diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1b6e7e95c5..5e1f31959f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Nokogiri follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/), please see the [REA
 ### Changed
 
 * The constant `Struct::HTMLElementDescription` is no longer defined. (#3432, #3433) @viralpraxis
+* `Document` objects now respond to `#parent`, which will always return `nil`. Previously, the method was `undef`ed from its parent class `Node`. #3466
 
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb b/lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb
index 445b815672..fa54eef08d 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb
@@ -322,6 +322,13 @@ def document
         self
       end
 
+      # call-seq: parent => nil
+      #
+      # For a Document, parent always returns +nil+
+      def parent
+        nil
+      end
+
       # :call-seq:
       #   collect_namespaces() → Hash<String(Namespace#prefix) ⇒ String(Namespace#href)>
       #
@@ -430,7 +437,7 @@ def fragment(tags = nil)
         DocumentFragment.new(self, tags, root)
       end
 
-      undef_method :swap, :parent, :namespace, :default_namespace=
+      undef_method :swap, :namespace, :default_namespace=
       undef_method :add_namespace_definition, :attributes
       undef_method :namespace_definitions, :line, :add_namespace
 
diff --git a/test/xml/test_document.rb b/test/xml/test_document.rb
index f56f344390..7b7403d656 100644
--- a/test/xml/test_document.rb
+++ b/test/xml/test_document.rb
@@ -711,9 +711,8 @@ def test_url_kwarg
 
         def test_document_parent
           xml = Nokogiri::XML(File.read(XML_FILE), XML_FILE)
-          assert_raises(NoMethodError) do
-            xml.parent
-          end
+
+          assert_nil(xml.parent)
         end
 
         def test_document_name