diff --git a/ibis/backends/datafusion/compiler.py b/ibis/backends/datafusion/compiler.py
index e32612433210..bc70c7658c46 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/datafusion/compiler.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/datafusion/compiler.py
@@ -41,6 +41,28 @@ def dummy_table(op, ctx, **kw):
     )
 
 
+@translate.register(ops.InMemoryTable)
+def in_memory_table(op, ctx, **kw):
+    schema = op.schema
+
+    if data := op.data:
+        return ctx.from_arrow_table(data.to_pyarrow(schema), name=op.name)
+
+    # datafusion panics when given an empty table
+    return (
+        ctx.empty_table()
+        .select(
+            *(
+                translate(
+                    ops.Alias(ops.Literal(None, dtype=dtype), name), ctx=ctx, **kw
+                )
+                for name, dtype in schema.items()
+            )
+        )
+        .limit(0)
+    )
+
+
 @translate.register(ops.Alias)
 def alias(op, **kw):
     arg = translate(op.arg, **kw)
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/test_client.py b/ibis/backends/tests/test_client.py
index 239693534162..cedaee1ad23f 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/test_client.py
@@ -778,13 +778,11 @@ def test_invalid_connect(tmp_path):
         ),
     ],
 )
-@pytest.mark.notimpl(["datafusion"])
 def test_in_memory_table(backend, con, expr, expected):
     result = con.execute(expr)
     backend.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.notimpl(["datafusion"])
 def test_filter_memory_table(backend, con):
     t = ibis.memtable([(1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6)], columns=["x", "y"])
     expr = t.filter(t.x > 1)
@@ -793,7 +791,6 @@ def test_filter_memory_table(backend, con):
     backend.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.notimpl(["datafusion"])
 def test_agg_memory_table(con):
     t = ibis.memtable([(1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6)], columns=["x", "y"])
     expr = t.x.count()
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/test_export.py b/ibis/backends/tests/test_export.py
index 1fe6580b1197..fd071c4018a3 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/test_export.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/test_export.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import ibis
 import ibis.expr.datatypes as dt
 from ibis import util
-from ibis.common.exceptions import OperationNotDefinedError
 
 pa = pytest.importorskip("pyarrow")
 
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ def test_to_pyarrow_batches_borked_types(batting):
         util.consume(batch_reader)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.notimpl(["dask", "datafusion", "impala", "pyspark"])
+@pytest.mark.notimpl(["dask", "impala", "pyspark"])
 def test_to_pyarrow_memtable(con):
     expr = ibis.memtable({"x": [1, 2, 3]})
     table = con.to_pyarrow(expr)
@@ -202,7 +201,7 @@ def test_to_pyarrow_memtable(con):
     assert len(table) == 3
 
 
-@pytest.mark.notimpl(["dask", "datafusion", "impala", "pyspark"])
+@pytest.mark.notimpl(["dask", "impala", "pyspark"])
 def test_to_pyarrow_batches_memtable(con):
     expr = ibis.memtable({"x": [1, 2, 3]})
     n = 0
@@ -269,10 +268,6 @@ def test_roundtrip_partitioned_parquet(tmp_path, con, backend, awards_players):
 @pytest.mark.notimpl(
     ["dask", "impala", "pyspark"], reason="No support for exporting files"
 )
-@pytest.mark.notimpl(
-    ["datafusion"],
-    reason="No memtable support",
-)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("ftype", ["csv", "parquet"])
 def test_memtable_to_file(tmp_path, con, ftype, monkeypatch):
     """
@@ -456,11 +451,6 @@ def test_to_torch(alltypes):
         non_numeric.to_torch()
 
 
-@pytest.mark.notimpl(
-    ["datafusion"],
-    raises=OperationNotDefinedError,
-    reason="InMemoryTable not yet implemented for the datafusion backend",
-)
 def test_empty_memtable(backend, con):
     expected = pd.DataFrame({"a": []})
     table = ibis.memtable(expected)
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/test_generic.py b/ibis/backends/tests/test_generic.py
index fd979aa09f31..85c67350d9dc 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/test_generic.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/test_generic.py
@@ -917,15 +917,13 @@ def test_literal_na(con, dtype):
     assert pd.isna(result)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.notimpl(["datafusion"], raises=com.OperationNotDefinedError)
-def test_memtable_bool_column(backend, con, monkeypatch):
-    monkeypatch.setattr(ibis.options, "default_backend", con)
-
+def test_memtable_bool_column(backend, con):
     t = ibis.memtable({"a": [True, False, True]})
-    backend.assert_series_equal(t.a.execute(), pd.Series([True, False, True], name="a"))
+    backend.assert_series_equal(
+        con.execute(t.a), pd.Series([True, False, True], name="a")
+    )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.notimpl(["datafusion"], raises=com.OperationNotDefinedError)
 @pytest.mark.broken(
     ["druid"],
     raises=AssertionError,