diff --git a/velox/py/plan_builder/PyPlanBuilder.cpp b/velox/py/plan_builder/PyPlanBuilder.cpp
index fdaf8f79cb84..39535e4c9471 100644
--- a/velox/py/plan_builder/PyPlanBuilder.cpp
+++ b/velox/py/plan_builder/PyPlanBuilder.cpp
@@ -97,19 +97,24 @@ std::optional<PyPlanNode> PyPlanBuilder::planNode() const {
 }
 
 PyPlanBuilder& PyPlanBuilder::tableWrite(
-    const PyType& outputSchema,
     const PyFile& outputFile,
-    const std::string& connectorId) {
+    const std::string& connectorId,
+    const std::optional<PyType>& outputSchema) {
   exec::test::PlanBuilder::TableWriterBuilder builder(planBuilder_);
 
   // Try to convert the output type.
-  auto outputRowSchema = asRowType(outputSchema.type());
-  if (outputRowSchema == nullptr) {
-    throw std::runtime_error("Output schema must be a ROW().");
+  RowTypePtr outputRowSchema;
+
+  if (outputSchema != std::nullopt) {
+    outputRowSchema = asRowType(outputSchema->type());
+
+    if (outputRowSchema == nullptr) {
+      throw std::runtime_error("Output schema must be a ROW().");
+    }
+    builder.outputType(outputRowSchema);
   }
 
-  builder.outputType(outputRowSchema)
-      .outputFileName(outputFile.filePath())
+  builder.outputFileName(outputFile.filePath())
       .fileFormat(outputFile.fileFormat())
       .connectorId(connectorId)
       .endTableWriter();
diff --git a/velox/py/plan_builder/PyPlanBuilder.h b/velox/py/plan_builder/PyPlanBuilder.h
index 31955ad7869a..e02c7a943b25 100644
--- a/velox/py/plan_builder/PyPlanBuilder.h
+++ b/velox/py/plan_builder/PyPlanBuilder.h
@@ -150,15 +150,16 @@ class PyPlanBuilder {
 
   /// Adds a table writer node to write to an output file(s).
   ///
-  /// @param outputSchema The schema to be used when writing the file (columns
-  /// and types).
   /// @param outputFile The output file to be written.
   /// @param connectorId The id of the connector to use during the write
   /// process.
+  /// @param outputSchema An optional schema to be used when writing the file
+  /// (columns and types). By default use the schema produced by the upstream
+  /// operator.
   PyPlanBuilder& tableWrite(
-      const PyType& outputSchema,
       const PyFile& outputFile,
-      const std::string& connectorId);
+      const std::string& connectorId,
+      const std::optional<PyType>& outputSchema);
 
   // Add the provided vectors straight into the operator tree.
   PyPlanBuilder& values(const std::vector<PyVector>& values);
diff --git a/velox/py/plan_builder/plan_builder.cpp b/velox/py/plan_builder/plan_builder.cpp
index 1296cce79604..6d557253362d 100644
--- a/velox/py/plan_builder/plan_builder.cpp
+++ b/velox/py/plan_builder/plan_builder.cpp
@@ -108,17 +108,18 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(plan_builder, m) {
       .def(
           "table_write",
           &velox::py::PyPlanBuilder::tableWrite,
-          py::arg("output_schema"),
           py::arg("output_file"),
           py::arg("connector_id") = "hive",
+          py::arg("output_schema") = std::nullopt,
           py::doc(R"(
         Adds a table write node to the plan.
 
         Args:
-          output_schema: A RowType containing the schema to be written to
-                         the file.
           output_file: Name of the file to be written.
           connector_id: ID of the connector to use for this scan.
+          output_schema: An optional RowType containing the schema to be
+                         written to the file. By default write the schema
+                         produced by the operator upstream.
       )"))
       .def(
           "values",
diff --git a/velox/py/tests/test_runner.py b/velox/py/tests/test_runner.py
index 0b83e43412f5..30b7e3dcc625 100644
--- a/velox/py/tests/test_runner.py
+++ b/velox/py/tests/test_runner.py
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ def test_write_read_file(self):
 
             plan_builder = PlanBuilder()
             plan_builder.values([input_batch]).table_write(
-                output_schema=ROW(["c0"], [BIGINT()]),
                 output_file=DWRF(output_file),
                 connector_id="hive",
             )