diff --git a/vortex-array/src/arrays/chunked/compute/take.rs b/vortex-array/src/arrays/chunked/compute/take.rs
index ef56a31f52a..e1df97cec75 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/arrays/chunked/compute/take.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/arrays/chunked/compute/take.rs
@@ -1,43 +1,70 @@
 use vortex_buffer::BufferMut;
-use vortex_dtype::PType;
+use vortex_dtype::{DType, PType};
 use vortex_error::VortexResult;
 
-use crate::arrays::ChunkedVTable;
 use crate::arrays::chunked::ChunkedArray;
+use crate::arrays::{ChunkedVTable, PrimitiveArray};
 use crate::compute::{TakeKernel, TakeKernelAdapter, cast, take};
+use crate::validity::Validity;
 use crate::{Array, ArrayRef, IntoArray, ToCanonical, register_kernel};
 
 impl TakeKernel for ChunkedVTable {
     fn take(&self, array: &ChunkedArray, indices: &dyn Array) -> VortexResult<ArrayRef> {
-        let indices = cast(indices, PType::U64.into())?.to_primitive()?;
+        let indices = cast(
+            indices,
+            &DType::Primitive(PType::U64, indices.dtype().nullability()),
+        )?
+        .to_primitive()?;
+
+        // TODO(joe): Should we split this implementation based on indices nullability?
+        let nullability = indices.dtype().nullability();
+        let indices_mask = indices.validity_mask()?;
+        let indices = indices.as_slice::<u64>();
 
-        // While the chunk idx remains the same, accumulate a list of chunk indices.
         let mut chunks = Vec::new();
         let mut indices_in_chunk = BufferMut::<u64>::empty();
-        let mut prev_chunk_idx = array
-            .find_chunk_idx(indices.as_slice::<u64>()[0].try_into()?)
-            .0;
-        for idx in indices.as_slice::<u64>() {
+        let mut start = 0;
+        let mut stop = 0;
+        let mut prev_chunk_idx = array.find_chunk_idx(indices[0].try_into()?).0;
+        for idx in indices {
             let idx = usize::try_from(*idx)?;
             let (chunk_idx, idx_in_chunk) = array.find_chunk_idx(idx);
 
             if chunk_idx != prev_chunk_idx {
                 // Start a new chunk
-                let indices_in_chunk_array = indices_in_chunk.clone().into_array();
-                chunks.push(take(array.chunk(prev_chunk_idx)?, &indices_in_chunk_array)?);
+                let indices_in_chunk_array = PrimitiveArray::new(
+                    indices_in_chunk.clone().freeze(),
+                    Validity::from_mask(indices_mask.slice(start, stop - start), nullability),
+                );
+                chunks.push(take(
+                    array.chunk(prev_chunk_idx)?,
+                    indices_in_chunk_array.as_ref(),
+                )?);
                 indices_in_chunk.clear();
+                start = stop;
             }
 
             indices_in_chunk.push(idx_in_chunk as u64);
+            stop += 1;
             prev_chunk_idx = chunk_idx;
         }
 
         if !indices_in_chunk.is_empty() {
-            let indices_in_chunk_array = indices_in_chunk.into_array();
-            chunks.push(take(array.chunk(prev_chunk_idx)?, &indices_in_chunk_array)?);
+            let indices_in_chunk_array = PrimitiveArray::new(
+                indices_in_chunk.freeze(),
+                Validity::from_mask(indices_mask.slice(start, stop - start), nullability),
+            );
+            chunks.push(take(
+                array.chunk(prev_chunk_idx)?,
+                indices_in_chunk_array.as_ref(),
+            )?);
         }
 
-        Ok(ChunkedArray::new_unchecked(chunks, array.dtype().clone()).into_array())
+        Ok(ChunkedArray::new_unchecked(
+            chunks,
+            array.dtype().clone().union_nullability(nullability),
+        )
+        .into_array())
     }
 }
 
@@ -50,8 +77,10 @@ mod test {
     use crate::IntoArray;
     use crate::array::Array;
     use crate::arrays::chunked::ChunkedArray;
+    use crate::arrays::{BoolArray, PrimitiveArray, StructArray};
     use crate::canonical::ToCanonical;
     use crate::compute::take;
+    use crate::validity::Validity;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_take() {
@@ -68,4 +97,30 @@ mod test {
             .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(result.as_slice::<i32>(), &[1, 1, 1, 2]);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_take_nullability() {
+        let struct_array =
+            StructArray::try_new([].into(), vec![], 100, Validity::NonNullable).unwrap();
+
+        let arr = ChunkedArray::from_iter(vec![struct_array.to_array(), struct_array.to_array()]);
+
+        let result = take(
+            arr.as_ref(),
+            PrimitiveArray::from_option_iter(vec![Some(0), None, Some(101)]).as_ref(),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let expect = StructArray::try_new(
+            [].into(),
+            vec![],
+            3,
+            Validity::Array(BoolArray::from_iter(vec![true, false, true]).to_array()),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(result.dtype(), expect.dtype());
+        assert_eq!(result.scalar_at(0).unwrap(), expect.scalar_at(0).unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(result.scalar_at(1).unwrap(), expect.scalar_at(1).unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(result.scalar_at(2).unwrap(), expect.scalar_at(2).unwrap());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/vortex-array/src/arrays/struct_/mod.rs b/vortex-array/src/arrays/struct_/mod.rs
index 4db30819bdb..17e78d3c27e 100644
--- a/vortex-array/src/arrays/struct_/mod.rs
+++ b/vortex-array/src/arrays/struct_/mod.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use vortex_dtype::{DType, FieldName, FieldNames, StructFields};
-use vortex_error::{VortexResult, vortex_bail, vortex_err};
+use vortex_error::{VortexExpect, VortexResult, vortex_bail, vortex_err};
 use vortex_scalar::Scalar;
 
 use crate::stats::{ArrayStats, StatsSetRef};
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ impl StructArray {
             nullability,
         );
 
+        if length != validity.maybe_len().unwrap_or(length) {
+            vortex_bail!(
+                "array length {} and validity length must match {}",
+                length,
+                validity
+                    .maybe_len()
+                    .vortex_expect("can only fail if maybe is some")
+            )
+        }
+
         Ok(Self {
             len: length,
             dtype,