diff --git a/gluten-substrait/src/main/resources/substrait/proto/substrait/algebra.proto b/gluten-substrait/src/main/resources/substrait/proto/substrait/algebra.proto
index e239691208..d590ba2dc0 100644
--- a/gluten-substrait/src/main/resources/substrait/proto/substrait/algebra.proto
+++ b/gluten-substrait/src/main/resources/substrait/proto/substrait/algebra.proto
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ message ReadRel {
     LocalFiles local_files = 6;
     NamedTable named_table = 7;
     ExtensionTable extension_table = 8;
-    bool stream_kafka = 9;
+    IcebergTable iceberg_table = 9;
+    // Gluten addition: streaming Kafka source. Relocated from field 9 to
+    // field 1000 so the official Substrait iceberg_table can occupy its
+    // 0.98 slot.
+    bool stream_kafka = 1000;
   }
 
   // A base table. The list of string is used to represent namespacing (e.g., mydb.mytable).
@@ -79,6 +83,29 @@ message ReadRel {
     substrait.extensions.AdvancedExtension advanced_extension = 10;
   }
 
+  // Read an Iceberg Table
+  message IcebergTable {
+    oneof table_type {
+      MetadataFileRead direct = 1;
+      // future: add catalog table types (e.g. rest api, latest metadata in path, etc)
+    }
+
+    // Read an Iceberg table using a metadata file. Implicit assumption: required credentials are already known by plan consumer.
+    message MetadataFileRead {
+      // the specific uri of a metadata file (e.g. s3://mybucket/mytable/<ver>-<uuid>.metadata.json)
+      string metadata_uri = 1;
+
+      // snapshot options. if none set, uses the current snapshot listed in the metadata file
+      oneof snapshot {
+        // the snapshot id to read.
+        string snapshot_id = 2;
+
+        // the timestamp that should be used to select the snapshot (Time passed in microseconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000 in UTC)
+        int64 snapshot_timestamp = 3;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   // A table composed of literals.
   message VirtualTable {
     repeated Expression.Literal.Struct values = 1;
diff --git a/gluten-substrait/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/substrait/rel/ReadRelProtoSuite.scala b/gluten-substrait/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/substrait/rel/ReadRelProtoSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f458692ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gluten-substrait/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/substrait/rel/ReadRelProtoSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.gluten.substrait.rel
+
+import com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.Descriptor
+import io.substrait.proto.ReadRel
+import org.scalatest.funsuite.AnyFunSuite
+
+/**
+ * Pins the wire tags of the vendored `ReadRel.read_type` oneof after rebasing it onto upstream
+ * Substrait v0.98.0: adding the official `iceberg_table = 9` and relocating Gluten's `stream_kafka`
+ * graft off the field-9 collision into the 1000+ range. Producer and consumer share one schema, so
+ * a renumber round-trips cleanly through the generated classes and cannot be caught by exercising
+ * them; these assert on the descriptors instead. See docs/developers/SubstraitModifications.md for
+ * the numbering convention.
+ */
+class ReadRelProtoSuite extends AnyFunSuite {
+
+  private def assertFieldNumbers(descriptor: Descriptor, expected: (String, Int)*): Unit =
+    expected.foreach {
+      case (name, number) =>
+        val field = descriptor.findFieldByName(name)
+        assert(field != null, s"${descriptor.getName} has no field named $name")
+        assert(field.getNumber === number, s"${descriptor.getName} field $name changed its number")
+    }
+
+  test("ReadRel.read_type field numbers match upstream v0.98.0 plus the relocated graft") {
+    assertFieldNumbers(
+      ReadRel.getDescriptor,
+      "virtual_table" -> 5,
+      "local_files" -> 6,
+      "named_table" -> 7,
+      "extension_table" -> 8,
+      // Official Substrait 0.98 addition; must own field 9.
+      "iceberg_table" -> 9,
+      // Gluten-local graft, relocated off upstream's field 9 to the 1000+ range so that
+      // iceberg_table can take its 0.98 slot.
+      "stream_kafka" -> 1000
+    )
+  }
+
+  test("ReadRel.IcebergTable structure matches the vendored upstream layout") {
+    assertFieldNumbers(ReadRel.IcebergTable.getDescriptor, "direct" -> 1)
+    assertFieldNumbers(
+      ReadRel.IcebergTable.MetadataFileRead.getDescriptor,
+      "metadata_uri" -> 1,
+      "snapshot_id" -> 2,
+      "snapshot_timestamp" -> 3)
+  }
+}