diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d5514159..fee69722 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Topic :: Software Development",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-  "awkward >=2.5.1",
+  "awkward >=2.7.4",
   "dask >=2023.04.0",
   "cachetools",
   "typing_extensions >=4.8.0",
diff --git a/src/dask_awkward/__init__.py b/src/dask_awkward/__init__.py
index 34b5c4f5..ce43b7da 100644
--- a/src/dask_awkward/__init__.py
+++ b/src/dask_awkward/__init__.py
@@ -104,5 +104,6 @@
     without_parameters,
     zeros_like,
     zip,
+    zip_no_broadcast,
 )
 from dask_awkward.version import __version__
diff --git a/src/dask_awkward/lib/__init__.py b/src/dask_awkward/lib/__init__.py
index 74d16d6c..31575c23 100644
--- a/src/dask_awkward/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/src/dask_awkward/lib/__init__.py
@@ -90,4 +90,5 @@
     without_parameters,
     zeros_like,
     zip,
+    zip_no_broadcast,
 )
diff --git a/src/dask_awkward/lib/io/io.py b/src/dask_awkward/lib/io/io.py
index 609a1376..f9239ca5 100644
--- a/src/dask_awkward/lib/io/io.py
+++ b/src/dask_awkward/lib/io/io.py
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ def to_dataframe(
     """
     import dask
     from dask.dataframe import DataFrame as DaskDataFrame
-    from dask.dataframe.core import new_dd_object  # type: ignore
+    from dask.dataframe.core import new_dd_object
 
     if parse_version(dask.__version__) >= parse_version("2025"):
         raise NotImplementedError(
diff --git a/src/dask_awkward/lib/structure.py b/src/dask_awkward/lib/structure.py
index 6b70c8b9..86d061c3 100644
--- a/src/dask_awkward/lib/structure.py
+++ b/src/dask_awkward/lib/structure.py
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     "without_parameters",
     "zeros_like",
     "zip",
+    "zip_no_broadcast",
 )
 
 
@@ -1343,6 +1344,88 @@ def zip(
         )
 
 
+class _ZipNoBroadcastDictInputFn:
+    def __init__(self, keys: Sequence[str], **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        self.keys = keys
+        self.kwargs = kwargs
+
+    def __call__(self, *parts: ak.Array) -> ak.Array:
+        return ak.zip_no_broadcast(
+            {k: p for k, p in builtins.zip(self.keys, list(parts))},
+            **self.kwargs,
+        )
+
+
+class _ZipNoBroadcastListInputFn:
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        self.kwargs = kwargs
+
+    def __call__(self, *parts: Any) -> ak.Array:
+        return ak.zip_no_broadcast(list(parts), **self.kwargs)
+
+
+@borrow_docstring(ak.zip_no_broadcast)
+def zip_no_broadcast(
+    arrays: Sequence[Array] | Mapping[str, Array],
+    parameters: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+    with_name: str | None = None,
+    highlevel: bool = True,
+    behavior: Mapping | None = None,
+    attrs: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+) -> Array:
+    if not highlevel:
+        raise ValueError("Only highlevel=True is supported")
+
+    if isinstance(arrays, Mapping):
+        keys, colls, metadict = [], [], {}
+        for k, coll in arrays.items():
+            keys.append(k)
+            colls.append(coll)
+            metadict[k] = coll._meta
+
+        meta = ak.zip_no_broadcast(
+            metadict,
+            parameters=parameters,
+            with_name=with_name,
+            highlevel=highlevel,
+            behavior=behavior,
+            attrs=attrs,
+        )
+
+        return map_partitions(
+            _ZipNoBroadcastDictInputFn(
+                keys,
+                parameters=parameters,
+                with_name=with_name,
+                highlevel=highlevel,
+                behavior=behavior,
+                attrs=attrs,
+            ),
+            *colls,
+            label="zip_no_broadcast",
+            meta=meta,
+        )
+
+    elif isinstance(arrays, Sequence):
+        fn = _ZipNoBroadcastListInputFn(
+            parameters=parameters,
+            with_name=with_name,
+            highlevel=highlevel,
+            behavior=behavior,
+            attrs=attrs,
+        )
+        return map_partitions(
+            fn,
+            *arrays,
+            label="zip_no_broadcast",
+        )
+
+    else:
+        raise DaskAwkwardNotImplemented(
+            "only mappings or sequences are supported by dak.zip_no_broadcast (e.g. dict, list, or tuple)"
+        )
+
+
 def _repartition_func(*stuff):
     import builtins
 
diff --git a/tests/test_structure.py b/tests/test_structure.py
index 9f86b747..91341b65 100644
--- a/tests/test_structure.py
+++ b/tests/test_structure.py
@@ -94,6 +94,48 @@ def test_zip_bad_input(daa: dak.Array) -> None:
         dak.zip(gd)
 
 
+def test_zip_no_broadcast_dict_input(caa: ak.Array, daa: dak.Array) -> None:
+    da1 = daa["points"]["x"]
+    da2 = daa["points"]["x"]
+    ca1 = caa["points"]["x"]
+    ca2 = caa["points"]["x"]
+
+    da_z = dak.zip_no_broadcast({"a": da1, "b": da2})
+    ca_z = ak.zip_no_broadcast({"a": ca1, "b": ca2})
+    assert_eq(da_z, ca_z)
+
+
+def test_zip_no_broadcast_list_input(caa: ak.Array, daa: dak.Array) -> None:
+    da1 = daa.points.x
+    ca1 = caa.points.x
+    dz1 = dak.zip_no_broadcast([da1, da1])
+    cz1 = ak.zip_no_broadcast([ca1, ca1])
+    assert_eq(dz1, cz1)
+    dz2 = dak.zip_no_broadcast([da1, da1, da1])
+    cz2 = ak.zip_no_broadcast([ca1, ca1, ca1])
+    assert_eq(dz2, cz2)
+
+
+def test_zip_no_broadcast_tuple_input(caa: ak.Array, daa: dak.Array) -> None:
+    da1 = daa.points.x
+    ca1 = caa.points.x
+    dz1 = dak.zip_no_broadcast((da1, da1))
+    cz1 = ak.zip_no_broadcast((ca1, ca1))
+    assert_eq(dz1, cz1)
+    dz2 = dak.zip_no_broadcast((da1, da1, da1))
+    cz2 = ak.zip_no_broadcast((ca1, ca1, ca1))
+    assert_eq(dz2, cz2)
+
+
+def test_zip_no_broadcast_bad_input(daa: dak.Array) -> None:
+    da1 = daa.points.x
+    gd = (x for x in (da1, da1))
+    with pytest.raises(
+        DaskAwkwardNotImplemented, match="only mappings or sequences are supported"
+    ):
+        dak.zip_no_broadcast(gd)
+
+
 def test_cartesian(caa: ak.Array, daa: dak.Array) -> None:
     da1 = daa["points", "x"]
     da2 = daa["points", "y"]