema" of v (using the fallback mechanism of Tables.jl)
+            seekstart(io)
+            t = Arrow.Table(io)
+            @test Arrow.Tables.rowcount(t) == 6
+        end
     end # @testset "misc"
 end