diff --git a/docs/src/main/sphinx/object-storage/metastores.md b/docs/src/main/sphinx/object-storage/metastores.md
index 31814220409e..98f2c5971ea5 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/sphinx/object-storage/metastores.md
+++ b/docs/src/main/sphinx/object-storage/metastores.md
@@ -500,6 +500,9 @@ following properties:
 * - `iceberg.rest-catalog.vended-credentials-enabled`
   - Use credentials provided by the REST backend for file system access.
     Defaults to `false`.
+* - `iceberg.rest-catalog.nested-namespace-enabled`
+  - Support querying objects under nested namespace.
+    Defaults to `false`.
   :::
 
 The following example shows a minimal catalog configuration using an Iceberg
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/IcebergRestCatalogConfig.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/IcebergRestCatalogConfig.java
index 2241abfb446d..fa95ab729337 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/IcebergRestCatalogConfig.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/IcebergRestCatalogConfig.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public enum SessionType
     private Optional<String> prefix = Optional.empty();
     private Optional<String> warehouse = Optional.empty();
     private Namespace parentNamespace = Namespace.of();
+    private boolean nestedNamespaceEnabled;
     private Security security = Security.NONE;
     private SessionType sessionType = SessionType.NONE;
     private boolean vendedCredentialsEnabled;
@@ -98,6 +99,19 @@ public IcebergRestCatalogConfig setParentNamespace(String parentNamespace)
         return this;
     }
 
+    public boolean isNestedNamespaceEnabled()
+    {
+        return nestedNamespaceEnabled;
+    }
+
+    @Config("iceberg.rest-catalog.nested-namespace-enabled")
+    @ConfigDescription("Support querying objects under nested namespace")
+    public IcebergRestCatalogConfig setNestedNamespaceEnabled(boolean nestedNamespaceEnabled)
+    {
+        this.nestedNamespaceEnabled = nestedNamespaceEnabled;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @NotNull
     public Security getSecurity()
     {
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoIcebergRestCatalogFactory.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoIcebergRestCatalogFactory.java
index 9af5ffbd7036..5d95303fe22e 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoIcebergRestCatalogFactory.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoIcebergRestCatalogFactory.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public class TrinoIcebergRestCatalogFactory
     private final Optional<String> prefix;
     private final Optional<String> warehouse;
     private final Namespace parentNamespace;
+    private final boolean nestedNamespaceEnabled;
     private final SessionType sessionType;
     private final boolean vendedCredentialsEnabled;
     private final SecurityProperties securityProperties;
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ public TrinoIcebergRestCatalogFactory(
         this.prefix = restConfig.getPrefix();
         this.warehouse = restConfig.getWarehouse();
         this.parentNamespace = restConfig.getParentNamespace();
+        this.nestedNamespaceEnabled = restConfig.isNestedNamespaceEnabled();
         this.sessionType = restConfig.getSessionType();
         this.vendedCredentialsEnabled = restConfig.isVendedCredentialsEnabled();
         this.securityProperties = requireNonNull(securityProperties, "securityProperties is null");
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ public synchronized TrinoCatalog create(ConnectorIdentity identity)
                 sessionType,
                 credentials,
                 parentNamespace,
+                nestedNamespaceEnabled,
                 trinoVersion,
                 typeManager,
                 uniqueTableLocation);
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoRestCatalog.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoRestCatalog.java
index 11fcf055ca47..0d9d188d4f23 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoRestCatalog.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoRestCatalog.java
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ public class TrinoRestCatalog
     private final SessionType sessionType;
     private final Map<String, String> credentials;
     private final Namespace parentNamespace;
+    private final boolean nestedNamespaceEnabled;
     private final String trinoVersion;
     private final boolean useUniqueTableLocation;
 
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ public TrinoRestCatalog(
             SessionType sessionType,
             Map<String, String> credentials,
             Namespace parentNamespace,
+            boolean nestedNamespaceEnabled,
             String trinoVersion,
             TypeManager typeManager,
             boolean useUniqueTableLocation)
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ public TrinoRestCatalog(
         this.sessionType = requireNonNull(sessionType, "sessionType is null");
         this.credentials = ImmutableMap.copyOf(requireNonNull(credentials, "credentials is null"));
         this.parentNamespace = requireNonNull(parentNamespace, "parentNamespace is null");
+        this.nestedNamespaceEnabled = nestedNamespaceEnabled;
         this.trinoVersion = requireNonNull(trinoVersion, "trinoVersion is null");
         this.typeManager = requireNonNull(typeManager, "typeManager is null");
         this.useUniqueTableLocation = useUniqueTableLocation;
@@ -154,7 +157,12 @@ public boolean namespaceExists(ConnectorSession session, String namespace)
     @Override
     public List<String> listNamespaces(ConnectorSession session)
     {
-        return collectNamespaces(session, parentNamespace);
+        if (nestedNamespaceEnabled) {
+            return collectNamespaces(session, parentNamespace);
+        }
+        return restSessionCatalog.listNamespaces(convert(session), parentNamespace).stream()
+                .map(this::toSchemaName)
+                .collect(toImmutableList());
     }
 
