diff --git a/src/ml4t/specs/market_data.py b/src/ml4t/specs/market_data.py
index 7ae0a5d..8b5a2d9 100644
--- a/src/ml4t/specs/market_data.py
+++ b/src/ml4t/specs/market_data.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class FeedSpec:
         "high_col": ("high_col",),
         "low_col": ("low_col",),
         "volume_col": ("volume_col",),
+        "vwap_col": ("vwap_col",),
         "bid_col": ("bid_col",),
         "ask_col": ("ask_col",),
         "mid_col": ("mid_col",),
@@ -63,6 +64,11 @@ class FeedSpec:
     low_col: str = "low"
     close_col: str = "close"
     volume_col: str = "volume"
+    # No default. A feed that does not carry a volume-weighted average price must not
+    # silently supply a substitute for one: a consumer asking for VWAP is asking for a
+    # price no other column approximates, and the close is not a worse VWAP, it is a
+    # different quantity.
+    vwap_col: str | None = None
     bid_col: str | None = None
     ask_col: str | None = None
     mid_col: str | None = None
@@ -251,6 +257,7 @@ class MarketDataSchema:
     low_col: str = "low"
     close_col: str = "close"
     volume_col: str = "volume"
+    vwap_col: str | None = None
     bid_col: str | None = None
     ask_col: str | None = None
     mid_col: str | None = None
@@ -288,6 +295,7 @@ def from_mapping(cls, mapping: Mapping[str, Any] | None) -> MarketDataSchema:
             low_col=mapping.get("low_col", "low"),
             close_col=mapping.get("close_col", "close"),
             volume_col=mapping.get("volume_col", "volume"),
+            vwap_col=optional_str(mapping.get("vwap_col")),
             bid_col=optional_str(mapping.get("bid_col")),
             ask_col=optional_str(mapping.get("ask_col")),
             mid_col=optional_str(mapping.get("mid_col")),
diff --git a/tests/test_market_data.py b/tests/test_market_data.py
index d8c8731..4624148 100644
--- a/tests/test_market_data.py
+++ b/tests/test_market_data.py
@@ -339,3 +339,38 @@ def test_feed_spec_rejects_indirect_metadata_cycles() -> None:
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="reference cycles"):
         FeedSpec.from_object(first)
+
+
+class TestVwapCol:
+    """A feed declares its VWAP column or has none; nothing substitutes for one."""
+
+    def test_defaults_to_none(self):
+        # Unlike open/high/low/close/volume, VWAP has no conventional column name to
+        # guess at, and guessing wrong is worse than not carrying it.
+        assert FeedSpec().vwap_col is None
+
+    def test_round_trips_through_a_mapping(self):
+        assert FeedSpec.from_mapping({"vwap_col": "vwap"}).vwap_col == "vwap"
+
+    def test_round_trips_through_an_object(self):
+        spec = FeedSpec.from_any(SimpleNamespace(vwap_col="finra_vwap"))
+        assert spec.vwap_col == "finra_vwap"
+
+    def test_survives_with_overrides(self):
+        assert FeedSpec().with_overrides(vwap_col="vwap").vwap_col == "vwap"
+
+    def test_an_override_of_none_leaves_a_declared_column_alone(self):
+        # with_overrides treats None as "not supplied" for every other optional column,
+        # so a caller passing vwap_col=None must not clear one already declared.
+        spec = FeedSpec(vwap_col="vwap").with_overrides(vwap_col=None)
+        assert spec.vwap_col == "vwap"
+
+    def test_survives_market_data_spec_projection(self):
+        spec = MarketDataSpec.from_mapping(
+            {"artifact_id": "nasdaq", "schema": {"vwap_col": "finra_vwap"}}
+        )
+
+        assert spec.schema.vwap_col == "finra_vwap"
+        assert spec.to_dict()["schema"]["vwap_col"] == "finra_vwap"
+        assert spec.to_feed_spec().vwap_col == "finra_vwap"
+        assert FeedSpec.from_any(spec.to_dict()).vwap_col == "finra_vwap"