diff --git a/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/parquet/BaseParquetReaders.java b/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/parquet/BaseParquetReaders.java
index 651a6884cf57..e4920222bb47 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/parquet/BaseParquetReaders.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/parquet/BaseParquetReaders.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 package org.apache.iceberg.data.parquet;
 
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
 import org.apache.iceberg.parquet.ParquetSchemaUtil;
 import org.apache.iceberg.parquet.ParquetValueReader;
@@ -299,6 +302,10 @@ public ParquetValueReader<?> primitive(org.apache.iceberg.types.Type.PrimitiveTy
         case INT64:
         case DOUBLE:
           return new ParquetValueReaders.UnboxedReader<>(desc);
+        case INT96:
+          // Impala & Spark used to write timestamps as INT96 without a logical type. For backwards
+          // compatibility we try to read INT96 as timestamps.
+          return new TimestampInt96Reader(desc);
         default:
           throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported type: " + primitive);
       }
@@ -345,6 +352,25 @@ public LocalDateTime read(LocalDateTime reuse) {
     }
   }
 
+  private static class TimestampInt96Reader extends ParquetValueReaders.PrimitiveReader<LocalDateTime> {
+    private static final long UNIX_EPOCH_JULIAN = 2_440_588L;
+
+    private TimestampInt96Reader(ColumnDescriptor desc) {
+      super(desc);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public LocalDateTime read(LocalDateTime reuse) {
+      final ByteBuffer byteBuffer = column.nextBinary().toByteBuffer().order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
+      final long timeOfDayNanos = byteBuffer.getLong();
+      final int julianDay = byteBuffer.getInt();
+
+      return Instant
+              .ofEpochMilli(TimeUnit.DAYS.toMillis(julianDay - UNIX_EPOCH_JULIAN))
+              .plusNanos(timeOfDayNanos).atOffset(ZoneOffset.UTC).toLocalDateTime();
+    }
+  }
+
   private static class TimestamptzReader extends ParquetValueReaders.PrimitiveReader<OffsetDateTime> {
     private TimestamptzReader(ColumnDescriptor desc) {
       super(desc);
diff --git a/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ColumnIterator.java b/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ColumnIterator.java
index 183bb69ad809..99a7453cf0b2 100644
--- a/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ColumnIterator.java
+++ b/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ColumnIterator.java
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ public Long next() {
             return nextLong();
           }
         };
+      case INT96:
+        return (ColumnIterator<T>) new ColumnIterator<Binary>(desc, writerVersion) {
+          @Override
+          public Binary next() {
+            return nextBinary();
+          }
+        };
       case FLOAT:
         return (ColumnIterator<T>) new ColumnIterator<Float>(desc, writerVersion) {
           @Override
diff --git a/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/PageIterator.java b/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/PageIterator.java
index e34db05e47d0..f482ae045f35 100644
--- a/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/PageIterator.java
+++ b/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/PageIterator.java
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ public Long next() {
             return nextLong();
           }
         };
+      case INT96:
+        return (PageIterator<T>) new PageIterator<Binary>(desc, writerVersion) {
+          public Binary next() {
+            return nextBinary();
+          }
+        };
       case FLOAT:
         return (PageIterator<T>) new PageIterator<Float>(desc, writerVersion) {
           @Override
diff --git a/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetValueReaders.java b/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetValueReaders.java
index 55bf925e0581..9b675add550b 100644
--- a/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetValueReaders.java
+++ b/parquet/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/parquet/ParquetValueReaders.java
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ private <E> Setter<I> newSetter(ParquetValueReader<E> reader, Type type) {
             return (record, pos, ignored) -> setFloat(record, pos, unboxed.readFloat());
           case DOUBLE:
             return (record, pos, ignored) -> setDouble(record, pos, unboxed.readDouble());
+          case INT96:
           case FIXED_LEN_BYTE_ARRAY:
           case BINARY:
             return (record, pos, ignored) -> set(record, pos, unboxed.readBinary());
diff --git a/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/SparkParquetReaders.java b/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/SparkParquetReaders.java
index 51ddc9432bc3..98d20ef036df 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/SparkParquetReaders.java
+++ b/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/SparkParquetReaders.java
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
 import org.apache.iceberg.parquet.ParquetSchemaUtil;
 import org.apache.iceberg.parquet.ParquetValueReader;
@@ -277,6 +279,10 @@ public ParquetValueReader<?> primitive(org.apache.iceberg.types.Type.PrimitiveTy
         case INT64:
         case DOUBLE:
           return new UnboxedReader<>(desc);
+        case INT96:
+          // Impala & Spark used to write timestamps as INT96 without a logical type. For backwards
+          // compatibility we try to read INT96 as timestamps.
+          return new TimestampInt96Reader(desc);
         default:
           throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unsupported type: " + primitive);
       }
@@ -350,6 +356,29 @@ public long readLong() {
     }
   }
 
