diff --git a/src/v/iceberg/tests/manifest_serialization_test.cc b/src/v/iceberg/tests/manifest_serialization_test.cc
index 7092565c5e740..240c307da04b3 100644
--- a/src/v/iceberg/tests/manifest_serialization_test.cc
+++ b/src/v/iceberg/tests/manifest_serialization_test.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 // the Business Source License, use of this software will be governed
 // by the Apache License, Version 2.0
 
+#include "base/units.h"
 #include "bytes/iobuf.h"
 #include "iceberg/avro_utils.h"
 #include "iceberg/manifest_entry.h"
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <seastar/core/temporary_buffer.hh>
 
+#include <avro/DataFile.hh>
 #include <avro/Stream.hh>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
@@ -101,3 +103,54 @@ TEST(ManifestSerializationTest, TestManifestFile) {
     EXPECT_EQ(manifest.existing_rows_count, dmanifest.existing_rows_count);
     EXPECT_EQ(manifest.deleted_rows_count, dmanifest.deleted_rows_count);
 }
+
+TEST(ManifestSerializationTest, TestManifestAvroReaderWriter) {
+    const auto& manifest_file_schema = manifest_file::valid_schema();
+    manifest_file manifest;
+    manifest.manifest_path = "path/to/file";
+    manifest.partition_spec_id = 1;
+    manifest.content = 2;
+    manifest.sequence_number = 3;
+    manifest.min_sequence_number = 4;
+    manifest.added_snapshot_id = 5;
+    manifest.added_data_files_count = 6;
+    manifest.existing_data_files_count = 7;
+    manifest.deleted_data_files_count = 8;
+    manifest.added_rows_count = 9;
+    manifest.existing_rows_count = 10;
+    manifest.deleted_rows_count = 11;
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> metadata;
+    auto f1 = "{\"type\": \"dummyjson\"}";
+    auto f2 = "2";
+    metadata["f1"] = f1;
+    metadata["f2"] = f2;
+
+    iobuf buf;
+    auto out = std::make_unique<avro_iobuf_ostream>(4_KiB, &buf);
+    avro::DataFileWriter<manifest_file> writer(
+      std::move(out), manifest_file_schema, 16_KiB, avro::NULL_CODEC, metadata);
+    writer.write(manifest);
+    writer.flush();
+    auto in = std::make_unique<avro_iobuf_istream>(buf.copy());
+    avro::DataFileReader<manifest_file> reader(
+      std::move(in), manifest_file_schema);
+    manifest_file dmanifest;
+    reader.read(dmanifest);
+    EXPECT_STREQ(reader.getMetadata("f1")->c_str(), f1);
+    EXPECT_STREQ(reader.getMetadata("f2")->c_str(), f2);
+    EXPECT_EQ(manifest.manifest_path, dmanifest.manifest_path);
+    EXPECT_EQ(manifest.partition_spec_id, dmanifest.partition_spec_id);
+    EXPECT_EQ(manifest.content, dmanifest.content);
+    EXPECT_EQ(manifest.sequence_number, dmanifest.sequence_number);
+    EXPECT_EQ(manifest.min_sequence_number, dmanifest.min_sequence_number);
+    EXPECT_EQ(manifest.added_snapshot_id, dmanifest.added_snapshot_id);
+    EXPECT_EQ(
+      manifest.added_data_files_count, dmanifest.added_data_files_count);
+    EXPECT_EQ(
+      manifest.existing_data_files_count, dmanifest.existing_data_files_count);
+    EXPECT_EQ(
+      manifest.deleted_data_files_count, dmanifest.deleted_data_files_count);
+    EXPECT_EQ(manifest.added_rows_count, dmanifest.added_rows_count);
+    EXPECT_EQ(manifest.existing_rows_count, dmanifest.existing_rows_count);
+    EXPECT_EQ(manifest.deleted_rows_count, dmanifest.deleted_rows_count);
+}