     private List<String> collectNamespaces(ConnectorSession session, Namespace parentNamespace)
@@ -679,6 +687,9 @@ private void invalidateTableCache(SchemaTableName schemaTableName)
 
     private Namespace toNamespace(String schemaName)
     {
+        if (!nestedNamespaceEnabled && schemaName.contains(NAMESPACE_SEPARATOR)) {
+            throw new TrinoException(NOT_SUPPORTED, "Nested namespace is not enabled for this catalog");
+        }
         if (!parentNamespace.isEmpty()) {
             schemaName = parentNamespace + NAMESPACE_SEPARATOR + schemaName;
         }
@@ -688,8 +699,14 @@ private Namespace toNamespace(String schemaName)
     private String toSchemaName(Namespace namespace)
     {
         if (this.parentNamespace.isEmpty()) {
+            if (!nestedNamespaceEnabled && namespace.length() != 1) {
+                throw new TrinoException(NOT_SUPPORTED, "Nested namespace is not enabled for this catalog");
+            }
             return namespace.toString();
         }
+        if (!nestedNamespaceEnabled && ((namespace.length() - parentNamespace.length()) > 1)) {
+            throw new TrinoException(NOT_SUPPORTED, "Nested namespace is not enabled for this catalog");
+        }
         return Arrays.stream(namespace.levels(), this.parentNamespace.length(), namespace.length())
                 .collect(joining(NAMESPACE_SEPARATOR));
     }
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestIcebergRestCatalogConfig.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestIcebergRestCatalogConfig.java
index 82132f3b2148..a9a36df55e51 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestIcebergRestCatalogConfig.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestIcebergRestCatalogConfig.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public void testDefaults()
                 .setPrefix(null)
                 .setWarehouse(null)
                 .setParentNamespace(null)
+                .setNestedNamespaceEnabled(false)
                 .setSessionType(IcebergRestCatalogConfig.SessionType.NONE)
                 .setSecurity(IcebergRestCatalogConfig.Security.NONE)
                 .setVendedCredentialsEnabled(false));
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ public void testExplicitPropertyMappings()
                 .put("iceberg.rest-catalog.prefix", "dev")
                 .put("iceberg.rest-catalog.warehouse", "test_warehouse_identifier")
                 .put("iceberg.rest-catalog.parent-namespace", "main")
+                .put("iceberg.rest-catalog.nested-namespace-enabled", "true")
                 .put("iceberg.rest-catalog.security", "OAUTH2")
                 .put("iceberg.rest-catalog.session", "USER")
                 .put("iceberg.rest-catalog.vended-credentials-enabled", "true")
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ public void testExplicitPropertyMappings()
                 .setPrefix("dev")
                 .setWarehouse("test_warehouse_identifier")
                 .setParentNamespace("main")
+                .setNestedNamespaceEnabled(true)
                 .setSessionType(IcebergRestCatalogConfig.SessionType.USER)
                 .setSecurity(IcebergRestCatalogConfig.Security.OAUTH2)
                 .setVendedCredentialsEnabled(true);
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestIcebergRestCatalogNestedNamespaceConnectorSmokeTest.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestIcebergRestCatalogNestedNamespaceConnectorSmokeTest.java
index 28ff8ffe54ef..a6dea1e1a757 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestIcebergRestCatalogNestedNamespaceConnectorSmokeTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestIcebergRestCatalogNestedNamespaceConnectorSmokeTest.java
@@ -13,12 +13,15 @@
  */
 package io.trino.plugin.iceberg.catalog.rest;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import io.airlift.http.server.testing.TestingHttpServer;
 import io.trino.filesystem.Location;
 import io.trino.plugin.iceberg.BaseIcebergConnectorSmokeTest;
 import io.trino.plugin.iceberg.IcebergConfig;
-import io.trino.plugin.iceberg.IcebergQueryRunner;
 import io.trino.plugin.iceberg.SchemaInitializer;
+import io.trino.plugin.iceberg.TestingIcebergPlugin;
+import io.trino.plugin.tpch.TpchPlugin;
+import io.trino.testing.DistributedQueryRunner;
 import io.trino.testing.QueryRunner;
 import io.trino.testing.TestingConnectorBehavior;
 import org.apache.iceberg.BaseTable;
@@ -32,14 +35,18 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static com.google.common.io.MoreFiles.deleteRecursively;
 import static com.google.common.io.RecursiveDeleteOption.ALLOW_INSECURE;
+import static io.airlift.testing.Closeables.closeAllSuppress;
+import static io.trino.plugin.iceberg.IcebergQueryRunner.ICEBERG_CATALOG;
 import static io.trino.plugin.iceberg.IcebergTestUtils.checkOrcFileSorting;
 import static io.trino.plugin.iceberg.IcebergTestUtils.checkParquetFileSorting;
 import static io.trino.plugin.iceberg.catalog.rest.RestCatalogTestUtils.backendCatalog;
 import static io.trino.testing.TestingNames.randomNameSuffix;
+import static io.trino.testing.TestingSession.testSessionBuilder;
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 import static org.apache.iceberg.FileFormat.PARQUET;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -82,18 +89,64 @@ protected QueryRunner createQueryRunner()
         testServer.start();
         closeAfterClass(testServer::stop);
 