+  private static class TimestampInt96Reader extends UnboxedReader<Long> {
+    private static final long UNIX_EPOCH_JULIAN = 2_440_588L;
+
+    TimestampInt96Reader(ColumnDescriptor desc) {
+      super(desc);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Long read(Long ignored) {
+      return readLong();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long readLong() {
+      final ByteBuffer byteBuffer = column.nextBinary().toByteBuffer().order(ByteOrder.LITTLE_ENDIAN);
+      final long timeOfDayNanos = byteBuffer.getLong();
+      final int julianDay = byteBuffer.getInt();
+
+      return TimeUnit.DAYS.toMicros(julianDay - UNIX_EPOCH_JULIAN) +
+              TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMicros(timeOfDayNanos);
+    }
+  }
+
   private static class StringReader extends PrimitiveReader<UTF8String> {
     StringReader(ColumnDescriptor desc) {
       super(desc);
diff --git a/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/TestSparkParquetReader.java b/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/TestSparkParquetReader.java
index 5e22ccef24d9..642a8de9322e 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/TestSparkParquetReader.java
+++ b/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/data/TestSparkParquetReader.java
@@ -23,19 +23,36 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericData;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Files;
+import org.apache.iceberg.MetricsConfig;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.CloseableIterable;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.FileAppender;
+import org.apache.iceberg.io.InputFile;
 import org.apache.iceberg.parquet.Parquet;
+import org.apache.iceberg.parquet.ParquetWriteAdapter;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.TypeUtil;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetWriter;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.api.WriteSupport;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.util.HadoopOutputFile;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.DataTypes;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.Metadata;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructField;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType;
+import org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Assume;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.apache.iceberg.spark.data.TestHelpers.assertEqualsUnsafe;
+import static org.apache.iceberg.types.Types.NestedField.required;
 
 public class TestSparkParquetReader extends AvroDataTest {
   @Override
@@ -67,4 +84,76 @@ protected void writeAndValidate(Schema schema) throws IOException {
       Assert.assertFalse("Should not have extra rows", rows.hasNext());
     }
   }
+
+  protected List<InternalRow> rowsFromFile(InputFile inputFile, Schema schema) throws IOException {
+    try (CloseableIterable<InternalRow> reader =
+        Parquet.read(inputFile)
+            .project(schema)
+            .createReaderFunc(type -> SparkParquetReaders.buildReader(schema, type))
+            .build()) {
+      return Lists.newArrayList(reader);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInt96TimestampProducedBySparkIsReadCorrectly() throws IOException {
+    String outputFilePath = String.format("%s/%s", temp.getRoot().getAbsolutePath(), "parquet_int96.parquet");
+    HadoopOutputFile outputFile =
+        HadoopOutputFile.fromPath(
+            new org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path(outputFilePath), new Configuration());
+    Schema schema = new Schema(required(1, "ts", Types.TimestampType.withZone()));
+    StructType sparkSchema =
+        new StructType(
+            new StructField[] {
+                new StructField("ts", DataTypes.TimestampType, true, Metadata.empty())
+            });
+    List<InternalRow> rows = Lists.newArrayList(RandomData.generateSpark(schema, 10, 0L));
+
+    try (FileAppender<InternalRow> writer =
+        new ParquetWriteAdapter<>(
+            new NativeSparkWriterBuilder(outputFile)
+                .set("org.apache.spark.sql.parquet.row.attributes", sparkSchema.json())
+                .set("spark.sql.parquet.writeLegacyFormat", "false")
+                .set("spark.sql.parquet.outputTimestampType", "INT96")
+                .build(),
+            MetricsConfig.getDefault())) {
+      writer.addAll(rows);
+    }
+
+    List<InternalRow> readRows = rowsFromFile(Files.localInput(outputFilePath), schema);
+    Assert.assertEquals(rows.size(), readRows.size());
+    Assert.assertThat(readRows, CoreMatchers.is(rows));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Native Spark ParquetWriter.Builder implementation so that we can write timestamps using Spark's native
+   * ParquetWriteSupport.
+   */
+  private static class NativeSparkWriterBuilder
+      extends ParquetWriter.Builder<InternalRow, NativeSparkWriterBuilder> {
+    private final Map<String, String> config = Maps.newHashMap();
+
+    NativeSparkWriterBuilder(org.apache.parquet.io.OutputFile path) {
+      super(path);
+    }
+
+    public NativeSparkWriterBuilder set(String property, String value) {
+      this.config.put(property, value);
+      return self();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected NativeSparkWriterBuilder self() {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected WriteSupport<InternalRow> getWriteSupport(Configuration configuration) {
+      for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : config.entrySet()) {
+        configuration.set(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+      }
+
+      return new org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.parquet.ParquetWriteSupport();
+    }
+  }
 }