diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/CatalogUtil.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/CatalogUtil.java
index 1ce3f73e8f98..9bca3966c07e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/CatalogUtil.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/CatalogUtil.java
@@ -61,8 +61,11 @@ public class CatalogUtil {
 
   public static final String ICEBERG_CATALOG_TYPE_HADOOP = "hadoop";
   public static final String ICEBERG_CATALOG_TYPE_HIVE = "hive";
-  public static final String ICEBERG_CATALOG_HIVE = "org.apache.iceberg.hive.HiveCatalog";
+  public static final String ICEBERG_CATALOG_TYPE_REST = "rest";
+
   public static final String ICEBERG_CATALOG_HADOOP = "org.apache.iceberg.hadoop.HadoopCatalog";
+  public static final String ICEBERG_CATALOG_HIVE = "org.apache.iceberg.hive.HiveCatalog";
+  public static final String ICEBERG_CATALOG_REST = "org.apache.iceberg.rest.RESTCatalog";
 
   private CatalogUtil() {}
 
@@ -238,6 +241,9 @@ public static Catalog buildIcebergCatalog(String name, Map<String, String> optio
         case ICEBERG_CATALOG_TYPE_HADOOP:
           catalogImpl = ICEBERG_CATALOG_HADOOP;
           break;
+        case ICEBERG_CATALOG_TYPE_REST:
+          catalogImpl = ICEBERG_CATALOG_REST;
+          break;
         default:
           throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unknown catalog type: " + catalogType);
       }