diff --git a/src/encoding/delta_byte_array/decoder.rs b/src/encoding/delta_byte_array/decoder.rs
index 556797e2..6e8f2085 100644
--- a/src/encoding/delta_byte_array/decoder.rs
+++ b/src/encoding/delta_byte_array/decoder.rs
@@ -74,4 +74,35 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(values, expected_values);
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_with_prefix() -> Result<(), Error> {
+        // VALIDATED from spark==3.1.1
+        let data = &[
+            128, 1, 4, 2, 0, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0, 128, 1, 4, 2, 10, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 72, 101, 108, 108,
+            111, 105, 99, 111, 112, 116, 101, 114,
+            // extra bytes are not from spark, but they should be ignored by the decoder
+            // because they are beyond the sum of all lengths.
+            1, 2, 3,
+        ];
+        // result of encoding
+        let expected_lengths = vec![5, 7];
+        let expected_prefixes = vec![0, 3];
+        let expected_values = b"Helloicopter";
+
+        let mut decoder = Decoder::try_new(data)?;
+        let prefixes = decoder.by_ref().collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+        assert_eq!(prefixes, expected_prefixes);
+
+        // move to the lengths
+        let mut decoder = decoder.into_lengths()?;
+
+        let lengths = decoder.by_ref().collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+        assert_eq!(lengths, expected_lengths);
+
+        // move to the values
+        let values = decoder.values();
+        assert_eq!(values, expected_values);
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/encoding/delta_byte_array/encoder.rs b/src/encoding/delta_byte_array/encoder.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0a55d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/encoding/delta_byte_array/encoder.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+use crate::encoding::delta_length_byte_array;
+
+use super::super::delta_bitpacked;
+
+/// Encodes an iterator of according to DELTA_BYTE_ARRAY
+pub fn encode<'a, I: Iterator<Item = &'a [u8]> + Clone>(iterator: I, buffer: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+    let mut previous = b"".as_ref();
+
+    let mut sum_lengths = 0;
+    let prefixes = iterator
+        .clone()
+        .map(|item| {
+            let prefix_length = item
+                .iter()
+                .zip(previous.iter())
+                .enumerate()
+                // find first difference
+                .find_map(|(length, (lhs, rhs))| {
+                    println!("{lhs} {rhs}");
+                    (lhs != rhs).then(|| length)
+                })
+                .unwrap_or(previous.len());
+            previous = item;
+
+            sum_lengths += item.len() - prefix_length;
+            prefix_length as i64
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    delta_bitpacked::encode(prefixes.iter().copied(), buffer);
+
+    let remaining = iterator
+        .zip(prefixes)
+        .map(|(item, prefix)| &item[prefix as usize..]);
+
+    delta_length_byte_array::encode(remaining, buffer);
+}
diff --git a/src/encoding/delta_byte_array/mod.rs b/src/encoding/delta_byte_array/mod.rs
index 32f89d6d..12d28ed7 100644
--- a/src/encoding/delta_byte_array/mod.rs
+++ b/src/encoding/delta_byte_array/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@
 mod decoder;
+mod encoder;
 
 pub use decoder::Decoder;
+pub use encoder::encode;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::error::Error;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn basic() -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let data = vec![b"Hello".as_ref(), b"Helicopter"];
+        let mut buffer = vec![];
+        encode(data.clone().into_iter(), &mut buffer);
+
+        let mut decoder = Decoder::try_new(&buffer)?;
+        let prefixes = decoder.by_ref().collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+        assert_eq!(prefixes, vec![0, 3]);
+
+        // move to the lengths
+        let mut decoder = decoder.into_lengths()?;
+
+        let lengths = decoder.by_ref().collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
+        assert_eq!(lengths, vec![5, 7]);
+
+        // move to the values
+        let values = decoder.values();
+        assert_eq!(values, b"Helloicopter");
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}