diff --git a/rust/src/delta_datafusion.rs b/rust/src/delta_datafusion.rs
index c45648a772..465347d2a6 100644
--- a/rust/src/delta_datafusion.rs
+++ b/rust/src/delta_datafusion.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ use object_store::{path::Path, ObjectMeta};
 use url::Url;
 
 use crate::builder::ensure_table_uri;
-use crate::{action, open_table, open_table_with_storage_options};
+use crate::{action, open_table, open_table_with_storage_options, SchemaDataType};
 use crate::{schema, DeltaTableBuilder};
 use crate::{DeltaResult, Invariant};
 use crate::{DeltaTable, DeltaTableError};
@@ -242,6 +242,13 @@ fn get_prune_stats(table: &DeltaTable, column: &Column, get_max: bool) -> Option
         .ok()
         .map(|s| s.get_field_with_name(&column.name).ok())??;
 
+    // See issue 1214. Binary type does not support natural order which is required for Datafusion to prune
+    if let SchemaDataType::primitive(t) = &field.get_type() {
+        if t == "binary" {
+            return None;
+        }
+    }
+
     let data_type = field.get_type().try_into().ok()?;
     let partition_columns = &table.get_metadata().ok()?.partition_columns;
 
diff --git a/rust/tests/datafusion_test.rs b/rust/tests/datafusion_test.rs
index c70d56a813..23fd805afe 100644
--- a/rust/tests/datafusion_test.rs
+++ b/rust/tests/datafusion_test.rs
@@ -485,7 +485,10 @@ async fn test_files_scanned() -> Result<()> {
             non_existent_value,
         } = test.to_owned();
         let column = column.to_owned();
-        //TODO: The following types don't have proper stats written.
+        // TODO: The following types don't have proper stats written.
+        // See issue #1208 for decimal type
+        // See issue #1209 for dates
+        // Min and Max is not calculated for binary columns. This matches the Spark writer
         if column == "decimal" || column == "date" || column == "binary" {
             continue;
         }
@@ -539,14 +542,10 @@ async fn test_files_scanned() -> Result<()> {
             file3_value,
             non_existent_value,
         } = test;
-        //TODO: Float, timestamp, decimal, date, binary partitions are not supported by the writer
-        if column == "float32"
-            || column == "float64"
-            || column == "timestamp"
-            || column == "decimal"
-            || column == "date"
-            || column == "binary"
-        {
+        // TODO: Float and decimal partitions are not supported by the writer
+        // binary fails since arrow does not implement a natural order
+        // The current Datafusion pruning implementation does not work for binary columns since they do not have a natural order. See #1214
+        if column == "float32" || column == "float64" || column == "decimal" || column == "binary" {
             continue;
         }
         println!("test {}", column);