-        return IcebergQueryRunner.builder("level_1.level_2")
-                .setBaseDataDir(Optional.of(warehouseLocation.toPath()))
-                .addIcebergProperty("iceberg.file-format", format.name())
-                .addIcebergProperty("iceberg.catalog.type", "rest")
-                .addIcebergProperty("iceberg.rest-catalog.uri", testServer.getBaseUrl().toString())
-                .addIcebergProperty("iceberg.register-table-procedure.enabled", "true")
-                .addIcebergProperty("iceberg.writer-sort-buffer-size", "1MB")
-                .setSchemaInitializer(SchemaInitializer.builder()
-                        .withSchemaName("level_1.level_2")
-                        .withClonedTpchTables(REQUIRED_TPCH_TABLES)
+        String nestedSchema = "level_1.level_2";
+        QueryRunner queryRunner = DistributedQueryRunner.builder(testSessionBuilder()
+                        .setCatalog(ICEBERG_CATALOG)
+                        .setSchema(nestedSchema)
                         .build())
+                .setBaseDataDir(Optional.of(warehouseLocation.toPath()))
                 .build();
+
+        Map<String, String> nestedNamespaceDisabled = ImmutableMap.<String, String>builder()
+                .put("fs.hadoop.enabled", "true")
+                .put("iceberg.file-format", format.name())
+                .put("iceberg.catalog.type", "rest")
+                .put("iceberg.rest-catalog.uri", testServer.getBaseUrl().toString())
+                .put("iceberg.register-table-procedure.enabled", "true")
+                .put("iceberg.writer-sort-buffer-size", "1MB")
+                .buildOrThrow();
+
+        Map<String, String> nestedNamespaceEnabled = ImmutableMap.<String, String>builder()
+                .putAll(nestedNamespaceDisabled)
+                .put("iceberg.rest-catalog.nested-namespace-enabled", "true")
+                .buildOrThrow();
+        try {
+            queryRunner.installPlugin(new TpchPlugin());
+            queryRunner.createCatalog("tpch", "tpch");
+
+            Path dataDir = queryRunner.getCoordinator().getBaseDataDir().resolve("iceberg_data");
+            queryRunner.installPlugin(new TestingIcebergPlugin(dataDir));
+
+            queryRunner.createCatalog(ICEBERG_CATALOG, "iceberg", nestedNamespaceEnabled);
+            queryRunner.createCatalog("nested_namespace_disabled", "iceberg", nestedNamespaceDisabled);
+
+            SchemaInitializer.builder()
+                    .withSchemaName(nestedSchema)
+                    .withClonedTpchTables(REQUIRED_TPCH_TABLES)
+                    .build()
+                    .accept(queryRunner);
+
+            return queryRunner;
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            closeAllSuppress(e, queryRunner);
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testNestedNamespaceDisabled()
+    {
+        // SHOW SCHEMAS returns only the top-level schema
+        assertThat(query("SHOW SCHEMAS FROM nested_namespace_disabled"))
+                .skippingTypesCheck()
+                .containsAll("VALUES 'level_1'");
+
+        // Other statements should fail
+        assertQueryFails("SHOW TABLES IN nested_namespace_disabled.\"level_1.level_2\"", "Nested namespace is not enabled for this catalog");
+        assertQueryFails("CREATE SCHEMA nested_namespace_disabled.\"level_1.level_2.level_3\"", "Nested namespace is not enabled for this catalog");
+        assertQueryFails("CREATE TABLE nested_namespace_disabled.\"level_1.level_2\".test_nested(x int)", "Nested namespace is not enabled for this catalog");
+        assertQueryFails("SELECT * FROM nested_namespace_disabled.\"level_1.level_2\".region", "Nested namespace is not enabled for this catalog");
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestTrinoRestCatalog.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestTrinoRestCatalog.java
index b868fb0fe4f3..a45d29c10a54 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestTrinoRestCatalog.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TestTrinoRestCatalog.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ private static TrinoRestCatalog createTrinoRestCatalog(boolean useUniqueTableLoc
                 NONE,
                 ImmutableMap.of(),
                 Namespace.empty(),
+                false,
                 "test",
                 new TestingTypeManager(),
                 useUniqueTableLocations);