diff --git a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
index aa27796081..2b71722c29 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
@@ -1068,7 +1068,14 @@ def primitive(self, primitive: pa.DataType) -> PrimitiveType:
             return StringType()
         elif pa.types.is_date32(primitive):
             return DateType()
-        elif isinstance(primitive, pa.Time64Type) and primitive.unit == "us":
+        elif isinstance(primitive, pa.Time64Type):
+            if primitive.unit == "ns":
+                if self._downcast_ns_timestamp_to_us:
+                    logger.warning("Iceberg does not yet support 'ns' timestamp precision. Downcasting to 'us'.")
+                else:
+                    raise TypeError(
+                        "Iceberg does not yet support 'ns' timestamp precision. Use 'downcast-ns-timestamp-to-us-on-write' configuration property to automatically downcast 'ns' to 'us' on write."
+                    )
             return TimeType()
         elif pa.types.is_timestamp(primitive):
             primitive = cast(pa.TimestampType, primitive)
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_add_files.py b/tests/integration/test_add_files.py
index 85e626edf4..be19238bfa 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_add_files.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_add_files.py
@@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ def test_add_files_with_timestamp_tz_ns_fails(session_catalog: Catalog, format_v
             writer.write_table(arrow_table)
 
     # add the parquet files as data files
+
     with pytest.raises(
         TypeError,
         match=re.escape(
@@ -827,3 +828,60 @@ def test_add_files_that_referenced_by_current_snapshot_with_check_duplicate_file
     with pytest.raises(ValueError) as exc_info:
         tbl.add_files(file_paths=[existing_files_in_table], check_duplicate_files=True)
     assert f"Cannot add files that are already referenced by table, files: {existing_files_in_table}" in str(exc_info.value)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("format_version", [1, 2])
+def test_timestamp_tz_ns_downcast_on_read(session_catalog: Catalog, format_version: int, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    nanoseconds_schema_iceberg = Schema(NestedField(1, "quux", TimestamptzType()))
+
+    nanoseconds_schema = pa.schema([
+        ("quux", pa.timestamp("ns", tz="UTC")),
+    ])
+
+    arrow_table = pa.Table.from_pylist(
+        [
+            {
+                "quux": 1615967687249846175,
+            }
+        ],
+        schema=nanoseconds_schema,
+    )
+    mocker.patch.dict(os.environ, values={"PYICEBERG_DOWNCAST_NS_TIMESTAMP_TO_US_ON_WRITE": "True"})
+
+    identifier = f"default.timestamptz_ns_added{format_version}"
+
+    try:
+        session_catalog.drop_table(identifier=identifier)
+    except NoSuchTableError:
+        pass
+
+    tbl = session_catalog.create_table(
+        identifier=identifier,
+        schema=nanoseconds_schema_iceberg,
+        properties={"format-version": str(format_version)},
+        partition_spec=PartitionSpec(),
+    )
+
+    file_paths = [f"s3://warehouse/default/test_timestamp_tz/v{format_version}/test-{i}.parquet" for i in range(5)]
+    # write parquet files
+    for file_path in file_paths:
+        fo = tbl.io.new_output(file_path)
+        with fo.create(overwrite=True) as fos:
+            with pq.ParquetWriter(fos, schema=nanoseconds_schema) as writer:
+                writer.write_table(arrow_table)
+
+    # add the parquet files as data files
+    tbl.add_files(file_paths=file_paths)
+
+    assert tbl.scan().to_arrow() == pa.concat_tables(
+        [
+            arrow_table.cast(
+                pa.schema([
+                    ("quux", pa.timestamp("us", tz="UTC")),
+                ]),
+                safe=False,
+            )
+        ]
+        * 5
+    )
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diff --git a/tests/integration/test_writes/test_writes.py b/tests/integration/test_writes/test_writes.py
index fc2746c614..21be82e41b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_writes/test_writes.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_writes/test_writes.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import math
 import os
 import time
-from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -1448,3 +1448,40 @@ def test_rewrite_manifest_after_partition_evolution(session_catalog: Catalog) ->
             EqualTo("category", "A"),
         ),
     )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("format_version", [1, 2])
+def test_write_ns_timestamp_precision(mocker: MockerFixture, session_catalog: Catalog, format_version: int) -> None:
+    identifier = "default.table_ns_timestamp_precision"
+    arrow_table_schema_with_ns_timestamp_precisions = pa.schema([
+        ("timestamp_ns", pa.timestamp(unit="ns")),
+        ("timestamptz_ns", pa.timestamp(unit="ns", tz="UTC")),
+    ])
+    TEST_DATA_WITH_NULL = {
+        "timestamp_ns": [datetime(2023, 1, 1, 19, 25, 00), None, datetime(2023, 3, 1, 19, 25, 00)],
+        "timestamptz_ns": [
+            datetime(2023, 1, 1, 19, 25, 00, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
+            None,
+            datetime(2023, 3, 1, 19, 25, 00, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
+        ],
+    }
+    input_arrow_table = pa.Table.from_pydict(TEST_DATA_WITH_NULL, schema=arrow_table_schema_with_ns_timestamp_precisions)
+    mocker.patch.dict(os.environ, values={"PYICEBERG_DOWNCAST_NS_TIMESTAMP_TO_US_ON_WRITE": "True"})
+
+    tbl = _create_table(
+        session_catalog,
+        identifier,
+        {"format-version": format_version},
+        data=[input_arrow_table],
+        schema=arrow_table_schema_with_ns_timestamp_precisions,
+    )
+    tbl.overwrite(input_arrow_table)
+    written_arrow_table = tbl.scan().to_arrow()
+
+    expected_schema_in_all_us = pa.schema([
+        ("timestamp_ns", pa.timestamp(unit="us")),
+        ("timestamptz_ns", pa.timestamp(unit="us", tz="UTC")),
+    ])
+    assert written_arrow_table.schema == expected_schema_in_all_us
+    assert written_arrow_table == input_arrow_table.cast(expected_schema_in_all_us)
diff --git a/tests/io/test_pyarrow_visitor.py b/tests/io/test_pyarrow_visitor.py
index 9e6df720c6..5ae2eba6aa 100644
--- a/tests/io/test_pyarrow_visitor.py
+++ b/tests/io/test_pyarrow_visitor.py
@@ -170,9 +170,21 @@ def test_pyarrow_time64_us_to_iceberg() -> None:
     assert visit(converted_iceberg_type, _ConvertToArrowSchema()) == pyarrow_type
 
 
-def test_pyarrow_time64_ns_to_iceberg() -> None:
+def test_pyarrow_time64_ns_to_iceberg_downcast_set() -> None:
     pyarrow_type = pa.time64("ns")
-    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match=re.escape("Unsupported type: time64[ns]")):
+    converted_iceberg_type = visit_pyarrow(pyarrow_type, _ConvertToIceberg(downcast_ns_timestamp_to_us=True))
+    assert converted_iceberg_type == TimeType()
+    assert visit(converted_iceberg_type, _ConvertToArrowSchema()) == pa.time64("us")
+
+
+def test_pyarrow_time64_ns_to_iceberg_downcast_not_set() -> None:
+    pyarrow_type = pa.time64("ns")
+    with pytest.raises(
+        TypeError,
+        match=re.escape(
+            "Iceberg does not yet support 'ns' timestamp precision. Use 'downcast-ns-timestamp-to-us-on-write' configuration property to automatically downcast 'ns' to 'us' on write."
+        ),
+    ):
         visit_pyarrow(pyarrow_type, _ConvertToIceberg())